Task 1 Answer the following questions

1. What is success/failure?
2. Are you successful? What is necessary to be successful?
Task 2 Which of these quotes do you like best? Why?
Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.-–
Arnold H. Glasgow
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your
enthusiasm. Winston Churchill
A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.
Joyce Brothers
Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are
sure to succeed.- Abraham
Lincoln
Task 3. Read the texts . Which of them is more interesting? Why?
Substantiate your answer with
arguments
Text 1
Elvis Prestley made a huge impact on pop music. He was even called
King
of Rock. However, even for Elvis success came after failure. His first
recordings went nowhere. After that, he tried to join a vocal group and
was
told he “couldn’t sing”. Finally, right before he became popular, he was
told
“You ain’t goin’ nowhere, son. You ought to go back to drivin’ a truck.”
Text 2
Bill Gates is now one of the world’s wealthiest businessmen, but he
didn’t
earn his fortune in a straight line to success. Gates entered the
entrepreneurial scene with a company called Traf-O-Data, which aimed
to
process and analyze the data from traffic tapes.
He tried to sell the idea but the product barely even worked. It was a
complete disaster. However, the failure did not hold Gates back from
exploring new opportunities, and a few years later, he created his first
Microsoft product and forged a new path to success.
Task 4 Match the following words with their underlined synonyms
in the text: 1.increase 2.
Entrepreneurial; 3 hold back; 4 persevere;5. Desperate-
Task 5 Answer the following questions:
1. What would be the greatest failure for you- A failed relationship, a
failed friendship , a failed
career choice ? Why?
2. Have you ever experienced failure? Give examples
Task 6 Read the following paragraph by J.K. Rowling and discuss
the key to her success:
I had failed on an epic scale. An exceptionally short-lived marriage had
imploded, and I was jobless, a
lone parent, and as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without
being homeless. The fears
that my parents had had for me, and that I had had for myself, had both
come to pass, and by every
usual standard, I was the biggest failure I knew.
Task 7 Role-Play
Text 3
Walt Disney, one of the most creative geniuses of the 20th century was
once fired from a newspaper because he was told he lacked creativity.
Trying to persevere, Disney formed his first animation company, which
was
called Laugh-O-Gram Films. He raised $15,000 for the company but
eventually was forced to close Laugh-O-Gram, following the close of an
important distributor partner.
Desperate and out of money, Disney found his way to Hollywood and
faced
even more criticism and failure until finally, his first few classic films
started to skyrocket in popularity.
A
You are a owner of a large IT company. You have over a billion dollars in the
bank, several
large houses, a yacht and several fast sports cars and a collection of car
models.
Your children spend summer in the Bahamas and learn in the best schools in
Europe.
So you think you are successful.
Why?
Homework
1. Watch the video and name the successful people. Which of them do
you considered to be most
successful? Why? What do you think helped these people to become
successful? Discuss the mottos
of these people. Which of them do you like most? Why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNUNrPyF-Rw
2. Write 200 words about the best success story you have heard about
B
You are a single mother of three children. You have two jobs, sleep very
little,
you have no friends, ad your family does not support you. You can notlook
after
yourself as you have no money.
But you think you are successful?
Why
C
You are a young scientist, specialising in Stem Cell Research. You think you
have discovered the cure for cancer. In order to dedicate your tine to your
research you have given up your girl- friend/boy-friend and feel very lonely.
You think you are successful. Why?
WEEK 5- HALLOWEEN AND OTHER
HOLIDAY S
Task 1. Fill in the crossword. The words are underlined in the text
below.
Task 2 Answer the following questions
Do you believe in ghosts?
Do you believe in spirits?
Do you believe in life after death?
Do you celebrate Halloween? Why yes/no?
Do you know who is Guy Fawkes?
Do you think you would like Bonfire Night?
When do you have firework displays in your country?
Do you think festivals are good way to remember historical events?
Why?
When does Britain celebrate Christmas? When does Georgia celebrate
Christmas?
What do you do on New Year?
Task 2. Read the texts about different holidays.
A. Halloween
The origins of Halloween
If you think of Halloween, you probably think of scary carved
pumpkins, all kinds of fancy dress and
children asking for sweets. And if you think of a country that celebrates
Halloween, you probably
think of the United States first. Americans and Canadians have adopted
Halloween in a big way, but
Halloween traditions actually come from 16th-century Ireland, Scotland
and England. The tradition of
Halloween on 31 October comes from the ancient Celtic festival of
Samhain. Samhain was the Celtic
New Year and they celebrated it on 1 November because that was the
end of summer and harvest time
(life) and the beginning of winter (death). It was also the time for ghosts
to return to earth for a day.
People lit a big fire, wore special clothes made of animal skin and hoped
to be safe from the ghosts
and the winter. In AD 609, the Catholic Church put the Christian
celebration of All Saints Day on 1
November. In AD 1000, the church added All Souls Day on 2
November, and All Hallows Eve – or
Halloween – moved to the night of the 31st.
