Lesson 1 - LearningThroughMuseums

Part 2
1. As a class, list some of the ways that the two paintings are alike. For example, they both show
people. They both show a place.
2. Then ask students to complete the Compare and Contrast organizer in pairs.
3. Ask students to summarize what they conclude as a pair: are the two paintings more alike or
more different—and why?
Day 6: Descriptive Writing and Drawing
● Time Allotment
60–75 minutes
● Materials
Materials for each student:
Copy of Expository Writing organizer
8 ½ x 11 paper for expository paragraph
● Vocabulary
communicate
descriptive
expository
main idea
mood
● Procedure
1. Explain that students themselves will be the communicators in this session.
2. Each student uses the Expository Writing organizer to plan a paragraph that describes a place,
urban or rural.
3. Students write the paragraphs and exchange them. Then students who receive the paragraphs
underline the words and phrases that help them “see” the place the other student describes.
4. Then each student draws a picture that illustrates his or her paragraph.
5. You can create an exhibit of the students’ paragraphs and drawings on a bulletin board in the
hallway so the entire school learns from your students.
● Home Connection
Students make a “Family Places” drawing collection. Students draw their current community. Then
they draw places their family has lived in the past. They base these drawings on descriptions that
their family members give them or photos of their family in the past.
● Assessment
Students write a guide to comparing and contrasting a painting and a place.
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