I wanted to share a few things I did the last couple months so today's post I'll focus on an activity I did for our Beauty and Aesthetics theme. In my level 2 class we focused on 3 artists: Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. At a conference I went to this past fall I had gotten the idea of doing a museum walk at an integrating AP themes in lower levels session. I was excited to finally be able to use this idea. I printed off paintings in color from the 3 artists and put them in page protectors and taped around the hallway. My school library had some posters of these artists too so I was able to have some larger pieces. I had 3 paintings per artist. Next to each painting I posted a set of 4 questions and a list of art related adjectives.
The students were told we were going to visit El Museo de Bowie to see great works of art. They numbered their papers 1-9 with 4 spaces between each number and then went out to the hall with their papers and writing utensil and could start in any order. I told them if more than 3 people were at a piece of work to go to a different piece. They examined each piece and aswered questions that got them analyzing the art.
This activity took about 20-25 minutes and as they worked I would walk around asking them simple Spanish questions about each piece and pointing out certain interesting things in the artwork. I also kept them on track by saying about how many they should have every 5 minutes.
All of the other level 2 teachers used this "Museo" for their classes which was great!
The students marked on their paper their favorite 2 pieces of artwork and when we came back to the classroom I asked them about which were the favorite paintings.
This was a great activity to get them up close to the artwork and to introduce them to the theme. The following class we got more in depth about the styles but I will blog about that lesson another day.
Have your own Museo de _________________
(your school name)
Artwork that was in El Museo de Bowie - print out in color and place in sheet protectors and post all up and down hallway. Also great to put on your website for any students who miss the museum visit can still do at home.
Art related adjectives - place next to each piece of art.
Higher Order Art Questions for lower levels created by my department chair, Sr Ruiz (follow him on Twitter @SrRuiz). I took his questions and used four questions per piece of art - see worksheet I created. I cut the questions into strips and placed the questions next to each piece of art.