Pumpkins
The Celts carved faces into vegetables like turnips, potatoes and squash
(a pumpkin is a kind of
squash) to scare the ghosts and other spirits and make them go away. It
was sometimes called a jacko’-
lantern because of an Irish story about a man, Jack. He played a trick on
the devil and then had to
walk the earth for all time as a punishment. Irish people who came to
live in the United States in the
1800s found pumpkins much easier to carve, and the tradition became
the one we see today.
Fancy dress
The Celts were afraid of the ghosts that came on Samhain. If they went
outside after dark, they
covered their faces with masks. They hoped any ghosts they met would
think they were ghosts too and
would leave them alone. In early America, the Native Americans and the
first Europeans celebrated the
end of the harvest, but not Halloween. When Irish people arrived, the
harvest festival started to look
more like Halloween and it became popular across the country. In the
late 19th century, people tried to
make Halloween less about ghosts and religion and more about
celebrating the season with a party for
neighbours and family. That’s why Americans today wear all kinds of
Halloween costumes and not
just scary things like witches and ghosts like in other countries.
Trick or treat
This is another tradition that began in Europe, this time in England.
When the church introduced All
Souls Day, rich people gave poor people ‘soul cakes’, a small cake made
with spices and raisins. It
replaced the Celtic tradition of leaving food outside houses for the
ghosts. ‘Going a-souling’ was
popular in England for hundreds of years until about the 1930s. The
Americans kept the tradition, but
today children knock on people’s doors and ask for sweets. Going trick
or treating is so popular that a
quarter of the sweets for the year in the United States are sold for this
one day.
The rest of the world
Halloween has become the United States’ second-biggest commercial
festival after Christmas.
Halloween is also celebrated in other countries, but it’s not as big as in
the United States, even in the
countries where the traditions began. Mexico celebrates the Day of the
Dead from 31 October to 2
November and some of its traditions, like giving gifts of sugar skulls, are
starting to mix with
Halloween. In this way, the celebration of Halloween continues to
change as new traditions join the
oldest of the Celtic ones.
Retrieved from:
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/sites/podcasts/files/LearnEnglish-
Magazine-
Halloween_0.pdf
B. Bonfire Night
Remember, remember the fifth of November,
The gunpowder treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder treason,
Should ever be forgot.
The history
The year was 1605 and some English Catholics were angry because
King James I was treating them
badly. In November of that year, a group of men made a plan to blow up
the Houses of Parliament in
London. An enormous explosion was planned for 5 November. This was
the day that the king was due
to open Parliament. The plan became known as the ‘Gunpowder Plot’
and the leader of the group was
called Guy Fawkes. The men put 36 barrels of gunpowder in the Houses
of Parliament and waited for
the king to arrive. The group decided that Guy Fawkes should light the
gunpowder and cause the
explosion. Did they succeed? No, they didn’t. The police found the
gunpowder before it exploded and
they caught all the men involved in the plot. The men were tortured and
killed. To celebrate his
survival, King James ordered the people of England to have a bonfire on
the night of 5 November.
Bonfires, Guys and fireworks
On 5 November, people remember the plot to blow up the Houses of
Parliament by celebrating
‘Bonfire Night’. All over Britain there are firework displays and bonfires
with models of Guy Fawkes,
which are burned on the fire. The Guy is made of old clothes and the
clothes are filled with newspaper.
The fireworks are a reminder of the gunpowder that Guy Fawkes hid in
the cellar of Parliament. Some
people have a small bonfire in their garden on 5 November, while in
main towns and cities there are
big bonfires and firework displays.
Food
It’s normally quite cold in November in Britain, so on Bonfire Night
people wear hats, scarves and
gloves to spend the evening outside. They need some warm food too.
Traditional Bonfire Night food is
hot baked potatoes. They are cooked on the bonfire and filled with butter
and cheese. There are also
toffee apples (apples on a stick, covered in sweet toffee) and in the north
of England they eat a special
type of cake called parkin. Toasting marshmallows on the bonfire is also
popular. Yum!
Penny for the Guy
In Britain only adults can buy fireworks but in the past they were sold to
children too. During the days
before Bonfire Night, children used to take their home-made Guys onto
the streets and ask for ‘a
penny for the Guy’ to collect money to buy fireworks. Now you have to
be over 18 to buy fireworks,
and safety on Bonfire Night is an important issue.
Retrieved from: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-
uk/bonfire-night
C. Christmas
Christmas can mean different things to different people. For many
people it means eating a lot and
spending time with family and visiting relatives and friends. For children
it often means presents,
presents and more presents!
