When I’m looking for mentor texts, I often forget to consider photos. “Reading” a photo uses some of the same skills as reading a text with words. One of my favorite sources for online photography is http://www.wprasek.com. There are a variety of categories and the photos are vibrant and rich. When I look for photos…
Last week I talked about using UPPERCASE Magazine and their focus on “sticky things” as mentor texts. I also alluded to the fact that I would use more from this magazine. While the theme of this issue is collage, there is a “Creative Challenge” on page 75 that suggests collecting artifacts. There is a great…
Hubris. That’s how I entered the “green” week with SDAWP Photo Voices–with hubris. Green? What a breeze! It’s summer in San Diego! The place is positively brimming with green! Early into Day 1 I spied this leaf outside the SDAWP offices: I didn’t even the see awesome bug on the bottom right hand side of…
This week for the SDAWP Photo Voices journey the theme was “red.” I think was my favorite week by far. I loved having one theme for the week, focusing (no pun intended) on something for more than one day or one moment (usually a moment during my early morning puppy walk), and watching the photos…
I noticed J. nibbling at his pickles. Here is the conversation that followed (he speaks very precisely.): Me: J. Whatcha doin’? J: I am peeling my pickles. Me: How come? J: I do not like the skin. Me: That’s awesome. May I take a picture? J: Oh. Yes. Do you like it? Me: Yes. I…
We started our photography unit last week. Today we took some photos, and this one made my heart smile. Thank you to fellow caped blogger, TM, for reminding me that I come to school for the pumpkin-heads. I needed the reminder today.
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