using photographs The following is a short list of strategies for viewing and using photographs in the classroom. This list is by no means comprehensive, so don't be limited by these ideas. QuickWrite Topics Describe everything you see in the photograph. What is/are the person/people thinking in the photograph? What questions does the photo answer? pose? List anything that comes to mind when looking at the photo? Write about what led up to this moment or what happened directly after it. Creative Activities Write a short story about what is happening in the photo. Write a poem. Write a play and act it out with your classmates. Have Socratic Seminar.