ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCES

NCSCS Objectives which support writing features and/or informational writing types (definition, cause-effect, and problem-solution)

1.03, 1.04, 1.05, 1.07, 2.01, 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 4.04, 4.05, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 6.01, 6.02, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06, 6.07, 6.08, 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.04, 7.05, 8.01, 8.02, 8.03

1.03, 1.05, 1.07, 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 4.04, 4.05, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 6.02, 6.04, 6.06, 6.08, 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.04, 8.01, 8.02

1.03, 1.05, 1.07, 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 4.04, 4.05, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 6.02, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06, 6.08, 7.01, 7.02, 7.04, 8.01, 8.02

1.03, 1.05, 1.07, 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 4.04, 4.05, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 6.02, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06, 6.07, 6.08, 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.04, 8.01, 8.02

1.05, 3.04, 3.05, 4.04, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 6.01, 6.02, 6.05, 6.06, 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.04, 8.01, 8.02

Example Assignments

Definition:

Define the elements of art by identifying and explaining how the elements have been beneficially used in various known works of art.

Cause-Effect:

Describe how Claude Monet's personal experiences influenced the subject and style of his painting.

Cause-Effect:

If you had lived in the Golden Age of Greece, what styles and forms of art might you have created to depict everyday life?

Problem-Solution:

Select one geographical location in a particular time period and relate how many ways the history, purpose and function of the culture are reflected in the art.

Cause-Effect:

What is Diego Rivera trying to communicate through his 1935 fresco entitled History of Mexico and how many different events from Mexico's history can you identify that are depicted to help send his message?