Alycia Parsons

Visual Pedagogy Project:Art integration with

Language Arts

IdeaExplore how art can be integrated

across the subjectsLanguage Arts

My QuestionWhat other ways can teachers

encourage students to express themselves visually in Language Arts?

Idea/Question That Guided My Project

Art +Language Arts

My idea of Art integrated into Language Arts before the project…

Before the Project

Eisner“Students can discover their potential to

respond”“The arts can help students find their

individual capacity to feel and imagine”

DanielsLiterature Circles

“Writing and drawing are used to drive the meaning constructed and ideas shared.”

“Open-ended and personal”Readers theatre

Research

Art Integration into Literature Circles

Goldberg & GoodLearning through the arts“Keeping the arts separate from other subjects

severely limits their potential as a methodology for teaching and learning in general.”

MarshallExtension/ProjectionReformattingMetaphor

Research Continued

Story mappingBooks

RetellingConnectionsAbout the authorSummaryParts of a story

Integration at IPS

Parts of a story on a hand

Ideas for the Classroom

To remember what you need to write in a story

Ideas for the Classroom

•Alternate materials

for a story hand

•Alternate purposes

•5 W Questions

Activity Cards

Ideas

Spelling Review/Alphabetical Order Practice

“Word Sandwich”

Poetry Board Display

“Sweet and Simple”

Writing Prompts

“Food for Thought”

Visual Examples for the Classroom

Word Sandwich

•“ou” spelling words•Make a sandwich with spelling words•Can put sandwich in alphabetical order

CupidCute Clever

Shooting Spreading SharingBoy God Archer

BusybodyFlying Hiding Aiming

Romantic Loving Cherub

Sweet and SimplePoem Format:

NounAdjective Adjective

Verb Verb VerbNoun Noun Noun

Noun Verb Verb Verb

Adjective AdjectiveNoun

Example from The Mailbox

Different food pictures inside the bag

Prompt written on outside of bag:Write to explain your ideas

Think about the food.How would you feel if this

were the only food you had in your lunch? Why?

Would you eat the food or trade lunches with a friend?

Food for

Thought

Images as Writing Prompts

Memorization/FactsNouns

Ideas Continued

Integration of art into other subject areas

Allowing students to express themselves

Providing students with disabilities other

opportunities to participate and succeed

Alternate Assignments more freedom and creativity

Relation to m333

Daniels, H. (1994). A Closer Look: Literature Circles Defined. Literature circles: voice and choice in the child-centered classroom (p. 5). Markham, Ont.: Pembroke Publishers.

Eisner, E. (1992). The Misunderstood Role of the Arts in Human Development. The Phi Delta Kappan, 73(8), 595. Retrieved April 8, 2012, from the JSTOR database.

Goldberg, M. (2004). Art Integration: A methodology for Learning. Teaching English Language Learners through the arts, Unknown, 4-10.

Marshall, J. (2010). Five Ways to Integrate: Using Strategies from Contemporary Art. Art Education, Unknown, 16-17.

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