Melanie+Manuel


 * Day 1 of Unit: "Using Art as a Lens to Examine Identity"**
 * Class**: Spanish 1
 * Objectives**: Students will
 * analyze pieces art, both portraits and self-portraits
 * consider what we can learn about the subject - artist relationship from their work

__ 4,3,2,1 Write __ Write: - 4 adjectives to describe your personality - 3 things you’re passionate about - 2 objects that represent you - 1 place you love
 * I. Do Now** (5-10 minutes)

__Gallery Walk__ then discuss as a whole group. This also can be done as a __Think-Pair-Share__. Hang up several different self-portraits with a blank sheet of paper beneath each portrait. Students walk around (silently. It's a gallery!) and write their thoughts on the following prompts:
 * II. Motivation:** Making inferences (20 minutes)

//- How do you think these artists would describe themselves with words?// //- What can infer about these artists through their self-portraits?// //- What words come to mind?//

Frida: [] Orozco: [] Miró: [] Cuevas: []


 * III. Human Sculpture** (25 minutes)

__Task__: The group must create a human sculpture that captures the essence of the portrait or gives a narrative of it. Before performing it for the class, practice several times going from neutral position and counting “1-2-3.”

Break students into groups of 3-4 Each group gets a portrait. On the back of the portrait, answer the following: Who is the subject? What is s/he feeling? Why ? When did this happen? Where was s/he? The groups perform for the class and explain the concept of their sculpture. Or the class can try to give an interpretation.


 * Optional: Take a picture of each sculpture to hang up in the classroom beneath each portrait. You could also use the pictures for a follow up activity.

__Minute paper__:** ¿Y tú? ** // Choice: Either write in your journal the answers to these prompts or draw your answers. // Take a look back at your answers to the //DO NOW//. If you were going to create a self-portrait, what would it look like? What colors would you use? What medium would you use? Where would it be set? What would you be doing? Why?
 * IV. Conclusion/Summary** (5 minutes)

Find a portrait done by a Spanish-speaking artist. Post the image to SLA blog and write a 3-5 sentence description of what you think the artist was trying to communicate about his/her subject. (Segway for talking about portraits and the artist-subject relationship)
 * V. Homework**