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Paul Getty Museum Education Department

Language through Art: An ESL Enrichment Curriculum

Lesson Plan

Looking at Portraits Lesson 1: What Do Portraits Communicate

Grades/Level: Adult Learners Subjects: Visual Arts, English-Language Arts, ESL Time Required: One class period Author: Getty Museum Education Staff Featured Getty Artworks: Portrait of ohn !al"ot, later #irst Earl !al"ot "y Pompeo $atoni On the %e": http:&&'''(getty(edu&art&gettyguide&artO")ect*etails+arto"),-.Portrait of Leonilla, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn "y #ran/ 0a1er %interhalter On the %e": http:&&'''(getty(edu&art&gettyguide&artO")ect*etails+arto"),234 Lesson verview: Students 'ill ma5e connections "et'een their personal e6periences and a 'or5 of art and use 1isual analysis to descri"e a portrait(

Learnin! bjectives: - Students can define a portrait and identify different 5inds of portraits in art'or5s and their o'n li1es( - Students loo5 closely at a portrait using 1isual analysis to 1er"ally descri"e details( - Students use ne' 1oca"ulary(

"aterials: - Loo5ing at Portraits Voca"ulary( *o'nload 7!#: http:&&'''(getty(edu&education&teachers&classroom8resources&curricula&esl&do'nloads&portraits81oca "(rtf - One of the t'o featured Getty art'or5s Lesson Ste#s: $egin 'ith the follo'ing opening 9uestions: - :a1e any of you e1er had your portrait made+ ;7emind students of <* cards, passports, photographs, etc(= - %hat are some of the things you thought a"out "efore your portrait 'as made+ ;>onsider clothing, facial e6pression, "ac5ground, etc(= - %hat did it feel li5e to ha1e your portrait made+ - *o you li5e to sho' off that portrait, or do you 5eep it hidden+ ?e6t, re1ie' the Looking at Portraits Vocabulary( *isplay the image you 'ill use to inspire discussion so the entire class can 1ie' it( *<S>@SS<O? A@ES!<O?S: - %hat is the first thing you notice a"out this person+ - %hat does the facial e6pression tell us a"out this person+ :is or her posture+ :is or her gestures+ - %hat can you say a"out his or her attire+ !he setting+ !he props he or she is holding+ - *oes this person 'or5+ %hat does he or she do+ - %ould you li5e to meet this person+ %hy or 'hy not+ - %hat do you thin5 the sitter 'anted his&her portrait to communicate+ - %hat do you see that ma5es you say that+
2007 J. Paul Getty Trust

Language through Art: An ESL Enrichment Curriculum

Lesson Plan

Looking at Portraits Lesson 1: What Do Portraits Communicate

S@GGES!E* A>!<V<!<ES - :a1e students pose li5e the sitter and descri"e ho' it ma5es them feel( - $ring in props, such as a fan, and ha1e students discuss ho' using the props ma5es them feel ;BrealiaC acti1ity=( - :a1e students 'rite do'n 'hat they thin5 the sitter 'as thin5ing a"out 'hile her portrait 'as "eing made(

2007 J. Paul Getty Trust