Partner Portraits

Last week, the students interviewed a partner and learned all about them and drew a picture of their partner based on the information they have learned. There wasn't any specific direction for how each student should draw their partner. Many different expressions came through...



This is a great picture that told a lot of information about one particular student. For example, the interviewed student likes the # 10, likes to play kickball, likes pizza, etc.










This is a picture drawn by a different student. Here this student decided to divide the paper into 5 different sections and drew 5 different things about the interviewee in their own section. Very organized way of displaying and thinking!










One thing was interesting though, most students had much more to say about their picture and their partner when talking me during the process of drawing. When they actually went to the front of the class to present their partner and picture, half of the words and descriptions were gone... Was this purely caused by shyness or is there some kind of a correlation between drawing and language production?