Suggested Grades

Any

Objective

Students will use their drawing and story-writing creativity to expand upon a pre-existing image.

Materials

• paper
• drawing/colouring utensils
• a squiggle, drawn on a piece of paper and photocopied for the class

Method

• Hand out photocopied squiggle to class.
• Ask students to think about what they see in the squiggle, and to rotate the paper to get different perspectives.
• Students draw a picture with the squiggle included in it (thus expanding on the original squiggle).
• When students are finished, ask them to attach a story to their squiggle.
• Students share their pictures and stories with the class.

Additional Resources

Books

Spilled Milk by Charles G. Shaw, Pub. HarperTrophy, 1988, ISBN: 0064431592