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• Go over the words and drill pronunciation, specially the year.

• Tell students that these are some pieces of information related to the Mona Lisa and the answers to the 5 questions you will ask. You can ask the questions to the whole class, or choose individual students to answer.

What is the Mona Lisa? (Painting)

Who painted it? (Leonardo da Vinci)

The Mona Lisa also has a different name. What is it? (La Gioconda)

When was it painted? (1503 to 1519)

Where is it? (Louvre Museum, Paris)

• Tell students that the Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. Can they name other famous paintings?

• Give students the Worksheet and ask them to complete Exercise 1 individually. Students check answers in pairs. Correct with whole group.

• In pairs, students complete Exercise 2. Allow them to search on the Internet, if available, or assign as homework. The goal is to have students search for some information regarding the chosen painting and expose them to its cultural aspects such as when they were painted, where they are today, and maybe some curious fact about them. Encourage students to use the graphic organizer and adjust it to their fi ndings. For more information on how to use Graphic Organizers: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/graphic-organisers.

Mona Lisa

La Gioconda

Painting

Leonardo da Vinci

1503-1519

Louvre Museum,

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Teacher’s Notes

ObjectiveRaise student’s awareness of the different styles of important painters and encourage the use of graphic organizers.

Suggested Procedure

• If you have a projector available in your classroom, download the images of the paintings from the Internet to use during the lesson.

• Reproduce the graphic organizer below on the board.

Life skill background

Cultural awareness is all about recognizing and understanding that we all have different values shaped by our diverse cultural backgrounds. What we consider to be “normal” behavior in one country can be entirely different in another, and respecting this allows us to develop in both our personal and professional lives.

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• EXTENSION 1 Students can present their fi ndings to the class or to small groups, in posters or in digital formats (PPT, Keynote, Prezi).

• EXTENSION 2 Have students compare the sizes of the paintings. If outdoor space is available, they can use a measuring tape and draw with chalk on the fl oor, or use cardboard for the small ones.

Answer keyExercise 1

A. Leonardo da Vinci (example) E. Salvador Dali

B. Michelangelo F. Johannes Vermeer

C. Vincent Van Gogh G. Pablo Picasso

D. Edvard Munch

Exercise 2 (Suggested answers. Accept any reasonable answers from students.)

A. Mona Lisa (example)

B. The Creation of Adam (Michelangelo; 1508-1512; The Sistine Chapel, Rome; scene from the Bible; 4.8 X 2.3 m)

C. Starry Night (Vincent Van Gogh; 1889; The Museum of Modern Art, NYC; impressionist style; 73.7 X 92.1 cm)

D. The Scream (Edvard Munch; 1893; The National Gallery, Oslo; cary!; 91 X 74 cm)

E. The Persistence of Time (Salvador Dali; 1931; The Museum of Modern Art, NYC; inspired by Einstein’s; 24 X 33 cm)

F. Girl with the Pearl Earring (Johannes Vermeer; 1665; Mauritshuis, the Hague; Who is the girl?; 44 X 39 cm)

G. Guernica (Pablo Picasso; 1937; Museo Reina Sofi a, Madrid; it portrays the Spanish Civil War; 3.49 X 7.76 m)

Sources

• http://www.macmillanenglish.com/life-skills/resources/

• http://10mosttoday.com/10-most-famous-paintings-in-the-world/

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WORKSHEET Exercise 1

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Exercise 2

Choose one of the paintings from Exercise 1 and create a graphic like the example below. You can add more bubbles to add more information.

Mona Lisa

La Gioconda

Painting

Leonardo da Vinci

1503-1519

Louvre Museum,

Paris

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