Color My World: Expanding Meaning Potential Through Media

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Arts Education

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

3, 4, 5, 6

Overview

This lesson is not about markers over pencils; it is about developing a relationship between students and media and how such nurtured connections can support students' ideas in what they write and how they write it. Through in-class discussions about writing/drawing materials and carefully observing how an illustrator uses media to communicate ideas, students will see how materials can extend knowledge. This lesson provides opportunities for students to explore and experience the meaning potential of everyday writing and drawing tools in their own writing. The lesson can (and should be) adapted for older students.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.27
Read prose, poetry, and dramas, identifying the literary devices used by the author to convey meaning.

Vocabulary

Prose
Poetry
Dramas
Identifying
Literary devices
Author
Convey meaning

Knowledge

Students know:

Literary text often includes literary devices, such as personification, imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, symbolism, metaphor, and simile.
An author uses literary devices to convey meaning within the text.

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify the literary devices when reading prose, poetry, and dramas.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Literary devices are a special type of language that an author uses to convey meaning in literary text.
Literary devices are language that carries meaning other than the literal meaning of the words or phrases.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

ELA21.3.33
Write personal or fictional narratives with a logical plot (sequence of events), characters, transitions, and a sense of closure.

Vocabulary

Personal narrative
Fictional narrative
Logical plot
Sequence of events
Characters
Transitions
Closure

Knowledge

Students know:

A narrative is a piece of writing that tells a story.
A personal narrative tells about an event that was personally experienced by the author, while a fictional narrative tells a made up story.
A narrative story describes a sequence of events in a logical order (beginning, middle, end) and provides a sense of closure as an ending.
A narrative story describes the actions, thoughts, and feelings of the characters.
Narrative transitions indicate when and where the story is occurring.

Skills

Students are able to:

Write a personal narrative that recalls a personal experience or a fictional narrative with a made-up story.
Write a narrative with a logical sequence of events and details that describe how the characters feels, acts, and thinks.
Use appropriate transitions in narrative writing.
Write a narrative that ends with a sense of closure.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Narrative writing includes predictable elements, like a logical sequence of events and an ending that provides the reader with a sense of closure.
Because narrative writing describes a chronological sequence of events, it includes transitions that indicate the time and place in which the story is occurring.
Narrative writing can be used to tell about something that happened to them personally or it can tell a story they made up.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.16
Describe how authors use literary devices and text features to convey meaning in prose, poetry, and drama.

Vocabulary

Literary devices
Text features
Prose
Poetry
Drama

Knowledge

Students know:

Literary devices are language that carries meaning other than the literal meaning of the words or phrases.
Text features are items other than the main text that provide additional or clarifying information about details in a text.
Poetry is a genre of text that uses distinctive style and rhythm to aid in the expression of feelings, while prose is written in ordinary language.
A drama is a story with dialogue that can be read by different people.

Skills

Students are able to:

Describe how literary devices and text features convey meaning in prose, poetry, and drama.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Authors use literary devices and text features to further explain and enhance specific details in prose, poetry, and drama.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.32
Respond in writing to literature and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts, both independently and with support, demonstrating grade-level proficiency.

Vocabulary

Respond
Writing
Literature
Informational texts
Stories
Dramas
Poetry
Cross-curricular texts
Independently
With support
Grade-level proficiency

Knowledge

Students know:

Responding to text in a written format demonstrates comprehension of the text.

Skills

Students are able to:

Independently and with support, create grade-appropriate written responses after reading literature and informational text.

Understanding

Students understand that:

To respond in writing to literature and informational texts, they must read critically, have a deep understanding of the text's content, and use appropriate writing skills.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.19
Interpret how authors use literary elements throughout a text, including character, setting, conflict, dialogue, and point of view.

Vocabulary

Interpret
Literary elements
Character
Setting
Conflict
Dialogue
Point of view

Knowledge

Students know:

Authors use literary elements, such as character, setting, conflict, dialogue, and point of view, throughout a text to develop and drive the plot.

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify literary elements in a text.
Interpret how authors use literary elements throughout a text.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Interpreting the author's use of literary elements in a text supports their overall comprehension of the text.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.32
Respond in writing to literature and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts, independently and with grade-level proficiency.

Vocabulary

Literature
Informational text
Stories
Dramas
Poetry
Cross-curricular texts
Independently
Proficiency

Knowledge

Students know:

Responding to text in a written format demonstrates comprehension of the text.

Skills

Students are able to:

Independently create grade-appropriate written responses after reading literature and informational text.

Understanding

Students understand that:

To respond in writing to literature and informational texts, they must read critically, have a deep understanding of the text's content, and use appropriate writing skills.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 6

ELA21.6.4
Describe the use of literary devices in prose and poetry, including simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, tone, imagery, irony, symbolism, and mood, and indicate how they support interpretations of the text.

Vocabulary

Literary devices
Prose
Poetry
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Tone
Imagery
Irony
Symbolism
Mood

Knowledge

Students know:

Authors of prose and poetry often include literary devices and figurative language in a text to create a particular tone and mood.
Analyzing literary devices that are used in a text can support a personal interpretation of a text.

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify literary devices in prose and poetry, including simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, tone, imagery, irony, symbolism, and mood.
Describe how an author's use of literary devices in prose and poetry supports their interpretation of the text.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Authors use figurative language and literary devices to develop tone and mood in their writing.
Analyzing an author's use of literary devices in a text can help them interpret and comprehend the text.

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AE17.VA.4.3

AE17.VA.5.3

AE17.VA.6.2

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Resource Provider

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2019-06-14

Color My World: Expanding Meaning Potential Through Media

Learning Resource Type

Subject Area

Grade(s)

Overview

ELA21.3.27 Read prose, poetry, and dramas, identifying the literary devices used by the author to convey meaning.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.3.33 Write personal or fictional narratives with a logical plot (sequence of events), characters, transitions, and a sense of closure.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.4.16 Describe how authors use literary devices and text features to convey meaning in prose, poetry, and drama.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.4.32 Respond in writing to literature and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts, both independently and with support, demonstrating grade-level proficiency.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.5.19 Interpret how authors use literary elements throughout a text, including character, setting, conflict, dialogue, and point of view.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.5.32 Respond in writing to literature and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts, independently and with grade-level proficiency.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.6.4 Describe the use of literary devices in prose and poetry, including simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, tone, imagery, irony, symbolism, and mood, and indicate how they support interpretations of the text.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

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ELA21.3.27
Read prose, poetry, and dramas, identifying the literary devices used by the author to convey meaning.

ELA21.3.33
Write personal or fictional narratives with a logical plot (sequence of events), characters, transitions, and a sense of closure.

ELA21.4.16
Describe how authors use literary devices and text features to convey meaning in prose, poetry, and drama.

ELA21.4.32
Respond in writing to literature and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts, both independently and with support, demonstrating grade-level proficiency.

ELA21.5.19
Interpret how authors use literary elements throughout a text, including character, setting, conflict, dialogue, and point of view.

ELA21.5.32
Respond in writing to literature and informational text, including stories, dramas, poetry, and cross-curricular texts, independently and with grade-level proficiency.

ELA21.6.4
Describe the use of literary devices in prose and poetry, including simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, tone, imagery, irony, symbolism, and mood, and indicate how they support interpretations of the text.