UNIT X UNIT 6 | 237 DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Say: Portraits can sometimes express our characteristics better than a photo. Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not? Amplify Ask students to generate a statement to accompany their portrait. Ask: What do you want someone to feel when they view your portrait? What characteristics are you portraying? FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Ask and answer: Portraits Look at three portraits of famous Americans in your book. Ask and answer in pairs: What characteristics do the portraits show? Why do you think each person chose their pose and their clothing in the portrait? Instructional Routine: Art p. Txxxiv Portraits A • Build background knowledge Display more examples of portraits. Ask: What do you notice about these paintings? Why don’t we see more paintings like this now? Explain that before photography, portraits were the only way to capture the images of people. • Learn content vocabulary Play the audio for students. Write pose and characteristics on the board. Ask: Can you get into a pose? What characteristics would you like the artist to focus on if they painted a portrait of you? • Use content vocabulary Show students a short video about portraits. Then write on the board. People sitting for portraits ______ this shows their _______. (pose, characteristics) Essential Question: How can a portrait show a person’s characteristics? Have students discuss the Essential Question in pairs. Then ask them to share their answers with the class. ANSWERS Sample answer: A portrait can show a person’s characteristics by depicting their facial expression or the clothes they choose to wear. Their pose can also say a lot about their personality. B Brainstorm ideas In pairs, have students brainstorm what pose they want to have in their portrait and what clothes they want to be wearing. Remind them that they may depict themselves wearing clothes that are different from what they are wearing now. C Use academic language to share ideas Have two students demonstrate sharing and discussing their portraits. Then have students work in small groups to share and discuss their self-portraits. Check in with students and supply vocabulary and sentence frames as needed. My portrait shows that I am ________. It expresses my _____. Then have students complete Activity C. ANSWERS Sample answer: Yes, it shows her personality. I see happiness and a love of fun, but with a serious side. Practice Book p. 130 EXPLORE AND LEARN PRACTICE COMMUNICATE Portraits A Read the informational text. B Make a self-portrait. 1. Decide if you want to use a frontal pose or a profile. What characteristic do you want to show about yourself? 2. Draw the basic shape of your face. Add your neck and shoulders. Then, add your eyes, mouth, nose, ears, and hair. 3. Add colors and shading to your sketch. You can use color pencils or paint. C Making connections Exchange your self-portrait with a classmate. Does the picture show your classmate’s personality? What characteristics do you see? PORTRAITS OF EARLY AMERICANS Cameras weren’t invented until the late 1800s, so many early American artists painted portraits. A portrait usually shows a person’s face and upper body. A person used to sit in a pose in front of the artist for hours. A portrait shows the characteristics of a person. The portrait of Abigail Adams shows a frontal pose. She is looking directly at the artist. The pose shows her strength. In the portrait of George Washington, the artist drew his prof ile. Washington isn’t looking directly at the artist. He shows no emotion. This pose shows his power and authority. How can a portrait show a person’s characteristics? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION CONNECT TO Art UNIT 6 237 UNIT 6 / CONNECT TO ART
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