Imagery Foldable

It's been a crazy few days. My students just returned from spring break and all are starting new units. Unit 3 for grade 7 starts with author's techniques and jumps to persuasive techniques for advertising. I've been trying to find creative ways to teach all to keep students engaged in these final weeks of school.

We started our author's technique lessons by studying imagery. Students created foldables that described their favorite foods. Underneath the folds, we drew and explained our favorites. We had just studied simple, compound and complex sentences, so students had to use all three in their explanation paragraphs.

We then shared them out and had a fun time trying to guess everyone's favorite foods!

Posted student "What is my favorite food?" Imagery Foldables

Student example. Yum! Ice cream!

Key Terms Foldable!

Foldables can be a creative way to take notes that may otherwise just be a page of words. While not all foldables work for every situation, I have a favorite of the moment. It works particularly well with definitions and key terms. (Tip: The math teachers always know all the great foldables, ask them!)

Students fold their paper long-wise (hot dog style) and then cut to the halfway point for as many terms/boxes needed. 6 is a good limit because any more and the page gets a little flimsy. So the front will have tabs and the back will remain one sheet without cuts.

I like to write the term on the front with the definition on the page below. If it is a term with examples, I will often put the examples on the back of the term tab. They can still be hole-punched for student notebooks.

I used Photo Booth, hence the mirror image.

To start our persuasive writing unit, I am going to have students create this foldable and then identify different examples of each purpose using these worksheets. I think I'm going to create a class anchor chart as well where students can write the different worksheet examples for each category. I'm still deciding if I will have students write the examples or make this a cut and paste activity. I'll have to wait and measure the cooperation level of the class tomorrow...