divendres, 23 d’octubre del 2009

From Painting to Story


(Automat, Edward Hopper)


A. ORAL PRACTICE.

.Decide who the girl is.
.Decide what she is like.
.Think about what she was doing before the moment
that is captured in the painting
.Think what she is doing now.
.Think what happens next.


B.WRITING

I want you to write a short story based on a painting.
All you have to do is follow the steps below.

1. Choose
a. the painting above,
b. a painting you like,
c. a famous painting.

2. If there are people in the painting, decide
a. who they are,
b. what their relationship is with one another.

3. If the painting shows a location,
a. imagine where it is,
b. describe it.

4. Think about what happened
a. before the scene in the painting,
b. in the moment that the painting captures,
c. after the scene in the painting.

5. WRITE YOUR STORY.