1. Write today’s essential question as the heading of your notes.

2. Make sure your notebook has each of the following essential questions as headers with notes for each day:1. How is folklore defined by and how does

folklore define a group’s identity?

2. What are the different types of folklore and what purpose does each serve?

3. How has technology changed the folk tale? What do modern day urban legends say about our culture?

3. Answer: If folklore represents the wisdom of the people, what is folk art?

Bell Work

What are the commonalities of folk art and folk literature? How can I use pre-writing skills to articulate these similarities?

ELACC9-10RL7: Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment.

Folk Art: If folklore represents the wisdom of the people, what is folk art?

Folk Art “High” Art

Your Task

• Behave as if you are at an art exhibit.

– Discuss the art with those around you in a quiet voice.

– Slowly circulate the room, spending time analyzing each painting.

• View each piece of art in the exhibit and choose two that you find the most intriguing.

• Complete the chart. The theme and background are listed for you. You have to do the thinking part! Tell HOW the theme is produced.

ExampleOrigin Theme How theme is created

Haiti As she goes out to sell her fruit, she has hope that she will be successful.

• The colors are bright, creating a positive, hopeful mood.

• The sun in the background appears to be rising, pushing away darkness.

• The woman is looking up, rather than down.

• She wears an optimistic smile.

• Answer the essential question on the notecard and in your notebook.

• Choose your best observation and write it on the other side of the notecard.

Closure