Art Fair - A new "gallery of honour"

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

A New Gallery of Honour

What did you do this holiday?

English planner (for now)

Lesson 1 (today): Describing art and describing a theme

Lesson 2: Prepare for the museum (describing art)

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

Tests for this period:

Making a reel  (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

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

Describing art - vocabulary

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

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

Describe what you see in this painting
Try to be as specific as possible

Describe what you see in this painting
Try to be as specific as possible

For now

Pair up with the person sitting next to you.

Go to the following link: https://www.eslconversationquestions.com/english-conversation-questions/topics/

Pick a topic you are both interested in.

Ask each other the questions that are on the page

Which topic did you talk about and what did you learn about the other person?