My products and teaching styles are quirky and creative with an emphasis on Multiple Learning Styles and diversity. I create educational clip art, visuals, creative study guides and projects.
My products and teaching styles are quirky and creative with an emphasis on Multiple Learning Styles and diversity. I create educational clip art, visuals, creative study guides and projects.
This is much more than an art lesson! These comic handouts and assignments are specifically and strategically designed to teach comic creation AND work with ACADEMIC projects in classrooms. Have students “show what they know” in SCHOOL with COMICS!
Lessons 1-10 lead up to THIS Lesson 11, where students put it all together in “Make a Comic”. Combine the comic lesson with ANY academic subject!
All documents are pdfs.
This Lesson Includes:
1 Tips for Teachers Overview
Lesson Directions
2 Comic Review Pages
4 Lesson-Specific Pages from the Comics in Classrooms Guidebook (Drafts, Peer Conferences, Inking, and Comic Covers)
Comic Project Outline
Comic Project Checklist
Feedback Form (Checklist)
Peer Conference Checklist
Alternate Comic Proposal
My Comic Portfolio Cover Sheet
This lesson also includes 30 Blank Comic Templates
Includes Rough Drafts/Second Drafts for
-Comic Strips
-Single Panels
-Graphic Novel Pages
-Storyboard
-Cover
Includes “Quick” Versions for your own assignments and projects (apply to any academic!
Includes 5 different Visual Note-taking Templates
Great for alternate projects, classroom comic projects, or as an arts unit. Use this popular and effective medium of to illustrate classroom novels and literature, bring history to life, discuss science and math concepts, educate about awareness, and MORE. While most resources use an artist perspective, Illumismart’s guides and assignments were designed for any academic purposes. NO DRAWING BACKGROUND required for students OR teachers! Lessons focus more on ideas and concepts rather than art skills. The handouts and assignments were created in a way to improve and entertain students of ALL drawing levels from beginners to advanced. While they work best in order, lessons and Focus Areas can work well as individual assignments. All assignments were designed to lead up to the Original Comic Strip final assignment.
This product (Comics in Classrooms-Lesson 11 Making Comics) may be used for personal, educational, and non-commercial use. This bundle/images contained is for private/classroom use only. Please consider purchasing Illumismart Clip-Art for your products.
Individuals may not remove images from the guide or sell/resell/distribute the images/documents individually or in bundled packets. This visual may not be distributed on any site, for profit or non-profit use. Images may not be lifted from the document and used as clip-art or in any other projects or products.
This is much more than an art lesson! These comic handouts and assignments are specifically and strategically designed to teach comic creation AND work with ACADEMIC projects in classrooms. Have students “show what they know” in SCHOOL with COMICS!
This lesson focuses on drawing expressive characters and how to show emotion and feelings in a drawing’s face. Improve all types of styles and art levels!
All documents are pdfs.
This Lesson Includes:
1 Tips for Teachers Overview
Lesson Directions
1 Handout (Feelings)
Assignment-Drawing Emotions
Advanced Assignment- Extended Emotions
2 Lesson-Specific Pages from the Comics in Classrooms Guidebook
1 Homework Sheet (Find a Feeling)
This lesson also includes 30 Blank Comic Templates
Includes Rough Drafts/Second Drafts for
-Comic Strips
-Single Panels
-Graphic Novel Pages
-Storyboard
-Cover
Includes “Quick” Versions for your own assignments and projects (apply to any academic!
Includes 5 different Visual Note-taking Templates
Great for alternate projects, classroom comic projects, or as an arts unit. Use this popular and effective medium of to illustrate classroom novels and literature, bring history to life, discuss science and math concepts, educate about awareness, and MORE. While most resources use an artist perspective, Illumismart’s guides and assignments were designed for any academic purposes. NO DRAWING BACKGROUND required for students OR teachers! Lessons focus more on ideas and concepts rather than art skills. The handouts and assignments were created in a way to improve and entertain students of ALL drawing levels from beginners to advanced. While they work best in order, lessons and Focus Areas can work well as individual assignments. All assignments were designed to lead up to the Original Comic Strip final assignment.
