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Lesson 3 Modern art: weird or wonderful?
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7. How can you describe 4 pictures in Ex 6? Try to describe age, size, colour, and material.
7. How can you describe 4 pictures in Ex 6? Try to describe age, size, colour, and material.
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  1.          What is “modern”?
  2.          What is “art” for you? And what is “modern art” for you?
  3.          Would you pay thousand dollars for modern art masterpiece?
  4.          Have you visited museums of modern art?
         What is “modern”?      ...
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1. Which art form (music, theatre, dance, painting, etc.) do you like best/least? Why? Try using these phrases:
1. Which art form (music, theatre, dance, painting, etc.) do you like best/least? Why? Try using these phrases:
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2. How well do you know culture? Let’s do culture quiz!
2. How well do you know culture? Let’s do culture quiz!
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Listen to people answering the quiz questions and check your answers
Listen to people answering the quiz questions and check your answers
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Lesson 3. Ex.2
Lesson 3. Ex.2
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3. Grammar. Read questions a) - d) and answer questions 1-3 below.
3. Grammar. Read questions a) - d) and answer questions 1-3 below.
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Questions without auxiliaries (do/does, did etc.). Remember:
Questions without auxiliaries (do/does, did etc.). Remember:
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4. Let’s practice! Write questions for the underlined answers. Two questions use auxiliary verbs (does/did).
4. Let’s practice! Write questions for the underlined answers. Two questions use auxiliary verbs (does/did).
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5. Think of 5 questions without auxiliaries about art that you could ask your friend.
5. Think of 5 questions without auxiliaries about art that you could ask your friend.
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E.g. Who painted “Mona Lisa”?

E.g. Who painted “Mona Lisa”?
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6. Is it art? Who decides what art is?
6. Is it art? Who decides what art is?
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Look at the four things in the image below. Not everyone has agreed they are art.

 

(Top left, Flying Machine by Carsten Holler; top right, Self Portrait by Vincent Van Gogh; bottom left, some graffiti street art; bottom right, Fountain by Marcel Duchamp)

Look at the four things in the image below. Not...
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What do you think about these pieces of art? Express your opinion using prompts:

 

  • In my experience…
  • Speaking for myself…
  • In my opinion…
  • Personally, I think…
  • I'd say that…
  • I'd suggest that…
  • I believe that…
  • What I mean is…
What do you think about these pieces of art? Express...
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8. Grammar.Sometimes we use more than one adjective in front of a noun:
8. Grammar.Sometimes we use more than one adjective in front of a noun:
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He was a nice intelligent young man.
She had a small round black wooden box.

 

When a number of adjectives are used together, the order depends on the function of the adjective. The usual order is:

He was a nice intelligent young man. She had a small round black wooden box.   When a number...
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9. Complete these sentences with adjectives in the correct order.
9. Complete these sentences with adjectives in the correct order.
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10. Let’s imagine that we are going to describe very beautiful piece of art. We need to use adjectives in the correct order. You start with the first adjective, I repeat your adjective and add mine.
10. Let’s imagine that we are going to describe very beautiful piece of art. We need to use adjectives in the correct order. You start with the first adjective, I repeat your adjective and add mine.
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E.g.     You: The one…

            I: The one beautiful...

             You: The one beautiful big (add adjective of size)...

E.g.     You: The one…             I: The one beautiful...  ...
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11. Writing comics is also art! Do you like comics? Do you have your favourite comics?
11. Writing comics is also art! Do you like comics? Do you have your favourite comics?
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Make up a story using the pictures. Include at least 3 adjectives (don’t forget about the order) in every section of the story. Continue until all the pictures have been used.

Make up a story using the pictures. Include at least...
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Thank you for the lesson!

Thank you for the lesson!
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Homework
Complete and send back to your teacher
Homework
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Lesson 3. Teacher's notes
Teacher's notes
Lesson 3. Teacher's notes
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Next: Lesson 4 Night at the museum