The origins of Christmas
In ancient times people had mid-winter festivals when the days were
short and the nights were very
long. They believed that their ceremonies would help the sun’s power
return. The Romans decorated
their homes with green plants in December to remind Saturn, their
harvest god, to return the following
spring. In CE440 the Christian church decided that the birth of Christ
should be celebrated every year
on December 25th. Some of these ancient customs were adopted by
early Christians as part of their
celebrations of the birthday of Jesus Christ. Green plants are still used to
decorate many British homes
in December. At Christmas we cover trees (real ones or reusable
synthetic trees) in with shiny balls
and flashing lights!
Cards and presents
It’s very common to send Christmas cards to friends, family, colleagues,
classmates and neighbours in
the weeks leading up to December 25th. Christmas is traditionally a time
for helping other people and
giving money to charities. Many people send charity cards; where a
percentage of the cost of each card
goes to charity. People send fewer cards than in the past as they now
send Christmas greetings by
email or via Facebook. Christmas presents are reserved for close friends
and family. Traditionally the
giving of a gift is symbolic of the three wise men giving their gifts of
gold, frankincense and myrrh to
the baby Jesus. Popular presents for young people in the UK in recent
years include a Smart phone, a
Playstation Move and 80’s retro fashion.
Father Christmas (aka Santa Claus)
Every year small children tell Father Christmas (also known as Santa
Claus) exactly what presents
they would like to receive. They can write him letter with a list of
requests or they can visit him
personally in one of the large department stores across Britain in the
weeks before Christmas. On the
night of December 24th Father Christmas travels through the sky on a
sleigh pulled by magic reindeers
and delivers presents to children across Britain. How does he enter the
children’s houses? Via the
chimney of course!
Turkey and crackers
Christmas dinner is usually eaten at midday or early afternoon. It
traditionally includes roast turkey,
vegetables and potatoes. There are also lots of alternatives to the turkey
dinner for vegetarians who
prefer a meat-free Christmas. Dessert is a rich, fruity cake called
Christmas pudding. Traditionally a
Christmas cracker is placed next to each person. When you pull the
cracker with the person next to
you, you hear a loud ‘bang!’ and a paper hat, a joke and a small gift fall
from the cracker. You have to
wear the hat, tell the joke to the other people at the table and keep the
gift.
Retrieved from: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/
Christmas%20student%20worksheet.pdf
Homework:
1. Make a presentation about your favourite holiday that is unique to
Georgia (presentation should
be 5mins. You can present in twos).
2. Watch the video about festivals. How many festivals are mentioned?
Which of them do you like
most? Why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l3WiwugNFE
3. Match the words with their equivalents
4. Fill in the text with the words from the box. What do the underlined
words/phrases mean?
1. The gorgeous 1.................. town of Boryeong (South Korea), hosts an
annual Mud Festival and
it’s as messy as it 2................. The festival is one big party, with music,
zip-lining, and a whole
host of mud-related 3................. such as mud wrestling and mud
fireworks.
1 jack-o’-lantern a something that can be used again
2 cracker b large fire
3 sleigh c cut into a stone or wood
4 frankincense d type of confectionary
5 carved e skeleton of a head
6 adopted f caramelized sugar
7 witch g accepted
8 skull h action causing suffering
9 treason i Halloween pumpkin
10 torture j kept for some purpose
11 bonfire k festive table decorations
12 toffee l person, who practices witchcraft or magic
13 marshmallow m a type of sledge
14 reusable n aromatic oil
15 reserved o criminal disloyalty to the State
Activities loser from sounds complete coastal
2. Ever fancied locking toes with a 4................ stranger? Toe Wrestling
involves two people sitting
across 5 …………… each other with their toes interlocked and ready for
battle. The 6……….. is
the contender whose foot is forced to touch the side of the ‘toedium’.
Smack down!
WEEK6-BRITISHETIQUET
TE
Homework:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=105&v=JY-
0o1Jd9nI
1. Watch the video and jot down the names of the traditions
mentioned. Write down the
names of the festivals and where they are celebrated. Which one do
you like most?
2. Find five weird etiquette rules/traditions around the globe which
are not mentioned in the
video above and present them to the class.
Task 1. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
What is etiquette?
What do you think are bad manners?
What are the main characteristics of Georgian etiquette? British
etiquette?
Task 2. Find five words in the text. Then give their definitions in
Georgian.
Task 1.a. Match the words with their definitions.
a cocktail 1 a pattern of behavior that is conventionally required of
someone
while eating.
b dresscode 2 the feeling of disorientation experienced by someone who
is suddenly
subjected to an unfamiliar culture, way of life, or set of attitudes.
c host 3 an elegant dress suitable for semiformal social occasions.
d table manners 4 a set of rules, usually written and posted, specifying
the required
manner of dress at a school, office, club, restaurant
Task 3. Read the text.
Customs and etiquette for surviving British
culture
Carpets in bathrooms, apologising when we’re not really sorry, and endless
talk about the weather. Yes, we
Brits are weird.
