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Introduction | Painting | Directions

Your final goal and assessment for this activity is to write a poem loaded with imagery.

Artwork has inspired some of the best poetry because of the natural imagery it inspires. 

We are going to look at the following Holocaust painting by David Olere, a Holocaust survivor,  and attempt to list and post as many imagery words that the picture inspires.

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Directions:  Identifying Imagery in a Picture
1.  One partner will keep this picture on his monitor screen and the other partner will link to the class discussion board. 
2.  Looking at the discussion board, find my message "English 9 Look Here!   Finding Imagery in Olere's picture," click on it, and read it.
 

You will want to respond to my message.  To do this, 

  • delete my name in the "Name" space and type your pair's name
  • delete the email field and just leave it blank
  • delete the words in "Comments" space; this is where you'll type
3.  Now look at the Holocaust painting on your partner's screen.  Try to think of five imagery words that the picture inspires.
4.  Type your five imagery words in the "Comments" section of the discussion board. 
Then click "Submit Follow Up" and wait for everyone to post!
5.  Once everyone has posted their imagery words, we will talk about whether your examples are imagery or not.
Enrichment:  If you finish early and are waiting for others to post, don't move to the next page yet!  Check out these other powerful Holocaust paintings by Olere.

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