COLORS, ARRANGEMENT AND STORIES
Critical Thinking in Colors and Shapes Colors and arrangements can be used evoke different moods, different personalities, and different feelings. Spend at least five minutes looking closely at this painting,…
Activating Strategies for Reading
Reading: Activating Thinking Here is a chart strategies to get students thinking about new units, new books, or new readings. Many are interactive and though they come from a site prepared for elementary…
Making Masks to Reveal Character
Why Did They Do That? Students sometimes miss the significance of a fictional character's behavior because these inexperienced readers may have missed direct and/or indirect characterization clues authors incorporate to show what motivates…
Shakespeare – Choral Reading and Mask Making
Shakespeare Out Loud and In Color! Looking for ideas to enhance your teaching Shakespeare plays like Romeo and Juliet in ways that appeal to the multiple intelligences? Looking for ideas that…