CLIL art lesson

Aim: Students learn about making art about emotion.

Level: elementary upwards

Language: Warm colours and cold colours, emotion vocabulary, The life and art of Vincent Van Gogh

Skills: Listening, Reading, Speaking, Creating

Time: 2 hours

Materials: Paper, Van Gogh pictures of Starry Night, Sunflowers, Self portrait, Cafe terrace at night, Paint, Paintbrushes, pencils, colour pencils.

Before class: Put Starry night, Sunflowers, and self portrait around the room.

Class

1 Warmer: Colour board race - Students write as many colours as they can.

2 Brainstorm: Draw two spider diagrams and write warm in one, cold in another.
                     - Ask students to decide if they are warm or cold.
                     - Students share.

3 Lead in/Art gallery: Tell students they should stand up, look at the paintings around the room with their partner and decide if they are warm or cold, how they make them feel, and if they like them. Students spend a few minutes and then share with the class.

4 Reading - Around the room are little snippets of paper with facts about Vincent Van Gogh. Students have to find out about his life and art and write down about him on a question sheet. Give points for each team 1st to 3rd to finish.

5 Listening: Tell students we are going to try and recreate one of Van Goghs paintings (Cafe terrace at night).
                   - First students listen and draw the features.
                   - Then they colour.
                   - Now they share (don't worry if they look silly, the main thing is that they are practicing                          listening in a fun and creative way).

6 Creation: Tell students to choose an emotion (1 minute), now they choose 4 colours with that emotion (1 minute) finally they choose something that makes them feel that emotion (1 minute).

Students now draw and paint a picture.

7 Presentation: Students bring their paintings to the front and present. Students answer the earlier questions and give constructive feedback.