On Monday, we began with a simple cardboard tube...
Here is an excerpt from the final product--a class book!
A few weeks ago, our students worked on an exciting week-long project that involved both art and writing. Students used their imagination to transform something ordinary into a unique creation, and then continued to push their creative limits by using their object as a writing prompt. This project was inspired by a book called "Not A Box", which is about a bunny with a cardboard box and big imagination. On Monday, we began with a simple cardboard tube... After one hour in the Maker Space, students had produced all sorts of interesting works-in-progress, including some examples below (airplanes, a cannon, and a fairy house) : We then reflected on what we created, and made a list of things we still needed to do. Throughout the week, students had the opportunity to continue working on their object during quiet time in the classroom. The following day, students did a gallery walk to share their objects with one another. Next, we began to plan stories involving our objects and the bunny from the "Not A Box" story. Students typed the stories on their laptops. Each student was then given a printed image of their object and cut outs of the bunny character from the book. Using the cutouts, the object image, and black line drawing, they created illustrations for their stories. Here is an excerpt from the final product--a class book!
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AuthorMs. McGill is a public school librarian at Stony Point Elementary. She has previously taught all subjects in 4th & 5th grades, and creative nonfiction at UVa's Young Writers Workshop for nine summers. Categories |