Download Category: Art Literacy

  • Annotating Sketchbooks Presentation

    Annotating Sketchbooks Presentation

    An essential presentation which explains and gives excellent examples of how to annotate a sketchbook page. I really saw an improvement in annotation after showing my students this! The presentation includes a SCRIPT which you should print out before presenting by going to File>print>notes page>print. The presentation looks at: ~ The difference between writing and…

  • Annotation – Annotating My Work

    Annotation – Annotating My Work

    A resource that you will use again and again to help your students annotate their work.  It includes sentence starters, keywords and a good example. Great for embedding literacy in your art lessons.

  • Annotation – Annotating An Artists Work

    Annotation – Annotating An Artists Work

    A super useful resource to support students when they annotate an artists work. It includes sentence starters, keywords and a good example. Great for embedding literacy in your art lessons. There are lots of art literacy resources on The Arty Teacher.

  • Sentence Starters for Annotating Sketchbooks

    Sentence Starters for Annotating Sketchbooks

    Support your students when annotating their sketchbooks with these sentence starters. Areas covered include: Artist Research Pages Experimenting with Different Media Content Development Personal Response Reviewing Compositions This resource also includes some good examples of annotation in the black boxes.

  • Talking About Art

    Talking About Art

    Use the ‘Talking About Art’ placemat as a stimulus when asking your students to talk about art. The download includes a document that explains how to use the placemat for a starter activity, where you divide your class into groups and give them time to discuss the sentence starters, and then you ask for feedback. …

  • Art Literacy Mat – Writing About Art

    Art Literacy Mat – Writing About Art

    Use this literacy mat to support writing about art. Simply ask your students to write a sentence about each of the categories e.g. line, tone/value, texture etc using the adjectives provided. This has been designed to work with any artwork. A good example is also included on the place-mat using a painting by Klimt.  This…