GENERAL INFORMATION

Topic: Lesson Focus (macro skills): Language Focus (sub-skills):

Describing a painting (reading/ writing/ listening/speaking) Sub-skills: brainstorming, revising punctuation
marks
WRITING Grammar: present simple
New Vocabulary: everyday objects, colors,
patterns, shapes, location
Cultural Contextualization: Competency: The students will learn about a Main Aims:
The students will learn about a famous painting and also new vocabulary, by By the end of the lesson students will practice
famous painting in the art world. doing a brainstorm to categorize the information, writing in present simple by describing a
also by describing the painting and paying painting.
attention to punctuation marks. They will do so,
by showing respect to art and the work of others.

Subsidiary Aims: Materials needed:

To practice brainstorming and Anticipated problems:
punctuation marks. Maybe students are not interested in art. -Van Gogh painting “ Bedroom at Arles” / some
flashcards with complementary vocabulary
Anticipated solutions: -Brainstorming format example
Tell students more about who the painter is, why -Descriptive paragraph example
paintings are important and part of our history -Other paintings for production
through time, and motivate them to learn more
about paintings.

Methodology: Learning Strategies: Teaching strategies:.

PPP
-Audiolingual: Practice new
vocabulary, drilling, stimulus-
response with images.
-Communicative: Students will
practice how language works when
describing a painting.
Date:
Cognitive: The students will learn new words With the materials provided, the teacher helps
and will practice them orally and in the written the students focus on vocabulary, practice
tasks. brainstorming and punctuation marks, to
Memory: By observing a painting they will learn describe a painting.
new vocabulary and how to make simple
descriptions.
Social: Ss will work in pairs to practice the
language, but also to do the production exercise.
Time: Group:

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 Whiteboard Plan

Warm up Presentation Production Images

Review grammar images
Exercises Brainstorm example

Description example

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 LESSON PLAN

Note: In each phase explain in detail what you will do, based on the guide provided.

Warm up Phase 1: Introduce the topic Phase 2. Students learn the topic Phase 3: Apply the
5 min 15 min by.. language.
20 min 10 min

Pre- While-After Linking the topic to

(Prepare the students, their lives:
review anything you Tell Ss that today we will learn The students have to work
need for your class about Art. Ask them: What is individually to do 4 more rows in the If it is possible ask
today) a painting? Introduce Van brainstorm and see what else they students to bring a
Gogh’s “Bedroom at Arles” find on the painting of the words the painting they want to do
Review use of : very briefly. Paste the big teacher presented. a brainstorm or describe
image of the painting on the beforehand for this class.
There is board. Check their answers on the board
There are Explain a little bit about who again or students pass to fill in the If it isn’t possible bring
was Van Gogh and his famous graphic organizer. some to them, different
Prepositions: On, next paintings that made him ones and let them choose
to, in between, above, famous. (He lived in France in ////////////////////////////////////////// the one they like per
etc Arles. Arles is a town in teams.
France). Show a map and an Extra if time and if students have a
Showing some images image of the town. good English level and if they are Ask them to do a
paying attention where working fast: brainstorm like the chart
the ball is. Students pass Why are paintings important ? we did.
to the board randomly Why do they teach us? Now, with the information in the
and at the end to drilling. brainstorm teach them how to And if there is time:
Explain again briefly Ask students: describe the painting in basic And to describe the
grammar rule, when sentences, paying attention to painting in a few
using there is/there are/ What do you see in the punctuation marks (period, comma). sentences.
and the prepositions of painting?
place. What objects do you see? Example format:
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 Introduce new vocabulary that
Exercise: appears in the painting and do This is Van Gogh’s painting
There is a ball _in the repetition and drilling with the “Bedroom at Arles”. In his painting
box students. Pointing to this you can find the next objects:
objects in the painting (
There are some apples window, chair, blanket, pillow, -There is a brown chair located on Material:
on the table. towel, bed, table, mirror, the north wall between the bed and
clothes, jacket, glass of water, the table. But there is also another Blank format of the
There is a dog between cover, pictures, box, plate, jar, brown chair located next to the door. brainstorm
the chair and the rug. etc)
Ask them to do only 2 more Other paintings
There is a scarf next to a When the repetition is over: descriptions:
brown coat.
Tell them that next they will - There is a window..
learn to do a brainstorm. - There is a blanket…

