PICTURE WRITING 1

Description:
1. This activity is intended to help students write a recount text based on pictures.
2. First, students study the picture by using the given questions.
3. Using the words available, students start to write a story.
4. A grammatical item related to the story is also provided
5. This activiti is adapted from Heatons (1984) Composition through pictures.

WRITING WORKSHEET
Direction:
1. Study the pictures based on the questions provided.
2. Use the available vocabulary and the grammatical items to help you develop the
story.

a.

b.

c.

starting line, cross-country race, runner, whistle, flag, spectator, hedge, track, shade
finishing-line; boastful, confident, shady; boast, approach, decide, take a rest, fall asleep,
awake, catch up with, ahead, in front (of)
He was so far in front
It was so hot
He ran so quickly

that

he wanted to take a rest.

he decided to sit down.
he began to feel tired.

1. Who were the boys in Picture 1?

2. What were the boys getting ready to do?
3. What was one of the two men doing?
4. Where was the big boy in Picture 2?
5. What were the two runners behind him doing?
6. What was the big boy doing in Picture 3?
7. Why did he decide to take a rest?
8. What was the big boy doing in Picture 4?
9. What was he doing in Picture 5?
10. Where was the small boy with the number 2 on his shirt in Picture 6?
11. Why was the big boy angry?

3. Develop your story here.

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