5th Grade - Lesson 4 : Color and Line for Mood

Description of Project

Students write poems stimulated by prompts to inspire metaphor in student writing, and then translate their metaphors to abstract paintings.

Washington Masterworks

Verse from the Sea 8

Verse from the Sea 8 by Kieko Hara

Photos courtesy of 4Culture.

Instructional Video

Learning Standards

Arts GLEs

Common Core ELA

*5.L.5.a. Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.

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