Open Mind Portraits

On October 18 and 19, Ms. Rohlfing's 7th grade ELA students came to the Media Center to produce Open Mind portraits. Students chose a character from the Mark Twain short story "A Californian's Tale". They then drew an outline of their characters head on white drawing paper. They cut the head out and drew the features of their character on the front. On the back they drew small pictures representing their character's development through the story as well as any objects of importance to the character and quotes. Upon completing the portrait, students wrote a paragraph explaining what the pictures on the back of their Open Mind portrait meant and why they were chosen. The portraits will be graded using a rubric given to students at the start of the project.