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Activity Overview
Students visit a museum and choose a painting to work with. They list
details of the work, then write a description designed to help others imagine
what the painting looks like. Afterward, students write stories about their
paintings based on their descriptions.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- closely observe a work of art
- list concrete details of the work
- select the most important details to include in a descriptive paragraph
- distinguish between factual and judgmental language
- write a descriptive text using only facts
- write a story using both facts and judgmental language
Materials
paper, pens or pencils, clipboards
Subjects
Language Arts
The Arts
Life Skills
Grades
7-12
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