Making connections and inferring through visual literacy
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Category Archives: Visual Literacy
Ridiculously Imaginative Playgrounds
The Colossal website is a fantastic resource for all different kinds of art. This playground is just one of many I …
Use Animated film “A lovecraft dream” as a writing prompt
A short film (about 6 minutes) by Leonardo Manna, based on the real H.P.Lovecraft character and his nightmares. Appropriate for …
Writing Captions for Photographs
Read the story that goes with the photograph and make up another suitable title. Use that idea for a caption. …
Crane Accident: Spotting the doctored photo
The 2005 Crane Accident is a series of 11 photographs involving one small car and two large cranes is an excellent text to …
Spreading the Love: poetry project
What if your whole class wrote annonymous poems and spread the love by leaving their letters all over the neighbourhood. …
Authors Imply and Readers Infer
1. Any text is incomplete without the reader. In pairs, spend a minute or two discussing what this statement means. …
Three Photographs/Three Words
Teacher notes: The following lesson ideas incorporate reading expectations 1.5 and 1.8 for intermediate level students. Three Photographs/Three Words Choose …
Inferring from Political Cartoons
Choose a current political cartoon that will be relevant to your students but will be a little bit above their …
Family Literacy Activities
Literacy Activities for the Whole Family Play with words Bake a favourite …
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