ERIC Number: EJ981315
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jul
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-9170
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Writers Draw Visual Hooks: Children's Inquiry into Writing
Leigh, S. Rebecca
Language Arts, v89 n6 p396-404 Jul 2012
Drawing and writing in response to picturebook read-alouds, elementary children construct varying "visual hooks" in their sketches as effective visual devices for extending ideas for writing: the bubble hook, the zoom hook, and the group hook. This article reports on a 12-week qualitative study in which children in second grade develop as writers in a classroom where art and language have equal importance. The author and classroom teacher, collaborators in a dissertation study on art and language as ways of knowing, continued their research by looking more closely at children's drawings as part of the writing process. Analysis of students' visual/verbal responses, audiotaped talk in group shares, and interview data suggest that children were able to create visual hooks as meaningful pathways for supporting writing and thinking about writing. (Contains 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Childrens Art, Writing Processes, Grade 2, Reading Aloud to Others, Picture Books, Elementary School Students, Interviews, Freehand Drawing
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 2
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Language: English
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