September 10th

UNIT: ART & CULTURE

Objective: Reading Comprehension

Shakespeare

Beethoven

Frida Kahlo LITERATURE

MUSIC

PAINTING

self portrait

Kahlo stands

borderline

happiness

sadness

soil

skull

the word FORD

bright flowers

the moon bowing his head

light bulbs

with a Mexican flag in her hands

skyscrapers

the sun spitting fire

ancient temples

other artifacts seem to march like robots

lightning

the American flag

idols

stones

smokestacks

roots

machines

smoke cloud

II.- WHILE READING

1.- Read first and then confirm your prediction:

2.- Read again and underline the key words you find:

3.- Underline the right alternative:

The text is : a) a poem b) a legend c) an article

4.- Underline the best title for this text :

a.- Understanding Frida's painting.b. - Understanding Mexican culture.c. - Industries in USA.

5.- Underline the right alternative .

The text explains: a.- her life in Mexico. b.- the meaning of her picture. c.- her life in United States.

5.- Match these two columns to make one sentence

a.- Other artifacts seem 1- her thoughts and feelings in an imaginative way

b. - Kahlo longed to return 2- through the United States with her husband

c. - One part of the picture 3.- to march like robots

d. - Kahlo tells us about 4.-shows her beloved Mexico

f.- She was travelling 5.- to her homeland

a

bb

cc

ff

dd

III. POST READING

1.- Classify words following the ideas that are expressed in Frida´s painting in this Venn diagram .

Stones - ancient - clouds- Mexican flag - she stands - the word FORD - lightning - artifacts - temples - stones – idols - skulls – bright flowers – sun - a statue - the American flag - smokestacks – skyscrapers - chimneys - in her hands - roots - spitting fire - moon - light bulbs – sky - machines - bowing his head – soil – plants – happiness - sadness

SUNSUN

2.-Write an acrostic:

FFRRIIDDAA

KKAAHHLLOO

LOWERSLOWERS

7.- Do you think this is a masterpiece? Why?

1. – FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY.

Visit these sites and choose one picture you like the best and one you dislike:

http://www.fridakahlofans.com/paintingsenglish05.htm

http://www.fridakahlo.com/art.shtml

http://www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/worksofart/index.html