Active Adjectives: A Word Is Worth a Thousand Pictures

Autor/in	Tamplin de Poinsot, Nan
Titel	Active Adjectives: A Word Is Worth a Thousand Pictures
Quelle	In: Arts & Activities, 147 (2010) 2, S.34-35 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-3931
Schlagwörter	Graphic Arts; Grade 7; Grade 8; Form Classes (Languages); Verbs; Studio Art; Art Activities; Integrated Activities; Language Arts; Vocabulary; Middle School Students; Freehand Drawing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grafik; Grafisches Gestaltung; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Analytischer Sprachbau; Kunstwerkstatt; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Integrierender Unterricht; Sprachkultur; Wortschatz; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Drawing; Zeichnen
Abstract	Graphic art can be a tough subject approach with seventh- and eighth-graders, but by mixing a little language arts into the studio lesson, they can have fun with the art of words in a whole new way. In this article, the author describes how students created a graphic design using a word. The purpose of the graphic art is to educate--to teach an unusual word's meaning through its appearance. The author teaches this lesson using adjectives as the subject matter because adjectives are visual words that allow a person to "see" the meaning of nouns more clearly. Other types of words, such as verbs, may also provide interesting subject matter because students can illustrate a verb as an action. This lesson serves a double purpose in expanding vocabulary as well as artistic vision. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10