Literacy and Art
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Summary : After freeing herself of a bias toward print-only learning in English class, Jester found that correlating skills between visual and language arts helped her students generate lively writing and discussion.
Of Paint and Poetry: Strengthening Literacy Through Art - National Writing Project
Art & Writing Projects from WritingFix: Mandalas and the Circle of Seasons
Second-grader Natalie wrote: The seasons dance in a circle. Spring turns green with wonderful leaves. Summer brings children running all around.
Welcome to a small part of my world, a place of words, color, rhythm, line and form. My name is Sandra Young , and I have always loved art. I am the coordinator for this page of lessons at WritingFix that combine writing, art, and literature. During the past ten years, I have added a love for writing to my life, which has been an exciting journey. In my second grade classroom, I have observed writing give substance to art and art give new dimension to writing as my students become more involved with their projects. Well-thought-out writing lessons should be paired with equally well-planned art lessons.
A WritingFix Inservice Class: Teaching Writing alongside Art
The Art Of Storytelling » Home
As we draw near each other, you can hear the sizzling fire. POP, POP, POP. Joe the buccaneer and Andy the Soldier. Joe pulls out his gun, and then Andy pulls it out. BOOM! It is a miss.Textmapping starts with a scroll. Scrolls are an ancient technology, but they offer clear advantages over books - advantages that are particularly useful in the context of classroom instruction. When you open a book, you can only see two facing pages at a time; when you roll out a scroll, you can see the entire text - the entire length of the scroll - all at once. Here's how it looks: Open a book, and you see two facing pages... Scrolls give you a better handle on comprehension.
