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Artists As Storytellers: Designing A Personal Comic Book [6th-8th Grade], Elizabeth Bendele
Artists As Storytellers: Designing A Personal Comic Book [6th-8th Grade], Elizabeth Bendele
Understanding by Design: Complete Collection
In this unit, students will examine and interpret past examples of storytelling, and will tell their own story by designing a comic book panel illustrating a momentous event or experience in their lives. As this unit encourages personal expression and imparts the significance of individuality and creativity, it was written to be the first unit of the term; it will give students a structured roadmap for the year, and will also give the teacher insight on where each student stands not only as an artist— but as a writer, reader, thinker, and class participant as well.
Exploring Personal Responses To Reading: A Wwii Book Study [4th Grade], Jennifer Wray
Exploring Personal Responses To Reading: A Wwii Book Study [4th Grade], Jennifer Wray
Understanding by Design: Complete Collection
This unit arose out of students reading passively and not responding to their texts. In order to inspire a response in students, these picture books set in the WWII era are particularly powerful and typically evoke passionate responses. The unit focuses on understanding different perspectives in history and an author’s purpose for writing. The other main focus is teaching students how to have a personal response to a text. Authors of these books specifically wrote their stories to learn from the past and create peace for the future. Therefore, the performance task at the end invites the students to use …