With elementary students I have done things such as have students list as
many things as they see with paintings with several objects such as "Sunday
Afternoon in the Park". I usually give them a short time frame, such as 2 or
3 minutes. Then they write a story using the list of items they wrote down.
With older students we twitter - a combination of drawing & writing done in
a 10 minute time span where the entire page must be filled using a given
concept or word. This is very effective for helping students learn to fill
up the entire space given. I have also had them do a variety of poems - I
like poetry that has formulas that allow all students to be successful.
Written responses to paintings is a given in my room, as well as
self-critiques on projects before they are handed in. Another thing I have
done is to have students write a letter to a friend telling them about an
artwork they have done, ala VanGogh.
K-12 Kansas Art Teacher
> Hello all,
> How are any of you using writing in your classes? I'm a big fan of the
> haiku poem because it is like a tiny abstract painting.