Lesson: The fusion of critical thinking and artistic response
Objective: To create a list of verbs and adjectives that are reflective of a famous painting
Activity: Students will choose a famous picture and create a list of verbs and adjectives that are reflective of that piece. They will write a verb and adjective on a sticky note and place it by the picture they were describing. Students will be working in groups and be given a picture with all of the sticky notes. They are then going to brainstorm and write a poem using the words on the sticky notes. Students will create a free verse poem and can use the words in any order.
Differentiation: To challenge students they will then create a haiku in reflection of the poem. On the first line, students are to write a list of words with a total of 5 syllables, the second line will contain 7 syllables, and the third line will contain 5 syllables. The haiku will then be written in graffiti and posted around the classroom.
This is a lot like the lesson I did with my students. They loved it! I didn't have my students work in groups though. Did it work well?
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