One thing I learned about chapter seven is that picture books are no longer just for little kids and that picture books cut across all genres. I also learned that you have to look at picture books on the outside and the inside or else you might miss out on some of the meaning of the book. I can see how picture books are a marriage of art and writing. The art in the book can help clarify the meaning of the story or even help readers to read between the lines by looking at the pictures. I felt like I was reading a book about art when I read about all the visual elements used in a picture book. I also had no idea that the author does not know how the book is going to look until the end when the illustrator does his part. I also learned about the different forms of picture books. When I saw the chapter title, I was thinking about picture books without words, because that’s what I thought they were talking about but now I know that wordless picture books are just one form of picture books.
I agree with what the book says about how picture books help developing readers do what readers must eventually do for themselves – and that is to create relevant images of the text or to form mental images of the text. And the pictures do help the reader with comprehension because if maybe they didn’t understand the text, the pictures will help them get an idea of what’s going on in the story. I
It seems like there’s a lot of ways to incorporate picture books into a lesson plan. You can use the wordless picture books and have students write what they think is happening in the story. This is a good way to practice their writing skills. You can also act out a picture book like a play or even do a puppet show out of the book. You can even incorporate art into a lesson plan by having students draw what the book meant to them. This way you can see if the student comprehended what he read.