Science and Social Studies lessons Art lessons
 Art display. ©PHZH (B. Achermann) | Teaching English through Art is possible and there are numerous examples in the public school textbooks! In 2017, the English department hosted an exhibit on the topic and some of the ideas are listed below. The book English through Art : 100 Activities to Develop Language Skills by Grundy, Bociek and Parker offers useful ideas. |
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Dia de los muertos
You can combine your English, RKE and Art by studying Dia de los Muertos by comparing it to Halloween and All Saints. Making sugar skulls or researching altars can be fascinating!
Charcoal
Making charcoal. © PHZH ( L. Buechel)
Making your own charcoal with a class can be a fun outdoor task to do! And then you can use it in your classroom for various purposes.
Concrete / Shape Poetry
With this technique, learners can practice their spelling by creating pictures out of words! Here are some ideas:
- Characteristics of your favorite animal in the shape of that animal;
- A picture dictation in words, eg. write "there is a tree in the middle of the picture" in the shape of a tree;
- Happy birthday wishes in the shape of a cake.
4th grade "drawing" dictation. © PHZH ( L. Buechel)
Frida Kahlo
Here is an idea for working with Friday Kahlo in class and the videos below give you an idea of what you might include in the lesson.