I was watching Tracey Chevalier's TED talk the other day. Tracey Chevalier is one of my all time favorite writers and her book, "Girl With A Pearl Earring," is spectacular. Her TED talk is about how she finds inspiration from artwork to fuel her story lines. She goes into detail about how her mind works to analyze the painting and the artist's story.
I thought, how cool would it be to take your students to the Art museum, either real or virtual, and have them choose a piece of art around which to construct a narrative writing? Wouldn't it be even better if they first viewed Chevalier's TED talk and read "Girl With A Pearl Earring"?
What do you think? How could you make this an even better lesson?
I thought, how cool would it be to take your students to the Art museum, either real or virtual, and have them choose a piece of art around which to construct a narrative writing? Wouldn't it be even better if they first viewed Chevalier's TED talk and read "Girl With A Pearl Earring"?
What do you think? How could you make this an even better lesson?