Introducing... Quadramas!

What do you get when you take a diorama and multiple it by four? You may be thinking, "It's a nightmare, finding all of those shoe boxes!" But it's not a nightmare, I promise! What you get, my dear reader, is a simple project idea with limitless possibilities!

Take a look at some of the quadramas my students made about their favorite scenes and chapters from A Long Way From Chicago.

 Instead of shoe boxes, simple folding, cutting, and gluing (or stapling or taping) a piece of paper creates each quadrant. After decorating, simply attach each quadrant. (I used a stapler-- it was the quickest and easiest way of attaching them). This simple project could be used for a book project as I did or for science or social studies projects. I had my students construct theirs in class, but it could just as easily be an at-home project. Before you think I am a creative genius, let me make it clear that I did not come up with this idea. I found several different versions of it on Pinterest, but the best site I found to describe and give directions was Blog Hoppin'. Check out the blog for easy to follow directions.Thanks for the inspiration (& directions) Shelley!

After everyone completed their project, we did a gallery walk. This turned out to be a fun & engaging activity that was a great wrap-up to the end of our novel unit.