Analyzing a CD Cover
Completion requirements
Unit 4
How Do We Express Ourselves?
Activity
Analyzing a CD Cover
Choose a CD cover from home that is your favourite and is appropriate for school.
Answer the following questions on the Analyzing a CD Cover Page.
1. What objects, animals, or people are in the picture?
2. How would you describe the objects, animals, or people?
3. What is in the background?
4. Is the scene tidy or chaotic?
5. How do you feel when you look at the picture?
6. What do the objects tell about the story?
7. What is the focus of this image?
8. What visual techniques were used to focus your attention on these details? How do these tell a story?
9. What message does the artist want to emphasize using these details?
Look at the picture of the man and the elephant on page on p. 37. Use your imagination to write a story beginning that the picture has helped you to think about. When writing your story, be sure to
How can you capture the reader's attention in your story beginning? Here are some strategies to use:
Which sentence makes you want to continue reading?
After you have written the first line do one of the following:
Introduce the time and place of your story. Avoid telling too much background information.
Introduce your main character. Avoid writing a long character biography before the action starts.
Think About What I See
1. What objects, animals, or people are in the picture?
I see an elephant with two white tusks following the man with a guitar case.
2. How would you describe the objects, animals, or people?
The elephant’s face, trunk and tusks are in the picture. The rest of his body is not. The man is dressed in black t-shirt and jeans. He is carrying a black guitar case. His hair is neat and combed.
3. What is in the background?
It looks like he is crossing a street. There are people on the sidewalk and a post office box in the background. There are cars on the road. The white background blurs out the rest of the scene.
4. Is the scene tidy or chaotic?
It looks tidy.
5. How do you feel when you look at the picture?
I feel interested. I think the elephant following the man is ridiculous and it makes me laugh.
6. What do the objects tell about the story?
The guitar suggests that Bryan Adams is going to play at a concert.
7. What is the focus of this image?
The white mist or shape in the background is the focus. It looks like it has a shape of a cartoon animal.
8. What visual techniques were used to focus your attention on these details? How do these tell a story?
The elephant’s tusks point to the instrument. The guitar is also the focus of the CD cover. The elephant is lifting its leg in the middle of taking a step. The elephant’s trunk and guitar are almost at the same angle. The parallel lines suggest action.
9. What message does the artist want to emphasize using these details?
The words “On a Day Like Today” suggests that something interesting can happen on an ordinary day.
Write About What I See
Look at the picture of the man and the elephant on page on p. 37. Use your imagination to write a story beginning that the picture has helped you to think about. When writing your story, be sure to
- consider your audience
- focus on your purpose
- organize your thoughts appropriately in sentences and paragraphs
- use vocabulary that is interesting and descriptive
- edit your work directly on your writing
- budget your time
How can you capture the reader's attention in your story beginning? Here are some strategies to use:
- Make the reader wonder about something.
Example: I am terrified of crossing the city street today. I hear heavy footsteps behind me and feel warm breath tickle my ears. I am being stalked.
- Start with a problem.
Example: My problems started the day an elephant followed me home.
- Start at an exciting point in the story.
Example: Beep. The horns would not stop honking. I was mentally rehearsing my music. I barely noticed them. But then, I felt a light touch on my head.
Which sentence makes you want to continue reading?
After you have written the first line do one of the following:
Introduce the time and place of your story. Avoid telling too much background information.
Example: My problems started the day an elephant followed me home. It was the peanuts in my pocket. I eat them between concerts to steady my nerves. But, I never expected a grey 6,000 kg elephant to reach into my pocket and grab the package…in the
middle of a busy city street!
Introduce your main character. Avoid writing a long character biography before the action starts.
Example: I am terrified of crossing the city street today. I hear heavy footsteps behind me and feel warm breath tickle my ears. I am being stalked. As a famous singer, I have come to expect that I will be in the spotlight. I have a powerful personality
and others love to follow my lead. I thought of ways to protect myself as I crossed the street. Would I use my tae-kwon do moves? Would I run? When I crossed to the other side of the street, I heard the heavy breathing intensify. I slowly turned
around…
Complete Section Two in your downloaded file Assignment 4-3-art-stories.
Save
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- Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
- Name your Assignment 4-3 in this format: jsmithla6_4-3-art-story and save the file to your Documents folder.
Summative Assessment
- This worksheet is for marks.
- Save it in your Documents folder and when you have completed each section submit it on the last page of the lesson.