8th+Unit+4+Authors+and+Artists

"Authors and Artists" All of the following can be found in the McDougal Littell - The Language of Literature 8th grade textbook Author Study: Jack London p. 144 The King of Mazy May (fiction) p. 149 The Story of an Eyewitness (nonfiction) p. 160 Letter To His Publisher p 168 To Build A Fire p. 173 Novel study: The Call of the Wild; White Fang; compare/contrast with Gary Paulsen "Hatchet" Time line of adventure - adventures of Jack London images; find photos/drawings of London. Write a caption to go with the image art: find artwork that you think represents Jack London or one of his stories Motivation of Authors: Poetry Mother to Son; Langston Hughes p.193 Speech to the Young; Gwendolyn Brooks p.194 How does the accompanying art represent the poem? Write your own advice poem. venn diagram of authors p. 196 Author Study: Nikki Giovanni p, 404 art pages 418-420 How does the art relate to the poems? "A Journey" p. 423 research/find an art image that represents a journey you've taken, a journey you'd like to take or the 'journey" of your life so far "Icing on the Cake" interview with Nikki Giovanni p. 426 Who Was Anne Frank? p. 444 Anne Frank became an autthor by circumstances of fate. How is her experience as an author different from the authors we've studied? Why did she write? Why did the others write? Do you think she would have become an author is she had survived? Why or why not? What art/images do you associate with Anne Frank? Author Study: Mark Twain p. 790-793 The author's style p. 814-815 Stories by Mark Twain p. 794-813 Art Appreciation Activities: p. 184-185 vocab: triptych p. 326-327 vocab: collage; commissioned p. 546-547 vocab: realistic style, abstract style p. 710-711 Index of Fine Art R184-R185 Book of Fine Art Transparencies accompanies the lit book http://commoncore.org/free/index.php/maps/grade_8_unit_4/