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Posted by Jo Murphy Jan 11, 2007 |
Materials You Will Need.
- Enough A4 paper so that the pile is not too thick to fold in half. Example
- A piece of strong coloured or black cardboard.
- A sturdy stapler.
How To Put It Together.
- Be very careful to shuffle and line up the paper so that the edges are firmly and neatly together.
- Fold corner to corner and slide your thumbs from the centre to the outer edges of the pages.
- When they are neatly folded in half, staple down in the centre.
That's all there is to it! You have made your book.
The Scrappy Journal is a different kind of drawing space to the Visual Journal.
- Keeping the two separate encourages the idea that the visual journal is a special place to draw and that it is meant to be kept for when the ideas are fairly well planned out.
- The Scrappy Journal on the other hand is for capturing quick ideas and lots of them!
- In the Scrappy Journal the students will use whisper lines and lots of quickly drawn ideas that capture fresh images on the spot.
- It doesn't matter how messy this journal gets
- The more it is used the better.
What To Draw In Your Scrappy Journal.
- This is your 'brain storming journal.'
- It is where you can jot down your scrappy ideas.
- You don't have to be the slightest bit careful in this place and everything is welcome.
- Don't lose the book though, as it is valuable.
- When brain storming be as free with it as you can.
- Work quickly as this will free up the creative juices.
- If students think too hard sometimes they can't think of anything at all
- By working quickly in an engaged manner students it easier to think up all kinds of exciting things to draw.
Try It Now.
Think of a word and get the kids to draw everything they can think of that is associated with it.
For FIVE MINUTES jot down a little picture of every thing you can think of - nothing is silly just have fun.
You can work up one of the drawings in your Visual Journal when it seems appropriate.