These nearly life-sized characters are lining the middle school hallways after being created by Mr. Domeier's seventh-grade students.
By McKenna Schiell
Panther Press
Each quarter, middle school English teacher Mark Domeier has his students read a book of their own choosing, then produce a book report to share with the class. Second quarter’s report took the form of producing a life-size version of a character from the book. Domeier says he has been using this format for quite a few year, and that he feels it is an opportunity for students with artistic interests to enjoy depicting what their chosen characters would look like.
“It’s a new way of looking at literature,” he says. “And it gives us a chance to decorate the halls and let students in other classes think about books and stories.”
Seventh-grader Cameron Christopher says he enjoyed the project. He created a picture of a girl named Cheyenne from the book Count all of Her Bones. He says it was fun to use his creative side, so much so that making the life-sized illustration didn’t seem like work.
In addition to creating the large illustrations, Domeier has students report to the class about the action and conflicts of the stories they read.