My husband is Spanish and despite being married to a Brit and having lived
in the UK himself, there are a
few traditions and customs he just can’t get his head round.
For any expats in the UK, here’s a handy guide to surviving my beloved (but
weird) Britannia.
1. Tea. Tea is much more than a drink – it’s a national pastime, a social
identifier and an emergency response
(all crises are treated with a cup of tea).
Hosts should offer tea within minutes of guests arriving (or else appear very,
very rude). We Brits may offer
to make a coffee, but this is a polite pretense and we’ll be annoyed if you take
us up on our offer. Besides, our
coffee sucks.
‘Dunking’, i.e. the custom of lowering your biscuit into a cup of tea is a
popular sport, especially in the north
of England. In aristocratic circles it’s frowned upon. A seaside café in the
south of England throws out
customers for the crime of biscuit wetting. If in doubt, keep biscuit
consumption to the privacy of your own
four walls.
2. Greetings. Shake hands with someone you don’t know very well, offer
one kiss on the cheek if you’re well
acquainted and if you’re on any form of public transport in London avoid eye
contact altogether. (In the
capital only madmen and foreigners say hello to strangers).
Variations of ‘hello’ include ‘hiya’, ‘hey’, ‘isn’t this rain awful?’ and if
you’re a man in the northern
countryside a deep grunt accompanied by a nod of a flat capped head.
Adolescents may choose to greet you
with the latest cool saying (I heard my 12 year old neighbour using ‘you
safe?’) Teenagers will not greet you.
3. Dress codes. ‘Smart casual’ means no trainers, no ripped jeans and a
jacket, but no tie for men. It means
pretending that you haven’t made an effort when really you’ve tried on a
zillion outfits and are still unsure.
‘Cocktail’ means a slightly above the knee length dress. Anything too short
and you won’t be invited back
again (or at least not for the right reasons).
‘Optional Black tie’ is not optional. It means the host has bought a very
expensive dress and she needs a
reason to wear it. Dress formal, preferably something swishy and floor
length.
‘White tie’ means it’s going to be a fabulous party.
4. Animals. Dogs are a man’s best friend here in the UK and we prefer them
over humans. If you feel
squeamish about dogs in pubs, then get over it or expect rubbish service.
Dogs are not just animals; they’re
passports to promotions and better boyfriends.
e culture shock 5 a person who receives or entertains other people as
guests
We love all animals not just dogs, and the fluffier the better. Meat sold in
supermarket plastic packaging is
not derived from real animals and we can eat as much as we like with a clear
conscience.
5. Privacy. The British preoccupation with privacy may appear confusing to
foreigners. Expect us to vent our
outrage over intrusive public surveillance cameras via selfies posted all over
social media.
6. Drinking. British people have a genetic defect with makes it hard for us to
socialise without alcohol. The
syndrome spans all social classes but is linked to the Y chromosome, making
this condition especially acute
in British males on Saturday nights.
7. Humour. Sarcasm, irony, black humour: if you don’t get it, please just
smile or force a giggle. Otherwise
people will assume you’re boring, or German.
8. Table Manners. As mentioned my husband is Spanish and table manners
cause more arguments in our
household than Gibraltar (which is British incidentally…) Sit up straight,
keep your fork in the left hand and
your knife in the right.
If you’re a beautiful American film star we may forgive you for swapping
your fork into your right hand and
scooping, but anyone else will become a dinner party outcast.
If you’re beautiful and (very) French you might also get away with resting
your elbows on the table in
between courses. Anyone else will be excluded from future social functions
(unless our genetic defect – see
number 6 – kicks in).
9. Timings. There is only one thing worse than arriving too late to a dinner
party – arriving on time. 15
minutes after the designated time is the correct point to show up.
Retrieved from: https://theexpater.com/2017/11/22/british-weird-customs-
etiquette-surviving-british-culture/
Task 3. Read the text and make the same etiquette guide about Georgia.
Compare the two countries
and state what kind of cultural shock would Brits get visiting Georgia
and the other way round.
Task 4. Guess what festival/tradition it
is. You have to answer the following
questions:
What do you think is the name of the
festival/tradition?
Where is it celebrated?
When is it celebrated?
What happens during the festival?
Why do people celebrate it?
MIDTERMGUIDE1
WEEK 7- HOLLYWOOD
Homework: Watch “Freedom Writers” at home. What was most
memorable for you? Has the film
changed the way you think about certain things? What themes are
pinpointed in the film?
