TEACHING

WITH
VISUAL
SYMBOLS
REPORT BY: MARIGEL T. MANIEGO
 LESSON OUTLINE

01
Visual Symbols
Because a picture paints a
thousand words

02
Drawings
Why and how to use them
 03
Cartoons
Where to find and
how to use them

04
Strip Drawings
Sources and uses

05
Drawing Workshop
Mindset, materials
and references
 06
Demo
Drawing simple
cartoons
Draw-and-tell

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END
That’s it.
LESSON 13
LET’S START?
 Represent direct reality, which
•1 comes in forms of signs and
symbols.

What are visual symbols?

Visual Symbols

GRAPHS CARTOONS CHARTS

DRAWINGS
STRIP
DRAWINGS
DIAGRAMS MAPS

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 ACTIVITY
Read and understand the following passage. You are given 30 seconds.
From Manila’s standpoint, the shoal is part of the Philippines’ national territory. Philippine
maritime law experts argue that the country has exercised continuous and effective
sovereignty over the shoal since the Spanish colonial era.
Under the Philippine Baselines Law of 2009 (Republic Act 9522), the Philippine government
classified the Scarborough Shoal as part of a group of islands under the Republic of the
Philippines.

China, however, maintains that the shoal has been part of its territories across the South
China Sea since ancient times.
Yet China’s actual attempt to control the shoal didn’t come until earlier this decade. In 2012,
the Philippines and China found themselves locked in a dangerous naval stand-off over the
shoal. The incident, which lasted for months, was triggered when a Philippine warship,
instead of a coastguard vessel, apprehended a group of Chinese fishermen operating in the
area.

Beijing responded by dispatching an armada of coastguard vessels to rescue the Chinese

fisherman. It also imposed economic sanctions on the Philippines. The tenuous situation,
however, was partially diffused when the two sides agreed to a mutual disengagement
arrangement.
Yet Chinese coastguard forces have enforced jurisdictional control over the shoal since then.
In response, the Benigno Aquino administration filed an arbitration award against China, as
bilateral ties plunged to a nadir not seen since the end of cold war.
If a picture paints a thousand words
then why can’t I paint you?

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Drawings
DRAWINGS
Crude and simple lines that show what needs to be
1 shown with sufficient clarity, to make learning vivid to
the students

Not the real thing but better than

2 nothing

Must correctly represent the real

3 thing

4 An essential skill for teachers

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 DRAWINGS
• Uses in the classroom

Chalkboard
Draw and tell Visual aid Activity material Assessment
illustrations

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Cartoons
Cartoons

Metaphorical Needs no Caption Symbolic

 Sources of Cartoons

1 Newspaper

2 Magazines

3 Internet

4 Books

5 Draw them yourself!

CARTOONS
Uses in the classroom

1 • Springboard for a lesson

2 • Point of discussion

3 • Provide humor or wit

4 • Decoration in the classroom

5 • Concluding activity

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Strip Drawings
 Strip Drawing
• Commonly called comics or comic strips

• Made up of panels of drawings that tell a story

• Educational and entertaining

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 Sources of Strip Drawings

1 Newspaper

2 Magazines

3 Internet

4 Books

5 Draw them yourself!

Uses for Strip Drawings

⮕ • Sequencing activity for

primary grades

⮕ • Review for history or

literature

⮕ • Process sequencing for

science

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Questions?
DRAWING WORKSHOP
Lesson 1:
Attitude and Mindset
 drawing
Anong nangyari sa ating dalawa?

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LOWENFELD’s Stages of Artistic Development
• Our journey as artists so far….

Ang pangit ng drawing mo

WAG KA NANG MAGDRAWING
Scribble Preschematic Schematic Dawning Realism Pseudo Naturalistic

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4 DRAWING MYTHS
That you have to stop believing RIGHT NOW

“I can’t draw. I’m not artistic”

What is keeping you
from drawing Drawing is a talent
Drawing should be easy and not
an important skill

A drawing is not good if it’s not

realistic

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DRAWING WORKSHOP
Lesson 2:
Materials and References
 MATERIALS

1 2 3 4
Expensive Know your
Paper/Canvas
materials don’t materials. Test Research on
before anything
equate to better them beforehand your materials else
drawing
 REFERENCES

1 2 3 4
1. Real life Youtube/
Basis for your Using references
drawings
2. Photos deviantart is not cheating!
3. Drawings tutorials
DRAWING WORKSHOP
Lesson 3:
Drawing Cartoons
 DRAWING

SKETCH THE
COMPOSE YOUR DETAILS
CHOOSE
THUMBNAIL
MATERIALS
SKETCH BIG 6
PICK A SUBJECT SELECT 4
2 REFERENCES
SHAPES & LINES

3 5
1
 DRAWING

CLEAN YOUR ADDITIONAL

SKETCH DETAILS OPTIONAL
COLORING
LINE ART
7 9

8 10
DRAWING WORKSHOP
Lesson 4:

DEMO
 FIN.
Thank you!