The language contents I deal with are: vocabulary about sea animals (you can choose another topic), there is/are, present continuous and descriptions.
The Art contents are: Pointillism /ˈpɔɪntiˌlɪz(ə)m/, Seraut as a pointillist and space recreation.
In the first stage I give students a sheet with sea animals. It’s possible to print it from the web page:
We work on the vocabulary and the pronunciation. Afterwards I give them a piece of paper with the following description:
In this picture you can see the sea and a thin line of sky. There are some animals resting in the depth of it: two starfish, a crab and a sea turtle. A big octopus, unconscious of the danger, is moving around and a shark is watching it. Some clown fish are swimming nearby. Three seahorses are playing around a group of plants.
Students have to draw the picture in a white sheet of paper. Instead of this description, teachers can make up their own using the vocabulary they want pupils to learn.
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| La Parade by Seurat |
Apart from sea animals we can also introduce activities in the sea and means of transport. What can you do in the sea? I can sail, I can swim, I can go snorkeling, I can go fishing… How can you travel in the sea? I can travel by ferry, boat, ship, …
Once they finish the picture, each of them will do a different Pointillist scene and they will describe it in English in the classroom.
It’s possible to add a new stage to this project. It will deal with colouring a portrait using Pointillism in Microsoft Paint.
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