Artists Old and New                           

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StepTwo:  Choose Your Second Artist


Claude Monet Thomas Gainsborough Andy Warhol Jackson Pollock Berthe Morisot Mary Cassat Hasegawa Tohaku


Task 1:  Look up the above artists and choose your second artist.  Do your research.  Write a short summary giving

              information about the artist and choose the images you want to use in your power point. 


Task 2:  Make sure you give the title, media, date created or painted for each artist's work you use.


Task 3:  Use the Wordle program (purple button) to create a word cloud describing the artist of your choice.




Common Core State Standards for California addressed:  


RF 2.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words both in isolation and in text. 

RF 2.4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

L 5.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

RI 9-10.1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

RL 9-10.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).


Rubric for the Writing Prompt


  Advanced
Meets all of the Proficient criteria plus three or more of the following:
-Focus is clearly stated and strongly maintained
-Excellent introduction and strong conclusion
-Organizational structure is clear and effective, creating unity and completeness.
-Use of varied transitions is smoothly integrated
-Includes sensory details and use of literary devices
-Contains no errors in usage, grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization.

Proficient
-Focus is clear and maintained
-Adequate introduction and conclusion
-Adequate use of transition words/phrases  
-Includes some details and use of at least one literary device
-Contains some errors in usage, grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization.

Basic
-meets 3 criteria in the Proficient category.

Below Basic
-meets less than 3 of the criteria for Proficient