Guiding Questions Worksheet (English) Part 1.
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by Kathryn Carpenter Created by the Center for Applied Second Language Studies, University of Oregon Guiding Questions Worksheet (English) Part 1. Answer the following questions. Pay attention to the facts that are interesting and significant in the life of your artist, his/her context, or his/her art. Make sure you put the sources with the information. 1. Describe the personal details of an artist. a. Where is he/she from? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ b. When was he/she born? When did he/she die (if they are not alive)? Where? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ c. Describe his/her family and personal life. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ d. Describe his/her education. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ e. Describe his/her failures and successes. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ f. Any other facts? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2. Describe the context in which the artist lived. a. Describe the social atmosphere that the artist lived in. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ b. What social/political/personal forces affected his/her life? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ c. Can you see the effects of these in his/her art? Describe how their art reflects what was happening around him/her.
Transcript of Guiding Questions Worksheet (English) Part 1.
byKathrynCarpenter
CreatedbytheCenterforAppliedSecondLanguageStudies,UniversityofOregon
GuidingQuestionsWorksheet(English) Part1.Answerthefollowingquestions.Payattentiontothefactsthatareinterestingandsignificantinthelifeofyourartist,his/hercontext,orhis/herart.Makesureyouputthesourceswiththeinformation.
1. Describethepersonaldetailsofanartist.a. Whereishe/shefrom?
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b. Whenwashe/sheborn?Whendidhe/shedie(iftheyarenotalive)?Where?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c. Describehis/herfamilyandpersonallife.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
d. Describehis/hereducation.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
e. Describehis/herfailuresandsuccesses.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
f. Anyotherfacts?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Describethecontextinwhichtheartistlived.a. Describethesocialatmospherethattheartistlivedin.
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b. Whatsocial/political/personalforcesaffectedhis/herlife?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c. Canyouseetheeffectsoftheseinhis/herart?Describehowtheirartreflectswhatwashappeningaroundhim/her.
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d. Anyotherfacts?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Describetheart.a. Whatkindofartisit?
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b. Describetheartisticstyle(gothic,orneoclassical,forexample)usedbytheartist.Isittheonlyonethattheartistuses?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c. Anyotherfacts?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
d. Chooseaworkandstapleittothisworksheet.Describeitindetail.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Youhavetodevelopapresentationinwhichyouexplainathemerelatedtotheartistthatyouinvestigated.Whichsubjectwillyoufocuson:historicalcontextoftheart,styleoftheart/oneworkofart,orthelifeoftheartist?Why?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Thinkaboutyourstrengthsasapresenter.Howdoyouliketopresentinformation?Why?What
isapresentationalformat(essay,speech,digitalproduct,artreplication,etc…)thatwouldbothshowcaseyourstrengthsandallowyoutodescribeyourresearch?Describebelow.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
byKathrynCarpenter
CreatedbytheCenterforAppliedSecondLanguageStudies,UniversityofOregon
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Part2.Recordthewordsthatyoufoundduringyoursearchthatyoudon’tknow.Youdon’thavetowritethemall--justthemostimportantonesforyourproject.Youwillhavetousetheminthefinalproject.Youshouldwriteadefinitionorsomesynonymsinyourtargetlanguageunder“description.”
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