Creative Expressions

Class Description:

Students will participate in activities that creatively capture their experiences in the natural world. Through activities in poetry, theatrics, and storytelling the students will express the awareness and emotions generated by their Wolf Ridge experience.

Total time: 1.5 hours
Audience: 6-20 students, 4th grade through adult
Activity level: Low
Travel: None
Total uphill travel: None

Note: Weather permitting, this class could be taught outside. Clipboards can be found in the kit room. Suggested gathering areas are the benches in front of the Administration office, behind the Ed Building, the deck on the Science Center and the telescope deck.

Outcomes

Upon completion of the Creattive Expressions evening activity students will be able to:

Creatively express an emotion or experience thorough poetry.

Create and share a story about an outdoor experience.

Working with other students, create and present a skit.

Minnesota Graduation Standards

The Creattive Expressions evening activity will provide students with guided practice, in an authentic setting, to support the following Graduations Standards. We have chosen one to three “major focus” standards per grade level. Due to the holistic nature of environmental education, several other standards, not listed here, are addressed as well.

H.S. Write and Speak in the English Language:Academic Writing (A)
H.S. Literature and the Arts: Literary and arts creation and performance (A,B,E)

6-8th Write and Speak: Writing (2a,b,d,3c)
6-8th The Arts: Artisitic creativity and performance (2,3a-d)

4-5th Write and Speak: Writing (1b,c,d,3)
4-5th The Arts: Artisitic creativity, performance, and expression (D)

Wolf Ridge Curriculum Concepts

• Natural beauty enhances the quality of human life.
• Art is an expression of human thoughts and feelings.
• Feelings for and an understanding of the natural world can be expresses in a variety of ways.

Classroom Connections*

• Journal page download
• Pre-visit activities
• Post-visit activities
• Links to creative expressions information and activities on the web

*requires Wolf Ridge password