Requested by a middle school teacher! This unique set features a variety of Ancient Egyptian themes. Enjoy 15 detailed B&W and 15 color clip-art pieces to compliment your TPT products or classroom lessons! 300 png, sizes vary. Most images are about 3"to 7" (range). The hand-drawn style works well with print-outs and digital!
Check out the Ancient Egypt Objects and People COMBO!
Featured images:*
Canopic Jars
Ramses
Cleopatra
Anubis
Pyramid
Sphinx
Papyrus Plant
Symbols (Ankh, eye, leg, arm, mouth, bird)
Scarab
With 30 Original illustrated poems that focus on individual emotions, you can help students understand their feelings and learn empathy for others. This bundle has a variety of functions. Each poem page includes a body language illustration of the topic emotion and a space for students to draw themselves experiencing the same feeling.
A simple handout accompanies each poem! Includes end-of-unit project (students write their own emotion poem) and visual examples! BONUS! Includes 10 coloring pages featuring kids expressing emotions in different ways! Great for school counseling or create your own projects with the visuals!
This product...
Teaches students how to recognize and respond to different emotions with different learning styles(combines poetry, written answers, numbers (rating scale), and art)
Works as a Center Activity, Start of Class/Tone-Setting Activity (15-20mins), Full Class Activity (20-45 mins), or 1:1 Activity! (Timing can be adjusted by teacher based on what is appropriate for their student/class).
Uses age-appropriate illustrations of diverse children in different poses and showing different expressions
Demonstrates how and why others feel the same type of emotions and experiences
Offers an opportunity for classroom discussion and sharing
Helps students differentiate between similar emotions (depressed/sad shocked/surprised fear/anxiety)
Utilizes different learning styles and activates different regions of the brain! (language, art, rhythm etc.)
Introduces students (subtly) to different types of poetry (cinquain, limerick, acrostic, haiku, rhyming, non-rhyming)
Provides a chance for teachers and counselors to understand how their students experience and handle emotions
Uses a visual learning tool that is helpful for ESL,ELL, autism, nonverbal, special education, and school counseling
Works for small groups and classrooms
This bundle contains:
30 Illustrated Emotions Poems! (happy, overjoyed, proud, silly, sad, depressed, lonely, anxious, stressed, surprised, shocked, scared, excited, embarrassed, disgusted, confused, bored, aggressive stance, passive stance, assertive stance, relaxed, curious, inspired, determined, distracted, hyper, mad, enraged, annoyed, grumpy
1 handout (Side B) to accompany Poem
2 extra work options
1 First Draft (Create-a-Poem) Project Page
1 Final Draft Page
Teacher instructions, tips, and examples are provided!
10 Illustrated Coloring Pages (happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear, stress, stances, general emotions, determined, distracted)
There are numerous opportunities for this set that features children sitting criss cross applesauce with their backs turned. This diverse clip-art set features 12 BW with at least 2 Color variations. Clips are 300 dpi pngs. about 3" by 5". Features children sitting on specialized seats.
This set features 6 boys and 6 girls with a variety of color variations.
With over 300 cards, colorful posters, coloring pages, and unique visuals, this Autism Visual Resource Kit will make your school life easier and your resource room brighter, bolder, and more accessible to your students. With years in the making, this kit is the culmination of my days spent assisting special education teachers and with populations on the autism spectrum. I decided it was time to develop a professional version of the same requests and visuals that impressed teachers, pleased parents, and delighted students.
This kit is ideal for grades 4-9 (special education) and offers a variety of functions to meet the needs of a variety of students. With age appropriate visuals (featuring upper elementary, middle school kids, and teens), this resource was designed to make communication clearer for students with learning disabilities, ESL/ELL and language barriers, autism spectrum/nonverbal populations, and beyond. While it was designed with special ed./autism and school counseling in mind, many of the resources included in this bundle are also a great addition for general classrooms.
