Lesson Two Plan

• Timing: 55 minutes
• Use this alongside the prepared PowerPoint presentation
• Please note: Before each lesson you may want to print copies of Slide 5 of the presentation. The students can use these handouts during paired work, so make sure you make enough copies for them to share one between two.

Lesson Introduction
Slides 1-2 (2 mins), 0-2 mins

1. Quick introduction to lesson

Vocabulary Recap
Slide 3 (8 mins), 2-10 mins, Listening

1. Recap vocabulary learnt in last lesson
2. Recap points developed about how to approach a piece of artwork

Homework Feedback and Presentations
Slide 4 (5 mins), 10-15 mins, Speaking

1. Pick students to present their drawings to the class, get them to explain their drawing, the artistic choices they made, what inspired them, what they were depicting and communicating

Introduction to Artworks
Slide 5 (8 mins), 15-23 mins, Listening, Speaking

1. Similar to this activity in previous lesson, show students the artworks in Image Set 2, presented without titles or other information
2. The key with this activity is to get students to rediscover the themes/aim of the lesson independently and begin utilising the skills developed in the previous lesson
3. Lead class discussion answering following questions:

What is similar about these images? What is the theme? Workers, work, hard work
What emotions do you feel when you look at these images?

Recap: How to Become an Art Detective
Slide 6-7, (5 mins), 22-27 mins (Speaking, Listening)

1. Remind students about the questions to ask when looking at a piece of artwork
2. Remind students that looking at art is about picking up on clues the artist has left and that everything in an artwork is intentional and put in the artwork for a reason
3. Remind students that with art there is usually not one ‘answer’ but many emotions/understandings that can be communicated through art
4. Run through following points again
5. Look at the clues - what is the main ‘thing’ depicted in the artwork? What is the image ‘of?’ What else is included in the artwork? Are there any other things or items that are clues?
6. How was the artwork made? What might the artist want to communicate through their choice of style, technique and materials?
7. Who is the artist? When did they live? What did they experience? How might this affect our understanding?

Critical Engagement with Artworks
Slide 6,7,8 (3 mins. per slide, ~9 mins in total) 23 - 32 minutes (Listening)

1. Again, similar exercise to previous lesson: Explain that you will show each of the artworks, information about the artworks and some questions about them that they can use for the next activity
2. With each slide and artwork, go through the developed checklist about how to approach an artwork
3. Describe the images to the students - what form is the artwork?, how was it made?, what techniques were used etc

Writing and Discussion Exercise
Slide 9 (15 mins) 32-47 minutes (Speaking, Writing)

Students will work with their partner/person next to them to create 3 mind maps on the following questions:
- How are these images similar to each other?
- How are these images different to each other?
- What ideas and emotions are the artists communicating? What are they trying to say through their artwork?

1. Remind them to use the key vocabulary they learnt earlier
2. If you would like, print out Slide 5 (with all of the images on it) and go back to the key vocabulary slide during the activity so students can refer to it as they work

Feedback
Slide 10 (5 mins) 47-52 minutes (Speaking)

1. Make 3 mind maps on the blackboard (do this during previous activity)
2. Ask pairs to feedback what they wrote during previous activity and add these answers to mind maps on the board

Homework
Slide 11 (3 mins) 52-55 minutes

1. Round up lesson, thank students.

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