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.
Conceptualize punctuation marks in drawings.
Objective: To teach the concept of period, comma, exclamation mark, and question mark through the use of metaphor.
Activity: Give each child a large piece of art paper. Instruct them to divide the paper into four sections. Tell them to draw four pictures. One of themselves stopping, one of themselves pausing, one of themselves being surprised, and one of themselves questioning.
Assessment: Quality of work in understanding the concepts.
Punctuation
Subject:
Language Arts
Grade:
Primary
Concept:
Clarity
Bridge:
Action Drawings
Content:
Punctuation: Period, Comma, Exclamation point, Question mark