Writing in the classroom is not just for the English courses, but for every course. It doesn't only align with the Common Core to get students to write more, but it also helps students solidify thoughts and ideas. Writing helps the student to display all that they know and engages them in often, low-threat writing projects. It is important that students are given a chance to write privately to allow them the ease of not being assessed and graded. However, public writing that engages the student in higher-order thinking is also vital for learning. The art class is a perfect place to expand a student's writing horizon. Writing about art will seldom be done in any other class. The kind of thinking that assessing art takes requires a different kind of writing than any other class. Additionally, because discussing art is so abstract it is important that students are given the outlet of writing to process their ideas and views.
Admission/Exit Ticket
This form of private writing can be used for countless possibilities because the information required can change depending on the lesson and unit. An admission ticket generally requires students to have done some outside class research and come to class with something written and ready to discussing. An exit ticket generally asks the students to have information down in order to leave class and do work outside of class. It is great for short writing assignments and summaries of information.
This form of private writing can be used for countless possibilities because the information required can change depending on the lesson and unit. An admission ticket generally requires students to have done some outside class research and come to class with something written and ready to discussing. An exit ticket generally asks the students to have information down in order to leave class and do work outside of class. It is great for short writing assignments and summaries of information.
Learning Log
The learning log can either be a daily or a weekly assignment that involves students thinking about their learning. This can incorporate a variety of questions from class related or, as I've observed in my EdPysch course, related to gratefulness and self-reflection. This duals as a way to keep students accountable for being engaged in classes.
The learning log can either be a daily or a weekly assignment that involves students thinking about their learning. This can incorporate a variety of questions from class related or, as I've observed in my EdPysch course, related to gratefulness and self-reflection. This duals as a way to keep students accountable for being engaged in classes.
Quick Writes
Quick writes offer low-stress situations where students are asked to write on a specific topic or respond to a specific prompt for a set amount of time. The goal is that students are writing for the entire time and the point is not for accuracy and grammar, but to get students writing and thinking. Writing prompts can range from comprehension to evaluative and connecting.
Quick writes offer low-stress situations where students are asked to write on a specific topic or respond to a specific prompt for a set amount of time. The goal is that students are writing for the entire time and the point is not for accuracy and grammar, but to get students writing and thinking. Writing prompts can range from comprehension to evaluative and connecting.
Found Poetry/Newspaper Blackout Poetry
This is a project that is incredibly fitting in an art room because it can cal on creativity to make the poem aesthetically pleasing. Found poetry is when you take a piece of literature, newspaper, book, article, etc. and blackout much of the text to allow a new text and message to remain on the page. A few examples are depicted below.
This is a project that is incredibly fitting in an art room because it can cal on creativity to make the poem aesthetically pleasing. Found poetry is when you take a piece of literature, newspaper, book, article, etc. and blackout much of the text to allow a new text and message to remain on the page. A few examples are depicted below.
Write About Texts/Artwork
Writing about read texts helps students to summarize a text in their own words and improves their comprehension. It also allows students to respond with observations, questions, and predictions as they read. This kind of writing can also be adapted to reading art texts and also looking at art. reading art is not conventional reading, but neither is reading music and we still call that "reading." A student who can read art is developing a vocabulary and skill-set that many others will not have practiced and helps students to use different parts of their brains in new ways!
Writing about read texts helps students to summarize a text in their own words and improves their comprehension. It also allows students to respond with observations, questions, and predictions as they read. This kind of writing can also be adapted to reading art texts and also looking at art. reading art is not conventional reading, but neither is reading music and we still call that "reading." A student who can read art is developing a vocabulary and skill-set that many others will not have practiced and helps students to use different parts of their brains in new ways!