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.
Need a quick checklist for the class nature walk? Looking for signs of spring? This product includes 2 Nature Walk checklists (beginner and advanced) 2 Signs of Spring checklists, and 2 coloring pages. Make the class walk easier for teachers, and challenging (in a fun and colorful way!) for students. Fun-to-color illustrations are original and hand-drawn. 12 images/page.
Checklists also make great drawing references, center game ideas, and cut-outs for lamination!
Nature Walk-2 variations
1. For Beginners (with words to trace)
2. For Advanced Learners (with space to label)
Signs of Spring-2 Variations
1. For Beginners (with words to trace)
2. For Advanced Learners (with space to label)
Coloring Pages
1. Nature Walk Theme
2. Signs of Spring Theme
All pages are BW lineart, 300 dpi. PDF format.
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)
By Teacher Request! What is Dystopia, anyway? This popular subgenre is familiar to many adolescent students. Examples: The Hunger Games, Mazerunner, Fahrenheit 451, Divergent, The Giver, and more! It typically features a science fiction future that explores social and political structures in societies that are often all too familiar!
This unique literary set features generic Dystopia characters ideal for a variety of sci-fi themes and stories. Enjoy 11 BW and 11 color clip-art pieces to compliment your 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!
Featured Images:
Leader
Rebel
Navigator
Student
Trainer
Fighter
Hero
Friend
Soldier
Aristocrat
Survivor
Comes with 4 BONUS Clip-Art pieces! Allie's Mitt, Pencey Prep badge, Holden, and Holden's Hunting Hat
This guide is intended to supplement study materials for curriculum focus on "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. Please note: I DO take requests for these types of guides! All artwork is original. This guide provides quick visuals and symbols for characters and briefly describes their relationships in the story.
Includes:
Color Visual Guide
Print-Grayscale Guide
4 Color Clip-Art pieces ( mitt, Holden, Holden's hat, Pencey Prep badge)
4 lineart Clip-Art pieces (same as above)
Keywords: J.D. Salinger, Holden Caulfield, Catcher in the Rye, Mr. Andolini, Visual, Clip-Art, hat, mitt, Pencey Prep
Comes with BONUS Clip-Art piece of Odysseus' infamous ship!
This guide is intended to supplement study materials for curriculum focus on "The Odyssey" by Homer. Please note: I DO take requests for these types of guides! All artwork is original. This guide provides quick visuals and symbols for characters and briefly describes their relationships in the story.
Includes:
1 COLOR Visual Guide
1 BW Visual Character Map- with character names (to be used as study guide)
1 BW Visual Character Map-BLANK-for students to fill in
1 BW Clip-Art piece of Homer's ship for use in your own Odyssey products!
This Character Map is intended to supplement study materials for curriculum focus on "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding. All artwork is original. This guide provides quick visuals and symbols for characters and briefly describes their relationships in the story.
Includes:
1 COLOR Visual Guide/ Chart
1 BW Visual Character Guide/ Chart to be used as study guide)
Bonus Clip-Art: Fire, Fly, Shell
This guide is intended to supplement study materials for curriculum focus on "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare. All artwork is original. This guide provides quick visuals and symbols for characters and briefly describes their relationships in the story.
Includes:
1 COLOR Visual Guide
1 BW Visual Character Map- with character names (to be used as study guide)
Bonus Clip-Art: Laertes
This Character Map is intended to supplement study materials for curriculum focus on "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. All artwork is original. This guide provides quick visuals and symbols for characters and briefly describes their relationships in the story.
Includes:
1 COLOR Visual Guide/ Chart
1 BW Visual Character Guide/ Chart to be used as study guide)
Bonus Clip-Art: Sled and Baby (Color and BW)
Background:
While working as a high school/middle school para, I began creating study guides for students in our special education program. However, we quickly discovered ALL students could benefit from the visuals! Soon, teachers from different grades and subjects were requesting custom cartoon visuals to assist students. Teachers loved having something they could save for future use and students seemed to really enjoy the quirky style/easy study reference. I especially love taking on projects for "hard-to-find" visual materials.
This Character Map is intended to supplement study materials for curriculum focus on "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare. All artwork is original. This guide provides quick visuals and symbols for characters and briefly describes their relationships in the story.
Includes:
1 COLOR Visual Guide/ Chart
1 BW Visual Character Guide/ Chart to be used as study guide)
Bonus Clip-Art: Roman Emperor (Color & BW)
Background:
While working as a high school/middle school para, I began creating study guides for students in our special education program. However, we quickly discovered ALL students could benefit from the visuals! Soon, teachers from different grades and subjects were requesting custom cartoon visuals to assist students. Teachers loved having something they could save for future use and students seemed to really enjoy the quirky style/easy study reference. I especially love taking on projects for "hard-to-find" visual materials.
