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Frida Kahlo: Mi interpretación
Title: Frida Kahlo: Mi interpretación
Topic: Mexican Art
Level: Intermediate
Focus Age Group: 15 to 18 years
National Standards Goals:
Communication Cultures Connections Comparisons Communities
Communicative Mode:
Interpersonal Interpretive Presentational
NJ Cumulative Progress Indicators:
- 7.1.9 Describe people, places, things, and events with some details
- 7.1.17 Communicate and interact in a limited range of task-orientation and social situations
- 7.2.2 Demonstrate an awareness of culture
- 7.2.7 Demonstrate an awareness of contributions made in many fields by men and women of diverse cultures
Time Frame: One forty-five minute period for the commentary
Description of Task:
Imagine that you are writing a commentary for the Spanish Club newspaper on the art of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Using the information that we have studied about Frida Kahlo's life and her art, write a commentary giving your observations about the attached work of art.
In your commentary on the artist include:
- a description of the events that shaped her life
- the importance of art in her life.
In your commentary on the work of art include:
- a visual description of the portrait
- what images are portrayed?
- what do these images represent?
Materials Needed:
Various works of art from Frida Kahlo
¡Ven conmigo!, Level 3, page 154-156
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1996
Teacher Notes:
This assessment tool should be utilized as closure for the topic of art, women in art, or the life of Frida Kahlo. Preceding the assessment task should be vocabulary activities focused on describing a work of art, readings, and discussions about art and the artist.
Scoring Criteria:
| Task Completion |
| 3 |
Completion of the task; content appropriate; ideas adequately developed and well organized |
| 2 |
Partial completion of the task; content mostly appropriate; ideas are undeveloped |
| 1 |
Minimal attempt to complete task and/or frequently inappropriate |
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| Comprehensibility of Written Expression |
| 3 |
Text readily comprehensible with few errors in accuracy |
| 2 |
Text mostly comprehensible with some errors in accuracy |
| 1 |
Text barely comprehensible with many errors in accuracy |
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| Vocabulary Usage |
| 3 |
Rich use of vocabulary with frequent attempts at elaboration |
| 2 |
Accurate use of vocabulary related to topic |
| 1 |
Inadequate and/or inaccurate use of vocabulary |
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| Demonstration of Cultural Knowledge |
| 3 |
Includes information that demonstrates knowledge of cultural differences and similarities |
| 2 |
Includes information that demonstrates some awareness of cultural differences and similarities |
| 1 |
Includes little or no information that shows awareness of cultural differences or similarities |
Adaptations:
The activity can be:
- adapted to be used with any artist or style of art;
- simplified by asking students to write only a descriptor for the work of art that will be posted;
- expanded where the students' writings may be peer edited and posted;
- adapted as an oral assessment tool by asking students to tape their commentaries and/or present their commentaries to class;
- expanded by comparing two works of art.
Lisa Rebimbas
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School
Westfield Road
Scotch Plains, NJ 07080
908.889.8600
Lista de vocabulario
EL ARTE
apagado, apagada
el artista, la artista
el abstracto
el autorretrato
el centro
el cielo
el cubismo
desnudo, desnuda
la distancia
el estilo
el fondo
la forma - el círculo, el rectángulo, el triángulo, el cuadro
la galería
impresionista
la inocencia
interpretar
junto a
la juventud
luz
la muerte
el mural
la naturaleza, la naturaleza muerta
la obra de arte
oscuro
el paisaje
la paleta
parado, parada (de pie)
pastel
el perfil
la perspectiva
el pincel
la pintura
el primer plano
el realismo
la reflección, reflejado
el Renacimiento
sentado, sentada
el silencio
la sombra
el surrealismo
el tamaño - pequeño, mediano, grande, alto, bajo, mediano, ancho, delgado
el tema
el tono
la vida
vivo, viva
Frida Kahlo Web Sites:
members.aol.com/fridanet/kahlo.htm
www.gadfly.org/1999-06/kahlo.htm
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Lesson plans and assessments contributed by Central Jersey World Languages Professional Development Institute 2000.
