6th Grade: Literal Word Art

lit·er·al

ˈlidərəl,ˈlitrəl/

adjective

1. 1.

   taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory.

   
   
2. 2.

   (of a translation) representing the exact words of the original text.
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4. The students and I discussed the word "literal" and then looked at some ways of creating art out of a word. This project was extremely challenging at first, but after some thought, every student was on board. The results were quite fun to see. To add on another challenge to this project, the students were only able to use paper to create the entire final piece.