Tell a family story (oral-history beginnings)
Exercise Difficulty 2 ~6 min hist.gK.f.cul.family_stories.tell.ex_02

Draw And Dictate

Prompt

Draw a picture of your family story. Then tell the teacher one sentence to write under your picture.

How it's presented
mode draw with dictation
Answer criteria
type observational rubric
criteria
  1. picture shows the story's main event
  2. dictated sentence has subject + verb
  3. child can verbally explain the picture
Hints
  1. Draw the MOMENT — what was happening?
  2. One sentence is enough.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Drawing a generic family picture not connected to the story
  • Dictating a long ramble instead of one sentence