About This Lesson
George Bellows’ Stag at Sharkey’s offers mentor art for teaching students expressive word choice and sentence structure.
Mentor texts have long been used to model writing techniques. Mentor art can likewise be used to inspire, teach, and refine student writing. Mentor art has the added benefit of addressing diverse learning styles and providing visual support to language learners. Consider introducing expressive word choice and sentence structure to your students with George Bellows’ Stag at Sharkey’s and Jack London's "A Piece of Steak." In this lesson students will analyze how George Bellows’ brushwork and composition accentuate the energy and drama of the fight. Then they will consider how Jack London’s words and sentence structure evoke the same feelings and images as Bellows’ brushwork and composition?
