Students create a collage to represent a poem, using photos, drawings and recycled magazine pages. To demonstrate awareness of how literature is used as inspiration for art. Highlight sections of poems that give students visual ideas. Students cut up and rip magazine pages. Encourage them to choose images that are different sizes, choosing one large one for emphasis.
Children paint glue on background paper, then place collage items on wet glue.
For display, an additional piece of construction paper that shows around the edge of the art work is an effective way to make it look special. A display of the collages with labels, grouped by themes, is appropriate for events to which parents are invited. Students read the poems that inspired their collages. For verbal learning, write poems in journals and include a description of the process students went through on the entire project.