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Central Idea: “The culture of a society promotes respect to biodiversity.”

“An inquiry about our responsibility to protect plants.”

1. Remember: What is a National Park?

2.  Why was Art important to Science in the past? Write in a piece of paper.  Then, watch the video and comment:

3. Work in Pairs: Choose one illustration. Draw and color it in a piece of paper. Make emphasis in the differences between each representation,

4. Write what did you learn and liked the most about today.

5. Fill a self-evaluation about the class.

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MEDIEVAL TOURNAMENTS

1. Watch a short film about the tournament and fill the chart with information about it with a friend.

2. Using a ruler and pencil, make a reproduction of a Medieval Library. (page 71)

3. Write about the class in the Art Journal.

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HOW WE REMEMBER THINGS?

1. Choose one brand from the chart. Draw it in a piece of paper. Write some memories you have around it.

2. Watch the video about technical drawing use in publicity. Then, write why technical drawing is important for publicity.

3. Finish the drawing of a spaceship using a grid. (Page 65)

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AUTHOR’S PURPOSE: Dog-of-the-Sea-Waves

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

*Answer the questions below in your notebook.

Why did the author write the text on page 273?

Is the story told by an inside character or by a narrator outside of it?

Why did the author include pictures with labels?

How is Manu’s reaction to Hawaii different from his brothers?

What do you think that will happen next on page 275?

Why did the brothers separate Manu and the dog-of-the-sea-waves?

How might Manu’s relationship with the dog-of-the-sea-waves affect future plot events?

How does the author call the sea?

What kind of mosnter do you picture in your mind?

INTERPRETATION BY SECTION:

*Read carefully again the selected pages below and write what you think is the intention of the author and why:

Pages 272-275:

Pages 276-281:

Pages 282-286:

*Write one statement about each section:

The author’s purpose…

1.

2.

3.

CHOOSE A MAP/GRAPHIC TO PRESENT THE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE AND THE EVIDENCES.

HOW DO YOU RELATE HAWAII TO GALAPAGOS ISLAND?

HW: Write the answer.

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Central Idea: “The culture of a society promotes the respect to biodiversity”.

https://galapagosinsiders.com/travel-blog/ecuador-national-parks-you-must-visit“An inquiry about why is importan to preserve national parks.”

Answer in a post-it: What do you think is called “national park”?

WORK IN GROUP:

Click the link below and select one national park. (https://galapagosinsiders.com/travel-blog/ecuador-national-parks-you-must-visit)

Make a list of animals/plants you think live there.

Make a small representation (landscape) of it.

Write what would you like to know about your national park in a post-it.

Write what did you learn and liked about the class.

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“Visual representation ways  are related to new technologic discoveries.”

An inquiry about the way of producing drawings using patterns. 

An inquiry about the relationship between advertisement and out memories.

An inquiry about the different opinions a picture can create.

Observe these famous magazine covers and comment: Why are they important?

Write, in a short paragraph, why you think are they important?

In a graffiti map, define a concept for the following words: technology, development, representation, visual, industry.

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DOMES IN THE RENAISSANCE

Watch the video and tell why Florence Cathedral Dome is a mistery.

Finish a representation of a renassaince dome in the book (page 47).

Write two statements about the class in your notebook.

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MEDIEVAL FALCONRY

Watch the video and comment: What is faconry? Why was it popular in the Middle Ages?

Finish a representation about falconry in the book, page 59.

Write two statements about the class.

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CHRISTMAS ART CONTEST RULES

Nobody can lend or borrow materials during the contest.

You will have 60 minutes to finish the work.

The drawing/painting/collage made should be ORIGINAL, not copied from the internet.

If any student uses painting, the materials should be complete.

All students should participate in the contest.

Finally, students should develop a self-evaluation to grade their work.

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RENAISSANCE BANQUETS:

1. After depicting the image and reading about Renaissance society, write three statements about a renaissance feast.

2. Review the links below about renaissance people, furniture and musical instruments. Select some of them and create a representation of a Renaissance Banquet in your book.

(http://karenswhimsy.com/renaissance-clothing.shtm) CLOTHES

(http://www.pippimama.com/art/robahouse/intr3_en.html) MUSIC

3. Write 2 statements about today’s class.

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“An inquiry about the interpretation of societies as a product of a republican process”

1. Watch the video.

2. Branistorm about possible definitions for an infography.

3. Design an infography, using a template as a model, about medieval times.

(https://es.venngage.com/templates)

4. Write 2 sentences about the class.

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CENTRAL IDEA: “HOW THE ORGANIZATION OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS AFFECT OUR SOCIETY”

- An inquiry about how we interpret societies as a product of previous civilizations.

1. Brainstorm about the inquiry line in a graffiti map (work in pairs).

2. Define what things from the Middle Ages are still relevant nowadays and how it still affects us.

3. Finish a representation of a maid and a knight using a gird. (Page 63)

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MICHELANGELO’S VS. DONATELLO'S DAVID

Brainstorm about the similarities and differences between Michelangelo’s and Donatello’s sculpture.

Fill a Venn Diagram with them.

Choose one picture to sculpt. Follow the tutorial.

Reflect about Renacentists sculpting techniques.

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“ART CHANGES IT MEANINGS ACCORDING TO THE PLACE WHERE IT IS DISPLAYED”

WORK IN GROUP:

Fill a graffiti map with four things you remember about the Universal Man of the Renaissance.

Write, in one sentence, how you define the Universal Man of the Renaissance.

Watch the video about Michelangelo’s David and fill a graffiti map with the three possible meanings it has according to the location of the sculpture in different contexts (the ceiling of the cathedral, the center of the city, and the museum).

Make a reproduction of Michelangelo’s David using Onion Paper.

Write two statements about the class in your Art Journal.

INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATION:

*Draw, using lights and shadows, Michelangelo’s David.(Book, page 41)

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THE MIDDLE AGES

Work in Group:

Fill a map with invention and changes that happened during this period of time in human history.

Write one sentence to define the Middle Ages.

Individual Representation:

*Draw and color a medieval landscape portraying all the things mentioned in the work in group. (Book, page 61)

Drawing Conclusions:

*Write in your Journal two statements about the class.

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HOW LANDSCAPES CHANGE?

WORK IN GROUP:

Make a list of the things/elements/people that you will represent in your postal.

Fill the chart specifying what are you going to draw, why you will draw it and where did you find the information.

Draw a sketch in your Art Journal.

Japan/ 1800

- Paintings made in 1800.

-Inventions from 1800

Hiroshima before the Nuclear Bomb

-Article about the changes that the city suffered after the attack.

Cuba before the Revolution

-Article about how cubans’ life changed.

- Photo of La Havana before/ after revolution

New York / 2000

- Article that explains the changes in New York landscape after the 2001 attack.

Guayaquil/ 1900

-How to travel from Guayaquil to Quito Article.

-Article about a bar that uses the life in the 1800-1900

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ANICENT ROMAN BUILDINGS/ CONSTRUCTIONS

http://www.historyforkids.net/ancient-rome.html