ARTISTS

Banksy

Peter Callesen

Dan Eldon

Origami artists

Picasso

Van Gogh

Grant Wood

Salvador Dali

Monet

Chuck Close

Roy Lichtenstein

Beauford Delaney

Marc Chagall

Alexander Calder

Andy Warhol

Keith Haring

Cezanne

Norman Lewis

Mickalene Thomas

Shinique Smith

Quarter 1: ARTIST Research Project

Ideas and Development

Informational writing....

1. Clear, helpful information pulled from multiple sources

2. Accurate, useful details needed to aid reader's understanding

3. Information that anticipates and answers readers' questions

4. Writer draws from research

Students should pull from the information they find about their artist to write a concise and descriptive research paper. Their paper should include:

Opening Paragraph: (Introduction)

1. Grab the reader's attention with an enticing first sentence.

2. The paragraph should include an overview of what the following paragraphs will include.

ex.

Living in the heart of Kenya proved exciting for Dan Eldon. He spent the majority of his life exploring the wild with a camera-- documenting what he saw in small journals. His life was an adventure. His life was short, but full. Dan Eldon was an explorer that never ceased in using his art as a vehicle to express what he saw, where he went and how he felt.

Dan Eldon was born.....

Second, Third, Fourth Paragraphs:

1. Build the artist's life in stages.

2. You have at least 3 paragraphs to tell about the artist's life: his/hers birth, where he/she lived, what kind of art he/she did, how his/her work influenced the art world.

Closing Paragraph:

1. This paragraph should be a summative of everything you wrote about before.

2. It should include a closing statement that concludes the artist's life.

3. I don't want this paragraph to end with how the artist died. That should be included in the fourth paragraph.

4. This paragraph should wrap everything up. Tell me how the artist has influenced you. How has the information you have learned influenced you? How has the artist influenced the world?

I will be looking at:

Content:

1. Factual details of the artist's life-- birth, death, where they lived, what they did, etc...

2. Voice-- Are you writing with your voice? Although it is a research paper, there are ways you can express your opinion. Opening and Closing paragraphs are great places to express how the artist influenced you.

3. Grammar Conventions-- Everything must be grammatically correct. I will be checking on Sentence Fluency, Punctuation, Grammar, and the 5 Paragraph format.

Have Fun!