Students will think about a dramatic moment in their lives and imagine how to translate it into a work of art.
Students learn about and discuss the process of taking a photograph.
Students learn about and discuss why photographs are made.
Students will make connections between their personal experiences and a work of art and use visual analysis to describe a portrait.
Students will "read" a visual image very much like they would read words in a story.
Students will spend more time looking at details and write an imagined interview with a sitter.
Students will apply what they have learned about portraits in a formal writing exercise.
Students learn about and discuss the objects commonly found in still-life paintings.
Students learn about and discuss the basic shapes used in artistic compositions.
Spark the engagement of English-language learners or reluctant readers with the graphic novel "Maus". The visual information provided by the genre serves as a support for reading and critical engagement.
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Students take a walk on the wild side when they research an animal and create a scavenger hunt activity for their classmates.
This lesson focuses on a family depicted in a work of art. Students practice using vocabulary related to people and families. Activities emphasize oral and written descriptions of the people portrayed in the work of art, using possessive adjectives. Students are challenged to infer what the relationships are between figures depicted and what individuals are doing, based on such clues as their pose.
This lesson focuses on people doing leisure activities as depicted in a work of art. Students practice using vocabulary related to people and leisure. Activities emphasize oral and written descriptions of the people portrayed in the work of art, using action verbs. Students are challenged to infer what leisure activities individuals are doing based on such clues as their pose.
This lesson focuses on people at work depicted in a work of art. Students practice using vocabulary related to people and work. Activities emphasize oral and written descriptions of the people portrayed in the work of art, using job-related vocabulary and adjectives to describe feelings. Students are challenged to infer what job individuals are doing, based on such clues as their pose.
This lesson focuses on an interior space depicted in a work of art. Students practice using vocabulary associated with a room and objects in the room. Activities in this lesson focus on writing descriptive sentences using some of the elements of art (color and texture) and adjectives.
This lesson focuses on different exterior spaces depicted in works of art. Students practice using vocabulary associated with the weather and how people react to the sea. Activities in this section teach students about some of the elements of art (color and line), adjectives, and two kinds of sentences (declarative and imperative).
This lesson focuses on exterior spaces depicted in works of art. Students practice using vocabulary associated with the weather and time of day. Activities in this section teach students about some of the elements of art (color and line) and about writing descriptions of the weather and time of day.
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This lesson for English Language Learners (ELLs) introduces a very clever chimpanzee named Ayamu. In this lesson, learners will practice reading, listening, speaking and writing. All activities are automatically graded with feedback provided to the learner upon submission.