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GENERAL OBJECTIVE: Enable SS to produce by their own a short dialogue having as main topic art and painting, this, by providing them different words of vocabulary as well as different activities related to the main topic.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE

PROCEDURE TIME MATERIAL SKILLS TEACHER´NOTES

Introduce the vocabulary that will be used during the session as well as enable SS to check which words they know and which words they don’t.

Practice some

questions related to

the topic, also, giving

the SS the opportunity

to use or listen the

vocabulary previously

given.

Enable SS to practice

their Speaking skills

while talking about

art. Also, enable them

to talk in a more free

WARM UP

The teacher will paste on the board some meanings in one column and in other column he will paste the names that correspond to the meanings but they will be in disorder. The main purpose of this activity is that the SS stand up and match each name with their meaning. Once they finish the teacher will check in order to see if there are mistakes and, in case he finds a mistake. (Appendix 1)

ACTIVITIES

The teacher will give to SS a little piece of paper. Each piece of

paper will contain a question (Appendix 1) related to Art. Students

will have to discuss in pairs their questions and, once they finish, the

will change of partner and will continue discussing their question

with another person. They will hav maximum of 7 minutes to discuss

and, after this time, the teacher will start asking some of them

questions related to art.

. Then, the teacher will ask to SS to form pairs or, in some cases,

trios, and he will give an image of a painting per pair (Appendix 3).

The main idea here is that the students discuss with their partner

some questions that the teacher will paste on the board (Appendix

3.1). They will have approximately 10 minutes to discuss with their

7-10 min

10 min

15-17 min

PaperScotch

Paper

Images

Paper

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Vocabulary

Speaking

Speaking

Lesson Plan

Applicant´s name : Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero Date: February 2015 Level: Intermediate Hour: 16- 19

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and independent way.

Practice the vocabulary as well as other expressions learnt during the session while creating a short dialogue in an independent way. Also, enable SS to be in touch with activities that are more related to the real world.

partners and, once they finish, the teacher will ask to some students

to share what they were discussing with the rest of the group.

Finally, the teacher will give the SS another paper (Appendix 4),

however, these papers will contain certain situations related to art.

The main purpose is that the SS build a quick dialogue (max 2

minutes) related to the situation that they have in the paper. They

will have between 5 to 7 minutes to build their dialogue and, once

they finish, they will pass to the front of the classroom and expose

their dialogue.

15-20 min

Paper

Pen/Pencil

SpeakingPronunciatio

n

Appendix 1

MEXICAN MURALISM paintings that mainly contain social and political messages. The paintings where made mainly directly on the surface of the wall.

SURREALISM a 20th-century art form in which an artist or writer combines unrelated images or events in a very strange and dreamlike way

CUBISM a style of art that stresses abstract structure at the expense of other pictorial elements especially by displaying several aspects of the same object simultaneously and by fragmenting the form of depicted objects. Picasso is one the biggest symbols of this movement

DADAISM a movement in art and literature based on deliberate irrationality and negation of traditional artistic values. Simulates a collage

MINIMAL ART abstract art consisting primarily of simple geometric forms executed in an impersonal style

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Appendix 2

Questions

Are you a good painter? Can you draw pictures well? Do you enjoy your art class at school? Do you like modern art? Do you like paintings? Do you visit museums when you go to

another city? Have you ever been to any famous art

museums? Have you ever visited an art museum? What art form do you like best? What art museums have you visited? What famous painters do you know?

What are they famous for? Have you ever participated in any art

competitions? Do you think graffiti is art? Why or Why

not What would life be like without art?

When was the last time you went to an art museum?

Do you prefer using water colors or oil paint?

Why do you enjoy art? Why is art important? Do you have a favorite painting? Which

one and why? Have you ever gone to an exhibition?

o Do you know any art galleries? Are there any in the place where you live?

Which is your favorite museum in your country? Why?

Appendix 3

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Appendix 3.1

Name of the picture (in case you know it)

What can you see in the painting?

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Do you like the painting?

Which feeling does the painting transmit?

Will you buy the painting?

Appendix 4

You want to buy tickets for the museum

You are asking the meaning of a painting

You are trying to sell you painting to an art expert

You are asking for a specific painting inside a museum

You want to invite your friend to the Dali´s exposition at the National Museum

You are asking about the schedules of the museum