October 23, 2019

Objective:  I can use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters I imagine while looking at the painting and listening to the music “Isle of the Dead”  (W11-12.3d).
Agenda:

• Entry Task:  Turn to a new page in your notebook, take a close look at the painting.  Jot down a few ideas about what you think might be going on there in your notebook.  
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff composed “Isle of the Dead” as a musical representation of the painting “Isle of the Dead” by Arnold Bocklin
• While we listen to the composition, develop your ideas about what is going on in the painting and the music using as descriptive of language as possible.  
• Title this page in your journal “Isle of the Dead”
  • As you listen to the music, approximately 20 minutes, write the story you think is being represented.  
  • If you get stuck, look back at the painting or your list of ideas; you should be writing as long as the music is playing.
  • You will be given a 5 min. warning when the song is coming to an end.  You should try to give your story a resolution during that time.
• After time is called get a new colored pen(cil) and follow the directions to STAR your writing
• Exit Task:  If time, consider your Isle of the Dead draft while reviewing  Horror brainstorm