Unit 5 Final Image and Justification

I emailed the image.

I was going to create an image about the 5 stages of the Writing Process, but that's all been done before. What my student's really struggle with is the difference between the Revising Stage and the Editing Stage. My original image became more of a document and didn't really serve the purpose I was shooting for. I deleted all the text in the text boxes and started over. I used a Writer's Inc. book for guidance. I wanted more of on introductory piece than what I had before.

The following are the techniques I used to show organization. Of course, as you can tell, I organized the text boxes for left to right and from top to bottom (121). The titles of the boxes are the top levels, the initial left justified details are the subordinate levels and the bullets (the check marks and the arrows) are the coordinate levels (122 and 133). I tried to show the difference in the top levels by using contrasting colors and bold text (133). I used chunking by provided space in between the subordinate levels, and I didn't use more than 7 chunks of information (125-126). I used two columns to show the differences between the two stages of the writing process (136-137). I added a little piece of clip art to help decorate with, and I chose one that had the same colors as my 2 text boxes.

After showing this to the students I would facilitate a generative strategy and have them summarize the differences, either through writing, a Venn Diagram or a Mind Map (148 and 152).

I'm still not satisfied with this project, but I believe it is an improvement from my original. I don’t know if this is really considered an image/visual; it has a lot of text and information. Am I wrong? Maybe it felt different because I created it in Word and not PowerPoint or Adobe.