How To Make a Spaghetti Dinner

In class we did an activity where in groups of four we mapped out a visual way to teach "how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich". After we finished we analyzed all the visuals and discussed what we would remove from it, and what we thought was most important. Using what we discussed in class I created my visual. I intended on achieving a non-verbal, visual representation of a demonstration (hot to make a spaghetti dinner). Using images and directional arrows I expressed the sauce being heated on a burner, while the spaghetti is poured into boiling water. The arrows expressed what step came next, and in one case what to do (the sauce going into the pot). Looking at my image now I would not have used the arrow from the jar to the pot, but instead tilted the jar into the pot. After finishing cooking the spaghetti, the bowl of a spaghetti dinner was made. The final image of both ingredients in the bowl was represented by the successful finish, and its eating time (person with giant fork). From doing this demonstration map of cooking I learned how important transitions are. Making a spaghetti dinner may seem so mundane and simple to us, because it is. However, without the proper directions of steps the process may not have a successful finish. While mapping out this visual I wanted to do it in the simplest way possible, easy enough for a non-english speaking audience to understand and proceed with the process of making a spaghetti dinner.