Strategies
Body Percussion Portrait
Body Percussion Portrait has students create rhythm patterns with their bodies, then layer them into one class composition together.
Amanda Koonlaba
Amanda Koonlaba, Ed. S. is an educator and educational consultant with over 12 years of experience teaching both visual art and regular education. Her career has been driven by the power of the arts to reach all learners. She is a published author and frequent speaker/presenter at education conferences. Amanda was named the Elementary Art Teacher of the Year for the state of Mississippi in 2016 and received the Arts Integration Service Award from the Mississippi Whole Schools Initiative (Mississippi Arts Commission) in 2015. She holds an Elementary and Middle Childhood Art certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. As a coach for The Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM, Amanda is on a mission to ensure every student in America has access to a high-quality arts-based education. She blogs at partyintheartroom.com.
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Strategies
Story of My Name
Story of My Name invites every student to share the history of their name out loud, standing up, owning it.
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I Am From
One-Word Story has students building a collaborative narrative one word at a time.
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Observational Drawing as Analysis
Observational Drawing as Analysis uses the discipline of slow, sustained drawing to deepen understanding of objects connected to the content.
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Levels
Levels carry meaning, we already know that. This strategy makes intentional use of the space the body already occupies.
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One-Word Story
One-Word Story has students building a collaborative narrative one word at a time.
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Narrative Pantomime
Narrative Pantomime puts students inside the story as you narrate - silent, physical, and effective at every grade level.
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Collage as Argument
Collage as Argument gives students a visual toolkit to build an argument using found images and text.
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First Person
First Person asks students to write and perform a monologue from their content, speaking as a figure, concept, or object they're studying.
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Podcast Pitch
Podcast Pitch challenges students to write and record a 60 to 90 second hook that sells their content to a general audience.
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Sculptor Clay
Sculptor/Clay puts students in both roles at once, shaping a partner into a concept with no words, just shape and intention.
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