Four Facts: Leonardo da Vinci

 

Response to Text: Thurs - Comic Art

Comic Art

Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.

1. As a child Raina Telgemeier loved

a) dolls                                 b) comics

c) sports                               d) cooking

2. Raina said that there was a shortage of comics about

a) Superheroes                                      b) Villains

c) newspaper articles                            d) stories that she could relate to

3. In your own words, explain what Raina’s comic book ‘Smile’ was about:

→  It’s about Telgemeier’s middle school experiences with braces and dental surgery.

4. True or False: Raina’s comic book ‘Smile’ was not very popular with kids:

a) True b) False

5. True or False: Raina Telgemeier has had more than 18 million copies of her books printed:

a) True b) False

6. An important award in children’s literature is called the 

a) Academy Awards                 b) Duffy Award

c) Newbery Award                                  d) Pulitzer Prize

 

Four Facts: Stencil on paper

 

Response to Text: Weds - Pointillism

 Pointillism

Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.

1. The art of Pointillism is a way of painting using 

a) stencils                           b) numbers

c) dots                                d) lines

2. An artist who developed this technique in 1886 was

a) Leonardo da Vinci                                  b) Georges Seurat

c) Frida Kahlo                          d) Pablo Picasso

3. In your own words, explain why pointillism paintings are different from normal paintings:

→Pointillism is different from normal art because pointillism is an art form using dots and normal art is using lines instead.

4. True or False: At first, the word ‘Pointillism’ was used as an insult to describe art:

a) True b) False

5. True or False: Pointillist painters mix their colours on a palette before painting:

a) True b) False

6. Pointillism is usually done using these types of paints because they are thicker

a) acrylic paints                    b) water colour paints

c) oil paints                                        d) pastels

Four Facts: Collage & Pointillism

 

Fireworks Around the World (Research Task, Friday W5, T4)

 

Response to Text - Fireworks Friday (W5, T4)

 Response to text:

Fireworks

Highlight the correct answer or write down the appropriate response.

1. Fireworks were first made from… 

a) Bombs b) Bamboo

c) Baboons d) Gunpowder

2. Where were fireworks first invented??

a) Italy b) USA

c) United Kingdom d) China

3. Explain where the word “pyrotechnics” comes from, and what it means.

→The skill of creating and setting them off is called pyrotechnics. The word comes from Greek words that mean fire and art.

4. True or False: Sodium salts create deep-red coloured fireworks.

a) True b) False

5. In what year did Guy Fawkes try to blow up the King?

a) 1506 b) 1605

c) 1650 d) November 5th