Open mind provides the best combination of digital and print material for adult students across its six levels a1 c1. Then cut out the mind pages and attach the portrait and mind pages with a staple or brad to a sheet of heavy construction paper or cardboard. Find open mind lesson plans and teaching resources. Using openmind portraits as a springboard to expository text. Instructions, think sheets, and rubric pdf open mind. This is a rubric i created to grade open mind portraits that my students create. Cut out or draw the thinking pages to match the portrait the thinking pages should have a silhouette of the portrait. Aslin is at the helm of the forthcoming oa journal open mind. This is a great way to let students make characters. Nicole franzese november 16, 2011 open mind portrait. Open mind diagram tehachapi unified school district. Open mind isolated word abstract in vintage letterpress wood type blocks always open mind. Affordable and search from millions of royalty free images, photos and vectors.
Richard aslin, director of the rochester center for brain imaging. Open mind portrait rubric by fantastic in fourth tpt. Download high quality open mind clip art from our collection of 41,940,205 clip art graphics. One of the other posts about mind mapping reminded me of a open minded portrait lesson i had done for another book, meiko and the fifth treasure, that might work really well with harry potter in an esl lesson. Apr 18, 2012 open mind portraits photostory sarah granville. Open mind portrait template by organic literacy tpt. Have students lift portrait and draw and write about characters thoughts on 2 nd page. I want to engage my students in an activity that gets them thinking more deeply about the characters in this story. The open mind portrait is a quick and engaging way to assess student comprehension of critical scenes in literature. Students draw and write their feelings and responses to quotes or discussion topics. I have chosen to use this strategy because the students are constantly working with short stories such as the land i lost. Family and marriage evaluation methods elementary school students pirates teaching methods writing study and teaching. Open mind portrait with images teaching literature.
Have students draw things the character thinks about, says, does, likes, dislikes, and more. Open mind portraits enable a student to identify one element of story structure, character identification. Open mind portraits are a great way for students to show what they know about a specific character. Jan 27, 2014 have students draw things the character thinks about, says, does, likes, dislikes, and more. Discoveries in cognitive science, which will launch in 2016. Find open mind stock images in hd and millions of other royaltyfree stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the shutterstock collection. To complete an open minded portrait, student first had to draw the head of their character as they envisioned him or her based off of details from the book. Dec 02, 2015 as our open access program grows, we check in with dr. Make an openmind portrait with mind pages to show what the character is thinking at important points in the story or in each chapter of the book. This is a great way to let students make characters more memorable. A method and project the open mind is a project of selfdirected experiments, designed to be undertaken virtually or actually and evaluated individually, to escape the stalematesforeclosures of ideology, cliche, or mental impasse imposed by personal experience or mental states. Nicole franzese november 16, 2011 50 strategies lesson plan open mind portrait open mind portrait.
Students draw and write about what the character person thinks on the opposite side of the picture of the face. This project helps the students to identify with the characters feelings, attitudes and point of view. One person presents for each group other ways of using this strategy. I have chosen to use this strategy because the students are constantly working with short stories such as. The reading process the writing process disadvantages activity story we chose. This truly flexible new course gives you a balance between preparation, teaching and marking.
Halloween is a huge perk to language arts teachers. Using openmind portraits as a springboard to expository text writing article in childhood education 864 june 2010 with 129 reads how we measure reads. Telling people what you want can dissipate your good because god is the source of your supply not people. Using openmind portraits as a springboard to expository. Keep an open mind 3d words and many arrows illustrating different. Intended as a resource for elementary and middle school teachers for use in literature focus units, reading and writing workshop, or thematic units, this book contains new instructional strategies such as interactive writing, story retelling, and word sorts.
Then they were to create another page that depicts how a this character was thinking or feeling during a specific moment in the book. I want you to choose your favorite character from uncle jeds barbershop. I want you to take a character from the book, and draw a picture of them. Using open mind portraits as a springboard to expository text writing. This time, however, instead of drawing a scene from uncle jeds barbershop, you will be drawing an open mind portrait.
Enjoy the best combination of digital and print material and free up your class time to focus more on your students communicative needs. Im sure jacobs is a good teacher and his methods work but for me tony ryders bookand portrait drawing dvd are more useful. Seriously, do bank managers get to go to work and share their love for all things myste. Students are asked to freeze a moment in a story and to interpret the scene in first person pointofview. Open mind portrait mindfulness, graphic organisers, graphic. Differentiation openminded portraits language arts. Make a portrait of a character students draw and colour a large portrait of the head and neck of a character step 2. In addition, it allows the students to think creatively and make some inferences about a character. Today we are going to learn how to make an open mind portrait. To make an open mind portrait follow the steps below. Your favorite character could be the little girl, sara jean or uncle jed. When you are making your open mind portrait i want you to keep that character. Pd learning network a comprehensive online edtech pd solution for schools and districts.
Jun 18, 20 open mind portrait strategy presentation. Thousands of new, highquality pictures added every day. Openminded portraits shauna agard, jennifer kern, laura korrel. Large piece of stiff paper for each character, like 11x17 oak tag. Find open mind portraits lesson plans and teaching resources. Citations 0 references 0 researchgate has not been able to resolve any citations for this publication. The courses communicative and inductive approach with life skills at its core gives students the skills they need to succeed in the real world, and the wealth of support and practice online saves teachers valuable time. Draw a portrait of a character from the book, showing from the shoulders upward. This deceptively simple technique challenges students to move beyond their c. Children are asked to create character portraits and include key words to describe the characters thoughts and feelings. Let the reader know it is a general look at the song as a whole, the songs overall tone, or the message that is being presented. It would be geared more towards elementary learners.
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