Graduate Project Title
Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 2000
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Gail Goss
Second Committee Member
Nancy E. Jurenka
Third Committee Member
George Meshke
Abstract
The relationship between imagination, pretend play, and reading comprehension was researched through the literature. A curriculum unit was designed featuring two exercises using imagination and imagery in conjunction with the book Night by Elie Wiesel. The first exercise asked students to write a 10 entry journal synthesizing information from a variety of sources into a first person narrative of a Jewish child. The second exercise calls for student groups to write, storyboard, and film a scene from Night on videotape.
Recommended Citation
Bartelli, Ellen Settlemyer, "Creative Writing, Storyboarding and Video Script Writing as Techniques to Stimulate the Development of Imagination and Imagery to Aid in Reading Comprehension" (2000). All Graduate Projects. 642.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/642
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Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Film and Media Studies Commons, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Commons