SHARING VENUE

Standard 8: Objective 6- Write in different forms and genres

Some students’ enjoy sharing their writing with other students. It is nice to have a special place where students’ can feel comfortable sharing their work. Creating this special spot, called a sharing venue, will beneficial not only to the students’ sharing their work, but to the students’ listening as they can get more involved in the learning process. Sharing venues can come in all different shapes and sizes, as long as it is a good learning environment. For example, making a math, sharing venue may seem very difficult, however, it could be very simple. Taking some old wood, sanding it down and building all different shapes, very large in stature of course, would be a good start. Shapes such as: Isosceles, right, or equilateral triangles, pyramids, and prisms would match the fifth grade core for mathematics. The main shape could be a triangle area where everyone must enter to sit on circle shaped stools. In the center there may be a big triangular shaped hut of some sort where the reader could stand or sit. The students’ could even get involved in the project by painting each shape. There is really no end, just be creative and let the students’ help with the ideas, they usually have the best ideas.

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More Venues for Sharing Work

Power Point

Students can create a presentation illustrating what they learned in a section or chapter.  They could add commentary to reinforce what they learned.

Stand Up Books
These books are similar to the old fashioned, stand up greeting cards which are regaining popularity. This method also requires a short piece of writing.

Pop up Books
The popular method of folding and cutting so that opening pages causes part of the page to move or poke out in an unexpected manner might be an interesting way to reinforce a concept.

Tee Shirts
Computer generated decals containing student writing may be ironed on wearing apparel.

Origami
Printouts of student writing could be glued to large, simple origami structures which reflect the theme of the piece. The origami shape may be made with paper or treated fabric.

Scrolls
Printouts of student writing in old fashioned fonts can be glued to long sheets of paper rolled on wooden dowels so that they resemble ancient scrolls.

Mobiles
Students could display separate paragraphs of a piece and relate the levels and/or motion of the mobile to concepts within the piece. The diagram for a Solar System Mobile may be helpful for students making their first mobile.

Collage
Students’ writing could be glued to a poster along with pictures and three dimensional objects.