Art Talk Elements of a Story (Character, Setting, Problem
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Transcript Art Talk Elements of a Story (Character, Setting, Problem
Featuring Artist/Author: Eric Carle
By: Stephanie Sherlock
TURN AND TALK WITH A FRIEND
What are the ELEMENTS of a story?
What is your favorite part of a story?
What does fiction mean? Non fiction?
ELEMENTS OF A STORY
A wonderful story has many ELEMENTS
Elements of a story include:
me what this word means? Write answers on board)
Beginning, middle and end
Characters
Setting
Problem
Solution
(can anyone tell
ELEMENTS OF A STORY
Can anyone tell me what a Character is?
Can anyone tell me where is the setting, what does that mean?
Can anyone tell me what a problem is? How about solution?
ACTIVITY 1
(DAY 1)
Read to students “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric
Carle. Keep in mind the colors, and drawings you see!
Have students work on their tables. They need to draw
and write who the characters are, where the setting is,
what the problem and solution is. Each group is assigned
one story element.
They need to draw a picture with their one sentence
description.
Have students glue on their works of art to class board.
WHO AM I?
Can anyone tell me what book this man is holding?
Who do you think he is?
Why is he important?
ERIC CARLE
Born in New York now lives in Florida/Nth Carolina
He’s an author (what is that?) and painter (tell me more!)
He loves nature and many of
his books are about insects,
nature and the world.
HAVE YOU SEEN ME?
ERIC CARLE’S DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS
Raise your hand if you’ve painted or drew a
picture before.
What materials did you use?
What do you do with those materials?
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
What do you notice about the colors of these pictures?
What types of colors do you see? Are they one color or mixed?
Solid vs mixed
Are there a lot of colors or just a few?
Does Eric Carle color the pictures one color, and how does he color each
picture?
ERIC CARLE – TYPE OF ART
Type of art
Eric Carle’s art work is created in collage (many
colors/pictures put together) style, hand painted papers,
cut paper and added layers. (show example).
http://www.eric-carle.com/slideshow_collage.html
Many different painters, authors, illustrators have
different types of techniques (what does this word
mean).
What are some things you
notice in these pictures?
Turn and talk with a friend
ACTIVITY 2
CREATING LIFE CYCLE OF
BUTTERFLY
Using mixed media materials, students will create the life cycle of
the butterfly. Using the text clues from the story, students will
use beans, dried pasta, leaves, and crayons to create a life model
of cycle.
Assessment- Students will then write a short description for each
stage of cycle. Differentiation- students will write a one
sentence describing each stage copied from the board. Other
students will write 2 sentences and the rest need to write 3 or
more sentences. Sentences will include colors they’ve used, the
stage of the life cycle
WORK CITED
Resources
Slide 1 The art of Eric Carle
ttp://www.google.com/imgres?q=eric+carle+illustrations&num=10&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&biw=12
40&bih=677&tbm=isch&tbnid=YgZ7hHSw9VWZZM:&imgrefurl=http://twistedgenius.squarespace.com/journal/2009/7/24/ericcarle.html&docid=gh_tHT_IV9gGEM&imgurl=http://twisted-genius.squarespace.com/storage/ericcarle1.jpg%253F__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION%253D1248433400729&w=450&h=552&ei=
c1pKUPRugcmLAs27gMgB&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=446&vpy=168&dur=291&hovh=138&hovw=11
3&tx=96&ty=121&sig=114363199443014692446&sqi=2&page=1&tbnh=138&tbnw=113&start=0&
ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:92
Slide 3 The Very Busy Spider
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=eric+carle+illustrations&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&biw=1240&bih=
677&tbm=isch&tbnid=_eHp_pMoseo33M:&imgrefurl=http://libraryoflagniappe.blogspot.com/2012/0
