Mandala project

Chippewa River Writing ProjectTeaching Demo by Beth NelsonMandala Project

ContentionsHSCE: STANDARD 1.2 Use writing, speaking, and visual expression for personal understanding and growth. CE 1.2.1 Write, speak, and use images and graphs to understand and discover complex ideas.CE 1.2.3 Write, speak, and create artistic representations to express personal experience and perspective

Language is for discovery and through writing, one can more fully reflect on self identity and ideas

Tools such as visualization and drawing are precursors to thinking and writing.

Reflecting metaphorically requires non-linear, creative thinking.

CE 1.5.1 Use writing, speaking, and visual expression to develop powerful, creative and critical messages.Reflecting metaphorically leads to more creative thinking and writing

CE 4.1.1 Use sentence structures and vocabulary effectively within different modes (oral and written, formal and informal) and for various rhetorical purposes. Drawing Your Own Conclusions by Fran Clagget and Joan Brown, 1992

Research says

Best FriendsSolitude

Rejection

Compassion

Loss

Friendship

Innocence

Pain

Patience

Rescue

Respect

Sorrow

Love

Divine

How does the use of Figurative Language create more imaginative writing?

Metaphors in Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esuQIMr8nNw

The METAPHOR is the link to understandingGeico wants to create a message that says We are so easy to use that even a simple caveman can do it.

The metaphor in this ad compares Geicos simplicity to an ancient species to show that even those who are pre-modern can use it.

The METAPHOR is the link to understanding

The METAPHOR is the link to understanding

The METAPHOR is the link to understanding

The METAPHOR is the link to understanding

The METAPHOR is the link to understanding

The METAPHOR is the link to understanding

Alice was thrilled when her idea began to bear fruit.

(This implies that Alice's idea produced results.)

Metaphors in everyday speakingEach year, a new crop of students entered Greenville High School

(This implies that each year a new group of students entered whose skills and abilities would grow during their years at Greenville.)

Metaphors in everyday speakingHer dog, Jake, was the sunshine of her life.

(This implies that Jake was the brightest or best part of her life.)

Metaphors in everyday speakingExcerpt from Onitsha by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, Nobel Prize n Literature 2008

It was the first time. He looked at Maou's face, the left side, as it gradually became a pure profile in the brilliance of the sky and the sun. Yes, he thought, this was it, this was the first time. And still he did not understand the tightness in his throat, this feeling which made his heart beat and filled his eyes with tears, because it was also the last time. They were going away, nothing would ever be as before. Beyond the white wake the ribbon of land was fading. The silt from the estuary had suddenly given way to the deep blue of the sea. The reed-spiked fingers of sand, where the fishermen's huts looked like toys, and all the strange shapes on shore towers, beacons, hoop nets, quarries, blockhouses all were lost to the movement of the sea, drowned in the tide.

Excerpt from Onitsha by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, Nobel Prize n Literature 2008

It was the first time. He looked at Maou's face, the left side, as it gradually became a pure profile in the brilliance of the sky and the sun. Yes, he thought, this was it, this was the first time. And still he did not understand the tightness in his throat, this feeling which made his heart beat and filled his eyes with tears, because it was also the last time. They were going away, nothing would ever be as before. Beyond the white wake the ribbon of land was fading. The silt from the estuary had suddenly given way to the deep blue of the sea. The reed-spiked fingers of sand, where the fishermen's huts looked like toys, and all the strange shapes on shore towers, beacons, hoop nets, quarries, blockhouses all were lost to the movement of the sea, drowned in the tide.

Metaphors in writing

Who are you?Write for 5 minutes revealing your personality, qualities, strengths, and weaknessesThe word Mandala originated from the classical Indian cultural language of Sanskrit and simply means circle. These circles symbolize many things, including our whole self and our connection to the community.

Mandala

Research says On the outside we look like simple, individual people. On the inside, we are complex with countless roles in our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual lives. A mandala reflects the many parts of our one, whole being.Another way to think about it

The sun-shadow archetypes arise from thinking about the dualities in literature and our lives. Our history is filled with philosophies that are built on concepts of opposites: good and evil, war and peace, inner and outer, the haves and the have nots. These tensions are what drive us and our storytelling. Without an understanding of these patterns, a reader misses a whole layer of meaning available to them.

DUALITIESMetaphors brought to you by YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rEyTNQ-72IObjectives in creating a mandalaYou will imagine, feel, observe, and analyze whole self

You will create metaphors and integrate them into your circular design.

You will weave sun and shadow metaphors into sentences which frame your drawing.

Write Your BioWrite a short bio including some metaphorical language to describe yourself. You may use the metaphors created in the MANDALA or new ones.

I would like to read these aloud and see if we can figure out whose bio I am reading.

Please write DO NOT READ if you do not wish for your bio to be shared.

Extension Ideas for Reading/Writing LinkCreate a Mandala for a Fictional CharacterTo help students with visualization of the character To help students in writing a creative character sketchTo help students to think of universal ideas associated with the characterTo help students to understand the tensions between characters within a piece of work To help students see the complexity of particular characters. Create a mandala to represent an abstract concept in social studiesAmericanBigotryCivil RightsGovernmentDemocracyJusticeFreedomTyrannyCommon GoodOppressionUrbanizationConstitutionConsumptionTradeGoodsIncentivesInflationCommerceCreate a mandala to represent an abstract concept in scienceMatterHypothesizeUniverseBlack HoleClimateForceGravityMassNatural SelectionDensityElementsEcosystemTemperatureDiffusionGeneEnergyAccelerationReactionsCreate a mandala to represent an abstract concept in Physical EducationStrengthEnduranceStaminaFlexibilityMomentumEnergyExertionPersistance AbsorptionAgilityConditioningCalorieBalanceHealthExerciseCoordinationFlexibility MetabolismCreate a mandala to represent an abstract concept in MusicTempoChordMelodySyncopationForteToneMeterCaesuraPitchRange SequenceTimeForteBeatKeyHarmonyVerseBassCreate a mandala to represent an abstract concept in ArtDimensionBalanceTextureHighlightTintSymmetryPigmentUnityCompositionBlendingColorComplementIntensityMovementEmphasisBlueFlow