Grades/Level: Adult Learners
Subjects: Visual Arts, English-Language Arts, ESL
Time Required: 30 minutes
Author: Getty Museum Education Staff

Featured Getty Artwork: 
Landscape with a Calm by Nicolas Poussin
	On the Web:  http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=113640 
A Panoramic Landscape by Philips Koninck
	On the Web:  http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=875 
View of the Grand Canal and the Dogana by Bernardo Bellotto
 	On the Web:  http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=990
	
Lesson Overview: 
Students will write a postcard about their favorite landscape. 

Learning Objectives: 
- Students write creatively using new landscape vocabulary.

Materials:  
- One of the featured Getty artworks
- Looking at Landscapes Vocabulary. Download RTF: 	 	http://www.getty.edu/education/for_teachers/curricula/esl/downloads/landscape_vocab.rtf
- Student Activity Sheet: Postcards. Download RTF:
http://www.getty.edu/education/for_teachers/curricula/esl/downloads/postcard_activity_sheet.rtf

Lesson Steps:
- Ask students which of the landscapes they have seen represents a place they would like to go on vacation. Ask them to explain why.

- Ask students to pretend they are writing a postcard to a family member while on vacation at their chosen location.

- Hand out the “Writing a Postcard Home” activity sheet.

- Ask students to include details about the landscape in their postcards.

- Invite students to share their writing.

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
- After they visit the Getty Center, have students write postcards to someone in their native country about their visit.

- After visiting the Getty Center, ask students to draw a picture of their favorite view from the site.