Creative portion of exercises also allow for assessment of how well students are able to incorporate the objectives of the lesson into their own writing. The final essay question asks students to apply knowledge of point of view to the interpretation of a painting and a poem. Read short definitions of Point of View together, side one of handout. Pieter Brueghel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus is shown to students, and remains visible throughout the lesson. Class reads Musee des Beaux Arts together.
Class begins individual work on writing prompts and interpretive questions.
Complete as homework. Groups would be directed to look for similarities and differences between group member's renderings of each of the four prompts. To return to the Assignment.