Task 1 Answer the following questions
1. Do you like watching films?
2. What kind of films do you like best?
3. Do you refer foreign films or films made in your country?
4. How often do you watch films?
5. How often do you go to a cinema to watch a film?
6. Do people in Georgia like to go to a cinema to watch a film?
7. What was the first film that you watched?
8. Do you like to watch movies alone or with your friends?
9. Would you like to be in a movie? Why?
Task 2. Fill in the blanks below in the words in the box:
Parts of the Movie:
The place or time a movie takes place is called the _________________. What
happens in a movie is called the
_____________. A movie is usually broken up into many _________________.
The movie is filmed with a
________________.
People in Movies:
The people who act in the movie are _________________. A _______________ is
a part that an actor plays. The
main actor is sometimes called the ____________________. When a famous
person has a short appearance in a film
it is called a ___________________. An ______________ is an unimportant
person who acts in the background. A
________________ is a person who watches movies and writes reviews about
them.
Movie Genres:
The type of movie is the movie _________________. A movie that makes you
laugh is a ___________________. A
movie that makes you scream is a ___________________. A movie that is exciting
with lots of guns and explosions
is an _________________ movie. Movies about the future or space are known as
__________________ films. And a
movie about real life is a _______________________. An __________________
film has cartoon characters.
Blockbusters
Movies with big budgets that sell a lot of tickets are called
______________________. Many of these movies do so
well that movie producers make a _______________, or part II.
action
actors
animation
blockbusters
cameo
camera
character
comedy
critic
documentary
extra
genre
horror
plot
projector
scenes
sci-fi
screen
sequel
setting
star
theater
ticket
usher
!
At the Theater:
The place where you watch a movie is called a _________________. To see a
movie, usually, you have to buy a
__________________. The movie is projected onto a large _______________
using a movie _________________.
An __________________ is a person who shows you to your seat and makes sure
everybody is quiet during the
movie.
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Task 3. Read the text and match the words/phrases with their
definitions.
THE MOST UNUSUAL FILM
FESTIVALS
When people talk about film festivals then certain images come straight to
mind such as beautiful Cannes or
Sundance, perhaps even short film festivals for animation etc. But film
festivals come in all shapes and sizes,
and there are some so specialized that you probably have never heard of
them. Really these festivals are more
to do with art than film, if there is a differential between the two forms, and
exemplify the role of art in movie
making.
Don’t expect red carpets or the paparazzi, but they serve the same purpose as
the well-known film festivals in
that they celebrate talent and creativity. In this blog we look at some of the
more eclectic and unique film
celebrations.
Puppets on Film
This festival had to be located in New York, in collaboration with one of the
famous puppeteers of all time
Jim Henson. Puppets on Film celebrates the artistry and roles of puppets in
film.
Previous Puppets on Film festivals have shown short films, documentaries
and kids films, highlighting the
new and classic. Movie blockbusters, such as Return of the Jedi, The Thing,
Little Shop of
Horrors, and Muppets Most Wanted have all been previously featured. One
festival highlight was in 2013,
when Rick Moranis opened the festival by singing along with a giant Audrey
II puppet to wide acclaim.
International Docaviv Festival
If you happen to be into documentaries, then this festival in Tel Aviv is right
up your street. One of the
beauties of the International Docaviv Festival is the possible interactive
backstage activities open to the
audience.
These have included a masterclass with Ondi Timoner the American
filmmaker, and a great question and
answer session with Nikolaus Geyrhalter, the extremely talented Australian
filmmaker. The quote from
festival organizer Sinai Abt rather summed this festival up when asked about
documentaries, I think they are
important because they change the mentality, they change the way people
think.
Film Food Festival
What a wonderful concept, moving around different cities and countries of
the world over the past decade has
been the Film Food Festival, in which the organizers celebrate the food that
has made it onto the big screen.
Recently a showing of Parts Unknown by Anthony Bourdain, featured the
audience being served, steak
sandwiches, craft beer and ice cream. Almost everything that was seen on the
screen in terms of food was
available to the audience. The array of awards is also quite out left field such
as, the Best Movie Food Film, to
the Best Movie that Featured Food.
London Dance Film Festivals
The London Dance Film Festival as you would expect is a celebration of
dance in film. The three-day festival
features over one hundred films some being premiers and other classic
musicals. Early examples of dance
films are also included in this great celebration, and in the 2016 festival there
were showings of, Singing in
the Rain, 42nd Street, and Fame. The films are also accompanied by dance
workshops and documentaries of
film industry dance projects to come. Awards are also on offer for categories,
such as the Best Screen
Choreography, Best Dance Documentary and Best Dance Animation.
If you have a certain genre of film that you love, you should check out the
internet to see if there is a festival
celebrating it somewhere in the world.
Retrieved from: https://fantasmagoricalfilmfest.com/the-most-unusual-film-
festivals/
Task 3. Synopsis Writing
When a criminal maniac, Sirius Black, escapes from prison, Harry
Potter, who is played by Daniel
Radcliffe, has to be careful. It turns out that Sirius is not who he
seems.
Write a synopsis of three famous films. Try to make it fun and not too
complicated for others to guess
it. Do not give away the ending!
Task 4. Survey on Movies
Move around and survey your group mates about the films. Then present
the findings to the classroom.
come straight to mind be a typical example of.
all shapes and sizes an outstanding part of an event or period of time.
exemplify To shout approval of; show enthusiasm for.
puppeteer to be exactly the type of thing that someone knows about or likes to do
blockbuster To suddenly or immediately materialize in one's mind
highlight a newspaper or magazine article or a broadcast programme devoted to
the
treatment of a particular topic, typically at length.
wide acclaim a surprising or unconventional position or style.
is right up your street a thing of great power or size, in particular a film, book, or
other product
that is a great commercial success.
features an impressive display or range of a particular type of thing.
array a large number of things, often very different from each other.
left field a person who operates puppets.
Name Question #1 Question #2
Reporting Results:
The majority of the people in this class . . .
Most people in this class . . .
Quite a few people in this class . . .
About half of the people in this class . . .
Hardly any of the people in this class . . .
Almost no one in this class . . .
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WEEK 8- PAINTIN G
Task 1. Match the words below to the appropriate branches of arts.
1) novels, drama (plays), poetry, short stories
2) dance( ballet), opera, movies, concerts
3) painting, sculpture, architecture
a) Fine arts
b) Literature
c) performing arts
Task 2 Read the quotes and tell the group which you liked and why?
1. Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. ( Edgar
Degas).
2. We have art in order not to die of truth ( Friedrich Nietzsche).
3. There are always flowers for those who want to see them. ( Henri
Matisse).
4. If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.( Edward
Hopper)
5. Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ( Pablo
Picasso)
( http://www.brainyquotte.com/topics/art )
Task 3 Match the labels a), b), c) , d), or e) (the artist’s name and the
title of the painting) with
the corresponding pictures.
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a) Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) – ‘Mona Liza’
b) Raphael (1483-1520) – ‘Sistine Madona’.
c) Delacroix ( 1779-1863) – ‘The Massacre at Chios’.
d) Michelangelo (di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni / full name/– 1475-
1564) - ‘David’
e) Aivazovsky (1817-1900) - ‘The Ninth Wave’.
f) Rembrandt (1606-1669) – ‘The return of the prodigal Son’.
Task 3 Answer the following questions.
1) Would you like to be a painter? Why/Why not?
2) How difficult or easy might it be to be an artist?
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4) What skills are needed to paint well?
5) Have you ever painted? What materials have you used? Do you like
painting landscapes,
seascapes, or portraits?
6) Do you enjoy modern art?
7) Which famous painters do you know?
8) Who is your favorite painter? Why?
9) What would life be without art?
10) Do you like to visit art galleries? Have you ever visited an art
museum? Which one?
Task 4 Read the following texts and answer the following questions
Text 1
Renaissance is the period in European art history which covers the
period between the 14th and 17th centuries and makes the transition
from the middle- ages to modernity. It is often referred to as the start of
the ‘modern age’. Renaissance is a French word and means ‘rebirth’.
The period is called by this name because, at that time, people started
taking an interest in the learning of ancient times, in particular, the
learning of Ancient Greece and Rome. The Renaissance started in Italy,
but soon spread across Europe. It is divided into three periods: the Early
Renaissance, the High Renaissance and the Late Renaissance (also
called
the ‘Mannerist’ period).
Text 2
Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by
relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition,
emphasis on accurate depiction of light, ordinary subject matter, and
unusual visual angles. Impressionism originated with a group of
Parisbased
artists whose independent exhibitions made them popular during
the 1870s and 1880s. The name of the style derives from the title of a
Claude Monet work – ‘ Impression, Sunrise’., which provoked the critic
Louis Leroy to coin the term in a satirical review published in a Parisian
newspaper. He declared that Monet’s painting was at most a sketch, and
could hardly be termed as a finished work. The term ‘impressionist’
quickly gained favor with the public. The Impressionist style would
soon become synonymous with the modern life. Impressionists faced
harsh opposition from the conventional art community in France.
During the1880s, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, George Seurat, and
Henry de Toulouse-Lautrec – created the Post-Impressionism.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance/Impressionism/
Romanticism
Task 5 Answer the following questions:
1. Why was renaissance called rebirth? What was reborn?
2. Who referred to Monet’s work as a sketch? Why?
3. What did the conventional art community protest?
4. Why do you think the impressionists became popular?
Task 6 Find the synonyms of these words in the text:
1. Change from one position to another;
2. Movement of a brush;
3. Severe;
4. Ordinary;
5. description;
6. Easy to see;
Task 7
Read the description of the picture. Which words help decoding the
painter’s thoughts?
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This painting was painted by Firda Kahlo as a present for her husband
Diego Rivera on their 15th
wedding anniversary. She later repainted another version of this painting
to keep for herself. The
painting expresses Frida's deep love for Rivera. In this double-portait,
they were portaited not as a
couple, but as only one person. Both halves of faces complete each
other.
