Welcome to Lesson Plans for PIC-LIT teachers and students.
PIC-LITS.com is an e-learning website that utilizes photography and keywords to improve literacy skills via writing. It is a free teaching tool and student learning platform. With an emphasis on interactive, visual learning, the user is engaged and inspired.
A PIC-LIT is a combination of words placed on an image to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture. It can be a caption, a sentence, a story, a paragraph, a poem, a quotation, and more. You can create a PIC-LIT using Drag-n-Drop keywords or in Freestyle by typing your own words.
PIC-LITS in the Classroom
VIDEO
VIDEO
LESSON PLANS:
TYPES of PIC-LITS
PARTS of SPEECH
POETRY
Level 1
Level 2
MATCH OBJECTS AND WORDS
MATCH OBJECTS AND WORDS
CAPTIONS
CAPTIONS
SIMPLE SENTENCE
SIMPLE SENTENCE
COMPOUND SENTENCE
COMPOUND SENTENCE
COMPLEX SENTENCE
COMPLEX SENTENCE
WRITE WITH PRESENT TENSE
WRITE WITH PRESENT TENSE
WRITE WITH PAST TENSE
WRITE WITH PAST TENSE
WRITE WITH FUTURE TENSE
WRITE WITH FUTURE TENSE
POSTCARD / LETTER WRITING: Capture a Photo
POSTCARD / LETTER WRITING: Capture a Photo
PARAGRAPH WRITING
PARAGRAPH WRITING
QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SIMILE / METAPHOR (descriptive sentence)
SIMILE / METAPHOR (descriptive sentence)
HAIKUS
HAIKUS
COUPLETS
COUPLETS
DIALOGUE
DIALOGUE
ACRONYMS: (H.A.P.P.Y.)
ACRONYMS: (H.A.P.P.Y.)
QUOTATIONS: (books, stories, plays, film)
QUOTATIONS: (books, stories, plays, film)
SONG LYRICS
SONG LYRICS
HEADLINES: for an imagined article about a photo
HEADLINES: for an imagined article about a photo
PARAGRAPH WRITING: DESCRIPTION OF A PLACE
PARAGRAPH WRITING: DESCRIPTION OF A PLACE
PARAGRAPHS: SETTING AND ACTION
PARAGRAPHS: SETTING AND ACTION
PARAGRAPHS: CHARACTER SKETCH
PARAGRAPHS: CHARACTER SKETCH
PARAGRAPHS: SHORT NARRATIVE
PARAGRAPHS: SHORT NARRATIVE
PARAGRAPHS: DEFINITION
PARAGRAPHS: DEFINITION
DRAG-N-DROP
FREESTYLE
Nouns
Nouns
Adjectives
Adjectives
Verbs
Verbs
Adverbs
Adverbs
Pronouns
Pronouns
Prepositions
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Conjunctions
Verbal Phrases
Verbal Phrases
Appositive Phrases
Appositive Phrases
Subordinate Clauses
Subordinate Clauses
How to Read a Poem
What is Poetry?
Traditional and Contemporary Poetry
Types of Poetry: Descriptive Poetry
Figurative Language: The Anatomy of a Metaphor/Simile
What is lost in translation?
Types of Poetry: Blank Verse
Types of Poetry: Formal Verse
Figurative Language: Metaphor, Simile, Personification and Metonymy
Figurative Language: Allusion, Symbol, and Apostrophe
Figurative Language: Irony, Poetry, and Imagery
Right Words, Right Order: Poetry and Connotations