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
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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