This painting mingles both of their images and identities. She created a
single head out of half of each
of their faces. And this head is bound together by lots of branches, which
means how deeply they love
each other. The sun and moon is the symbol of husband and wife, the
Kahlo-Rivera couple is shown to
belong together. At the bottom of the painting, the joined scallop and
conch are symbols of their love
union.
https://www.fridakahlo.org/diego-and-frida.jsp
Homework
1. Find more information about Frida Kahlo and present to the
group
2. Match the definitions with the words below and .
3. Watch movies on famous artists. Write down the interesting
expressions you come across and the
short contents of the movie. Present it to the class.
Suggested movies – ‘Modigliani’ ( name the director, and the stars).
(The story of Amedeo Modigliani’s bitter rivalry with Pablo Picasso,
and his tragic love).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367188.
1 subject a can vary in width, length,
curvature, colour,or direction.
2 composition b shading, from dark to light.
3 foreground and background c describes a three-dimensional
object.
4 line d what is shown in the artwork,
such as a portrait or a still life.
5 shape e the way surfaces look and feel,
i.e. rough, smooth, soft, etc.
6 form f how the elements of the work
are arranged, i.e. whether they
are close together or far apart.
7 tecture g describes the two-dimensional
outline.
8 tone h elements that appear to be in
front or behind other aspects of
the artwork.
W E E K 9 - PAINTIN G ( CONTINUED)
HOW TO D E S C R I B E A P I E C E O
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Task 1 Read the quotes and discuss them
1. Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working. (Pablo Picasso).
2. It is better to have done something than to have been someone.
( Claude Monet).
3. The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel. Piet
Mondrian
4. Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing. Marc Chagall
5. I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. Frida
Kahlo
( http://www.brainyquote.com/topics/art )
2. What do you see in these pictures? Can you name them? Describe
them. Which do you like
most? Why?
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3. Match the artists a) – g) with the names of the paintings 1) – 7
Substantiate your answer.
Provide the clues which helped you to make a decision
a) Matisse ------- d) Monet ------- g) Rodin -----
b) Cezanne ------- e) Manet ———
c) Picasso ------- f) Van Gogh --------
1) ‘Green Bowl and Black Bottle’ 2) ‘Red Room 3) ‘The Thinker’
4) ‘The Luncheon On The Grass’ 5) ‘The Potatoe Eaters’ 6) ‘Fruit’
7) ‘Impression. Sunrise’
4. Match the description with the pictures above.
1) The buildings and ships in the background are only vague shapes and
the red sun dominates the
painting.
2) The figure of the woman and the silhouettes of the trees join in the
play of the color patterns, while
the lines of the window, chair and jugs introduce a certain order by
taming and arresting this madness
of nature.
3) There is a sarcasm in the way the artist shapes the two vessels on the
canvas.
4) The compact apples and peaches from the flabby bowl and jug, whose
sole purpose is to be filled,
are opposed to the living warmth of the fruits.
5) The painting depicts the harsh reality of country life, with dark
colours and figures of peasants who
have tilted the earth with the hands they are putting in the dish. They
have thus honestly earned their
food.
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6) A nude young woman stares directly at the viewers and smiles.
Another one is in the background,
and among them are three men dressed in civilian clothes. They eat and
chat amicably. The painting
was scandalized and criticized as being pornographic, but it turned out to
be an explosive painting
which changed the rules forever
Text 2
Still Life and Impressionists
Read the description of the paintings. What words are used to
describe the pictures? Which of
them do you like most? Why? What would you add to these
description ?
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The still life is a genre with a variety of possibilities. Each still-life artist
has something new to offer,
which, remarkably, does not cancel out the significance of the Old. For
the modern viewer the archaic
Balthasar van der Ast is as convincing and impressive as the wise
Chardin and the incomparable
Matisse.
A Balthasar van der Ast’s canvas is an early Dutch still life which
depicts fruit, berries, and
flowers spilling out of a basket. The pears, apples, plums, cherries,
strawberries and nuts are arranged
in a conventional, easily perceived space, consisting of a vertical plane
with hardly any depth. The
artist worships nature, its every aspect, even the spots and wormholes on
the fruits and leaves.
B ‘Still Life with the Attributes of the Arts’ by the French artist Simeon
Chardin is an example of
allegorical still life. Simple geometric forms dominate the scene;
especially significant is the role
played by the plaster statuette of Mercury with its asymmetric and very
complicated forms. The
overall impression of equilibrium is so strong that even the drafts, ruler
and medal that just forward
out of the plane of the canvas do not break up the wholeness of the
composition.
