Description
Turn reading into visual storytelling, discussion, and creative expression.
These printable posters and art prompts help students see the story, think deeply about characters, and express ideas through drawing, writing, and conversation.
Designed for Grades 3–6, each poster blends:
- striking, story-aligned visuals
- imaginative “What if?” style prompts
- guided thinking questions
- opportunities for creativity, inference, and SEL reflection
Perfect for classrooms, literacy corners, homeschool spaces, and enrichment programs.
🌟 Why teachers and students love this set
Students use posters to:
- imagine scenes before reading
- retell story moments visually
- explore symbolism, mood, and emotion
- respond through drawing and writing
- build confidence sharing their thinking
Teachers use them to support:
- visual literacy
- comprehension & inference
- discussion starters
- creative writing mini-lessons
- SEL-based reflection
No prep needed — just print, post, and use.
What’s Included
✔ 16 Visual Storytelling Posters (8.5×11 printable PDF)
Images include:
- Inner-city playground bench crew (before the adventure)
- Tear in the sky / glowing portal scene
- Vortex run with swirling color and motion
- City path leading out toward possibility
- Basketball court hero moment
- Sidewalk drawing & knight / protector motif
- Savanna animal team (elephant, honey badger, owl, mouse)
- Adira / elder & tortoise in a potion workshop
- Baobab / Tree of Life with animal heroes
- Girl leaning against an elephant at sunset
- Girl and mouse in tall grass (Scatter as small-but-mighty hero)
- Magic arch and forest passage
- Lion and mouse in cave tension moment
- Kids holding glowing tokens under an eclipse
- Scatter covered in honey, preparing to enter the Tree of Life
- Scatter inside the hive chamber, facing giant bees and the Queen Bee
✔ Art & Writing Prompt Sheets
✔ Teacher Guide: ideas for discussion & use
✔ Student Reflection Pages
✔ “Gallery Walk” activity setup guide
How to Use
Whole Group — introduce a scene and ask students to infer details
Small Groups — poster-based discussion circles
Writing Workshop — use prompts as story starters
Art & Literacy Centers — draw, annotate, reflect
SEL Time — connect artwork to feelings, choices, and courage
How to Use:
Visual Arts
- Daily or weekly bell-ringer sketch prompts
- Full unit project on character design, environments, and visual storytelling
- Critique and discussion about composition, color, and symbolism
- Portfolio pieces tied to themes of identity, bravery, and belonging
ELA / Writing
- Build character backstories and internal monologues based on the art
- Practice CER (Claim–Evidence–Reasoning) using visual evidence from the image
SEL
- Discuss fear, courage, temptation, leadership, and community support
- Reflect on times students felt like “small heroes” who still made a big difference
- Connect to their own neighborhoods, families, and communities
With or Without the Novel
- Standalone: Use only the posters and prompts as flexible art/ELA activities.
- With the novel: Use the “UG Story Prompt” for each poster to connect directly to Unleashing Greatness: The Kingdom of Shadows and your existing ELA unit.
Skills & Standards Connections
Visual Arts
- Observational drawing and visual analysis
- Composition, color, and mood
- Character and environment design
- Sequential storytelling and comic layout
Designed to integrate seamlessly with Unleashing Greatness: The Kingdom of Shadows, but powerful even as a stand-alone literacy tool.
If you’re already using Unleashing Greatness or the NATURA: Africa Wildlife Challenge game, this pack gives you a powerful visual arts bridge into your literacy and science ecosystem.
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Who It’s For
- Grades 3–6
- SPED & intervention groups
- English learners (ELL)
- Visual + creative learners
- Classrooms, homeschool, after-school, tutoring
Format
📄 Digital PDF (Download & Print)
🖨 Reproducible for single-classroom use
🎨 No special software required
