This digitally-manipulated image, entitled A Day At The Beach, could be used as a creative writing prompt for students in Language Arts. The directions given to students would be to visualize themselves in this picturesque scene and create a story to follow. They would be asked to provide a who, what, where scenario and use descriptive details using all five senses. This whimsical portrait provides little detail and more to the imagination for each creative writer. Students would not be limited to the setting of this scene and would be encouraged to elaborate for their narrative.
Sounds like a good opportunity to engage in descriptive writing that includes the senses. It might be even more powerful for students if instead of just telling them to imagine themselves in this scene, if you actually used Photoshop or GIMP to put them in the scene - you could perhaps put an Photoshopped image of yourself as the beach as a model for the students to follow.
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