my English class

Let’s explore the world of Art!

Step 1 - Let’s explore six definitions related to Art.

homework due on April 27^th:

do the following activities by going online (“ma classe à la maison” semaine 1/3)

https://lycee.cned.fr/mod/scorm/player.php?a=97&currentorg=org_1&scoid=194

Notes to copy in your copybook:

Street Art

• The purpose of Street Art is to express thoughts.
• It is also a way to express one’s singularity.
• The viewer is closer to the work of art as it is not shown in a museum/ as it is visible in cities.
• Street Art also highlights social issues like poverty.

 

Some examples of Pop Art artists: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring…

Keywords to remember:

Biased/unbiased = partial/impartial

To provide = fournir

Information à always in the singular

A report should be objective/unbiased whereas when you express your emotions you are biased, it is not a report but a testimony.

History: facts, causes, consequences

Figures = chiffres

A topic à un sujet spécifique

Step 2:  listening

The document  (audio 1 attached) is an informative audio file about the history of graffiti and street art in the USA.

 

 

Monday, April 28th : notes to copy

ACT 1: This audio file is about the history of graffiti, how it started in the US, then spread over the world. In this report, the woman is not expressing any emotions, but she delivers what she wants to tell us. Her tone is neutral and formal.

figures (here) = chiffres

To spread/spread/spread: répandre

ACT 2: If you only focus on the keywords (graffiti, student, tagging…), you do understand what the second audio file is all about. Modern graffiti started in Philadelphia in 1967 when a student wanted a girl’s attention, then it spread all over the U.S. People wanted to express their discontent and used inaccessible locations.

Homework due on May, 4^th

Activity 1

Exercise 4:

• Les années
• Les décennies

Exercise 5. How do we write and say dates : a, b and c (“th” 1,2, 3 and 4)  

Notes: May 4th

key words: to achieve success, to collect, a collector, collections, underprivileged, chalk, to draw/ drew/ drawn, grassroots

At the beginning, street art was considered as vandalism as it was practiced in forbidden areas. Museums and collectors started to get interested in street art as a result street art artists began to be known and valued for their art.

Thanks to street art, underprivileged neighborhoods and communities have transformed.

They have also introduced different art techniques like drawing with chalk, spray painting, using stencils etc. As a result these artists have gained fame and recognition all over the world.

 

Final projet: virtual exhibition of street art artists

1. 1 Choose a street art artist and one of his/her work

• Write a paragraph about the artist's life, career and work and technique

[J'utilise mon cours : dates, marqueurs temporels, connaissances générales sur le street art]

• record your voice (use tts.demo to make sure you pronounce all the words correctly)

1. 2. Write a paragraph describing the work and analyse it

[J'utilise mon cours pour décrire les éléments et leur emplacement, je passe à un ton subjectif pour l'analyse de l'oeuvre  en exprimant mon opinion personnelle]

1. 3 Put all your work (audio file, picture of the work of art and written paragraph on the collaborative wall (ENT)

Homework for next class (May 11th): Be ready to submit your paragraph about the artist's life, career and work (1.1)

Homework for the next class (May 18th): complete your work on the collaborative wall, i.e. picture, recorded biography of the artist and analysis included as written text.

 

Follow up work: listening

• do the following exercises