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The Egyptian Curtain’ is a wonderful example of Matisse's still life
painting at the height of his
powers. It is a work whose colour radiates sunshine. By contrasting the
sunlit objects in 'The Egyptian
Curtain' with its dark interior, Matisse uses the same optical
phenomenon to increase the luminance of
his colour to an extreme pitch. The palm outside explodes in a sunburst
against the black window
frame and the vitality of its brushstrokes emphasise the energy of its
light. This colorful drama
continues inside the room through contrasts of the fruit bowl and curtain
with the dark interior.
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D When Gauguin painted Still Life with Three Puppies, he was living in
Brittany among a group of
experimental painters. He abandoned naturalistic depictions and colors,
declaring that “art is an
abstraction” to be derived “from nature while dreaming before it.” The
puppies’ bodies, for example,
are outlined in bold blue, and the patterning of their coats mirrors the
botanic print of the tablecloth.
This painting features three distinct zones: a still life of fruit in the
foreground, a row of three blue
goblets and apples diagonally bisecting the canvas, and three puppies
drinking from a large pan.
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http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/still_life/henri_matisse.htm
https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/paul-gaugin-still-life-
with-three-puppies-1888/
6. Discuss the following questions :
1. What does Balthasar van der Ast like to express in his still life?
2. How is fruit arranged in Ast’s canvas?
3) Who painted allegorical still leaves?
4) Why is the role of the statuette of Mercury significant in the picture?
5. Do you agree that it is this statue that maintains a balance in the
picture? Why is that?
6. Which of Matisse’s works is considered one of his achievements ?
Why?
7. According to the description, what makes this still life by Matisse
especially luminous?
8. What is the function of the curtain?
9. How is the still life by Gauguin different from those of Matisse and
Baltasar van der Ast?
Homework
1. Look at Claude Monet’s picture ‘Impression. Sunrise’ at the
beginning of Week 10. What is
the picture famous for? How is it connected with the name of the
style?
Read the description of the picture.
A) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words. After checking the
answers try to retell it.
a)--- this picture Monet depicts a mist, which provides a hazy
background to b)---- piece set in the
French harbor. The orange c)----- yellow hues contrast brilliantly with
the dark vessels, where little, if
any details is immediately visible to the audience. It is d)-----striking and
candid work e) ----- shows
the smaller boats in the foreground almost being propelled along by the
movement f)----- the water.
This has, once again, been achieved g)----- separate brushstrokes that
also show various colors
‘sparkling’ h)----- the sea. The horizon has disappeared and the water,
sky, i)----- reflections have all
merged together. Monet did not want j)-----create an accurate landscape,
but to record the impression
formed while looking at that landscape.
Van Gogh
2 Read the text below and use the words given in capitals to form
the word that fits in.
Why did Van Gogh cut off his ear.
Van Gogh has been an object of a) FASCINATE for years, leading b)
HISTORY to come up
with all sorts of c) DIFFER theories about why d) EXACT the 19th
century Dutch artist cut off a
piece of his own left ear. The most e) WIDE accepted account is that he
cut it off in a fit of mania
after getting in a fight with fellow f) ART Paul Gaugin, and then gave it
to a prostitute named Rachel
as a token of g) AFFECT. The real version of the events has never
surfaced because the two men both
kept a ‘pact of silence’.
The night sky h) DEPICT by Van Gogh in ‘The Starry Night’ is
brimming with whirling
clouds, i) SHINE stars and a bright crescent moon. The village is painted
with dark colours but the j)
BTIGHT lit windows create a sense of comfort, and the k) DRAMA
night sky and the silence of the
night can almost be felt in the picture. In the left foreground is a curvy
cypress tree which is l)
ASSOCIATE with mourning. It is painted in the same way as the sky
with fluid lines. Contoured
forms are a means of m) EXPRESS and are used to convey emotions.
Many feel that Van Gogh’s
turbulent quest to overcome his n) ILL is reflected in the dimness of the
night sky.
Quiz: From the text it is clear that Van Gogh cut off his left ear. In his
self-portrait above, his right ear
seems to be severed and bandaged. Try to explain the reason.
Edgar Degas
3. Fill each of the numbered blanks with one suitable word.
Edgar Degas 1.----- French artist famous 2. ----- his paintings,
sculptures, and drawings, and
regarded as one of the founders 3. ----- impressionism . He was a superb
draftsman, and particularly
masterly 4. ----- depicting movements, as can 5. ----- seen in his
rendering of dancers and female
nudes. 6. ----- the beginning of his career, Degas wanted 7.----- be a
history painter; he became a
classical painter of modern life. His style reflects his deep respect 8. -----
the old masters, such as
Eugene Delacroix. 9. ----- 1881 he exhibited ‘ The Little Dancer of
Fourteen Years’. A nearly life-size
wax figure 10. ----- real hair, and dressed in a cloth tutu provoked a
strong reaction from critics, 11.
----denounced the dancer as ugly, though found its realism
extraordinary.