Siri Nelson
Female
Carpentersville, IL
United States
Profile Information:
- What is your connection to education?
- MS / Junior High School Teacher
- What subjects do you teach / specialize in?
- English
- What 5 essential pop culture artifacts (CDs, DVDs, Books, Images, Toys, etc.) would you have on your desert island?
- An iPod full of songs, especially by artists Brad Paisley, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, and Aerosmith.
Movies: Beauty and the Beast, Madagascar 1, P.S., I Love You, The Notebook, Dirty Dancing, and The Hangover
Books: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Crank by Ellen Hopkins, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and Oh, How I Wished I Could Read (I don't remember the author of this one).
Ryan Goble
Have you seen the great "photo finish" series in Time Out New York - great idea to use as a model for students. Here are a few samples:
Illustration by Brian Smith Photograph by Meaghan Golden, Alphabet ...
Illustration by Brendan Leach Photograph by McLovin, East Village
Illustration by Brian Smith Photograph by Fredda Tone, West Village
Illustration by Brendan Leach Photograph by Becca Eley
You can click through them for a long time...
You might also check out Sara B. Kajder's Bringing the Outside In - the title says it is for reluctant readers but it is much more flexible than that.
Also this book is loaded with visual writing ideas and prompts - Picturing Texts by Lester Faigley, Diana George, Anna Palchik, and Cynthia Selfe.
Apr 8, 2010