Best Practices SupportedBarb Miron, Adult Educator, Fort Resolution CLC, Aurora College
Best Practices SupportedThe learners were given large 9” x 12” envelopes in mid-January along with a handout explaining this activity and a list of each learner and staff member at the learning centre. The first part of the exercise asked them to decorate their envelopes in ways that expressed who they were as individuals. This part of the activity covers the English 120 – 140 curriculum outcomes related to “depicting”.
The learners and staff members decorated their envelopes with artwork, clip art and photos. The envelopes were then posted with the open side facing out on the bulletin boards in the community learning centre. Everybody got to see and comment on everyone else’s depiction of his or her individuality. Even this initial activity of expressing oneself in visual form promoted self-esteem. The variety of expressions and styles on the envelopes was quite amazing.