English Language Arts
Grade 1
4: Winds of Change
3 30-minute lessons
narrative writing
What feelings do works of art inspire?
How can I strengthen my writing by including subjective details?
I can write a story using feeling words.
English Language Arts
Grade 1
4: Winds of Change
3 30-minute lessons
narrative writing
What feelings do works of art inspire?
How can I strengthen my writing by including subjective details?
I can write a story using feeling words.
Note: Throughout this lesson, it may be helpful for students to refer to a list of feeling words. If you do not already have a list to use, you may want to begin the lesson by generating one as a class.
Display the art images. Discuss each art image individually by asking,
Throughout the discussion, record adjectives mentioned by the students on chart paper. Repeat the process for all four pieces of art.
After discussing the artworks, read the students a poem that includes descriptions about feelings. Discus the words used by the author that represent feelings. Add those words to the list of adjectives on the chart paper.
Review the artworks and poem previously discussed. Focus on the feeling words identified by the class.
As a class, select a single artwork. Using the artwork as inspiration, help the class write a story that focuses on feeling words.
Instruct students to select their favorite image and use it for their own story. Emphasize that students should use feeling words in their stories.
Have students begin their stories and circulate through the room giving assistance.
Have students meet with a peer, read their stories, and share strategies to clarify and add details. Meet with students after they have met with their peers.
Have students add illustrations for their work and continue writing until they meet with you.
Have students write a final copy of their story.
Beyond Grade Level: Students write 3 or more sequenced events on one topic.
At Grade Level: Students write 2 to 3 sequenced events on one topic.
Below Grade Level: Students write 2 sequenced events on one topic.
Modification: Rather than discussing each image one by one on day 1, hang the images around the room like an art museum and have students rotate and record their thoughts/feelings at each picture. Then, come back as a whole group and create a list of feeling words.
4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sequenced events | Student included 3 or more sequenced events. | Included 2 sequenced events. | Included 1 sequenced event. | Included no sequenced events. |
Time words | Student used 4 or more time words. | Used 3 time words. | Used 2 time words. | Used 1 time word. |
Details | Student provided more than 3 details. | Provided 3 details. | Provided 2 details. | Provided 1 detail. |
Closure | Student provided a well written closure. | Provided a closure. | Provided no closure. |
paper/journals, pencil, chart paper
revise, revision, verbs, details, author
Noah Davis, Black Widow with Brothers Fighting, 2008. Oil on canvas, 52 x 60 inches (132.1 x 152.4 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Gift of Marjorie and Michael Levine, 2009.4.1. © Noah Davis. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
Zhang Dali, Demolition (Ping’an Avenue Beijing), 1999. C-Print, 35 3/8 x 23 5/8 inches (89.9 x 60 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Museum purchase with funds provided by The Lori and David Arthur Fund for Asian Art, 2008.10.1. © Zhang Dali. Courtesy Eli Klein Fine Art.
Eve Sussman, The Wolf in Tempelhof from the film The Rape of the Sabine Women, 2005. Chromogenic print, 39 1/2 x 49 inches (100.3 x 124.5 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Museum purchase, 2006.11.1. © Eve Sussman and The Rufus Corporation. Photo by Benedikt Partenheimer.
Joseph Raffael, The Next Step, 1986. Oil on canvas, 50 x 32 inches (127 x 81.3 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Gift of Richard Aron, 2008.18.1. © Joseph Raffael. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
Feodor Zakharov, American, View of the Shimmering Sea from Woods Hole, Massachusetts, c. 1927. Oil on canvas, 32 x 45 inches (81.3 x 114.3 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Museum purchase, 1996.6.1. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.
Odili Donald Odita, Over Here, Over There, 2001. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 104 inches (213.4 x 264.2 cm). Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Promised gift of Marjorie and Michael Levine, L.1.2011.1. © Odili Donald Odita. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion.