Art Fair - A new Gallery of Honour (lesson 1) - MG

A New Gallery of Honour
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This lesson contains 17 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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A New Gallery of Honour

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

Lesson 2: Prepare for the museum: fill in the worksheet

Lesson 3/4: Reviewing the pieces of art you've found

Lesson 5: Writing about your pieces of art (companion pieces)

Lesson 6: Peer feedback on your companion pieces; hand in finished work at end of class (to be graded)

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In class today
The task

Describing art vocabulary

Check persuasive writing test (in our next lesson)


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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 two (three?) works of art that fit your theme.

You are going to write a story during English class where you describe your theme and argue why each of your chosen works of art fits your theme and why they deserve a spot in your Gallery of Honour.

You are going to design your own Gallery of Honour in arts and crafts class.
You are going to present your Gallery of Honour during the ATC Art Fair (where you will be graded by your teachers and parents!)

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Describing art - Vocabulary

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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.

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

Slide 8 - Open question

Who / what do you see?

Slide 9 - Open question

What is happening?

Slide 10 - Open question

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

Slide 11 - Open question

Are there symbols? What could they mean?

Slide 12 - Open question

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?

Slide 13 - Open question

What is the message of the artist?

Slide 14 - Open question

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

Slide 15 - Open question

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

Slide 16 - Open question

Go through Persuasive Writing Test
(this will be done on Thursday this week)
Look at your rubric and look at your own letter.

Ask any questions you have.

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