Objectives

1. Continue your BKSB diagnosis – boring but important

2. News about the City & Guilds Level 2 Reading exam

3. Send me your gallery art photos for tomorrow’s lesson

4. Enrichment: visiting speakers & visits – who would you like to come and visit you? Where would you like to go?

5. What is art? What different ways can you think of to express yourself?

6. The man who creates art in his sleep

7. The Appropriation Artist – Your Instagram image could be his $40,000 artwork

8. Salford City College – City Campus – The Wow Factor ideas

9. The Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth Art Project

10. Anthony Gormley’s Fourth Plinth Project

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12. Sarah’s Prezi presentation on coping strategies for stress.

13. Early finish + Meetings with Mark (part 1 & 2 of 6)

    

describing art example sentences:

• Watching Titanic was very moving.
• Mark is very charming, he is underrated as a teacher. His manager says he’s no good, but I disagree.
• The Hunger Games is set in a very bleak world.
• Picasso was a very off-beat character he would always do unusual things and have crazy ideas.
• The woman wore a stylish dress for the party.
• Haircuts in North Korea are not very stylish.
• Old photos from wars are poignant and heartbreaking. Photos of my grandma looking happy affect me deeply, they are so poignant, they remind me of happier days.
• Minions is very amusing. My classmates are avery amusing.
• Keeping up  with the Kardashians is so amusing and dramatic. They are always doing offbeat crazy things.
• My dog can be very subtle when she wants something, she comes and sits by my feet. That means she wants to be fed. Her clothes are very subtle today, yesterday she was wearing a striking shade of orange but today she’s got a cream scarf on.
• The football match was so exciting. I didn’t know who was going to win, it was really compelling right up until the end.
• Last week when Sylwia sang she was very impressive. Her performance was very well-recieved by everyone in the audience.
• The painting of Van Gogh’s sunflowers is very striking.
• The photo of Afghani girl is very thought provoking.
• The pyramids are very unconventional places to be buried.
• Spain is a very conventional place to go on holiday, but it’s overrated. The Sahara desert is a very unconventional place to go, or maybe we could go to the Arctic Circle.
• Alison’s Lapper’s life is very thought provoking and poignant:
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• subtle adjective

  C2 not ​loud, ​bright, ​noticeable, or ​obvious in any way:The ​room was ​painted a subtle ​shade of ​pink.The play’s ​message is ​perhaps too subtle to be ​understood by ​young ​children.› ​small but ​important:There is a subtle ​difference between these two ​plans.C2 ​achieved in a ​quiet way that does not ​attract ​attention to itself and is ​therefore good or ​clever:a subtle ​plan/​suggestionsubtle ​questions

  dramatic adjective

  dramatic adjective (EXCITING)

  B2 very ​sudden or ​noticeable, or ​full of ​action and ​excitement:a dramatic ​change/​improvementWe ​watched ​scenes of the dramatic ​rescue on the ​news.

  striking adjective

  B2 very ​unusual or ​easily ​noticed, and ​therefore ​attracting a lot of ​attention:She ​bears a striking ​resemblance to her ​mother.There’s a striking ​contrast between what he does and what he says he does.The ​library is a striking ​example of ​modern ​architecture.There are striking ​similarities between the two ​cases.Their ​production of Macbeth was the most ​visually striking ​performance I’ve ​ever ​seen.› more ​attractive than ​usual:He’s ​good-looking, but he’s not as striking as his ​brother.

  offbeat adjective

  › ​unusual and ​strange and ​therefore ​surprising or ​noticeable:an offbeat ​sense of ​humour

  underrated adjective

   

  › having more importance, ​value, ​skill, ​power, etc., than ​people​recognize:He is one of Hollywood’s most underrated ​actors (= He is much ​better than ​people ​think).

  overrated adjective

  › If something or someone is overrated, that ​person or thing is ​considered to be ​better or more ​important than they really are:In my ​opinion, she’s a ​hugely overrated ​singer.

  poignantadjective

   

  › ​causing or having a very ​sharp ​feeling of sadness:The ​photograph ​awakens poignant ​memories of ​happier ​days.It is ​especially poignant that he ​died on the ​day before the ​wedding.

  charmingadjective

   

  B1 ​pleasant and ​attractive:We had ​dinner with ​our ​director and his charming ​wife.What a charming ​street this is.› disapproving used to ​describe ​people who use ​theirattractiveness to ​influence ​people or to make other ​peoplelike them:He’s very charming but I wouldn’t ​trust him.

  compelling adjective (STRONG)

  › If a ​reason, ​argument, etc. is compelling, it makes you ​believeit or ​accept it because it is so ​strong:compelling ​evidenceIt’s a ​fairly compelling ​argument for going.

  compelling adjective (EXCITING)

  › very ​exciting and ​interesting and making you ​want to ​watchor ​listen:I ​found the ​whole ​film very compelling.a compelling ​story

  impressive adjective

   

  B2 If an ​object or ​achievement is impressive, you ​admire or ​respect it, usually because it is ​special, ​important, or very ​large:That was an impressive ​performance from such a ​young ​tennis​player.an impressive ​collection of ​modern ​paintingsThere are some very impressive ​buildings in the ​town.

   B2 If someone is impressive, you ​admire or ​respect that ​personfor ​their ​special ​skills or ​abilities:She’s a very impressive ​public ​speaker.

  bleak adjective

   

  C2 If a ​place is bleak, it is ​empty, and not ​welcoming or ​attractive:The ​house ​stands on a bleak, ​windswept ​hilltop.› Bleak ​weather is ​cold and ​unpleasant.C2 If a ​situation is bleak, there is little or no ​hope for the ​future:The ​economic ​outlook is bleak.

  moving ​parts in a ​machine

  moving adjective (FEELINGS)

  B2 ​causing ​strong ​feelings of sadness or ​sympathy:a very moving ​storyI ​find some of Brahms’s ​music ​deeply moving.

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  unconventional adjective

  C1 different from what is ​usual or from the way most ​people do things:an unconventional ​childhood/​lifestyle/​marriage

job enrichment noun [U]

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