Response to Literature with Sketchnotes and Thinglink

Teacher: Kerry Phillips, SF Bay Area (@phillips4kids)
Grade: Fourth
Content Area: Reading / Social Studies
Traditional Lesson Idea: Provide worksheets with comprehension questions to correspond to a class novel.
Web 2.0 tools used in redesigned lesson: 

Kerry is an amazing artist and uses the whiteboard in her classroom to create large scale sketchnotes as her students are reading a class novel.

If you are not familiar with the concept of Sketchnotes, visit Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything.
She has a whole page dedicated to sketchnotes in education.
Sylvia Duckworth is another noted sketchnoter that is a "must-follow" on twitter

This is a picture of the class whiteboard after they finished reading Patty Reed's Doll, a story about the Donner Party's Journey to California in 1846-47.
As the students were reading the book, they brainstormed and sketched the important components of the story.

Once they finished the book, Kerry uploaded a photo of the whiteboard sketch into Thinglink. From there, students were able to "re-mix" it and add their own tags, describing the items in the drawing and explaining their importance to the story.

Sketchnote for Patty Reed's Doll, @phillips4kids

When the students finish their tags, they share their Thinglink on a Padlet so that they can view, comment, and make connections with their peers' work.

You can see on this Padlet snapshot that some of the students were inspired by Kerry's art to draw their own sketches. Other's used Kerry's image and added their own tags.
Padlet Screenshot of shared thinglink projects, @phillips4kids

As the students develop their confidence and abilities in drawing, students will be creating their own drawings. Providing a picture of the teacher's sketch could be an option for students that need that support and differentiation.

This is the next novel that the class read, By the Great Horn Spoon! 
As you can see in the screenshot of the Padlet, more students were inspired to create their own drawings. 
By The Great Horn Spoon whiteboard sketch, @phillips4kids
Padlet Screenshot of shared thinglink projects, @phillips4kids

I do not have the drawing talent that Kerry does, but fortunately she teachers right across the Pod from me, and my students can go look in her room for inspiration!

How do you allow your students to be creative when responding to literature?

If you have a great lesson redesign, share it HERE so I can write about it on the blog!

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