The purpose of this book is to address students' affective needs. Affective skills deal with an ongoing attention to one's internal states-the ability to access one's own feelings, discriminate among these feelings, and draw on the feelings to guide one's behavior.
"Personal Projects" offers a collection of projects that allow children to express their feelings, discover their personal characteristics, and gain insight into relationships with other people. By integrating language arts and visual arts, each lesson enhances self-understanding while building writing skills and creative expression. This treasure trove of projects offers a variety of engaging, worthwhile learning experiences.
Enhancing self-esteem is combined with written expression and creative art projects in these innovative assignments. Students will express their feelings and personalities in poems, pizza boxes, blues songs, masks, advertisements, Andy Warhol pictures, shields, and more. Involving personal thoughts and feelings is a great motivator. The book provides a great way to incorporate writing and art.
Grades 5-8