A new Gallery of Honour - lesson 1

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A New Gallery of Honour

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Lesson 1: Describing art and describing a theme

Lesson 2/3: Prepare for the museum (describing art)

Lesson 3-5: Coming up with arguments and argumentative vocabulary

Tests for this & the next period:
Making a reel in a group (English, History, Art class)
Vocabulary SO about social media
Speaking test (pair up with someone and have a conversation about pictures)

In class today

The task

Describing art vocabulary

Follow up persuasive writing

Finish your Artist Research Task booklet

Speaking assignment

Blooket vocabulary persuasive writing (keeping it warm)

The task: a New Gallery of Honour

What are you going to do in this project?

You are going to learn to describe a work of art.
You are going to pick a theme, around which you are going to design your Gallery of Honour.
You are going to do research in the Rijksmuseum and pick three works of art that fit your theme.

You are going to make a reel, where you describe your theme and argue why each of your chosen works of art fit your theme and why they deserve a spot in your Gallery of Honour.

You are going to work on your sketches in Art class
You are going to do research and record your reel in History class
You will practice your arguments and speaking during English class

Rubric

What do you remember about
persuasive writing?

Describing art - Vocabulary

Look at the piece of art on the next slide and answer the questions.

 Try to be as descriptive as possible in your answers. Use as many adjectives (bijvoeglijke naamwoorden) as you can.

What is your first impression?
What is the first thing you see?

Be as descriptive as possible and use as many adjectives as you can.

Who / what do you see? Be as complete and descriptive as you can.

What is happening?

Is it a realistic depiction, or more abstract (or fantasy)?

Does this artwork remind you of something?

IImagine you are standing
in the middle of the artwork.
1. What do you see?
2. What do you hear?
3. What do you smell?

What is the message of the artist?

What do you feel, when you look at this artwork?

What do you think of this artwork? Is it beautiful or not? Why?

Finish your Artist Research Task booklet

Finish and hand in next lesson (on Thursday), please!

For now

Pair up with the person sitting next to you.

Go to the following link: 

esl conversation questions /art/

Pick a topic you are both interested in.

Ask each other the questions that are on the page

Time left?

Blooket vocabulary persuasive writing (keeping it warm)

Go through Persuasive Writing Test

(This will be done on Tuesday or Thursday next week)

Look at your rubric and look at your own letter.

Ask any questions you have.