Visual+Arts

=  **Visual Arts** in the classroom is beneficial to students for a mixture of reasons. Visual Arts can develop higher order thinking skills and build self esteem. Students in visual arts get a chance to express themselves and explore their imagination while doing hand on activities. Additionally, visual arts give way to multiple of intelligence  and can help students achieve success in other subjects too. The following activities are a few out of many activities for ESL students from the [|J Paul Getty Museum]. They do a great job of integrating using language and vocabulary into art. =

Students will discuss leisure activities by looking at [|Dance before a Fountain] b y Nicolas Lancret  and other works of art dealing with leisure. Students will also use adjectives and verbs to describe what people are doing and get a chance to pose for an artwork.
 * Activity 1: People Leisure **

Students will observe dance movements in works of arts such as Ballet Dancers Rehearsing by Edgar Germain Hilaire Degas. Students will discuss dance movements and different types of dance as well as pose in a dance style and a partner will sketch them. The lesson also gives students a chance to write a persuasive speech explaining why dance should be part of the regular curriculum.
 * Activity 2: All I Want to Do is Dance, Dance, Dance! **