[LM_NET] HIT: Picture Book Art for High School Students

[Sari <imabluestocking@YAHOO.COM>]

I received some ideas for using picture books with high school students.  I do 
think picture book art, as an art genre, is worthy of study and appreciation.  
Marrying text with images is also very popular with teens as evidenced by graphic 
novels so it seems there is a place for picture books in grades 9 - 12. Thank you 
to all who responded.  Here are some of the ideas I received:
   
  I've used picture books with grades 6-8 for lots of collaborations.  Here are a 
few:
   
  8th grade English - Banned Books - Instead of trying to read a novel, we went 
through picture books that were on the list and tried to determine why they were 
challenged.  It was an eye-opener for many students.
   
  6th - 8th grades English - Poetry - Many poems are picture books.  There are also 
collections of poems that are picture books.  We read them and create our own.
   
  8th grade Spanish - lots of picture books are available in Spanish.  It makes a 
fun class to have the Spanish teacher read a picture book to the students in 
Spanish.
   
  Art - Besides the basic research report, we can study the art technique of the 
Caldecotts and attempt projects using those same techniques.
   
  I also include picture books on any topic the students are studying in Social 
Studies.  Many of the county books are picture books.
   
  One of our 7th grade Reading/ Language Arts teachers who also taught Science 
enjoyed using the picture books that when it was time for research in Science 
class, she used picture books.  She had the students read (encyclopedia articles, 
picture books, reference books) on their topic and then create their own picture 
book.  It was a fantastic unit and the students learned more than they would have 
writing the traditional 3-page report.
  ------------

Called the "Children's Picture Book Project" found at

 http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=1022 
    may be just what you are looking for.
  ------------

Our high schools have nice picture book session. The librarians get

about 15 picture books a year from our department and the ELA dept.

Picture books are a great way to introduce a unit and everybody loves

 to
  be read to.  
  -------------

Our 10th grade language arts teacher used wordless  ( or nearly)  

picture books and had the students write a story  for certain  

literary requirements and dialogue.  I gave her One scary night by  

Guilloppe, Snowman by Briggs, No David (and others) by Shannon,  

Flotsam (and others) by Wiesner, First Snow by McCully.  I did a  

search on Novelist for wordless books, or there is a great reference  

book called

A to zoo : subject access to children's picture books / Carolyn W.  

Lima and John A. Lima.  Published by Libraries Unlimited, ours is c2006

Westport, CT : Libraries Unlimited, 2006.

I've also collected some cool picture books with different styles of  

illustration, oils, watercolor, gouache, and am hoping my art teacher  

will use them for her class to illustrated different techniques of  

illustration.
   Sari Grandstaff
  sgrandstaff@saugerties.k12.ny.us
  Saugerties Senior High School
  Library Media Specialist
  Saugerties, New York

       
---------------------------------
Never miss a thing.   Make Yahoo your homepage.

--------------------------------------------------------------------
Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law.
  You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings
  by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book.
To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu
In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET  2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL
 3) SET LM_NET MAIL  4) SET LM_NET DIGEST  * Allow for confirmation.
 * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/
 * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/
 * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/
 * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html
 * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/
--------------------------------------------------------------------