Конспект уроку "Modern Ukrainian Art" до підручника В.Буренко, 11 клас, рівень стандарту

Modern Ukrainian art

Objectives:

• to revise vocabulary;
• to improve students’ vocabulary skills;
• to focus students on talking about modern Ukrainian art and its representatives;
• to develop students’ personal and social skills;
• to activate linguistic guess;
• to encourage students’ interest in art;
• to form students’ artistic tastes;
• to focus students on describing pictures;
• to check students’ grammar skills;
• to improve students’ listening and speaking competence;
• to promote thinking and creative imagination;
• to encourage understanding of art diversity;
• to develop self-esteem and mutual esteem; a sense of respect for other people’s opinions;
• to bring up students’ sense of beauty.

Outcomes: by the end of the lesson students will be able:

• to read and understand texts about art;
• to estimate own skills and qualities;
• to listen and identify certain facts about modern art;
• to give their opinion supported with reasonable facts;
• to describe pictures;
• to distinguish the necessity of objects of art in our life.

Procedure

1. Warm-up

Ex.8 p.69

Discuss contemporary art in Ukraine. Pay special attention to the festivals, folk fairs, fests which are held in your village, town or city.

Use the Internet and book resources if necessary.

2. reading

Ex.9 p.69

Read the texts and complete the table. Say what kind of art you like.

3. reading and speaking

Ex.10 p.70

Read the advertisement for an excursion to the National Art Gallery of Ukraine. Ask questions to get more information (when, where it is situated, exhibits, time of excursions, open hours, guides).

4. grammar

Ex.11 p.70

Read the dialogue and put the words in the questions into the correct order.

5. listening

Ex.12 p.70

Listen to the dialogue. Act it out and complete the table.

6. reading

Ex.13 p.71

13. Read the text and choose the correct heading for each passage.

1. The Great Appreciation of Nature

2. The Value of Her Creation

3. The Inspiration

4. The Message for the Future Generations

7. speaking

Ex.14 p.71

Answer the questions.

1. What genres did the painter work in?

2. What did she paint?

3. Why was she fond of painting flowers?

4. Why did she choose still lifes?

5. What was her reason for depicting the Ukrainian countryside?

8. grammar

SPOT ON DESCRIBING PICTURES

1. Introduction:

In the picture I can see…, There’s/There are…, The picture shows… .

2. What is where?

In the foreground/background you can see..., In the foreground/background there is..., In the middle/centre there are..., At the top/At the bottom there is..., On the left/right there are..., Behind/In front of ... you can see…, Between ... there is... .

3. Who is doing what?

Here you describe the persons in the picture or you say what is happening just now. Use the Present Continuous.

4. What I think about the picture:

It seems as if..., ... might be a symbol of..., The atmosphere is peaceful/depressing..., I (don’t) like the picture because..., It makes me think of... .

1. To begin with, you should say that the painting belongs to a particular genre. It can be the portrait, the landscape (seascape, townscape), the still life, the genre scene, the historical/mythological painting, etc.

To begin with, this painting is a portrait which belongs to (… the name of the painter).

1.1. If you remember some information about the painter, say it then. This artist lived in the … century and worked in the style known as classicism/realism/impressionism/expressionism/abstract art, etc.

1.2. Give your opinion about the painting. Use adjectives: lifelike = true to life, dreamlike = work of imagination, confusing, colourful, romantic, powerful, outstanding, impressive.

In my opinion, it is a … picture, which shows … (say what you see).

2. Mention the colours and the composition.

2.1. Colours can be: warm/cold, bold, oppressive, bright, deep, light, soft and delicate.

The picture is painted in … colours. The dominating colours are… .

The colours contrast with each other.

2.2. Mention the composition/the space:

The space of the picture is symmetrically/asymmetrically divided.

2.3. Try to describe what you can see in general.

In the centre/middle of the painting we can see a… . In the foreground there is a… . In the background there are… . In the far distance we can make out the outline of a… . On the left/right stands/sits… .

9. writing

Ex.15 p.73

Look at the pictures of K. Bilokur, choose one of them and describe it.

Write down your description.

10. summary

Ex.17 p.73

Read short texts about the most famous Ukrainian artists. Find information about your favourite Ukrainian artist and write a short text about him/her or describe his/her painting. Use the Internet and book  resources if necessary.

11. homework

Ex.18 p.73

Write a paragraph describing your favourite painting.