Tales and Tints

Worksheet Description

This worksheet consists of a series of sentences that could belong to a story and prompts students to decide who would be responsible for telling each part: the author with words or the illustrator with pictures. Students must circle who they think would tell each part of the story, challenging them to think about how words and images work together to tell a narrative. Each sentence presents a different scenario, requiring students to consider different aspects of storytelling, such as setting, emotions, actions, and character interactions.

The objective of this worksheet is to enhance the students’ understanding of narrative roles and the division of labor in storytelling. It teaches them to discern the types of descriptions that are typically conveyed through text by an author versus those that can be expressed visually by an illustrator. Students learn to appreciate how descriptive passages can be illustrated and how certain details might be better shown than told. This activity also encourages students to visualize stories as they read, blending the literary and the artistic to enrich their experience of the story.