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Laura Petree
Grade: 3rd
Objective: Using the text Imagine a Place by Sarah L. Thompson, illustrations
by Rob Gonsalves, students will explore how writers use descriptive language
to create a scene and how an illustrator interprets those words to create an
image. The students will create their own piece of artwork using a common
stanza from the text and then compare and contrast each artists
interpretation of the words. Students will meet the literacy goals of:
Good writers use descriptive language.
Good readers create pictures in their mind as they read.
Literacy Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.7
Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is
conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a
character or setting)
VA:Cr1.1.3a
Elaborate on an imaginative idea
VA:Pr5.1.3a
Identify exhibit space and prepare works of art including artists statements,
for presentation.
VA:Cn11.1.3a
Recognize that responses to art change depending on knowledge of the time
and place in which it was made.
Overview:
This is an integrated literacy and art lesson to take place over a threeday period during literacy and writers workshop. Day 1 will introduce
students to the topic beginning with a reading of the story and brainstorming
how to respond to the text. Day 2 the students will be creating their pieces in
response to the text during writers workshop. Day 3 students will do a
gallery walk of the pieces comparing and contrasting the student and
illustrators artwork.
Materials:
Imagine a Place by Sarah L. Thompson
Smartboard/projector
Exemplar
Day 1
1. Introduce the topic by reading the book Imagine a Place. Read
the first four pages of the text. After reading the first few pages revisit
this art with the students using the smartboard to project the images
(Slides 1-4). Discuss with students the interpretation of the illustration
of the text.
that?
b. Is the language literal or nonliteral?
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Day 2
1. Writers workshop will be dedicated to students creating their
images and artists statements.
a. Students will have freedom of materials (markers,
crayons, paints, pastels, etc.) with which to create or finish
creating their piece.
b. Each of the four verses will be displayed on the
smartboard for the students to refer to. Students may need to
revisit the images from the previous day (Students will not be
able to peak in the book).
c. After finishing their piece students will create an
artist's statement about their piece.
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