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Monsters in Lit

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Combining talents for art and literature, students at Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School used their imaginations to create and bring to life monsters in literature. Seniors in Michael Ferretti’s and Dan Barresi’s Monsters in Literature classes collaborated with the students in Deirdre Whiston’s Drawing and Painting I & II classes in a cross-curricular project. Mr. Ferretti’s students created a monster profile, which included size, shape, clothing, and other distinguishing features for short stories they were writing. The students in Ms. Whiston’s Drawing and Painting I class were responsible for taking those profiles and creating a visual image. Mr. Barresi’s students created a transformation scene featuring Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the Drawing and Painting II class took the written work and created a dual image featuring the transformed character. John Seppala, a senior in both the Monsters in Literature and Drawing and Painting classes, got to create a character and bring it to life. “It was a good way to use creative license,” he said about taking someone else’s words to create his art piece. In response to seeing his words come to life in a fellow student’s drawing, he stated, “I already had this image in my head of what my monster looked like, and to see how close the drawing came to what I imagined was really cool.” “The kids in my class were fascinated to see the simple words they used to describe their monsters transformed into an actual image,” said Mr. Ferretti. Added Ms. Whiston, “My students really enjoyed the openness of the assignment and having the opportunity to interpret in their own way.” , Administrator for Pupil Personnel Services

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