Monday, 8 September 2014

Free Fall Picture Prompts

Fall Writing Resources

Free Fall Picture Prompts


Fall or autumn? 

How do you refer to that sensational time of year when the hot weather melts away and makes room for cooler nights, fresh mornings and the breeze that brings the fall weather?


I have included some of my photographs for you to use in your classroom during your fall writing sessions.

I love autumn and the way that trees change. Can you see the duck in this picture? 


Writing prompts could include:

The grey duck is...
Once upon a time in a small stream there lived a duck family ... 
Ducks are...
The stream changes color as ....
He peeked over the thick grass and saw ...

Free Fall Picture Prompts
The photo above was taken last year at the Botanical Gardens in Hobart, Tasmania. 


Writing prompts could include:

The big old tree sat ....
The wiggly tree began to ...
Behind the tree ...
Under the tree there lived a ...
As the wind blew the tree ...

Free Fall Picture Prompts


Writing prompts could include:

As the tree rests over autumn and winter it looses its ...
Colors grow and colors fade ....
The thin yellow leaves change .....

Free Fall Picture Prompts


Writing prompts could include:

As the sun fades so do the leaves in ....
Brown leaves, brown leaves ...
I see green and ...
The tree changes ....
Free Fall Picture Prompts


Writing ideas!

Have you ever looked at a tree from the ground? 
Have students lie on the ground. You can ask them what they see and describe it. Listen to the sounds they hear or notice the smells coming from the tree or nearby. 

Children could lean on clipboards and draw what they see from the ground looking up!

Have them pretend that they are an animal up in the tree and the tree is their home. Whichever perspective, you take have them write about it when they get back to the classroom. 

Free Fall Picture Prompts


Writing prompts could include:

The wind blew, the tree shook and the leaves ...
High up in the tree ......
Henry the rabbit awoke from a dream to find himself looking up at the big old tree. He ...

Free Fall Picture Prompts



Writing prompts could include:

The old trees .....
I saw three ....
Autumn came and the trees ....

Free Fall Picture Prompts


Here are some fall themed photos. Grab the free writing prompts further down the page. 

Free Fall Picture Prompts

Free Fall Picture Prompts

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Free Fall Picture Prompts



2 comments:

  1. Great post Emma! I love Fall and your photos capture it so well!

    :) Shelley
    The Write Stuff Teaching

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  2. Wow, thank you so much! The photos are beautiful and will surely inspire my little writers :)
    Jen

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