Try DOODLING!!!!! Get inspiration from Mr. Doodle; Sometimes, the solution to your problem just won’t come into your head, yet your thoughts are spinning at a 100 kilometres an …
We've all been there - sitting at a desk in a high school, waiting for the seemingly never-ending lesson to finish, and doodling the boredom away.
Create a Syllabus That Your Students Will Actually Want to Read. Free Resource to download to help you create an Art Syllabus for your art students. Want to try your hand at a visual syllabus? We'll give you three helpful hints. This article will take 8 minutes to read.
The best story setting ideas contribute to a novel's tone and mood or influence plot direction. Read 6 effective story setting examples.
The Black Death ripped through Europe in the mid fourteenth century causing death on an unprecedented scale. At the time people didn't understand the disease, but now scientists have pieced together what caused the Black Death.
Metaphors Language Arts Classroom Poster. Created by The Writing Doctor. Visit "The Write Prescription" dot com.
Understand what makes a democracy "representative" with this overview of the concept of representative democracy: definition, examples, pros, and cons.
Last week, I blogged about Bloom's Taxonomy and Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). (See April 2, 2012.) My friend, Andrea, over at One Teacher's Take...is Another's Treasure commented that she also uses Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Levels and Marzano's Dimensions of Thinking, both of which are new to me. So, I immediately googled them. Here's what I found. . . Webb's DOK Levels look like this: What I like about Webb's model is the 4 levels versus Bloom's 6. It's always nice to condense things, isn't it? At least in my realm of preparing dozens of lesson plans each day, less is more! The 4 level descriptors (the inner circle) boast newer and somewhat clearer concepts. Then my eye wanders over the outer circle. Ouch! Another sea of verbs to swim through. The 4th level, presumably the quarter in which we strive to spend most of our time, is curiously short on verbs compared to the other 75%. Are those 8 verbs/phrases just more succinct? Or, do they reflect the limitations foisted upon teachers by the Common Core of Teaching Standards, standardized testing, and uniform time lines? Surely that triad has bearing on it. Perhaps there is more to be considered, however. Is the 4th level truly where teachers strive to be? I hope, in my heart of hearts, that the answer is YES. However, it is possible that some, if not many, teachers find little motivation to work on level 4. Their efforts are not evaluated by standardized tests, depriving them of extrinsic approval. Paychecks remain static whether teachers push their students toward extended learning or not. Indeed, rewards are esoteric. Certainly the dedicated, professional teacher experiences intrinsic satisfaction. S/he may even be fortunate enough to receive accolades from students, parents, colleagues, and/or administrators. Is that enough? In a future blog, I'll discuss Marzano's Depth of Knowledge Levels. Until then, I'd love to hear your thoughts about teaching HOTS.
Metaphors Language Arts Classroom Poster. Created by The Writing Doctor. Visit "The Write Prescription" dot com.
Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
Period: Final Neolithic. Date: 4500–4000 B.C.. Culture: Cycladic. Medium: Marble. Dimensions: H. 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm). Classification: Stone Sculpture. Cr...
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Santiago Caruso's Work is Dark and Unreal
This is a folding fan with classic red rose design. The size of this piece makes it perfect to carry in your handbag and use anywhere when it's really hot! What can you do with a hand fan or when to use it? - When it's too hot outside: summer weddings, parties, events, tennis matches, etc. - To be a fashion queen! - To send secret messages!!! (For example: Fully open the hand fan = "Wait for me"; Move the hand fan around the cheek = "I love you") - As decorations to hang on a wall or display - To dance flamenco, olé! The hand fan is made of natural wood, lacquer several times with water-based lacquer (so the wood becomes nice to the touch) and white polyester fabric, which I decorate with a decoupage technique using paper napkins, fixed with lacquer. All the materials I use are water-based (odorless and eco-friendly) and I guarantee durability. Measurements: (width x height) Open: 17 x 9 inches (43 cm x 23 cm) Closed: 1.6 x 9 inches (4 cm x 23 cm)
Use this page to help you understand the “tone” for any article or story that we read in class. If you understand the author’s tone, you will most likely understand the main idea …
Today for, What's Up Wednesday, I wanted to share with you what Word Nerd Speech Teach has been up to. She has created a new figurative language pack that just happens to be themed after one of my favorite movies, The Wizard of Oz! Keep reading for a chance to enter a giveaway! This fun themed pack has 30 pages of well thought out activities and explanations for similes, metaphors, idioms, and proverbs. There are 24 simile cards, 24 metaphor cards, 48 idioms cards, and 48 proverb cards. She provides explanations and examples of what each type of figurative language
Hey guys! I am so excited to get to meet you all! This year is going to be great and a ton of fun! Here is a copy of your syllabus for middle school art.
A selection of woodcuts from a book entitled The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents, published in 1658.
This is a helpful sentence diagramming guide to give students several examples of different diagramming scenarios. Click here to view and print.
I LOVE saving figurative language until June - it's such a fun language unit ... and perfect for our "dreaming of summer brains". We finished up our EQAO testing mid week, and this onomatopoeia activity was the perfect break from testing. How fun is that??? Students chose two contrasting colours - one for the background and one for the word and border "bursting out of the page". They also needed newspaper (cut just a fraction smaller that the "bursting out of the page border" and glued the newspaper on top. They glued their word on top of that (we had brainstormed a lot of onomatopoeia words, but for some reason most of them chose SPLAT for their word). I also had them do a little shading under their letters for that little extra POP (see, I know some onomatopoeia words, too). ;) I had seen this awesome idea on Pinterest and followed it back to Artisan des Arts. Her examples are FANTASTIC!! We also wrote simile poems this week. I found a little template HERE for the students to use for their rough copies. When students were finished their templates, I had them write out their good copies, and illustrate a few lines with a small image. I hung these up, too ... LOVING our bulletin board switch up ... even this late in the school year!!! (I have two of these "smART class" bulletin boards side by side in the classroom. 15 more school days left ... I think I can ... I think I can ... Happy Friday!!!
