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.
Essential Question How can I analyze a text and
offer evidence to support my opinion?
ELACCL9-10RL1 Cite strong and thorough textual
evidence to support analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from
the text.
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Matisse, Henri. The Music Lesson. 1917. Oil on
canvas. Barnes Foundation, Lincoln University,
Merion, PA, USA.

• Reading Art
• Basic Questions for ANY piece of art
• Who is the artist? Do you know anything about
  the artist?
• What is the title? What can you infer from the
  title?
• When was the painting created? What do you know
  about the time period?

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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 of a story. Share your
exposition with a neighbor. What differences
occur between your two renditions? What details
did you partner include that you did not?