Inspiring Creative, Narrative, and Argumentative Writing with Art | Cultivating Learning
How can art prompt our students to write? Join educators from the Smithsonian American Art Museum and explore different styles of writing in response to artwork included in the upcoming American Voices, American Visions installation. Leave with a digital set of evocative artworks, three distinct classroom activities, and practical teaching strategies for your classroom.
Session Collection
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00:00 Introduction
05:16 Session Agenda
06:41 Creative Writing Activity, Part 1: Noun, Adjective, Verb
07:39 Modeling: Noun, Adjective, Verb
21:59 Creative Writing Activity, Part 2: Character Sketch
22:54 Modeling, Character Sketch
25:11 Narrative Writing Activity, Part 1: See, Think
26:16 Modeling: See, Think
29:59 Narrative Writing Activity, Part 2: Story Arc
31:34 Modeling: Story Arc
39:44 Argumentative Writing Activity, Part 1: Claim, Support, Question
42:04 Modeling: Claim, Support, Question
45:46 Argumentative Writing Activity, Part 2: Developing an Argument
51:03 Debrief: Art as a Writing Prompt
58:29 Conclusion
This interactive webinar is part of “Cultivating Learning,” a professional development webinar series focusing on techniques to use digital museum resources for learning. Check out “Cultivating Learning” and other Smithsonian Learning Lab webinars: https://learninglab.si.edu/help.