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Reviewed Resources - Visual Arts. Ans Westra - Teacher and Student Resources This site provides units of work and related resources, based around the documentary photography of Ans Westra.

Reviewed Resources - Visual Arts

The units are designed to be used as an introduction to photography as part of a year's photography course, or as a distinct unit within an NCEA Level 1 or 2 general art programme, or they can be adapted for use as part of a level 3 programme. Use them in conjunction with a visit to the Ans Westra exhibition, the publication 'Handboek: Ans Westra photographs' or DVD 'Visible Evidence'. Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education This site has lesson plans, as well as handouts on art and literacy and how art impacts on overall learning.

Art Auctions Were Just the Beginning! An amazingly visionary series of visual arts projects and events at Macandrew Intermediate School are described by specialist visual arts teacher Lesley Hirst. Art for Children and Adults with Disabilities. Art discussion questions. Art personal questions Student A  How interested are you in art?

Art discussion questions

 Did you like art when you were younger? (Has that changed? Why/ Why not?)  What’s the best exhibition you have ever been to?  What’s the longest you’ve ever spent looking at one artwork?  Who’s your favourite artist?  What do you think about contemporary art?  Are there any artists that you think are over-rated? Discussion questions – Art issues Student A  Do you think art should be subsidised or run under the free market?  How much of a priority should arts be?  How well known is contemporary art from your country overseas?  Is contemporary art in your country too influenced by other countries?  Is government money spent on art and art education worth it?

Art personal questions Student B  Did your school art lessons make you more or less interested in art?  What was the last art gallery you went to?  What’s the longest you’ve ever spent in an art gallery?  What do you think about abstract art? Like this: Discussion questions using images. Using photos, paintings and other pictures as the basis for discussion has never been easier but is still under-utilized.

Discussion questions using images

Using images such as memorable photos and famous paintings in class is a timeless idea that has recently become more popular and easier due to resources such as Google Images but could still be exploited much more by most teachers, hence the launch of two high profile books on the topic of using images last year- Images by Jamie Keddie from OUP and Working with Images by Ben Goldstein from CUP, both of which inspired some of the ideas below. Of all the things you can do with images, by far the easiest to organise is discussion questions. A huge collection of questions which can be used with most images are given below. Describing music. Adjectives for describing films. Television and Media quiz. Describing movies. ESL in Canada - English Vocabulary for Art Students. English Vocabulary for international students to study Art in Canada or USA during an exchange program.

ESL in Canada - English Vocabulary for Art Students

Art vocabulary is necessary for exchange students to succeed during an exchange program in the USA or Canada. Other grammar topics include vocabulary, parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, tenses, verbals, conditionals and writing. English for Artists/ English for Art Students/ English through Art resources. Related pages Arts and media vocabulary page English for designers page Articles Discussion questions using images (my article on TEFL.net) Drawing on drawing games parts one, two and three (my articles in Modern English Teacher magazine) Worksheets Defining art (including brainstorming art vocabulary and describing styles) Art and media extended speaking revision board game Art vocabulary discussion games Describing art drawing games Describing art extended speaking Art discussion questions Make the art discussion questions Upper Intermediate art vocabulary Post-gallery visit discussion Other websites English Art Puzzles (from English Spark) Getty Museum Art for ESL students A few ideas on how to use art (might need adapting, but could give you ideas) from Brighthub ITESLJ art discussion questions (ditto) An article- Grandma Moses Meets ESL Some interesting ideas on eslteachersboard (although far too many “you could…” and far too few “I did…”) www.moma.org/collection.

English for Artists/ English for Art Students/ English through Art resources

Support for art students in English language.