Interdisciplinary Learning: Visual And Performing Arts & English Language Arts (ELA) Integration

Integrating visual and performing arts with English Language Arts through script writing, song writing, character sketches, and other expressions of art is a powerful and enriching way to engage students and enhance their learning.

Performing written work: Performing original songs or scripts enhances students' understanding of rhythm, tone, and character expression.
Character Costume Design: Have students design costumes for characters in a novel, focusing on details like style, time period, and fabric choices.

Theatre Arts Education Resources

Character sketches: Students can create visual representations of characters they are developing for a script or story, deepening their understanding of character development.
Storyboarding/Scene illustrations: Draw key scenes from story or script writing, to visualize the setting and sequence of events.
Script Writing Lesson and Template

Art Education Resources

Click here for Free K-12 VPA Integrated Lessons- Courtesy of The Kennedy Arts Center

Choreograph and perform dances based on literary works, developing their performance skills and deepening their understanding of the material.
Integrating the five elements of dance—Body, Action, Space, Time, and Energy—into K-12 English Language Arts can profoundly enrich learning. Students can embody characters (Body), act out verbs and tell stories (Action), explore perspectives and text navigation (Space), understand narrative pacing and sequencing (Time), and convey mood or interpret figurative language (Energy).

Dance Education Resources

Create poems from music or analyze the use of tempo, timbre, and dynamics in existing songs to understand the mood and meaning of lyrics.
Exploring narrative through song: Write songs that tell a story, developing plot, character, and theme through music.
Using music making resources like GarageBand and Google Music Lab to compose music and write it out on blank printable music sheets.
Use background music to bring stories to life—great for expressive reading or reenacting fairy tales.

Music Education Resources

Film & Language Arts Integration (High School Study)

Click here for K-12 VPA Integrated Lessons- Courtesy of The Kennedy Arts Center

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