MILESTONE: Paint Us

A Story
By now, you know that there are stories behind images that influence how we see
them and understand them.

This time let's look at one of the iconic Philippine paintings in its recent history.
The name of this painting is "Fruit Pickers Under the Mango Tree" by Fernando
Amorsolo, the Philippines' first National Artist.

Amorsolo, Fernando. Fruit Pickers Under the Mango Tree. Digital Image. Lives and Works of Filipino Artists. N.p., 24 July 2013. Web. 22 Apr.
2016. http://livesandworks.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-artists-credo-art-for-arts-sake.html.

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Take a few minutes to look at the painting on your own. Choose key elements to
help you create a back story. You can look at the people: their expressions, what
they're doing, how they interact with each other. You can also look at the
scenery: location, time of day. You can choose anything else that you see in the
painting that will help you gain a better understanding of what the painting
means in general.

Your ideas don't have to be elaborate at this point, just make sure you have
enough to keep the conversation going.

As you go into your groups of 9, share your story with the other members. Let
these questions guide your conversation:
1. What era/year do you think this painting is representing? What parts of the
painting made you think that?
2. What do you think are the circumstances of these people? Why have they
come to gather? What about their demeanor makes them seem like they
come from a particular era?
3. Why do you think Amorsolo chose to capture a moment with these people,
doing what they were doing? What is their significance in shaping Filipino
identity?

After that, shift your discussions on how you may re-interpret your current
interpretations. Use these questions to guide you:
1. If this scene were to happen in the present day, who would these people
be? What would they be doing?
2. Where would they be? How will this location DIRECTLY affect how the
people are interacting with each other?
3. How will this new set of characters and location represent the changing and
emerging Filipino identity as we know it today?
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With all your inputs, recreate the painting—along with its themes and cultural
representations—via a tableau. (A tableau is a recreation of anything by people in
costumes, standing still, creating a "still photo" of sorts. You can also refer to the
Mannequin Challenge if it would be easier for them to understand a tableau
through that example.)

Take the following steps in order to make this tableau:

1. Gather as a group and talk about how you can recreate the scene in the
painting.
2. Make sure that each of the people in the painting are well and completely
represented.
3. Create a back story for the character that is assigned to you. Decide
together as a team.
4. Practice your blocking and make sure that you have everything you need to
recreate the scene: costumes, expressions, poses, etc. You will be given
ample time to do this.
5. When you come up front, arrange yourselves and then hold that pose.
6. After presenting your tableau, the facilitator will ask each of you several
questions. When you answer, you must do so IN CHARACTER. Share your
back story as if you were the actual persona in the painting. Intimate
knowledge of your back stories are a must in order to adequately answer
the questions.

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 MILESTONE RUBRIC:
Paint Us A Story
Criteria Description
WE ARE ABLE TO...
Criteria 1: - create an aesthetically striking tableau that
Aesthetics completely reinterprets the given painting.
(group)
- portray the characters in our tableau
appropriately with our chosen poses and facial
25%
expressions.

OUR BACK STORIES ARE...

Criteria 2: - complete, such that all members have back
Content stories.
(group)
- delivered clearly.
- consistent among all members, such that
25%
everyone knows of each other's back story.

I AM ABLE TO...
Criteria 3: - respond somewhat immediately because my
Response - Fluency response comes naturally.
(individual)
- respond using the right words for the given
context, without my responses being too long
25%
or too short.

Criteria 4: I AM ABLE TO...

Response - Grammar and - pronounce words such that it doesn't impede

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 Pronunciation in the delivery of my intended meaning.
(individual) - respond with minimal (3-7) grammar lapses
that do not impede the delivery of my intended
25% meaning.

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