Lesson plan from walker books australia created by walker books australia. Outstanding interview lesson based on the black book of colours by menena cottin i can use a use nouns and adjectives effectively to form creative descriptions of colours. The black book of colors perfect picture book friday. The black book of colours by menena cottin is the most unique picture book ive come across. Colours this efl lesson is designed around a short film by the mercadantes which explores how beauty can be found in the most seemingly mundane objects, and the theme of colours. The black book of colors teaching children philosophy. This inventive picture book relates the ways thomas experiences colorsthrough his senses of smell, taste, touch, and hearing. The black book of colours unlike traditional picture books about colours, this book invites readers to imagine colours through the perspective of a blind person, using a persons senses to describe each colour, rather than using bright, colourful pictures. Students learn from an early age about blind people and sign language, but they arent really given the chance to think how blind people learn sightbased information, like color.
The pages are all in black, and the illustrations are black as well, but are raised so that the reader can feel the pictures. To thomas, red is the sting of a skinned knee or the tartness of an unripe strawberry. In this multiday lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades k3, students use brainpop jr. The black book of colors book trailer done for english 204. The black book of colors by menena cottin and rosana faria. I particularly appreciate that she also mentions the black book of colors. The black book of colours interview lesson teaching. There is no plot, rather thomas simply describes all the colors in terms of the other senses, describes them in ways that would be accessible to blind or visually impaired children. Teach the colors vocab depending on the age level of your students you may want to teach a just few words per class, building up to the full 7 color words over a series of lessons. The black book of colours by menena cottin and rosana faria digital book duration. To be able to write an imaginative description of a colour using a range of sensory adjectives. Unlike traditional picture books about colours, this book invites readers to imagine colours through the perspective of a blind person, using a persons senses to describe each colour, rather than using bright, colourful pictures.
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