1. la primera actividad Write today’s date on your LPA sheet. Answer the following questions: (you do not have to write the questions) 1.What is your favorite color? 2.What is your favorite food? 3.What is your favorite subject in school? 4.What is your favorite sport/sports team? 5.What is your favorite animal? 6.What is your favorite hobby or after school activity? 7.What is your favorite type of music/musical group/band? Sit silently and wait for further instructions.

2. Frida Kahlo Self-Portraits

3. Frida Kahlo was born in Mexico in 1907. Her father was an artist, and he taught Frida how to paint when she was a little girl. When she was seven years old, she was stricken with polio and had to stay in bed for nine months! ***Polio was a dreaded childhood disease that affects the nervous system (since ancient times). Its biggest outbreak occurred in the first half of the 1900s before Jonas Salk’s vaccination became widely available in 1955. (www.kidshealth.org)***www.kidshealth.org That is when Frida taught herself how to draw. Drawing saved her from being sad.

4. The Accident, 17 September 1926 When Frida was only 18 years old, she was in a terrible bus accident that left her in constant pain for the rest of her life. Her spine, pelvis, and foot were broken.

5. After the accident, Frida found the courage to live by painting. She painted the things that were important to her, such as special days, dreams, and the world of her imagination. When she was in pain and could not leave her bed, she painted in bed.

6. Frida painted a lot of pictures of herself. Sometimes, Frida would put her favorite pet monkey or dog in her paintings!

7. "I paint self portraits because I am so often alone. Because I am the subject I know best."

11. A portrait an artist makes using himself or herself as a subject.

12. Faces come in many different shapes… Eyes… Noses… and ears Mouths…

13. Self-Portrait Directions  You will be the main person (focus) of your drawing.  You do not have to draw your whole body, just your head and shoulders.  Add things that represent you. Include things that are important to you. You may use photos, clipart, magazine pictures, drawings, etc. Self-Portrait Assessment Criteria Picture of self (30points) Five objects representing self (30points) Use of color (10 points) Portrait Paragraph (30points)