Unit 1 Lesson 1 Teacher’s Notes

MODERN ART: Using connectors to compare and contrast ideas

TIME: 40 – 50 minutes EXERCISE 3

INTERACTION: Whole class / group work / pair work / • Allow time for the students to work on making
individual sentences in pairs. Encourage them to write them
AIMS: To practice using connectors and to down.
write a paragraph that compares and • Invite different students to write their sentences on
contrasts ideas. the board and invite comments and suggestions.
TEXT TYPE: Essay
EXERCISE 4
REGISTER: Formal
• Ask the students to read the sentences and elicit
WRITING SKILLS : Organizing and linking ideas
some possible answers. Remind them that there are
PREPARATION: Collect some examples of modern art, several possible answers, e.g. A lot of modern art is
e.g. pictures from magazines or difficult to understand, although it really makes you
postcards (optional). Check the think. Moreover, the more you study it, the more you
meanings of the vocabulary in appreciate it.
exercise 2. Make one copy of the
OR
worksheet for each student.
Although a lot of modern art is difficult to
understand, it really makes you think, and the more
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you study it, the more you appreciate it.
Warm up!
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• If you have collected some examples of modern art,
A lot of modern art is difficult to understand.
show them to the class and elicit their opinions.
However, it really makes you think. In addition, the
• Ask the class to suggest some examples of “modern more you study it, the more you appreciate it.
art” and “modern artists.” Ask them for their
opinions. POSSIBLE ANSWERS:
1 See above.
EXERCISE 1 2 This looks like the work of a child because it is
• Put the students in small groups. extremely simple. However, the idea behind it shows
• While the students are talking about the pictures, a lot of intelligence.
monitor their discussions and if necessary give 3 It’s boring to look at and it isn’t art. Furthermore,
prompts, e.g. ask What does it show? How was it it’s meaningless.
made? What does it mean? Do you like it? Why? 4 This is very famous. Moreover, it is worth millions of
dollars, so it must be good.
5 Although it is fascinating and it must have taken a
EXERCISE 2
long time to make it, it’s ugly.
• Put the students in pairs.
6 The artist is very gifted and she has been awarded
• Check through the words in the box. many prizes. As a result, she has become very
• Allow time for discussion. famous.
• Make sure the students write their opinions next to
each picture. Encourage them to write their own EXERCISE 5

words as well as those given. • Ask the students to choose picture A or B. Tell them
to note down their ideas first. Remind them to use
connectors. Use the model answer on page 59 as a
guideline when checking the students’ work.

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 Unit 1 Lesson 1 Exercises

MODERN ART

EXERCISE 1
Look at the examples of “modern art.” What do you think of them?

A B

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Salvador Dali: Birth of a New World
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Markku Lahdesmaki: Rock paper scissors

EXERCISE 2
Use the words in the box and your own ideas to give your opinion of the pictures above.
Write the words next to the pictures.

beautiful intelligent crazy creative funny horrible imaginative interesting

meaningless ridiculous skillful ugly unusual weird fascinating boring

EXERCISE 3
Make sentences about each picture. Join your ideas with some of the connectors in the box.

also although and as a result because but so that

however in addition to this moreover so therefore too

e.g. Picture A is imaginative and fascinating, but it’s very weird too.
Although picture B is crazy and ridiculous it’s also interesting. However, I think it’s meaningless.

EXERCISE 4
Join the following statements with connectors. More than one answer is possible.

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A lot of modern
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art is difficult to understand ... It really makes you think ...
The more you study it, the more you appreciate it.
2 This looks like the work of a child … It is extremely simple ...
The idea behind it shows a lot of intelligence.
3 It’s boring to look at ... It isn’t art ... It’s meaningless.
4 This is very famous ... It is worth millions of dollars ... It must be good.
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5 It is fascinating … It must have taken a long time to make it ... It’s ugly.
6 The artist is very gifted … She has been awarded many prizes … She has become very famous.

EXERCISE 5
Choose one of the pictures from exercise 1. Write your opinion in a short paragraph.
Link your ideas with some of the connectors in exercise 3.
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