This extensive kit includes...
(300 dpi. png handouts and 2.5" cards in color).
Classroom Posters (themes include general classroom reminders and expectations, behavior, diversity, anti-bullying, jobs, and daily changes)
Coloring (for older students!) and Downtime Activities include coloring pages for older kids, blank bookmarks, blank game, blank rpg cards template, and more!)
Student Rewards Cards (with visuals and rewards appropriate for students in upper elementary, middle school, and special ed. high school)!
Test Accommodation Cards (discreetly remind students of upcoming tests and accommodations)!
Teacher/Student Communication Cards (communicate with students over a variety of issues from break requests to fire drill alerts to behavior redirection)
Emotions Cards (teach or communicate emotions using visuals of diverse upper elementary students)!
Learning Styles Cards (use visuals to teach students (and staff!) about multiple intelligence theories. Includes Learning Styles scavenger hunt game!)
Noise Levels Cards (play a Noise Level matching game or use visuals to demonstrate appropriate times and places for certain noise levels.)!
School Supplies Cards (help teach students which supplies they need to be prepared and successful...or double as a teaching tool for ESL and nonverbal students!)
Schedule and Subjects Cards (this extensive variety of visual schedule possibilities makes it easier for you and your students to foresee the day's coming attractions!)
BONUS! Autism "People and Puzzles" Clip-Art for your own Products!!
Make your students' middle school experience complete when you create lesson plans featuring ninjas, pirates, vikings, and zombies! Clips are about 2" by 5", 300 dpi., png. format.
This set features:
2 Ninjas (4 recolors each)
2 Pirates (4 recolors each)
2 Vikings (2 recolors each)
2 Zombies ( 1 recolor reach)
Make your students' middle school experience complete when you create lesson plans featuring unicorns, narwhals, and of course, Cthulhu! Clips are about 2" by 5", 300 dpi., png. format.
This set features:
1 Happy Unicorn
1 Angry Unicorn (5 color variations)
1 Angry Narwhal (4 color variations)
1 Happy Narwhal (4 color variations)
1 Splashing Cthulhu (2 color variations)
1 Cthulhu (2 color variations)
1 Jackelope (3 color variations)
1 Phoenix
This 40 piece clip-art set includes 20 Friends and Family characters (various ages). 20 BW and 20 Color. Images are about 3" by 7", 300 png (some shorter or taller with transparent background. All characters are Hispanic/Latino.
This set is a repackaged alternate organization of various CommUNITY characters. Repackaged CommUNITY (Hispanic, Asian, Indian, Muslim) sets in the "Friends and Family format are designed to help teachers represent their school populations when visual representation is hard to find! (4 SETS) These sets feature specific concentrations of underrepresented communities.
Each image is hand drawn (individually)! There are no recolors. Each illustration is a different character, inspired by real
people.
Featured Characters (Includes BW and Color Version)
2 Senior Citizens
3 Adults
6 Teens
8 Kids
1 Baby
Found Treasures "Aztec, Inca, and Maya" Clip-Art features a beautiful collection of restored, edited, and reformatted public domain images (now!) fit for classroom and product use! These incredible images are inspired by ancient peoples, and in some cases, by the ancients themselves! Enjoy a set of worry-free* selection of 50 images that have been through a variety of digital restoration and reformatting to make them perfect for projects and presentations!
*No restrictions for United States sellers only. Status in other countries is unknown. Check your country's public domain laws if you live in another country. Images are from the 1930s and older (including ancient).
Set Information:
This set includes images that range from 1" to 8" in color, grayscale, and B/W. Due the nature of the images, most clip-art pieces are available in only one version. Images are drawn, painted, or photographs. Some images are taken from ancient sources, others from academic. All images are 300 dpi, png.
Themes:
This set showcases a variety of themes including but not limited to architecture, designs, mummies, idols, artifacts, tools, pottery, calendars, and more!
