Thursday, April 26, 2012

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

Happy Thursday!

Here's our plan for today...


9 - 10:30am:
Write some discussion questions!
If you have your computer, type them into this shared document with your name in (parentheses).

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:
-           
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.

-          Artistic style  
o    describe their art
o    Compare to another artist (?)

-          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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