Slope Get Upwards Art

I've seen this persuasion multiple places online, then I'm non precisely certain who to credit.  Most recently, I've seen it from Pam J. Wilson in addition to Mrs. Hester.  It's a variation on ii activities that I did final year.  So, my students accept been working on slope.  We started out past times discussing the 4 types of slope.  Slope Dude was a must for this!  Y'all are in all probability tired of hearing me become on in addition to on well-nigh Slope Dude.  But, I just can't assistance it.  My students mean value the video is stupid, but I tin guarantee you lot that they volition NEVER forget Slope Dude's most infamous words.  One of the novel rules I've made inwards my cast is that students are alone allowed to state the give-and-take "undefined" if they state it similar they are falling off of a cliff!  "UNDEFIIIIIIIIIIINED!"

So, final year, nosotros Pam J. Wilson in addition to classified the gradient of each line of piece of occupation segment of each missive of the alphabet of the alphabet.  I enjoyed this activity, but this twelvemonth I wanted students to practise something to give-up the ghost along inwards their interactive notebooks.  This year, I accept made it my destination for our interactive notebooks to locomote comprehensive.  Last year, at that topographic point were a lot of gaps inwards our notebooks.

Last year, I too had students Pam J. Wilson in addition to draw pictures in addition to sort out the slope of each line of piece of occupation segment.  Again, it was a fun activity, but my students had barely anything inwards their notebooks regarding the 4 kinds of slope.

Slope Name Art

This year, I decided to accept my students practise what I deemed "Slope Name Art."  On the adjacent blank page inwards their notebooks, I instructed students to write their cite every bit large every bit possible.  The alone caveat was that they could alone purpose direct lines.  Any letters of the alphabet that would usually locomote written using curves would demand to locomote modified.

I illustrated on the board amongst my ain name.  Once students wrote their names, their adjacent chore was to sort out the gradient of each line of piece of occupation segment.  I alone classified the gradient on the outset ii letters inwards my example.  My students were required to practise this for every unmarried letter.  They were given the lead chances to write their outset name, final name, or both.        

Once they had classified the gradient of each line of piece of occupation segment, I asked them to color-code their name.  Choose ane color in addition to highlight all the line of piece of occupation segments amongst a positive gradient amongst that color.  Choose about other color to highlight all the line of piece of occupation segments that accept a negative slope, etc.

In my notebook, I just created a fundamental that told which color represented which type of slope.

Slope Name Art

My students actually enjoyed this activity.  It was almost a sort of contest betwixt them.  "I alone accept ane negative gradient inwards my name."  "Almost all my letters are made upwardly of nil slopes in addition to undefined slopes."

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