Background:
While viewing public domain images for references, I found myself in awe of the beauty, precision, and uniqueness of these spectacular images. It seemed to be a shame that many of these timeless images would go unseen when they had so much to offer students and teachers. While there were many fantastic pictures available, most needed a variety of edits and touch-up work to be suited for reuse. I decided it would be worthwhile to restore and share my "Found Treasures" in a format that would be better suited for projects .
This 28 piece clip-art set includes 14 Friends and Family characters (various ages). 14 BW and 14 color. Images are about 3" by 7", 300 png (some shorter or taller with transparent background. All characters are African-American.
Each image is hand drawn (individually)! There are no recolors. Each illustration is a different character, inspired by real
people.
Featured Characters:
Boy 1 (Upper Elementary)
Boy 2 (Upper Elementary)
Boy 3 (Upper Elementary)
Friend (High School-College)
Girl 1 (Upper Elementary)
Girl 2 (Elementary)
Girl 3 (Elementary)
Sister (Elementary)
Parents (Bust/Portrait Style)
Mom (Middle-Aged Woman)
Pastor
Singer (Church Choir)
Teacher
Veteran
This 30 piece clip-art set includes 15 Friends and Family characters (various ages). 15 BW and 15 Color. Images are about 3" by 7", 300 png (some shorter or taller with transparent background. All characters are Muslim or Arabic.
This set is a repackaged alternate organization of various CommUNITY characters. Repackaged CommUNITY (Hispanic, Asian, Indian, Muslim) sets in the "Friends and Family format are designed to help teachers represent their school populations when visual representation is hard to find! (4 SETS) These sets feature specific concentrations of underrepresented communities.
Each image is hand drawn (individually)! There are no recolors. Each illustration is a different character, inspired by real
people. Characters are named for organization purpose only and names/relationships may be changed.
Featured Characters (Includes BW and Color Version)
2 Senior Citizens
3 Adults
3 Teens
5 Kids
1 Baby
Get ready for Kwanzaa with this 36 piece clip-art set! Images are about 2" by 7", 300 png with transparent background. (Varies.) There are 16 BW and 16 Color (plus some variations). Set includes a variety of people and objects.
Each image is hand drawn (individually)!
Featured Images from the Kwanzaa Objects Set:
Candles
Drum
Corn (3)
Present
Cup
Fruit Basket
Orange (plus variation)
Apple
Grapes
Flag
Featured People from Kwanzaa People Clip-Art Set:
Grandparents
Parents
Sister 1
Sister 2
Brother 1
Brother 2
This 34 piece clip-art set includes 17 Friends and Family characters (various ages). 17 BW and 17 Color. Images are about 3" by 7", 300 png (some shorter or taller with transparent background. All characters are Indian (India nationality).
This set is a repackaged alternate organization of various CommUNITY characters. Repackaged CommUNITY (Hispanic, Asian, Indian, Muslim) sets in the "Friends and Family format are designed to help teachers represent their school populations when visual representation is hard to find! (4 SETS) These sets feature specific concentrations of underrepresented communities.
Each image is hand drawn (individually)! There are no recolors. Each illustration is a different character, inspired by real
people. Characters are named for organization purpose only and names/relationships may be changed.
Featured Characters (Includes BW and Color Version)
2 Senior Citizens
2 Adults
4 Teens
8 Kids
1 Baby
Found Treasures "Ancient Mesopotomia" Clip-Art features a beautiful collection of restored, edited, and reformatted public domain images (now!) fit for classroom and product use! These incredible images are inspired by ancient peoples, and in some cases, by the ancients themselves! Enjoy a set of worry-free* selection of 50 images that have been through a variety of digital restoration and reformatting to make them perfect for projects and presentations!
*(Email transcripts double checking for permission are included!)
*No restrictions for United States sellers only. Status in other countries is unknown. Check your country laws for public domain restrictions. Most images were made before 1928 or by ancient sources.
