A Closer Look at How to Read a Visual
Completion requirements
Unit 2
Get The
Message!
Assessment (Formative)
A Closer Look at How to Read a Visual
How you look for meaning in a picture is similar to how you look for meaning in a text.
The picture to the right includes three strategies you can use to analyze written or visual messages.
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Read, or examine, a visual in three stages: use what you know, decide what is important, and determine the author’s message.
- Download the Reading Strategies document and keep it in your Reader’s Notebook to refer to throughout the unit. Download the Reading Strategies sheet.
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- Download the document Reading Strategies.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
- Click the "Open with" button.
- Select "Adobe Reader".
- Click "OK".
- You will then be able to view the document Reading Strategies.
- Can't view the file? View Skill Builder: Saving Dynamic PDFs.
Next Steps
You already experimented with a visual message when you searched for meaning in the photograph of the young boy in the first assessment. You used the five, “W's” questions to look for clues and determine meaning.
In the next lesson, you will learn about messages in cartoons and storyboards.
In the next lesson, you will learn about messages in cartoons and storyboards.