Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.

Using attributes, they illustrate a "living" phrase

Objective: To express in color and shape some common phrases associated with living and non-living things.

Activity: Using chart paper and colored markers, each group of students is instructed to select one of the following. They must illustrate their choice while incorporating the characteristics that were listed in Step Two.

• “Teeming with life.”
• “Living from hand to mouth.”
• “ A breath of life.”
• “Living on the edge.”
• “Fit for life.”
• “Living beyond your means.”
• “Nine Lives.”
• “Living the good life.”
• “Over my dead body.”
• “Dead as a door nail.”
• “In the dead of winter.”
• “Light of my life.”

Assessment: Quality of art work and discussion while sharing their impressions.