bonus unit speaking games bonus unit 2 - art or rubbish

Delta Speaking Games by Jason Anderson ISBN 9783125017405

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Speaking Games Bonus Unit 2 - Art or Rubbish? Time 30-60 minutes Interaction Teams of 2-4 players Level B2 (Upper Int.) to C1 (Advanced)

Language areas practised Sub-skills and Functions

describing a work of art expressing metaphor and allegory improvising answers to questions

Grammar and Lexis adjectives of description relative clauses fine art

Preparation Photocopy one copy of the Rules of the game and two Art or Rubbish cards per team up to a maximum of 5 teams. If you have more than 20 learners, create two groups. You may also wish to lead in with a discussion on modern art to prepare the learners for the activity. During the Preparation phase, learners may need time to check important vocabulary on

their Art cards in dictionaries. Encourage them to use similar language as they prepare their descriptions of the Rubbish cards.

Notes This game encourages learners to use both visually descriptive and allegoric language to convince their peers that pieces of rubbish are in fact art, and vice versa. It develops creative thinking and art appreciation skills and prompts some interesting discussions on the nature of art. During the presentations, make sure the presenters fold the cards so they don’t show any notes they’ve made on the back.

Variations Mini-Presentations – If you have a large class, each

team can send two team members to present to the other teams. Remember to swap the presenters part way through.

Learner Initiated – Groups choose their own two works of art and two items of rubbish from images they find on the internet and relevant research.

Art or Rubbish? Rules of the game

Preparation Play in teams of 2-4 learners. Each team needs two Art cards and two Rubbish cards. In 15 minutes each team will present their four items to their classmates. The aim is to convince them that the rubbish is art and the art is rubbish! During the presentations, each team will have to answer the following questions:

Who is the artist? What is the name of the piece? Why is it a great work of art?

You will need to invent your own answers to the three questions for the Just Rubbish cards! You have 15 minutes to prepare.

Presentations Fold your cards so that your audience can’t see the notes. Teams take turns to present their four works of art in any order. After each team has finished, the other teams are allowed to ask questions about the works of art. Then they have one minute to decide which two are real works of modern art, and which two are not.

How to score and win The teams listening to a presentation score one point for each item of art that they correctly identify, meaning that they can score a maximum of two points per presentation. The team presenting scores one bonus point if they manage to convince all the other teams that one of their items of rubbish is art, and two bonus points if they convince the other teams that both their items of rubbish are art.

If… If you wish, you can research both your art and rubbish

using the internet during the preparation time. However, using the internet during the presentations is not allowed!

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Art or Rubbish Art cards

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Art Skip

(2012) by David Bachelor

What the critics say: His work shows the unpleasant familiarity of the material leftovers of modern life. Read more:

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Art Untitled

(2012) by Banksy

What the critics say: An interesting criticism of child labour that appeared on a wall during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

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Art Pish Balloon

(2004) by Graham Fagan

What the critics say: Fagan’s home-made weapons distort history for future generations.

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Art Remains of the Day

(2011) by Hans Schabus

What the critics say: Schabus is making a point about the enormity of modern waste and its terrifying impact on the planet.

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Art Luncheon in Fur

(1936) by Meret Oppenheim

What the critics say: She transformed items traditionally associated with feminine decoration into erotic tableware.

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Art Broken Furniture

(2006) by Jason Miller

What the critics say: His ironic pieces both satisfy and confuse consumer culture – we don’t know if we love it or hate it.

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Art Puppy (1998)

by Jeff Koons

What the critics say: Koons plays with ideas of taste, pleasure, celebrity, and commerce, always sarcastic, and always witty.

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Art Bottle Dryer

(1914) by Marcel Duchamp

What the critics say: Duchamp’s first ‘ready-made’ artwork, this piece revolutionised our understanding of what is and isn’t art.

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Art Hanging Man -

Duchamp (1985)

by Ai Weiwei

What the critics say: Weiwei creates a ‘ready-made’ portrait of Marcel Duchamp from an old coat hanger – genius!

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Art The Legendary Flower

(2011) by Johnny Doe

What the critics said: His work finds narrative power by abandoning familiar domestic items in the natural world.

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Just Rubbish! (2 old shoes and 2 empty beer cans)

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Just Rubbish! (sorghum seeds)

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Just Rubbish! (a plaster cast of a child’s footprints)

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Just Rubbish! (a crushed motorbike)

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Just Rubbish! (graffiti in London)

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Just Rubbish! (half-eaten ice cream

cone)

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Just Rubbish! (a broken rocking

chair)

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Just Rubbish! (chocolate hen)

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Just Rubbish! (mouldy bread)

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Just Rubbish! (old electrical items at

a city dump)

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