Painting Pictures with Poetry: Art from the Heart

Unit of 1 Lesson
Grade Levels: 
6
7
8
Subjects: 
Language Arts
Philanthropy
Issue Area: 
Arts
Focus Question 

How can our artistic voice be used to make communities stronger? 

 

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Unit Overview 

Youth identify themes of philanthropy in poems and quotations. They write using the poetic conventions of metaphor, simile, or personification to express their feelings about giving and kindness. 

Service Experience 
Share poetry and writing with a larger audience to promote awareness or action for the common good.
Lessons in This Unit 
Unit: 
Painting Pictures with Poetry: Art from the Heart
Lesson 1 of 1
Grades: 
6
7
8

Young people discuss examples of philanthropy in poems and quotations. They write an expression of philanthropy using the poetic conventions of metaphor, simile, and personification. These statements could be used as the text for greeting cards produced for an Art from the Heart service project and given to veterans, elderly neighbors, or another identified group.