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Composing with Words and Images This week's news emphasizes the ways that the classroom are rapidly moving beyond traditional notions of texts. Libraries are collecting e-books, and even preschoolers are exploring the Internet. As the texts in our classrooms change, we need to present more opportunities for students to explore the full range of literacy by moving beyond composing solely with words to creating texts that include sound, image, video, and other modes of expression. These resources suggest ways that teachers can begin composing with words and images in language arts and composition classes. Read "Cycles of Inquiry with the Arts" (E) from Language Arts to explore how educators from different disciplines create cycles of inquiry where teachers learn about the arts and through the arts. The article concludes that "an integrated arts curriculum can transform the way teachers think about and practice the art of teaching." In the Language Arts article "Art as Literacy" (M), Peggy Albers challenges us to consider the meaning-making potential of art by examining the role of the teacher, students' enculturation in art, art as process, and reflection in art. "Looking, Writing, Creating" (M), from Voices from the Middle, describes how a middle school language arts teacher makes analyzing and creating visual art a partner to reading and writing in her classroom, including a unit on Greek mythology and Greek vases which leads to a related visual assignment. "Teaching Social Justice through Young Adult Literature" (S), from English Journal, outlines a project where students select books, correspond via the Internet, and compose a visual presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint. The ReadWriteThink lessons Propaganda Techniques in Literature and Online Political Ads (S) and Argument, Persuasion, or Propaganda? Analyzing World War II Posters (S) explore the visual communication methods of a variety of political texts. The lessons include links to online collections of posters and advertisements suitable for the classroom. For an exploration of the place of visual communication in the composition classroom, read "From Analysis to Design: Visual Communication in the Teaching of Writing" (C) from College Composition and Communication, which includes examples of visual argument and a related visual argument assignment. By looking at features like audience stance, transparency, and hybridity, the College Composition and Communication article "Understanding Visual Rhetoric in Digital Writing Environments" (C) demonstrates how writing teachers can teach visual rhetoric as a transformative process of design.
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