Alicia Parsons - Visual pedagogy project for M333 "Art Experiences for Elementary Generalists", Spring 2012 at Indiana University Bloomington. Instructor Hallie DeCatherine Jones.

1. Alycia Parsons

2.  Idea
 Explore how art can be integrated across the
subjects
 Language Arts
 My Question
 What other ways can teachers encourage
students to express themselves visually in
Language Arts?

3.  My idea of Art integrated into Language Arts before the
project…

4.  Eisner
 “Students can discover their potential to
respond”
 “The arts can help students find their individual
capacity to feel and imagine”
 Daniels
 Literature Circles
 “Writing and drawing are used to drive the
meaning constructed and ideas shared.”
 “Open-ended and personal”
 Readers theatre

6.  Goldberg & Good
 Learning through the arts
 “Keeping the arts separate from other subjects severely
limits their potential as a methodology for teaching and
learning in general.”
 Marshall
 Extension/Projection
 Reformatting
 Metaphor

7.  Story mapping
 Books
 Retelling
 Connections
 About the author
 Summary
 Parts of a story

8. To remember
what you
need to write
in a story
 Parts of a story on a hand

9. •Alternate materials for a
story hand
•Alternate purposes
•5 W Questions

10. Activity Cards

11.  Spelling Review/Alphabetical Order Practice
 “Word Sandwich”
 Poetry Board Display
 “Sweet and Simple”
 Writing Prompts
 “Food for Thought”

12. •“ou” spelling
words
•Make a sandwich
with spelling
words
•Can put
sandwich in
alphabetical order

13. Poem Format:
Noun
Adjective Adjective
Verb Verb Verb
Noun Noun Noun
Noun Cupid
Verb Verb Verb Cute Clever
Adjective Adjective
Shooting Spreading Sharing
Noun
Boy God Archer Busybody
Flying Hiding Aiming
Romantic Loving
Cherub
Example from The Mailbox

14.  Different food pictures inside
the bag
 Prompt written on outside of
bag:
 Write to explain your ideas
Think about the food.
 How would you feel if this
were the only food you had in
your lunch? Why?
 Would you eat the food or
trade lunches with a friend?

15.  Images as Writing Prompts
 Memorization/Facts
 Nouns

16.  Integration of art into other subject areas
 Allowing students to express themselves
 Providing students with disabilities other
opportunities to participate and succeed
 Alternate Assignments more freedom and creativity

17.  Daniels, H. (1994). A Closer Look: Literature Circles
Defined. Literature circles: voice and choice in the
child-centered classroom (p. 5). Markham, Ont.:
Pembroke Publishers.
 Eisner, E. (1992). The Misunderstood Role of the Arts
in Human Development. The Phi Delta Kappan, 73(8),
595. Retrieved April 8, 2012, from the JSTOR database.
 Goldberg, M. (2004). Art Integration: A methodology
for Learning. Teaching English Language Learners
through the arts, Unknown, 4-10.
 Marshall, J. (2010). Five Ways to Integrate: Using
Strategies from Contemporary Art. Art Education,
Unknown, 16-17.