What is art?

Unit 5: ART

Lesson Prepared by Ms. April Anne Moncada

​Reference: ESL Stage 7 Coursebook (Oxford)

​Lesson objectives

• ​Give opinions; respond to and discuss with others

• ​Read for gist; typical features of newspaper reports

Open Ended

Do you like to draw or paint? Have you ever made a picture to show how you are feeling?

Open Ended

What painting or sculpture have you seen that you liked? Why did you like it?

Poll

Let's discuss these statements. Which do you agree with?

• Art is all around us.

• Art is useless.

• Art is less important than science.

• Art is made by crazy people. 

• Art is for anyone and everyone.

​Art Samples

• ​Which ones do you like? Why do you like them?

• ​Can each one be described as art?

Open Ended

What is art?

Open Ended

Reading: Setting the Scene

Look at the picture. What is it? If you saw this in an art gallery, what would you think?

​Reading: Exploring the Text

​Read the newspaper report on the next page, and find answers to these questions.

1. ​How did the bag of rubbish get into the gallery?

2. ​What happened to it?

Read the following newspaper report.

Multiple Choice

​How did the bag of rubbish get into the gallery?

• It is part of an exhibit.

• The garbage collector forgot to throw it out.

• The gallery is the new dumpsite.

• It's magic.

Multiple Choice

What happened to it?

• It was thrown away by a cleaner.

• It got cleaned by the cleaner.

• It was tidied by visitors.

• It suddenly disappered.

Open Ended

What else is the report about? Write 1-2 additional details. 

Multiple Choice

Look at the heaadline. What is the verb?

• cleaner

• bins

• rubbish

• bag

Multiple Choice

"A rubbish bin" is a place where you put rubbish. What does the verb "bin" mean?

• put something in a rubbish bin

• place for rubbish

• rubbish

• throw

Multiple Choice

What is the subject? (Who binned the rubbish?"

• cleaner

• art

• rubbish

• bag

Open Ended

Rewrite the headline as a full sentence.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct word:

When paintings or other works of art are shown to people

• exhibit

• gallery

• display

• collection

• studio

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct word:

A room or building where works of art are shown

• exhibit

• gallery

• display

• collection

• studio

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct word:

A group of works of art put out for people to look at

• exhibit

• gallery

• display

• collection

• studio

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct word:

A group of things that someone has found or bought and put together in one place

• exhibit

• gallery

• display

• collection

• studio

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct word:

A room where an artist works

• exhibit

• gallery

• display

• collection

• studio

Multiple Choice

Vocabulary building:

Things on top of each other

• mistake

• pile

• replace

• tidy away

Multiple Choice

Vocabulary building:

To get something new in the place of something that is lost

• mistake

• pile

• replace

• tidy away

Multiple Choice

Vocabulary building:

To take things and put them back in their place

• mistake

• pile

• replace

• tidy away

Multiple Choice

Vocabulary building:

Something you do that is wrong

• mistake

• pile

• replace

• tidy away