Motivate and inspire students during language arts instruction! This teacher-friendly resource provides practical strategies to help teachers integrate creative movement, drama, music, poetry, storytelling, and visual arts in language arts instruction.

Cover -- Page 2 - Credits -- Page 3 - Table of Contents -- Page 4 - Preface -- Page 5 - Introduction -- Page 5 - The Importance of Arts Integration -- Page 9 - Arts and the Standards -- Page 11 - How to Use This Book -- Page 11 - How This Book is Organized -- Page 20 - Correlation to the Standards -- Page 21 - Storytelling -- Page 23 - Understanding Storytelling -- Page 24 - Strategies for Storytelling -- Page 26 - Personification -- Page 32 - Exaggeration -- Page 36 - The Untold Story -- Page 40 - Retelling -- page 44 - Collaborative Storytelling -- Page 51 - Drama -- Page 53 - Understanding Drama -- Page 54 - Strategies for Drama -- Page 56 - Visualization -- Page 61 - Tableaux -- Page 69 - Enacting Scenes -- Page 74 - Monologue -- Page 83 - Improvisation -- Page 89 - Poetry -- Page 91 - Understanding Poetry -- Page 92 - Strategies for Poetry -- Page 94 - Poem for Two Voices -- Page 103 - Spoken Word Poetry -- Page 110 - Found Poetry -- Page 115 - "I Am From" Poems -- Page 122 - Ekphrastic Poetry -- Page 135 - Music -- Page 137 - Understanding Music -- Page 138 - Strategies for Music -- Page 140 - Found Sounds -- page 145 - Soundscapes -- page 150 - Chants -- Page 156 - Songwriting -- page 162 - Music and Memories -- Page 169 - Visual Arts -- Page 171 - Understanding Visual Arts -- Page 172 - Strategies for Visual Arts -- Page 174 - Printmaking -- Page 179 - Visual Styles -- Page 184 - Thumbnail Sketches -- Page 188 - Mixed Media -- Page 194 - Transformation -- Page 201 - Creative Movement -- Page 203 - Understanding Creative Movement -- Page 204 - Strategies for Creative Movement -- Page 205 - Choreography in the Classroom -- Page 207 - Introducing the Strategies -- page 219 - Answer Me in Movement -- Page 224 - Movement Strings -- Page 227 - Progressions -- Page 231 - Sensory Movement -- Page 234 - Choreographic Structure. Page 252 - References Cited -- Page 261 - Digital Resources -- BackCover.