Three art activities are described. Intermediate and junior high school students made sculptures from geometric shapes cut from corrugated cardboard; eighth-grade students did freehand drawings using gridiron patterns; and junior and senior high school students studied antique valentines and then made their own. (RM)

By photosketching, students can alter an existing image in a personally expressive way and render a black-and-white photograph into line art. The technique involves students in drawing with India ink or any permanent colored ink on top of a black-and-white photograph, changing the photo in at least 10 ways. (RM)

This book captures the power of young people's visual responses to literature. It recounts the experience of a teacher who encouraged her students to respond to their readings through sketched interpretations--and, like pieces of writing, the sketches became a vital part of the curriculum as vehicles for discussion and reflective tools for…