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Getting creative in English. Jackie Reilly. Hints for art & craft activities. Always experiment activities personally. Always have a finished version so the children know what to aim for. Give clear instructions (in English).
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Getting creative in English Jackie Reilly
Hints for art & craft activities • Always experiment activities personally. • Always have a finished version so the children know what to aim for. • Give clear instructions (in English). • Repeat the instructions as often as necessary – it’s good listening practice! • Be prepared for and try to foresee mistakes. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
My hat it has three corners Three corners has my hat If it doesn’t have three corners Then it is not my hat. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Examples of language challenge • Count from 10 to 1. • Draw a face on the blackboard. • Say the names of 5 colours. • Sing a song in English. • Ask your teacher a question. • Stand up and say: Hello everybody. • Spell … • What’s this? (Show the child a flashcard) • Ask three people What’s your favouritecolour? Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Dream English Colour Song Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Elmer • Watch the powerpoint or read the story with the children Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
English Language An elephant goes like this and that. He’s terribly big and he’s terribly fat. He has no fingers. He has no toes. But goodness, he has a very long nose! Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Look at the different animals in the story. Lion, tiger, hippo, giraffe, zebra, turtle, crocodile What do they eat? Are they carnivores, herbivores or omnivores? Do they live on land, in water or both? Create a jungle picture and label the animals. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Elmer’s song Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Language Link • Listen to the story • Say the rhyme, ‘An elephant goes like…’ • Children say who or what makes them laugh • Sing Elmer’s song • Sing song about corners • List Elmer’s colours alphabetically • Letters to Elmer • Shopping list for Elmer day parade party • Invitations to Elmer’s day parade Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Language link • Design a friend for Elmer • Retell the Elmer story • Sequence the Elmer story • Labelling colours for Elmer • Creating a non-fiction book about colours. • Create a lift-the-flap colour book • Write messages / post its for Elmer • Colours of the rainbow song Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Knowledge and understanding of the world • Story of ‘Nellie’s Knot’ • Learn facts about elephants • Look at the different animals in the story; are they carnivores, omnivores, herbivores Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Movement • Act out ‘Elmer went into the jungle’ • Elmer says… (Simon says) • Do an Elmer’s Day parade Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Art and craft • Listen and colour • Make the finger puppet • Make a patchwork pattern • Design an elephant for the parade Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
PSHE • Being different is good • We are all different • Children talk about things they have in common • Could follow up with story of ‘The Mixed-up Chameleon.’ Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Summer Vertumno Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Arcimboldo Project • Talk to the children about portraits – what parts of the face they can see and which food he used for them. • The children decide which food they are going to draw for each part of their portrait. eyes, ears, mouth, nose, hair, cheeks, teeth, neck Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Kandinsky Project • History of Kandinsky • Study of Kandinsky’s paintings • 3D version of Kandinsky concentric circles - collage • Mixing colours- describing colours • Circles in our natural environment • Use magazine pictures to create a different media version of Kandinsky Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Project on Van Gogh • Camille and the Sunflowers • Act out the story • Work on the life of the artist • Create paper plate sunflowers • Create a copy of the famous painting ‘The Sunflowers’. • Write a description of the painting you like best Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Older learners • Listen to the song Starry Night • Complete an art cube of the painting • Draw a mind map of Van Gogh’s bedroom • Draw a mind map of your bedroom • Complete the comparison writing activity about the two Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Writing an art appreciation Description, analysis, interpretation, judgement and something about the artist • Title • Description • Special features • Your opinion • Something about the artist Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Higher level art appreciation • Title and school of art, e.g. Impressionism • Content: Description Abstract • Properties of colour, shades, intensity • Light and darkness • Judgement • Analysis of any unique features • Composition the way the objects are placed Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Unit of work based on modern art • See file for details of activities • Activity 1 Giving opinions of modern art displayed in the room. • Activity 2 Making a case for having their choice hang in the class gallery. Each "artist" must try to convince the other members of the group of virtues of his/her painting, giving reasons why it should be the one from their group chosen for the class gallery. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Activity 3: Visit to gallery or virtual tour. • With a partner, take 30 minutes to explore the contemporary exhibits. List the titles and artists of 3 works that you looked at together and discussed. Write a brief description of one painting and a sentence describing your response to it. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Oral Presentations • Students choose an artist or work of art to research and prepare a short oral presentation. To work on fluency and accuracy, rather than have one student at a time present to the entire class, students can give presentations in small groups of three or four. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Writing Assignments • Students research an artist or a work of art and write a short report. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
Reading Activity Find an article relating to contemporary art at the appropriate reading level. Create a jigsaw activity in which each member of a small group of two or three reads a section and explains it to the other member(s) of the group. Free powerpoint template: www.brainybetty.com
