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title: "Pictures and Text Working Together"
description: "Describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear; use pictures to support and extend comprehension"
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# Pictures and Text Working Together

Describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear; use pictures to support and extend comprehension

Subject: English · Area: Reading Comprehension · Ages 5 to 9
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/pictures-and-text-working-together-mt_OlhMP7ShFT

## Ready when they can

- Use pictures to predict or confirm story events
- Describe what is happening in an illustration and how it relates to the text
- Explain how an illustration adds information not stated in words

## Lesson: How Pictures and Words Work Together

A picture book has words and pictures on each page. They work together to tell the story. The picture can show you more about the words.

**Example.** Maya sees a picture of a boy holding an umbrella. The words say, 'It started to rain.' The picture shows what the rain looks like.

*(drawing: The words tell you it rained. Everything else on the page, you can only see.)*

**Example.** Some pictures show more than the words say. A picture of a dog might show a red collar. The words never mention the collar at all.

Words can do a job that a picture cannot. A picture cannot tell you a name. It cannot tell you a sound. It cannot tell you what someone is wishing for. The words say those things for you.

A picture can also help you with a tricky word. If you get stuck on a word, look at the picture and think about what would make sense there. Then look at the word again and see if it fits.

On a new page, look at the picture before you read. Ask yourself what seems to be happening, and make a guess from what you can see. Then read the words and check your guess against them. Sometimes the words surprise you, and that is worth noticing too.

**Recap.** Pictures and words are a team. Pictures add clues and extra details, and words tell you things a picture cannot show.

## Practice

21 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Understanding print](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/understanding-print-mt_1KCwbGvm1F)

## Opens up

- [Interpreting visual information in texts](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/interpreting-visual-information-in-texts-mt_KbCCmLmxYN)
- [Text & Media Connections](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/text-and-media-connections-mt_t06dHX2ZYw)
- [Multimedia elements in texts](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/multimedia-elements-in-texts-mt_xsk3iuNVVI)