Reading Art and the art of reading Rachael Sanford [e-mail] Stephanie Tatum [e-mail] Harrison High School Kennesaw, GA [phone]

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Reading Artand the art of readingRachael
Sanford rachael.sanford_at_cobbk12.org Stephanie
Tatum stephanie.tatum_at_cobbk12.org Harrison
High School Kennesaw, GA [phone]
Monet, Claude. Wisteria. 1919. Oil on canvas.
Musée Marmottan, Paris.

• (Elements of the Short Story)

Essential Question How can I analyze the
elements of fiction in short stories? Georgia
Public School Standard ELA9RL1.a Fiction Locates
and analyzes such elements in fiction as language
(e.g., diction, imagery, symbolism, figurative
language), character development, setting and
mood, point of view, foreshadowing, and irony.
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Matisse, Henri. The Music Lesson. 1917. Oil on
canvas. Barnes Foundation, Lincoln University,
Merion, PA, USA.
Based on what you see in this work, what do you
imagine about what was happening immediately
before this moment? What details support your
conjecture? What do these details tell you about
the setting of the painting? How does the artist
emphasize these details to show their importance?
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Henri Matisse. The Music Lesson. 1917. Oil on
canvas. Barnes Foundation, Lincoln University,
Merion, PA, USA.
Imagine you are writing a short story inspired by
this painting. Write the opening paragraph that
would explain the setting and background
information. Using descriptive words, capture
the same images the artist captures on canvas.
Also, imitate the mood that seems evident in the
scene.
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Henri Matisse. The Music Lesson. 1917. Oil on
canvas. Barnes Foundation, Lincoln University,
Merion, PA, USA.
Exposition You have just written an expositionor
introduction to the setting, situation, and main
characters of the plot. Share your exposition
with a neighbor. What differences occur between
your two renditions?
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Reading Artand the art of reading
Monet, Claude. Wisteria. 1919. Oil on canvas.
Musée Marmottan, Paris.

• (Elements of the Short Story)

EQ How can I recognize irony? ELA9RL1.a
Fiction Locates and analyzes such elements in
fiction as irony.
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Isnt it ironic?
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Gardner, Alexander. Home of A Rebel Sharpshooter,
Gettysburg, July 1863. Chrysler Museum of Art,
Norfolk, Virginia.
What incongruity do you see in this photograph?
How did you come to that conclusion?
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Gardner, Alexander. Home of A Rebel Sharpshooter,
Gettysburg, July 1863. Chrysler Museum of Art,
Norfolk, Virginia.
Irony When something occurs that seems different
from what is expected, we have irony.
What would we expect of a sharpshooter? What
has actually happened to this sharpshooter?
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Reading Artand the art of reading
Monet, Claude. Wisteria. 1919. Oil on canvas.
Musée Marmottan, Paris.

• (Elements of the Short Story)

EQ Why does point of view matter in a story?
ELA9RL1.a Fiction Locates and analyzes such
elements in fiction as point of view.
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From whose perspective are you looking at this
scene? What details help you to determine the
perspective?
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From whose perspective are you looking at this
scene? What details help you to determine the
perspective? What makes the two perspectives
different?
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Point of View First person point of view tells a
story from the perspective of the narrator. The
narrator refers to himself as a character in the
plot, using the pronoun I.
Third person point of view tells the story from
the perspective of a narrator who is not involved
in the story, but who sees the plot happening.
Pronouns used are he, she, they, rather
than I, me, or we.
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Reading Artand the art of reading
Monet, Claude. Wisteria. 1919. Oil on canvas.
Musée Marmottan, Paris.

• (Elements of the Short Story)

EQ How does mood affect the way I read a story?
ELA9RL1.a Fiction Locates and analyzes such
elements in fiction as mood.
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Matisse, Henri. The Music Lesson. 1917. Oil on
canvas. Barnes Foundation, Lincoln University,
Merion, PA, USA.
What is mood?
What do body language, facial expressions,
actions, and words tell us about a persons mood?
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How does the figure in this sculpture feel?
What details create the mood in this
sculpture?
Dallin, . Indian Drinking. Bronze. High Museum
of Art, Atlanta.
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Matisse, Henri. The Music Lesson. 1917. Oil on
canvas. Barnes Foundation, Lincoln University,
Merion, PA, USA.
Beckmann, Max. Family Picture. 1920. Museum of
Modern Art, New York.
Tournier, Nicolas. The Denial of St. Peter. ca.
1630. Oil on canvas. High Museum of Art.
How do the people in the scene feel? What
details supply your opinion? What details create
the mood in this painting?
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Reading Artand the art of reading
Monet, Claude. Wisteria. 1919. Oil on canvas.
Musée Marmottan, Paris.

