From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Lesson Plan

Use of Visual Detail

Kind of Activity:

Artistic Response

Objective:

Students will be able to connect written description with another medium

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1

Structure:

Discuss visual detail with the students. Konigsburg doesn't actually give a great deal of explicit visual detail; her descriptions are extremely action-based. However, she still gives readers a picture of what's happening. Consider, for instance, the descriptions of the children's first arrival in the museum, or their interactions with the crowd surrounding Angel. Though the detail isn't primarily visual, it does evoke a visceral experience. Read a passage aloud to explore this...