Color color color!
No markers, crayons, colored pencils, creativity or color at a HS level? You may say no, but I'll give you 10 reasons why this is needed:
1. tabbing/marginalia for critical reading/close reading/critical reading lenses/literary elements/etc.
2. visual learners
3. creativity is not a course or elective; it is EVERYDAY!
4. body biographies
5. posters, wall post-its, reader responses
6. organization
7. storyboarding/story mapping
8. visual representations, journaling through drawings/images
9. graphic novels
10. reading and writing children's lit., graphic novels, comics through various points of view...
I can go on forever!
Who still says no? It is a complete disservice to suck the creativity out of HS students. This is not an elementary only requirement, color and creativity should exist in all classrooms of all ages. Yes I am proud of my markers, scissors, crayons, colored pencils and funky designs for file folders, index cards and its holder/box, pencil/pen holder, etc. I will not succumb to mute and boring colors. It is not me and I don't care how many books say otherwise, color needs to exist in HS level classes.
1. tabbing/marginalia for critical reading/close reading/critical reading lenses/literary elements/etc.
2. visual learners
3. creativity is not a course or elective; it is EVERYDAY!
4. body biographies
5. posters, wall post-its, reader responses
6. organization
7. storyboarding/story mapping
8. visual representations, journaling through drawings/images
9. graphic novels
10. reading and writing children's lit., graphic novels, comics through various points of view...
I can go on forever!
Who still says no? It is a complete disservice to suck the creativity out of HS students. This is not an elementary only requirement, color and creativity should exist in all classrooms of all ages. Yes I am proud of my markers, scissors, crayons, colored pencils and funky designs for file folders, index cards and its holder/box, pencil/pen holder, etc. I will not succumb to mute and boring colors. It is not me and I don't care how many books say otherwise, color needs to exist in HS level classes.