Unidad Didáctica "What is Art?"

Unidad didáctica : What is Art?

Curso: 4º ESO

Materia: Inglés

Profesor : Concepción Osorio Moratalla

Justificación: Art is around us in many forms. It is also a topic that usually attracts teenagers in many ways: either painting, street art, music or even poetry or at least song lyrics. We can make them learn to be more creative through art and maybe we help them to discover their own taste in artistic matters.

Objetivos: -To acquire the language necessary to describe an image and a work of art: vocabulary and grammar exercises. - Vocabulary related to feelings and what art communicates. - Give a personal opinion about a painting. - Debate about graffiti in the streets. - Become acquaintance with modern art through reading and short documentaries. - Production of a text describing a picture. - Speaking in public: presentation of a modern work of art. D

Cada nivel debe hacer las actividades del nivel inferior, si bien la forma de hacerlo puede ser modificada en función de las necesidades de cada alumno y situación.

	Esquema general Temporalización: 5 semanas
	Inteligencias Múltiples y actividades
Tipo de inteligencia	Temporalización	Actividad/ objetivo	Forma de trabajo	Evaluación
Lingüística y Matemática	2 weeks	Vocabulary. Grammar. Listening. Reading.	Pair work. Individual. Whole class.	Written test. Give-in  paper.
Interpersonal	2 classes 2 classes	Debate about graffiti Prepare a presentation about a famous painting	Group work.	Classroom observation. Presentation
Viso-espacial/ Auditiva	2 classes	Watch a video and take notes. Complete a perspective scheme.	Individual.	Class mark
Naturalista/ intrapersonal	1 week	Reading about graffitti Production: Describing a picture.	individual.	Class mark. Written work.
Musical	2 classes	Listen to a song. Sing it.	Whole class	Classroom activities.
Interpersonal	2 classes	Making a brochure of a local museum	Group work	Work mark

Tiempos parciales. 2 semanas
Inteligencia Lingüística
Objective: -To acquire the language necessary to describe a photograph and talk about art.
Nivel 1. ACIS
Nivel 2. LA MAYORÍA
Activity 1	Vocabulary	- Give the students a sheet of paper with vocabulary without translation. - In pairs they complete as many meanings as possible. - Add to their vocabulary lists.
Activity 2	Grammar: -Relative clauses -Indefinite pronouns -Comparatives.	Grammar explanation. Grammar exercises. Read a text and answer using relatives. What a Youtube  video about comparatives and make a chart.
Activity 3	Game	Practise writing definitions. Game: Guess what? An I can see with my little eye… asking questions that describe objects.
Nivel 3. ALTAS CAPACIDADES/RENDIMIENTO
Activity 1	Definitions game	Find  words that are not known by the students in the dictionary  and give three possible definitions. They must include the real one. - Another student must guess which one is the true definition. Play in turns.
Activity 2	Reading.	Read a magazine article or blog entry about an exhibition or an art museum they choose. Take down any new words and write them in their lists.

Tiempos parciales. 1 semana
Inteligencia Intrapersonal y Naturalista
Objective: - Learn to debate and give a personal opinion. Oral presentation about a work of art including a personal opinion.
Nivel 1. ACIS
Nivel 2. LA MAYORÍA
Activity 1	Describing a photograph.	- Give the students vocabulary and the type of phrases which can be used for this purpose in a chart. - Give them the instructions of what to include in their writings.
Activity 2	Presentation of a work of art	-Use the vocabulary and language from the previous activity. - Make an oral presentation of a painting, sculpture, etc. - Find information about the artist, the style and time when it was produced. - Talk about what the artist wanted to communicate. - Add a personal opinion of the work of art.

Tiempo parciales.  1 semana
Inteligencia Visoespacial / Auditiva
Objective: To know more about art through listening activities.
Nivel 1. 2 y 3
Activity 1	Projection of the video ”Pop-up Galleries” (Learn English Teens)	- Listen to the video while completing the activities in the activity sheet.
Activity 2	Video “Art in Perspective” (Smart Planet 3)	- Listen to the video while completing the activities in the activity sheet.
Activity 3	Follow the instructions to reproduce a picture.	-       The teacher describes a picture that students have to draw. -       Students do the same in pairs with a picture of their own.
Nivel 3. ALTAS CAPACIDADES/RENDIMIENTO
Activity 1	Prepare an explanation on the blackboard for the rest of the class	_ How a famous building was made. or -The geometry in a famous painting like Raphael’s The School of Athens. or - The Golden Section

Tiempo parciales.  1 hora
Inteligencia Musical
Objective: songs are  excellent tools to train pronunciation, learn vocabulary and structures while having fun
Nivel 2. LA MAYORÍA
Activity 1	Listen, read and sing the song Starry Night By Don McLean.	- Listen to the song reading the lyrics. - Pay attention to the pronunciation of difficult words. - Comment what students know about Van Gogh’s life. - Read his biography. - Watch the picture Starry Night while reading the lyrics. - Sing the song

Tiempo parciales.  2 clases
Inteligencia Interpersonal
Objective: Develop their creativity through the language and skills they have learnt to work in groups
Nivel 1. 2 y 3
Activity 1	Visit to the local museums	- Give the instructions for the activity. -Take photos of the place. - Draw a map.
Activity 2	Design the brochure	-Write the texts, include the pictures and map of the museum. - Make a brochure on a folded piece of paper.
Activity 3	Show to the rest of the class	- The groups show their work to the rest.

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