Artistic Expressions in the Present - Part A
Completion requirements
Unit 4
How Do We Express Ourselves?
Artistic Expressions
Now, you will read about modern artists and the different ways they choose to express themselves.
You will read Artistic Expressions on pages 29 to 33 of Literacy in Action 6B.
Consider how realistic or fantastical the art selections are.
Click each coloured row for information about the activity.
Reader's Notebook
In your Reader's Notebook: Artistic Expressions, make a list of ways that people chose to express themselves through art in the past. Make a list of ways that people choose to express themselves through art in the present.
Identify one similarity and one difference in how people express themselves now versus how they expressed themselves in the past.
Open Your File
You may refer back to your Arts and Entertainment Interest Chart. (You saved this file in your Documents folder.)
Preview the Selection
- Preview the selection Artistic Expressions on pages 29 to 33 of Literacy in Action by looking at the title, headings, and pictures.
- In your Reader's Notebook: Artistic Expressions, write down the main things you notice about how the information is written.
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Download PDF
- Download the document Reader's Notebook: Artistic Expressions.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
- Click the "Open with" button.
- Select "Adobe Reader".
- Click "OK".
- You will then be able to view the document Reader's Notebook: Artistic Expressions.
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Save
How to save a file:
- Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
- Name your Reader's Notebook: Artistic Expressions file in this format: jsmith_artisticexpressions and save the file to your Documents folder.
Activity
Read the selection Artistic Expressions on pages 29 to 33 of Literacy in Action.
After reading the selection, complete the Artistic Expressions Summary Chart.
Download PDF
- Download the document Artistic Expressions Summary Chart.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: When the download screen opens:
- Click the "Open with" button.
- Select "Adobe Reader".
- Click "OK".
- You will then be able to view the document Artistic Expressions Summary Chart.
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Can't view the file? View
Skill Builder: Saving Dynamic PDFs.
Save
How to save a file:
- Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
- Name your Artistic Expressions Summary Chart in this format: jsmith_artisticsummary and save the file to your Documents folder.
Formative Assessment
- This worksheet is similar to homework, which is an opportunity to practise important concepts in the lesson. The worksheet is NOT for marks.
- However, your teacher may ask you to submit this worksheet to check on your progress so be sure to save it in your Documents folder.
Leonardo Da Vinci spent four or more years painting the Mona Lisa. At the end of his life, he said the work was unfinished. The skills used to create arts and crafts are passed on from generation to generation. It takes a long time to train to learn the
skills to produce beautiful, detailed art, hand crafts, music, or writing.
Anything worth learning, takes time. Babies take a long time to learn to walk. First they crawl on four legs, then they learn to walk on two legs. Finally they learn to run, sometimes with no feet on the ground. Any skill takes time to learn, from learning how to count and do math to learning to skate and play hockey. One does not become Wayne Gretzky in a day.
Some art or construction objects are constructed for use for a short time. Other art objects are intended to be passed on as heirlooms from generation to generation. One can buy a factory-made desk like every other one from the store, or one can spend many years becoming a master carpenter to build a special, complex desk to pass on to your grandchildren.
Answer the following questions on your downloaded worksheet.
Describe one object that you feel is a special object. Why is it special to you?
Sometimes, the younger generation is not interested in learning the skills from their parents or teachers, so the skills are forgotten. Identify one skill you would like to take time to master.
Anything worth learning, takes time. Babies take a long time to learn to walk. First they crawl on four legs, then they learn to walk on two legs. Finally they learn to run, sometimes with no feet on the ground. Any skill takes time to learn, from learning how to count and do math to learning to skate and play hockey. One does not become Wayne Gretzky in a day.
Some art or construction objects are constructed for use for a short time. Other art objects are intended to be passed on as heirlooms from generation to generation. One can buy a factory-made desk like every other one from the store, or one can spend many years becoming a master carpenter to build a special, complex desk to pass on to your grandchildren.
Answer the following questions on your downloaded worksheet.
Describe one object that you feel is a special object. Why is it special to you?
Sometimes, the younger generation is not interested in learning the skills from their parents or teachers, so the skills are forgotten. Identify one skill you would like to take time to master.