"Famous People". Unit 11

 We are painters

Lesson 1 (Warmer). What is an artist? Brainstorming, kids have to debate and think what an artist for them is (Driving Question).

Lesson 1. (Activity 1). International Museum Day. 1. Types of painting. In groups, watch the video |Types of Painting - an intro for kids of all ages - Sanger Academy| and answer some questions, template is provided.   

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Lesson 1. (Activity 2). Museum Guide. Each group chooses one of the previous types of painting, recreate one of the pictures (art class), look for information (about the paint and painter) and expose it next to the painting. 

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Lesson 1 (Conclusion). Tourists Questions. Classroom divided in artists and tourists. Tourists ask questions to the artists; they should make them out.

Lesson 2 (Warmer). How many fruits can you see? Teacher projects a picture of Arcimboldo where it appears lots of fruits, groups have five minutes to write as many fruits as they can see. The group who writes the highest number of fruits (the correct ones) get points for Class Dojo.

Lesson 2 (Activity 1). Matching game. In pairs, one student has a list of paints, the other runs and gets the information which is around the class (authors’ biography on the walls).   

Lesson 2 ( Activitiy 2). Mona Lisa. In groups of five, describe the picture (template is provided).   

Lesson 2 (Activity 3). Mix them up. Recreate Mona Lisa’s painting by using Arcimboldo’s technique.

Learners have a template where it appears all the steps, they must follow to recreate ones of Arcimboldo’s paints, teacher provides them some supermarket magazines in order to do this activity.

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Lesson 2 (Conclusion). Famous quotes. Children write their favourite painter quote on their notebook and explain in one or two sentences why they have chosen that one. Sentences are displayed on the electronic board.

Lesson 3 (Warmer). Guess the author. Teacher projects some Van Gogh’s painters and they try to guess the author, they cannot check on internet, points for the winner group (Class Dojo).

Lesson 3 (Activity 1). The Starry Night. In pairs, analyse the picture and answer some questions, then, describe the painting by using ten adjectives. 

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Lesson 3 (Activity 2). eTwinning project. Teacher explains that Van Gogh wrote letters to his brother explaining his paintings, in pairs, write a post card for their Irish classmates describing the scene.

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Lesson 3 (Conclusion). One thing you have learned. Learners write on their notebooks one thing they have learned about Van Gogh and another about Picasso.

Lesson 4 (Warmer). Draw a Picasso. In pairs, students use the following website  to create their own Picasso.

PICASSO WEB

Lesson 4. Picasso Biography. (Activity 1). Pre-listening. Learners guess the author of the listening by reading five specific words. Whole Class.  

Lesson 4 (Activity 2). Listening. Learners listen to this audio twice (the language assistant records Picasso Biography).   

Lesson 4 (Acitivty 3). Post-Listening. Groupwork, (five groups, five members per group), learners answer some questions related to the listening, if they need more help, they can use the transcript.

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TRANSCRIPT

Pablo Picasso was born in Spain. His father was a painter and art teacher. Pablo liked to draw since he was a kid, Pablo had little interest in school, but was an extremely talented artist. 

When he was fourteen Pablo attended a famous art school in Barcelona. A few years later he went to another school in Madrid. However, Pablo was bored with the classic teachings of art school. He didn't want to paint like people hundreds of years ago. He wanted to create something new. 

When Pablo's close friend died, he was very sad, his paintings were dominated by the colour blue, name of this period. Some of his paintings from this period include Poor People on the Seashore and The Old Guitarist. 

Year later, Pablo fell in love with a woman. He began to paint with warmer colours like pinks, reds, oranges… This time is called the Rose Period. Some of his paintings from this period include The Peasants and Mother and Child. 

After the Rose period, Picasso began to experiment with a new style of painting. He created a new style of painting called Cubism. Cubism is represented using geometric shapes to create figures. He also made some portraits, painting the faces from the front and from one side at the same time. So, Pablo put the eyes, mouths and noses where he wanted.

Thereafter, Pablo became interested in the Surrealist movement. They painted what they could see in a dream or a nightmare. This period was called the Monster period. Examples of the surrealism influence includes Guernica and The Red Armchair. 

Lesson 4 (Conclusion). Analysing Picasso's quote. In groups, students try to guess the meaning of this sentence, then, read them aloud and contrast their ideas.

“I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.” 

Lesson 5 (Warmer). She Sells Seashells by the Seashore. Practice this sound/ʃ/, students try to say this tongue twister.

She Sells Seashells by the Seashore

She sells seashells by the seashore,
The shells she sells are seashells, I'm sure.
So if she sells seashells on the seashore,
Then I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

Lesson 5. Fishing Boats, Calm Sea. (Activity 1). Pre-reading. Use one word to define Monet’s painting. Whole Class.                   

Lesson 5. (Activity 2). Reading. Read the story about Monet and his fascination with boats.  

Lesson 5 (Activity 3). Post-reading. Every group writes two questions about the reading. Teacher creates a Socrative Quiz using their questions.

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Lesson 5 (Conclusion. One truth/ two lies. In groups, learners say two truth and two lies about Monet and the rest of learners must guess the truth and the lie.

Lesson 6 (Warmer). Grammar Competition.

Lesson 6 (Activity 1). Ball questions. Teacher passes the ball to a student and this one answers the previous question; this pupil should pass the ball and realise the same question to another classmate. 

Lesson 6. (Activity 2). Cards Game. In groups, learners have two different pack of cards, practice the previous question and the reply.  

Lesson 6 (Activity 3). Board Game. Groups, practice the structure.

Lesson 7 (Warmer). Frida Khalo. Listen to this story.

Frida Kahlo grew up in a house called La Casa Azul with her parents and six sisters. That house is now the Frida Kahlo museum.  As a child, Frida loved to draw. At age 6, she caught a disease called polio which damaged her right leg.

 Initially studying medicine, Kahlo changed her career path because of a serious accident. Frida often painted portraits of herself. She wanted to show people about her suffering, her inability to have children, and the people in her life.

Frida was inspired by traditional Mexican art which is full of feathers, flowers, dancing, music, and texture.

Frida’s work has inspired artists to reveal their emotions. Her paintings are often shocking in the way they show pain and the harsh lives of women.

Today, people visit her home in Mexico to see where her great art was created and to appreciate what a single person can accomplish against all the odds.

Lesson 7 (Activity 1). Speaking Record Time Project. In groups of five, teacher prepares questions about painters and the grammar learned in the previous lesson. Groups have ten cards; they can use them against another team. The group that has been talking in English the most will get more clues to discover the hidden character.

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Lesson 7 (Conclusion). Akinator. In pairs, learners think about a character (painter) and they must answer the questions this program ask them. In case they don't know how to answer a questions they can consult on the internet or ask the teacher.

Lesson 8 (Warmer). Invitation. Students create an invitation to hand out to people they want to invite to our Museum Day.

Lesson 8 Final Task: Museum Day. Searching. Using the information and the paintings of the Lesson 1. Learners should play different roles (two museum guides, one museum visitor and two critics). In groups, elaborate the information, the questions and the art critic, template is provided. Parents can assist as audience.

These are the groups and the painters each one of them must prepare:

Group 1: Picasso.

Group 2:Van Gogh.

Group 3:Frida Kahlo.

Group 4:Arcimboldo.

Group 5: Leornardo Da Vinci 

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Lesson 8 (Conclusion). Signature. As artists, students ensure everybody gets their signs.