ABSTRACT
Book Title – Drama and Reading for Meaning Ages 4–11: A Practical Book of Ideas for Primary Teachers
Chapter Author – Larraine S Harrison
Chapter Number & Title – Chapter 5, FROZEN DEPICTIONS
This chapter lists a variety of ways in which freeze-frames can be employed to support reading for meaning with children aged 7–11. From exploring key moments in a story, to identifying the main idea in a section of information text, the freeze-frame offers a simple but creative way to investigate a text based on evidence. Sculpting is also included in this chapter as another way of depicting the essence of a text through a frozen image. Links to reading for meaning are numerous and include engaging with texts; inference & deduction; questioning; empathy; characters’ thoughts, feelings & relationships; different perspectives; authorial intent; predictions; sequencing; capturing and summarising the main idea; making comparisons across texts; exploring key moments themes & concepts; considering the contribution of the illustrator to meaning; retrieving and presenting information; providing justification for opinions on texts and conversations about books. Activities include: exploring significant moments; recreating and creating images; freeze-frames in sequence; the story of an object; read . . . freeze . . . read; predictions, alternatives and comparisons; depicting the main idea; and capturing the essence.
