Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
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Literature
Cross-Curricular
Unit Plan
EDMC 538
December 2016
Our Rationale:
Representative of our graduate level learning and work experience
Value of story and the importance of visual representation in order to express learning
Benefit to professional experience through collaboration and co-teaching, and also student learning
Challenging to us as educators
Unit Goals
Designed to provide an opportunity for students to see the connection of how artists communicate in literature
versus visual art.
Students demonstrate knowledge of the English Language Arts and the art curriculum standards
The ELA portion of the unit focuses on the literary element of symbolism, as well as writing technique, and
presentation skills.
Art focus was on visual representation and communication of ideas through application of acrylic painting
techniques, as well as reflective writing through the creation of artist statements.
Promoted hands on learning and benefited many of the diverse learners in our classrooms. Students were very
motivated throughout the lessons knowing that their work would be displayed for their peers.
The Process
Frequent teacher meetings to brainstorm, plan lessons, and reflect on student products and progress.
Gaining approval from administration in order to paint ceiling tiles
Unit organization
This unit is divided in two:
Five lessons are art specific:
Lesson 1: Introduction to Narrative Art
Lesson 2: Introduction to symbolism in art
Lesson 3: Composition
Lesson 4: Painting techniques
Lesson 5: Artist statements
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5:
Symbolism introduction
Symbolism response to text
Edit and revision process
Co-taught class, focus on the active reading strategy of visualization
Presentation skills and final presentations
Co-Teaching
Unique opportunity for co-teaching across the 7th grade curriculum.
Teacher learning:
Understanding of alternate curriculum, teaching methods, and scheduling
Student learning:
Interconnected nature of learning, through teacher interactions and frequent references to
both subjects.
Time-lapse video of visualization co-teaching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKA0-f9XJuw
Student examples
Writing examples