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Editorial Cartoons
Do your classes love reading and drawing cartoons? Middle schoolers read an editorial cartoon from a newspaper. They discuss the cartoonist's topic, audience, and purpose. Next, they brainstorm questions they have about the cartoon and...
Polk Bros Foundation
I Can Identify/Infer Motive
Why do people and characters act as they do? Require your class figure out the motivation of two people or characters they read about in a given text. In the short charts, pupils note down who, what they do, and why they do it. After...
K12 Reader
Proverbs and Adages: What Do They Mean?
You shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but feel free to find the silver lining in a worksheet about common proverbs and adages. Learners read six popular adages and write their literal definitions on the lines provided.
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Identifying Missing Words
How do you figure out the meaning of a word you don't know? Young readers develop skills to identifying missing words in a story using context clues. Picture clues are used to identify covered words in the story I Can’t Get My Turtle to...
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Creativity Exercise - Describe the Sky
Scholars stretch their writing muscles with an exercise that asks them to describe the sky using similes and metaphors.
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Movement-Proportion-Greek Vase Figure Drawing
Students begin the activity by drawing figures doing different activities. As a class, they view artwork on Greek vases and discover how the political situations affect the drawings on the vases. They draw their own scene to place on a...
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Drawing with Wire
Students identify visual arts by examining visual models. In this art analysis lesson, students discuss the history of Keith Haring by researching information on the Internet. Students view images showing Keith Haring's work and...
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Coin Art 4-6
Students study the historical figures and symbols of U.S.
patriotism depicted on the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter coins and learn that artists designed the portraits and other images on the coins. They research Texas symbols and...
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Joseph Stella Art: Line Designs
Students discover the focal point in pictures and create their own images using lines and space. In this art analysis lesson, students create a black dot on a white paper which becomes a focal point for the lines the student will...
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El Greco: Drawing Tall People
Students create a masterpiece. In this drawing lesson students use a magazine picture to make a very tall person. The students cut the picture to stretch it out.
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Chalk Drawings
Students create their own chalk drawings on a chalk board inspired by the work of Keith Haring. In this chalk drawings lesson plan, students draw symbols and lines in different colors.
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Around Derby Museum and Art Gallery 3
In this Derby Art Gallery worksheet, students complete 15 fill in the blank questions regarding paintings and information that can be found in the Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Answers are provided.
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Art One-Master Emulation Acrylic Painting Lesson Plan
Students examine art history books and gather information on three masters. Using the text, they gather information about their history, style, and the techniques they used. They create their own paintings using acrylic paint using the...
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Art and Culture of Great Britain
A study of the art and culture of Great Britain can provide a great way get students interested in the history of this country.
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Onomatopoeia
Students identify onomatopoeia by identifying sound words in a book and drawing the animals that make those sounds. In this onomatopoeia lesson plan, students read the words as if they were the animal indicated.
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Hyperboles
Want to see the best instructional activity is the entire universe? Who doesn't love to exaggerate now and then? Get your class cozy with hyperbole as you read the story My Dad by Anthony Browne. During the reading you'll chart...
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Art and Culture of France
Lessons about France can cover art, history, and the colonization of Africa.
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The Art and Culture of Spain
Students can explore the history, culture and art of Spain with motivating activities.
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Three Dimensional Art of Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Students, during this twelve week series of lessons, learn basic anatomy through life sketches of human skeletons and shells. They learn fundamentals of line and convey life through sketches learning science through art.
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Shaping the View: Composition Basics
Students examine the elements of composition in various artworks. They analyze and discuss paintings, explore "The National Gallery of Art" website, identify the shape of compositions in paintings, and draw a diagram.
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Robbing the 'Hood?
Students investigate historical figures and how they play a role in tourism by reading and discussing the article "When Robin Hood Supped, Was it Yorkshire Pudding?" In groups, students investigate issues related in the article in...
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Design a Colonial Garden
Students explore botany by completing an art design activity in class. In this gardening history instructional activity, students identify the plants and crops utilized in the Colonial era for both food and medicine. Students utilize...
National Gallery of Canada
Panoramic Landscapes
Combine landscape with collage to create unique art pieces. Class members examine works of art before creating their own pieces with photos of a special place. Learners create a panoramic image and add in figures.
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Making an Inference from an Implied Message Within a Text
Show your scholars that they make inferences every day and might not even know it. Through scaffolded instruction, they break down the process of drawing information from context. Using example sentences and didactic questioning,...