Conversation Club: Art (Painting)

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Lesson Plan
Applicants name: Luis Roberto Ortiz Guerrero

Date: February 2015

19

Level: Intermediate

Hour: 16-

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

Paper
Scotch

Vocabulary

Paper

Speaking

WARM UP
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 dont.

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

7-10
min

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

Practice

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

some
to

will change of partner and will continue discussing their question

the topic, also, giving

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

questions related

the SS the opportunity

10 min

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

to use or listen the

questions related to art.

vocabulary previously
given.

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).
Enable SS to practice

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

their Speaking skills

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

while

talking

about

15-17

Images

TEACHER
NOTES

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

art. Also, enable them

to talk in a more free

min

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

and independent way.

Paper

Speaking

Scotch

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.

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.

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

Paper

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

Pen/Pencil
15-20
min

their dialogue.

Speaking
Pronunciatio
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

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

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?

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 Appendix 3

Appendix 3.1

Name of the picture (in case you know it)

What can you see in the painting?

Do you like the painting?
Which feeling does the painting transmit?
Will you buy the painting?

Appendix 4

You
You
You
You
You
You

want to buy tickets for the museum

are asking the meaning of a painting
are trying to sell you painting to an art expert
are asking for a specific painting inside a museum
want to invite your friend to the Dalis exposition at the National Museum
are asking about the schedules of the museum