In chapter 7, Allen is trying to "explore the arts--expanding students thinking." One way she tries to help kids achieve art is to encourage kids to "sketch, paint, and draw to enhance their papers." Artwork is also another way for students to make choices and take risks with their paper. Art is just trying to help us express our emotion towards the topic we have already written about. As a teacher, you cannot grade the students based on their actual artistic ability, but if it makes their paper more meaningful.
Monday, March 22, 2010
MGRP Chapter 5 & 7
In chapter 5, Allen is discussing how to help students bring subjects alive. One cool idea i thought of was "creating a class character." The teacher had the class answer questions such as, what is the characters age or what does he look like, and when the class comes to a consensus, they have created a class character after answering 34 questions. This helps students realize how much effort goes in to creating a character and their likes and dislikes. This also makes the students experts on their topics, which is what a Multigenre research paper is intended to do.
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I also really enjoyed the idea of creating a class character. What a great way to encourage students to work together but also set a great example as to how to create a character for them to use in their own writing. The conversations this activity can begin can be extremely beneficial in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteArt is also another way of knowing or expressing knowledge. I like what you said about expressing emotion through art!
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