Alabama ELA Standard: 8.DL.14

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Allison Edwards explains how changing your senses can reset your brain.

Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?

Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?

Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?

Click up an interesting, visual writing prompt suitable for any grade or purpose.

Can your students come up with a one-syllable word to sum up their time away from school? And then rewrite The Beatles’ song Help!?

Create mathematical art with curves that, well, aren’t curvy.

What makes for a good flag? What makes a bad flag?

Pick a few numbers, draw some corresponding lines on grid paper, and you’ll end up with some interesting, looping math-y art!

A favorite of mine! This task is delightfully complex and ambiguous, forcing students to make choices without enough information and with no right answer. How will they survive on the moon for three days?

Let’s get students’ art really popping with two-point perspective!

Anyone, yes anyone, can create a (somewhat) realistic self-portrait using these steps. Anyone!

How have you changed over time? Students introduce themselves through the lens of change — and learn a Depth and Complexity tool in the process.

So, which is happiest: happy, joyful, or ecstatic? Which is most temporary?

Why 12 months? Why 30ish days? Why 7 days in a week? Your civilization could organize a year in any way you want!

It’s time to turn that outline into a storyboard and then some actual slides.

Create a pixelated icon that represents the essence of a character!

When a student’s brain is full of worries, everything feels urgent. Brain Plate helps them sort what’s real from what’s noise — and actually do something about it.

The story of the Fabergé Eggs is heartbreaking. It’s also the perfect way to build empathy in your classroom.

We open our unit on narrative writing with a big idea: “structure increases creativity.” I show how this is true by bringing in examples from across all disciplines.