Guiding Questions Worksheet (English) Part 1

byKathrynCarpenter

CreatedbytheCenterforAppliedSecondLanguageStudies,UniversityofOregon

GuidingQuestionsWorksheet(English) Part1.Answerthefollowingquestions.Payattentiontothefactsthatareinterestingandsignificantinthelifeofyourartist,his/hercontext,orhis/herart.Makesureyouputthesourceswiththeinformation.

1. Describethepersonaldetailsofanartist.a. Whereishe/shefrom?

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b. Whenwashe/sheborn?Whendidhe/shedie(iftheyarenotalive)?Where?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c. Describehis/herfamilyandpersonallife.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

d. Describehis/hereducation.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

e. Describehis/herfailuresandsuccesses.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

f. Anyotherfacts?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Describethecontextinwhichtheartistlived.a. Describethesocialatmospherethattheartistlivedin.

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b. Whatsocial/political/personalforcesaffectedhis/herlife?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c. Canyouseetheeffectsoftheseinhis/herart?Describehowtheirartreflectswhatwashappeningaroundhim/her.

byKathrynCarpenter

CreatedbytheCenterforAppliedSecondLanguageStudies,UniversityofOregon

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d. Anyotherfacts?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Describetheart.a. Whatkindofartisit?

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b. Describetheartisticstyle(gothic,orneoclassical,forexample)usedbytheartist.Isittheonlyonethattheartistuses?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c. Anyotherfacts?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

d. Chooseaworkandstapleittothisworksheet.Describeitindetail.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Youhavetodevelopapresentationinwhichyouexplainathemerelatedtotheartistthatyouinvestigated.Whichsubjectwillyoufocuson:historicalcontextoftheart,styleoftheart/oneworkofart,orthelifeoftheartist?Why?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Thinkaboutyourstrengthsasapresenter.Howdoyouliketopresentinformation?Why?What

isapresentationalformat(essay,speech,digitalproduct,artreplication,etc…)thatwouldbothshowcaseyourstrengthsandallowyoutodescribeyourresearch?Describebelow.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

byKathrynCarpenter

CreatedbytheCenterforAppliedSecondLanguageStudies,UniversityofOregon

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Part2.Recordthewordsthatyoufoundduringyoursearchthatyoudon’tknow.Youdon’thavetowritethemall--justthemostimportantonesforyourproject.Youwillhavetousetheminthefinalproject.Youshouldwriteadefinitionorsomesynonymsinyourtargetlanguageunder“description.”

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