Aboriginal Dot Painting | Reading Writing & Art Integration Unit
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Description
Easily integrate art into your classroom routine with this no-prep Aboriginal Dot Paintings-Reading, Writing, Art Integration Unit. It includes everything you need to celebrate integrate art into your ELA classroom. Reading passage, CCSS-aligned questions with Answer Key, Aboriginal Dot Art Activity, (with rubric), 3 writing prompts (1 narrative, 1 informative, 1 opinion), Video links, and Revising & editing checklists are all included! This is an engaging way to get students excited about reading, writing, creating, and learning about other cultures.
What is Aboriginal Dot Art? It is an art form used for centuries by the Indigenous Aboriginal people of Australia to share their histories with future generations. They use tiny dots to create symbols with a variety of meanings.
Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents
2-3 Teacher Directions
4 Video Links: These optional videos can be used to supplement your lesson
5 Aboriginal Dot Art Reading Passage: Read the passage about Aboriginal Dot Art
6 Passage Questions
7 Aboriginal Dot Art Passage Answer Key
8 Writing Prompts**
9 Narrative Writing Prompts
10 Narrative Revising/Editing Checklists & Color-Code Key
11 Informative Writing Prompts
12 Informative Revising/Editing Checklists & Color-Code Key
13 Opinion Writing Prompts
14 Opinion Revising/Editing Checklists & Color-Code Key
15-16 Writing Paper
17 Aboriginal Dot Art Activity: Students will create their own Aboriginal dot painting that represents themselves, their culture, and their story.
18-19 Aboriginal Dot Art Supplements
20 Aboriginal Dot Art Rubric
**Writing Prompt Information:
1 Narrative, 1 Informative, and 1 Opinion Writing Prompts are included. A video link allows students to incorporate multiple sources into their writing.
Writing Prompts are provided in two formats:
•Prompt Choice Board: All prompts on one page
•Prompt With Lines: Students respond to prompts on provided lines
Writing Tools that are included:
•Revising and editing checklists for each type of writing are also included.
•Color-coding Chart: Students color code writing to ensure it has all required elements...and help the teacher with grading!
•Writing papers: A big dot and extra lines if they need more space.
Ways to Use
•Pick and choose which activities you want to do...or do them all!
•Have students read and write first. Then, while they work on the project, meet with small groups to review the passage and writing.
•Stations around your room.
•Rotate from room to room to complete one activity in each room.
•Do one activity each day for a week.
•Do activities as a whole class.
•Detailed directions, so it can even be used by a sub!
Benefits
•Fun...but still incorporates CCSS into reading and writing
•Motivates students to read and write
•Learn about and appreciate other cultures
•Analyze the effects of history
•Allows students to express themselves
•Hands-on learning
•Can pull small groups while students are working on the project
•Differentiates learning by providing for various learning styles and providing activities that engage all levels of learners
•Creation is a higher-order thinking skill
•Students will REMEMBER this lesson for years to come!
Related Resources
Check out the “Dot Day” section of the Megan Memories store for these related resources:
Dot Day Resources:
- Minute to Win It
- STEM Challenges
- Reading, Writing, Art
- Aboriginal Dot Art
- Creation Stations
- Fun Sheets
- Dot Day MEGA Unit!
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