Set Information:
This set includes images that range from 1" to 8" in color, grayscale, and B/W. Due the nature of the images, most clip-art pieces are available in only one version. Images are drawn, painted, or photographs. Some images are taken from ancient sources, others from academic. All images are 300 dpi, png.
Themes:
This set showcases a variety of themes including but not limited to architecture, pyramid, figures, patterns, warriors, jewelry, obelisks, engravings, and more!
Background:
While viewing public domain images for references, I found myself in awe of the beauty, precision, and uniqueness of these spectacular images. It seemed to be a shame that many of these timeless images would go unseen when they had so much to offer students and teachers. While there were many fantastic pictures available, most needed a variety of edits and touch-up work to be suited for reuse. I decided it would be worthwhile to restore and share my "Found Treasures" in a format that would be better suited for projects
Found Treasures "Ancient Egypt" Clip-Art features a beautiful collection of restored, edited, and reformatted public domain images (now!) fit for classroom and product use! These incredible images are inspired by ancient peoples, and in some cases, by the ancients themselves! Enjoy a set of worry-free* selection of 50 images that have been through a variety of digital restoration and reformatting to make them perfect for projects and presentations!
*No restrictions for United States sellers only. Status in other countries is unknown. Please check your country's public domain laws to see if they are similar to U.S. laws.
Set Information:
This set includes images that range from 1" to 8" in color, grayscale, and B/W. Due the nature of the images, most clip-art pieces are available in only one version. Images are drawn, painted, or photographs. Some images are taken from ancient sources, others from academic. All images are 300 dpi, png.
Themes:
This set showcases a variety of themes including but not limited to canopic jars, sarcophagus, vases, pharaoh, ancient writing, hieroglyphs, patterns, depictions of life and afterlife, animals, symbols, and more. See the preview for a more detailed view of the wonders contained in this set!
Background:
While viewing public domain images for references, I found myself in awe of the beauty, precision, and uniqueness of these spectacular images. It seemed to be a shame that many of these timeless images would go unseen when they had so much to offer students and teachers. While there were many fantastic pictures available, most needed a variety of edits and touch-up work to be suited for reuse. I decided it would be worthwhile to restore and share my "Found Treasures" in a format that would be better suited for projects on TPT.
With over 300 cards, a variety of forms/documents, colorful posters, and unique visuals, this special
education resource kit will make your school life easier and your resource room brighter, bolder, and more accessible to your students. With years in the making, this kit is the culmination of my days spent assisting special education teachers. I decided it was time to develop a professional version of the same requests and visuals that impressed teachers, pleased parents, and delighted students.
This kit is ideal for grades 4-9 (special education) and offers a variety of functions to meet the needs of a variety of students. With age appropriate visuals (featuring upper elementary, middle school kids, and teens), this resource was designed to make communication clearer for students with learning disabilities, ESL/ELL and language barriers, autism spectrum/nonverbal populations, and beyond. While it was designed with special ed. and school counseling in mind, many of the resources included in this bundle are also a great addition for general classrooms.
This extensive kit includes...
(300 dpi. png handouts and 2.5" cards in color).
Quick Forms and Documents for Special Ed. Teachers (quick editable docs for IEP meeting reminders, teacher feedback requests, sub reports, and more!)
Student Advocacy Sheets (help students express and advocate for themselves in organized letters to teachers)
Classroom Posters (themes include general classroom reminders & expectations, behavior, diversity, anti-bullying, jobs, and daily changes)
Coloring (for older students!) and Downtime Activities include coloring pages for older kids, blank bookmarks, blank game, blank rpg cards template, and more!)
Student Rewards Cards (with visuals and rewards appropriate for students in upper elementary, middle school, and special ed. high school)
Test Accommodation Cards (discreetly remind students of upcoming tests and accommodations)
Teacher/Student Communication Cards (communicate with students over a variety of issues from break requests to fire drill alerts to behavior redirection)
Emotions Cards (teach or communicate emotions using visuals of diverse upper elementary students)
Learning Styles Cards (use visuals to teach students (and staff!) about multiple intelligence theories. Includes Learning Styles scavenger hunt game!)
