Lesson 02LETTERING

When you practice lettering, it can feel a little daunting. Tracing out letters can help, but practice is going

to be key. Remember to slow down when note-taking. Listen for key ideas or phrases and jot them down

(don’t worry about whole sentences). When you write down those key ideas, sometimes just simply

writing them out (along with a Doodle (symbol) is all that’s needed. Using block lettering can take some

getting used to—especially if you decide to freehand. Just remember

Don’t worry about being perfect (they’re your notes)!

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Lettering Frames

Draw out a series of Action words below

and then draw frames around them.

Remember to use different lines to help

covey meaning (straight, curved, angled,

curly). Remember, illustrate the word and

then put the frame (something that

matches the word) around it.

Bend

Goal

To the Point

Teamwork

Royalty

Come up with five more words to add to the list above.

Let Letters SpeakDraw out the words below and make them look like the

words they are saying

Speed

Hot

Melting

Change

Come up with five more words to add to the list above.

FINAL PROJECTOption 1:

Continue to developed the poster from lesson 1—moving onto step 2

1. Brainstorm poster ideas

2. Develop Lettering

3. Adding Figures, faces, and emotion

4. Adding Colors; using mapping techniques

5. After the four lessons are complete, the student then submits the poster

Option 2:

Have the student create a single poster using the topic learned (lettering) and combining it with what's already

been learned (basic shapes and combinations).

Shapes and Combinations

PosterIDEAS

• Current subject for the week

• Favorite book and it's main character(s)

• Science Topic

• Math Formula

Handouts

Print  out  the  following  pages  for  the  student  to  replicate  and  

develop  the  le5ering  skills

[with  permission  from:  Marguilies,  Nancy,  and  Valenza,  ChrisAne.  Visual  Thinking:  Tools  for  Mapping  Your  Ideas.  Bethel,  CT:  

Crown  House  Publishign  Co.  LLC,  2005.  Print.]

[with  permission  from:  Marguilies,  Nancy,  and  Valenza,  ChrisAne.  Visual  Thinking:  Tools  for  Mapping  Your  Ideas.  Bethel,  CT:  

Crown  House  Publishign  Co.  LLC,  2005.  Print.]

[with  permission  from:  Marguilies,  Nancy,  and  Valenza,  ChrisAne.  Visual  Thinking:  Tools  for  Mapping  Your  Ideas.  Bethel,  CT:  

Crown  House  Publishign  Co.  LLC,  2005.  Print.]