1/s-art-urday-eric-carle.html&docid=G3pjXeQB6f502M&imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/155aaQelIlo/TwVdvtO3OnI/AAAAAAAAAJw/Q0wbnaXCmc/s1600/very%252Bbusy%252Bspider%252Beric%252Bcarle.jpg&w=400&h=295&ei=J
F1KUKnWN6WqiAK3w4GQBA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=947&vpy=196&dur=335&hovh=142&hov
w=206&tx=121&ty=83&sig=114363199443014692446&page=1&tbnh=138&tbnw=202&start=0&nd
sp=18&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0,i:101
Slide 4-
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=eric+carle+paintings&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1240&bih=677&tbm=isc
h&tbnid=C8mqSCNACeSKJM:&imgrefurl=http://www.aflnc.org/projects/%3Fp%3D104&docid=F22GUjVoK86OmM&imgurl=http://
www.aflnc.org/projects/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/eric-carleexample.jpg&w=2432&h=1844&ei=pl1KUOaWJKKciQLghIGQDA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=226&sig=114363199443014692446&page
=1&tbnh=144&tbnw=209&start=0&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:72&tx=59&ty=39
Slide 7 Eric Carle’s picture
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=eric+carle&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1240&bih=677&tbm=isch&tbnid=1
TWv8tWrzo5g4M:&imgrefurl=http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/eric-carle-authorstudy&docid=WVdfAjFWkK2mrM&imgurl=http://www.scholastic.com/teacher/images/content_promo/video/ericcarle_screen.jpg&w=
350&h=296&ei=3F1KUN-TH8qRiAKjoDQBg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=286&sig=114363199443014692446&page=1&tbnh=134&tbnw=144&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:
0,s:0,i:138&tx=78&ty=61
Slide 8 Eric Carles picture:
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=eric+carle&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&biw=1240&bih=677&tbm=isch&tbnid=aLLrvHN1pPtVgM:&i
mgrefurl=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/mar/14/eric-carleauthor&docid=LfFKyJsUKi_XAM&imgurl=http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Books/Pix/pictures/2009/3/13/1236963403037/EricCarle001.jpg&w=460&h=276&ei=9lNKULHxCsj3iwLur4Ao&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=545&vpy=385&dur=379&hovh=143&hovw=183&tx=
146&ty=197&sig=114363199443014692446&page=1&tbnh=132&tbnw=143&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:17,s:0,i:191
slide 9 and 13
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=eric+carle+illustrations&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=el1KUPzYJOG6igLAlYH4DA&biw=1240&bih=677&sei=fF1KUPT2IIqIiALp6oD
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slide 11 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=they+very+hungry+caterpillar&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1240&bih=677
&tbm=isch&tbnid=lLQqbAS3Axa4eM:&imgrefurl=http://artyougladididart.tumblr.com/post/11841122397/the-very-hungrycaterpillar-by-ericcarle&docid=9fMtbUWCxsVa2M&imgurl=http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltjlszl8lD1r49slao2_1280.jpg&w=1155&h=721&ei=XF
5KUPXLHOb5igKF14HgDA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=264&sig=114363199443014692446&page=1&tbnh=123&tbnw=197&start=0&n
dsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:78&tx=100&ty=37
slide 12 The Very Busy Spider
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=eric+carle+illustrations&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&biw=1240&bih=677&tbm=isch&tbnid=_eHp_pM
oseo33M:&imgrefurl=http://libraryoflagniappe.blogspot.com/2012/01/s-art-urday-ericcarle.html&docid=G3pjXeQB6f502M&imgurl=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-155aaQelIlo/TwVdvtO3OnI/AAAAAAAAAJw/Q0wbnaXCmc/s1600/very%252Bbusy%252Bspider%252Beric%252Bcarle.jpg&w=400&h=295&ei=JF1KUKnWN6WqiAK3w4GQBA
&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=947&vpy=196&dur=335&hovh=142&hovw=206&tx=121&ty=83&sig=114363199443014692446&page=1&tb
nh=138&tbnw=202&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0,i:101