This 28 piece reading/library themed clip-art set includes 8 middle school/older elementary aged student characters. BONUS: This set also includes 1 reading teacher, 4 book pieces, and 1 e-reader piece.
14 BW and 14 color. Images are about 2" by 7", 300 png with transparent background.
Each image is hand drawn (individually)! There are no recolors. Each illustration is a different character, inspired by real students.
Featured Characters/Objects:
Brielle-reading book
Lin-carrying books
Dion-reading non-fiction
Maddox-reading E-reader
Sita -reading E-reader and books
Ali-reading sad book
Pilar- with library card
Meadow-reading comics/manga
Mr. Wiggins (reading teacher)
non-fiction book
book pile
blank book
novel
e-reader
This set is intended to:
1. Express diversity in the classroom
2. Express diversity within races
3. Exhibit more distinct hair, facial features, etc.
4. Feature a variety of difference backgrounds. Students in this set are African-American, Native American, Caucasian, Indian, Asian, bi-racial, mixed race, Arab, and Latino/Hispanic
5. Show happy students but give the characters a touch of personality you can use in your own products or classroom activities
6. Appeal to middle school students. This style is slightly exaggerated in a subtle anime style (since the 7th/8th graders I've worked with respond well to this type of art.)
This Character Map is intended to supplement study materials for curriculum focus on "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien. All artwork is original. This guide provides quick visuals and symbols for characters and briefly describes their relationships in the story.
Includes:
1 COLOR Visual Guide/ Chart
1 BW Visual Character Guide/ Chart to be used as study guide)
Bonus Clip-Art: mouse, crow (Color & BW)
Background:
While working as a high school/middle school para, I began creating study guides for students in our special education program. However, we quickly discovered ALL students could benefit from the visuals! Soon, teachers from different grades and subjects were requesting custom cartoon visuals to assist students. Teachers loved having something they could save for future use and students seemed to really enjoy the quirky style/easy study reference. I especially love taking on projects for "hard-to-find" visual materials.
This Character Map is intended to supplement study materials for curriculum focus on "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle. All artwork is original. This guide provides quick visuals and symbols for characters and briefly describes their relationships in the story.
Includes:
1 COLOR Visual Guide/ Chart
1 BW Visual Character Guide/ Chart to be used as study guide)
Bonus Clip-Art: planet, nebula, white dwarf (Color & BW)
This Character Map is intended to supplement study materials for curriculum focus on "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. All artwork is original. This guide provides quick visuals and symbols for characters and briefly describes their relationships in the story.
Includes:
1 COLOR Visual Guide/ Chart
1 BW Visual Character Guide/ Chart to be used as study guide)
Bonus Clip-Art: Books, Pigeons
Background:
While working as a high school/middle school para, I began creating study guides for students in our special education program. However, we quickly discovered ALL students could benefit from the visuals! Soon, teachers from different grades and subjects were requesting custom cartoon visuals to assist students. Teachers loved having something they could save for future use and students seemed to really enjoy the quirky style/easy study reference. I especially love taking on projects for "hard-to-find" visual materials.
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 using text successfully in comics. Includes discussion of onomatopoeia, narration, word balloons, and Combine the comic lesson with ANY academic subject!
All documents are pdfs.
This Lesson Includes:
1 Tips for Teachers Overview
Lesson Directions
1 Handout (Using Text Examples)
Assignment- Test the Text
Advanced Assignment- Onomatopoeia
2 Lesson-Specific Pages from the Comics in Classrooms Guidebook
1 Homework Sheet (Find a Font)
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 is much more than an art lesson! These comic handouts and assignments are specifically and strategically designed to teach about comics AND work with ACADEMIC projects in classrooms. Have students “show what they know” in SCHOOL with COMICS!
This lesson introduces students to the world of comics through handouts and assignments. Use before comic projects or graphic novel reading units! Includes Anatomy of a Comic Strip handout and Comic Vocabulary list! Bonus: Graphic Novel notes!All documents are pdfs.
This Lesson Includes:
1 Tips for Teachers Overview
Lesson Directions
1 Handout (Anatomy of a Comic Strip)
1 Handout (Comic Vocabulary)
Assignment Pages 1 and 2-Introducing Comics
Comics Survey (for Class)
2 Lesson-Specific Pages from the Comics in Classrooms Guidebook
1 Homework Sheet (Choose a Comic)
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 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 cartoon character faces. Uses guidelines and tips for any styles and art levels!
All documents are pdfs.
This Lesson Includes:
1 Tips for Teachers Overview
Lesson Directions
1 Handout (Composition)
Assignment-Composition
Advanced Assignment- Composition Continued
2 Lesson-Specific Pages from the Comics in Classrooms Guidebook
1 Homework Sheet (Composition)
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.