Noise Levels Cards (play a Noise Level matching game or use visuals to demonstrate appropriate times and places for certain noise levels.)
School Supplies Cards (help teach students which supplies they need to be prepared and successful...or double as a teaching tool for ESL and nonverbal students!)
Schedule and Subjects Cards (this extensive variety of visual schedule possibilities makes it easier for you and your students to foresee the day's coming attractions!)
Narwhal Notes-Make Reading Notes easier for students with these handy and narwhal-y visual guides!
BONUS! Ninja Clip-Art. Because being a ninja is a prerequisite for all special education teachers!
BRRR! Get ready for the winter fun with this unique seasonal clip-art BUNDLE featuring diverse children and detailed winter themes! Average 4" to 8" inches (varies), all png. transparent images. Lineart and Color included and 300 dpi. 32 images color (16 BW versions). GREAT for flyers, newsletters, and products!
Featured Children:
Sledding Kid 1
Sledding Kid 2
Sledding Kid 3
Kid with Snowball
Kids Building Snowman
Winter Kid (boy)
Winter Kid (Girl)
Kid Making Snow Angel
Featured Winter Objects:
snow falling
snow from cloud
snowball
snowman
hot cocoa
ice skate
winter hat
earmuffs
mittens
penguins
wintertime cardinal
snowy pine trees
Prepare for Drug Awareness discussions with diverse age-appropriate visuals that speak to tween and teen students.
This extensive value set includes 45 Color pictures and 45 BW images. Some recolors and alternate color versions are also included. Images are 300 dpi and range from 2" to 10" in png format.
Some images may be sad or disturbing. This is due to the fact that I believe this issue should not be sugar-coated and the reality needs to be expressed in visuals that ALL students can understand.
Themes include:
Consequences (arrested, car crash, death, bad grades etc.)
Grieving parents, grieving friends, grieving child
Peer Pressure Situations
Say NO! themes
Student Protest against Drugs
Various Drugs (alcohol, cigarette, marijuana, cocaine, pills)
Prevention Themes (Parents talking, friends talking, tell teacher, walking away, etc.)
Future Themes (graduation, school, family)
Symptoms (feelings sick, dizziness, tired, memory loss)
BONUS Images (selected from other sets and NOT figured into the overall value include)
pills.medication variety, talking to teacher, medication given by professional adult (proper use), school, graduation, friends talking, tired student, sick student1
This is much more than an art lesson unit! These comic handouts and assignments are specifically and strategically designed to teach comic creation AND work with ACADEMIC projects in classrooms. Have students “show what they know” in SCHOOL with COMICS!
Lessons 1-10 lead up to Lesson 11, where students put it all together in “Make a Comic”. All of the lessons(included in the above bundle) are listed here, and can be used independently.
All documents are pdfs.
Each Lesson Includes (at minimum):
1 Tips for Teachers Overview
Lesson Directions
1 Handout
1 General Classwork Assignment
1 Advanced Classwork Assignment
2 Lesson-Specific Pages from the Comics in Classrooms Guidebook
1 Homework Sheet
Lessons Include:
Introduction to Comics
Composition
Faces
Emotions
Panels
Backgrounds
Panel Variety
Using Text
Characters
Style and Symbols
put it all together and…MAKE A COMIC PROJECT!
Bundle also provides 30 Blank Comic Templates
Great for alternate projects, classroom comic projects, or as an arts unit. Use this popular and effective medium of to illustrate classroom novels and literature, bring history to life, discuss science and math concepts, educate about awareness, and MORE. While most resources use an artist perspective, Illumismart’s guides and assignments were designed for any academic purposes. NO DRAWING BACKGROUND required for students OR teachers! Lessons focus more on ideas and concepts rather than art skills. The handouts and assignments were created in a way to improve and entertain students of ALL drawing levels from beginners to advanced. While they work best in order, lessons and Focus Areas can work well as individual assignments. All assignments were designed to lead up to the Original Comic Strip final assignment.