Give them the chart of the

brainstorm.
Revise as a whole class on the
Do 2 examples first in the board.
brainstorm on the board and
students copy.
Interact with them to do 2 Material:
more. Brainstorm format for the students
Example of the description
Point to the painting:
What’s this? It’s a ______
What color is it?
Describe its shape
Where is it located in the
room? ( explain to say north,
south, east, west)
Help Ss to answer.
Ss fill in their brainstorm.

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 -Tell students to open their
notebooks and draw

Material:
Vincent Van Gogh self-portrait
Images of Arles, France
Painting “ Bedroom at Arles”

EVALUATION DAILY CHECKLIST:

Questions Yes No Comments

Did the students remember the use of
there is and there are, and the
prepositions of time?
Did they show interest in the topic in the
presentation?
Did they learn about who the painter
was?
Were they able to do the brainstorm?
Were they able to write the description
of the painting in a few sentences?
Were they able to apply what they
learned in the productions stage?

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Key answers for the teacher

Brainstorm

Objects Colors Shapes and Patterns Location

1.- A chair Brown No shape or pattern On the north wall between the
bed and the table
2.- A window Yellow green rectangles On the north wall between the
mirror and the picture
3.- A blanket Red plain On the bed

4.- Two pillows Yellow rectangles At the head of the bed

5.- A towel Light yellow No shape or pattern Next to the door on the east
wall hanging form a a hook
6.- A jacket

7.- A glass of water

8.- A plate

**For the students:

Brainstorm

Objects Colors Shapes and Patterns Location

A chair Brown On the north wall between the
bed and the table

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A blanket Red

Images for Presentation: Vincent Van Gogh portrait

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For presentation

The Starry Night

Irises

Sunflowers

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Arles, France

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Painting “Bedroom at Arles” By Vincent Van Gogh, 1888

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Information to say in the Presentation:

How does your room reflect who you are? This is a painting of the artist Vincent van Gogh’s bedroom. How does this painting reflect
the character of Vincent van Gogh? The pale blues, golden yellows, and cool greens in this painting connote a sense of tranquility.
Van Gogh wrote to his brother describing the colors he chose: “The pale, lilac walls, the uneven, faded red of the floor, the chrome-
yellow chairs and bed, the pillows and sheet in very pale lime green, the blood-red blanket, the orange-colored wash stand, the blue
wash basin, and the green window,” stating, “I wanted to express absolute repose with these different colors.”1

At the time that this painting was created, Van Gogh lived in the small, rural town of Arles, France. Van Gogh was at ease in the
countryside and enjoyed painting rural life. He found the country light beautiful and inspiring. What Van Gogh lacked in Arles was
friendship and contact with other artists. In 1888, Van Gogh invited Gauguin to live and paint with him in Arles. Gauguin traveled to
Arles and together the two artists painted their scenic surroundings. Gauguin’s visit was short-lived, as the eccentric pair fought
endlessly. Though Van Gogh’s dream of a rural artists’ commune did not come to fruition, he continued to paint.

During this period Van Gogh produced more than two hundred works in fifteen months. Van Gogh was dedicated to his individual,
expressive style of painting. Through color, perspective, and paint application Van Gogh expressed his character and emotions.
Though not highly recognized during his lifetime, the work of van Gogh greatly influenced the next generation of artists.

https://deyoung.famsf.org/vincent-van-gogh-van-gogh-s-bedroom-arles

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Paintings for production:

2009 paiting by Kay Crain “ Bedroom Interior”

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2015 Painting by Andrew Wyath “ Master Bedroom”

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Painting by Felix Vallaton “ Bedroom with two woman shapes”

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