Monster Drawings
In this writing activity, students created a monster. They then wrote a detailed description. Students exchanged their descriptions only. Next the students drew monsters based on the descriptions. Finally the two drawing were compared. Below are three examples from this project.
Monster #1
This is how to draw my monster. First make a diamond in the middle of your paper that is about two inches wide and four inches tall. Next make teardrop shaped eyes in the diamond at the very top center of the diamond. These teardrops are about one fourth inch tall. Color the eyes with a bluish green crayon. Draw two curved triangles on the upper sides of the diamond for the horns. These curved triangles are one inch from the top point of the diamond The horns are one half inch long and curve slightly toward the inside. Color the horns with a blue crayon. Next draw a nose. To do this go one and one half inch from the top of the diamond then draw two small circles. These circles are one fourth inch apart and are horizontal to each other. To make the mouth draw an oval one fourth inch below the nose. This oval is one fourth inch tall and one half inch wide. Inside the oval draw four pointed teeth shaped like triangles on the top and five pointed teeth on the bottom. Color the teeth reddish orange and between the teeth yellow. To make the arms draw a rectangle shape at the top edges of the diamond. The arms are 1 1/2 inches long and 1/4 inch wide. Color the arms red. Make sure that the bottom edges of the rectangle look like they have been cut off. To make the legs draw two lines beginning at the middle of the bottom half of the diamond. Curve the lines so that my monster looks bow legged. End the legs at the bottom of your paper. Color the legs dark green.
Monster #2
To draw my monster you must first draw the eyeballs. Draw two circles side by side near the top of your paper. The eyeballs are one half inch across and only about one eight inch apart. Inside each eyeball draw a circle which is one fourth inch across. Color the one fourth inch circle red. Inside each red circle draw a small black dot. Between the red circle and the larger circle draw nine red crooked lines. To make the head draw a forked shaped starting under the two eyeballs. The eyeballs will be on top of the head. Make two tongs. One going to the left eyeball and one going to the right eyeball. These are one half inch long. The bottom of the fork shape makes the neck. The neck has five lines running from side to side. Color the head and neck green. To draw the body begin by drawing two slanting lines going to the left and right of the neck to form the shoulders. These lines are about one half inch long. Continue drawing these lines straight toward the bottom of the page for one inch. Begin drawing arms and fingers by continuing the line to the right and left in a curved fork shape. The arm and the hand are about three fourth inches long. The hand is a fork shape with three fingers. Continue drawing the fork shaped line until it is even with the one inch line that runs up and down above the arms. Keep drawing these two lines down toward the bottom of the page. Go for one inch. To make the legs slant these two lines to the left and right and keep drawing for one more inch. The two feet are two forks with three tongs each. The toes are about one half inch long. The space between the two feet in about one fourth inch. Color the entire body the same color of green as the head. My monster has a jet pack on its back. To draw the jetpack draw a square with rounded edges that stick out from each side of the monster’s back. Color the rounded square green. The jet pack has two fuel tanks on the left and right of the jet pack. To draw these fuel tanks draw a one and one half inch long oval that is only about one fourth inch wide. These ovals are behind the rounded square. Only the top and the bottom of these ovals show. The ovals stick up about one half inch about the jet pack and only about one eight inch shows below the jet pack. On top of the ovals draw two tiny squares. Color these ovals and squares a blackish purple.
Monster #3
To draw my monster start by drawing the body. The body is triangle shaped. The triangle is 1 1/4 inches tall and 3/4 inches wide at the bottom. Color the body a real dark blue. To draw the legs draw 2 upside down triangles. These triangles are 1 inch long and 7/16 inches wide at the top. The triangle legs touch at the top and are even with the bottom left and right sides of the body triangle. Color the two legs yellow. To draw the arms draw two sideways triangles. They are about 1/2 inch long and 1/4 inch tall near the body. Each arm has five fingers. They are rectangle shaped. They are 1/8 inch long and 1/16 inch wide. The fingers look like a capital T and a small T on top of each other. Color the arms red and the fingers purple. The head is diamond shaped. It is 1/2 in tall and 1/4 inch wide. The eyes are near the top and are shaped like teardrops. They are 1/16 inch tall. Color the eyes green. The nose is two very small circles side by side to look like nostrils. The mouth is a straight line. It is 1/16 inch long. Color the face orange. The ears are half of an oval shape. They are 1/2 inch tall and 1/4 inch wide. Color the ears sky blue