• (Elements of the Short Story)

EQ How do diction and syntax affect the way I
understand details? ELA9RL1.a Fiction Locates
and analyzes such elements in fiction as
diction.
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A writers style includes his word choices
(diction), the arrangement of those choices
(syntax), and the presence or absence of simile,
metaphor, etc. (figurative language).
Pollack, Jackson. Untitled (Green Silver). 1949.
Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights
Society (ARS), New York.
How would you describe this artists style? What
aspects of painting are related to diction,
syntax, and figurative language?
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How would you describe this artists style? How
is it similar to or different from the Pollack
piece on the previous slide?
Monet, Claude. Impression, soleil levant. 1872.
Oil on canvas. Musee Marmottan
Would you recognize another work by the same
artist?
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The Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, Paris
The Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, Paris
Style of Gothic architecture sculpture?
Moses on the 1518 baptismal font in St. Amandus,
Bad Urach, Germany, by the sculptor Christoph von
Urach.
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Reading Artand the art of reading
Monet, Claude. Wisteria. 1919. Oil on canvas.
Musée Marmottan, Paris.

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EQ What does a carefully crafted character add
to a short story? ELA9RL1.a Locates and
analyzes such elements in fiction as character
development.
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• Authors develop CHARACTER through both direct and
  indirect methods.
• narration with either implied or explicit
  judgment
• narration with no judgment
• physical description

• characters actions
• characters speech
• characters thoughts and feelings

Hopper, Edward. Nighthawks. 1942, oil on canvas.
The Art Institute of Chicago.
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Choose a character from the painting below and
write a short scene using at least 4 of the 6
methods of characterization. While you must
consider setting, point-of-view, and conflict to
create a scene, your main consideration should be
on character development.
Hopper, Edward. Nighthawks. 1942, oil on canvas.
The Art Institute of Chicago.
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Share your scene with a partner. As you read your
partners scene, identify the methods of
characterization used. Did the writer engage you,
help you identify with the character, make you
care what happens to the character? How could
your partner improve the development of the
character?
Hopper, Edward. Nighthawks. 1942, oil on canvas.
The Art Institute of Chicago.
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Reading Artand the art of reading
Monet, Claude. Wisteria. 1919. Oil on canvas.
Musée Marmottan, Paris.

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EQ Why do audiences respond to foreshadowing?
ELA9RL1.a Fiction Locates and analyzes such
elements in fiction as foreshadowing.
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1. Characterize the people in the painting. What
   details support your thoughts?
2. Explain the plot of the painting. What is
   happening now? What has happened before? What
   will happen in the future?
3. What details suggest some future event(s)?

Millais, Sir John Everett. The Woodmans
Daughter. 1851, oil on canvas. The
Guildhall Art Gallery, UK.
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The inspiration of the painting is a poem of the
same title by Coventry Patmore that tells the
story of Maud, a poor woodman's daughter, and a
wealthy squire's son. The son eventually seduces
the girl. Because their difference in social
class prevents them from marrying, Maud, in her
despair, drowns their illegitimate child and goes
mad.

1. How does Millais foreshadow these future events
   in this scene of the budding romance between the
   two as children?
2. Which character is to blame? How do you know?
3. What moral message (theme) is he trying to convey?

Millais, Sir John Everett. The Woodmans
Daughter. 1851, oil on canvas. The
Guildhall Art Gallery, UK.
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Does the artist seem to foreshadow anything
negative in this painting? Why or why not?
Hughes, Arthur. The Woodmans Child. 1860, oil on
canvas. Tate Gallery, London.
This painting also illustrates a child left alone
in the woods while a parent works. Compare and
contrast the mood of this painting with the
Millais painting.