World Travellers 08

 Stage 1 have been discussing the use of colour in visual texts. We discovered that there are many ideas and feelings associated with different colours.  We worked in groups to discuss and brainstorm our own ideas and feelings. These were some of them. 

RED               - anger, danger,  love, traffic lights, hot

BLUE            - calm, the sea, cool, water

GREEN        - cool,  grass,  fresh, bright

YELLOW    - hot, bright, happy, the sun

BLACK       - dark, scary, evil, bad luck

BROWN    - dull,  boring , dirty, old photos

WHITE     - snow, cold, bright, clean

GREY       - sad, depressing, cloudy days

After this activity we looked at our shared reading text “The Very Ordinary Caterpillar” by Gary Fleming. We discussed how the illustrator used colour in the pictures. We noticed that all the animals and plants  in the pictures were brightly coloured except for the caterpillar,  who was small and brown. We think this was done intentionally to communicate the idea that the caterpillar was very ordinary and boring (which is associated with the colour brown.) What do you think???     Check us out while we’re busy at work.                                                                             

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The following weblink provides some great units for visual literacy activities across the stages. Also great for other KLA’s.
http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/schoollibraries/teachingideas/primary/index.htm

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