Lesson 3: The importance of museums

Do museums play an important role in your life?
This week we discussed artistic hobbies (see http://www.stickyball.net/writing/445.html for more practice) and the importance of museums.
We also tried to come up with some ideas for making museums more interesting for young people.
What are your best ideas? Download the lesson, write up your ideas, and post them here. Then, if you wish, you can also post your ideas to the New York Times - the link is in the lesson!
The powerpoint presentation (appling2) can be downloaded from the usual site https://public.me.com/dpickens1.

NON-FREQUENTANTI: In addition to the above assignment, read and do the exercises from Unit 10 MUSEUMS in English for Cultural Heritage, pp. 101-111.

Lesson 2: Describing Art

Wow - we had a lot of people in class this week! I am trying to get a bigger classroom, so check back here for news about where to go next week!

This week we learned a lot of new vocabulary for describing paintings. The powerpoint presentation (appling2) can be downloaded from the usual site https://public.me.com/dpickens1, and there is also another (much shorter!) presentation (appling2.1) which you must read. Follow the directions in the presentation for your assignment , which consists of watching a video, doing some quick web research and then writing to me here, on the blog!

NON-FREQUENTANTI: In addition to the above assignment, read and do the exercises from Unit 4 ART in "English for Cultural Heritage", pp. 41-50.

I am looking forward to reading your posts this week!