Here's our plan for today...
9 - 10:30am:
Write some discussion questions!
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Listening 7-1: "Favorite Artist"
Listening for Meaning
Listening for Details
10:40am - 12pm:
HW questions
In-Class Writing -- "My Favorite Artist"
Write 3-5 paragraphs about your favorite artist. (We will go over them one-on-one in class tomorrow.)
We brainstormed about what content to include:
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T The
artist’s life
o
Year
born, year died
o
Nationality
o
Marriage
– relationship that changed their art
o
Where
s/he did most of his/her work
-
The
artist’s career
o
When
s/he started to do art
o
Is
s/he successful? // Was s/he successful when s/he was alive?
o
Did/does
s/he have exhibitions?
o
Rival?
Competitor.
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Artistic
style
o
describe
their art
o
Compare
to another artist (?)
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Why
you like him/her
o
How
long…
We talked about what grammar to include:
- Simple Past (and perhaps Past Continuous or Past Perfect) to talk about finished events in the past
- Present Perfect, probably for...
- If the artist is alive:
How long s/he has been making art -- how long s/he has used a specific style -- how long s/he has been famous -- how many pieces of art s/he has made -- etc.
- If the artist is dead:
How long you have liked the artist -- how many times you have seen his/her art in museums -- how long the artist has inspired you -- etc.
1 - 2pm:
Discussion with Scott's class and half of Adam's class.
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