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