Altered Books and Found Poetry (4 - 5)
Last changed: 08/13/2021 7:49pm
| 4 , 5 | Visual Art Theater |
| Visual Art | English |
| Both Grade Level and Arts/PE Program | Alignment |
| 1 | 60 min |
| 2 | 60 min |
| If a school is booking 3-4 grade level classes you can request a two day program. | |
| In-School Workshop | |
| Availability: All year. | In-School, Virtual |
| $10 | 0 |
| $250 | 0 |
| yes | Email , Phone |
| Book pages, demonstration materials examples of altered books, some extra color pencils. Resources for teachers. | |
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Pencils, erasers, tape, scissors, glue and/or glue sticks; color pencils if available, markers if available. Paper towels. Students may wish to bring photographs and collage materials for the Art room second visit. (I.e. magazines, pieces of fabric, family photos). |
Students at individual desks (social distancing) or tables of 4-6 students so materials can be shared. Table for artists' materials and demonstrations. White board and marker for demonstration and notes. A place for artwork between visits. |
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I can combine words creatively to create personal meaning. I can use color, shape, and line to create visual movement on a page. I can re-purpose old book pages into artwork. |
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| In Altered Books and Found Poetry students explore a transformative process to turn a page torn from a book into poetry and visual art that exhibits with new and personal meaning. From available vocabulary on the individual pages, students select and connect words to create meaning that is unique to them. They change the meaning that is on the page. Then to clarify their meaning, students use visual art elements such as color and line to guide the reader through the student's word combinations. Artistic and Language Arts conventions addressed will be modified for grade levels so that all students are successful. The text and design information will vary to accommodate reading levels. The artist and classroom teacher circulate during the lesson to assist students and extend the creative content and process. | |
| For two day programs students are prompted to deepen their artistic explorations with new understanding from the previous day; are prompted with additional literary and artistic conventions and encouraged to revise their work with attention to conventions of poetry such as repetition, metaphor, sound, simile and message. In Art classrooms the conventions of visual arts will be highlighted and a focus on how art transforms materials. | |
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This workshop is a delightful example of how student choice is student voice. This process lends itself to focusing on curriculum topics or goals; for example, a class studying refugees created poems and pages that incorporated their learning about refugees. A Hartford teacher wrote "it gives students the ability to make poetry out of words that they do not need to think up which can be especially helpful to ELLs and SPED students." |
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| Caregivers and volunteers can hand out supplies; ask students clarifying questions about process and assist students who need help making choices or making their choices clear. | |
Grade 4 |
| Grade 4: Language Standards: Knowledge of Language #3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. A. Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely. |
| Grade 4: Language Standards: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: #5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. |
| Grade 4: Visual Arts: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. A. Explore and invent art-making techniques and approaches. |
| Grade 4: Visual Arts: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. A. Brainstorm multiple approaches to a creative art or design problem. |
Grade 5 |
| Grade 5: Language Standards: Knowledge of Language #3: Use Knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. A. Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style. |
| Grade 5: Language Standards: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use #5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. |
| Grade 5: Visual Arts: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. A. Combine ideas to generate an innovative idea for art-making. |
| Grade 5: Visual Arts: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. A. Experiment and develop skills in multiple art-making techniques and approaches through practice. |
