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A few words
I am not an art expert but I like art and I believe in the powerful impact art can have upon students’ thinking, learning and life attitudes. That was my starting point. An intrinsic inclination to...
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First Day at School
Description: This proposal is designed around the theme of school through the use of the poem “First Day at School” by Roger McGough, one of Britain’s best loved poets, and a relevant animated short...
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My Favourite Activity: See-Think-Wonder
I submitted a few days ago my first contribution to the TeachingEnglish blog. I described one of the Visible Thinking Programme Routines that I use regularly and works well. I am very happy and...
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Deforestation
Description: This proposal is organized around the theme of deforestation through the use of 3 paintings by Vincent van Gogh, Constable and Seurat, Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree and a short motion...
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Disability
Description: This proposal is organized around the theme of disability related to mobility issues through the use of Pieter Bruegel the Elder's painting The Beggars (The Cripples), a short video by...
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Self-assessment through learning journals
A contribution to the TeachingEnglish blog on the theme of testing and assessment. The post discusses the value keeping learning journals can have for both teachers and students. Self-assessment...
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A few words II: Blog Challenge 11
This is a post written in response to a Blog Challenge for which I was nominated by Vicky Papageorgiou. A challenge indeed since Art Least's mission statement describes a teacher resource blog that...
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Urbanization
Description: This proposal is organized around the theme of urbanization through the use of 2 works of art by Cyril E. Power, and LS Lowry, 20th century English artists of the emerging modern city,...
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Large, multi-level classrooms: worlds within worlds
A contribution to the TeachingEnglish blog. The post reflects on the issue of dealing with large, multi-level classrooms. Large, multi-level classrooms: worlds within worlds
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Asperger Syndrome & Autism
Description: This lesson proposal is organized around the theme of Autism and Asperger syndrome through the use of a magnificent in its detail work of art by the Australian Steven Coventry, an artist...
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War/Peace
Description: This proposal is organized around the theme of war and peace through the use of Picasso’s masterpiece Guernica, a 3D video of the painting by Lena Gieseke, a German-born artist and Raul...
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Bullying
Description: This lesson proposal is organized around the theme of bullying through the use of a detail from the painting “Children’s Games” by the Flemish 16th century painter Pieter Bruegel the...
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Hope is the Thing with Feathers
Description: This proposal is organized around the theme of hope through the use of Emily Dickinson’s poem “Hope is the Thing with Feathers”. The Visible Thinking routine used is Creative Questions....
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Art in ELT & the Power of Thinking Routines
This is a post I enjoyed writing for the iTDi blog. It gives an example of how to use art and thinkingroutines in the English class. http://itdi.pro/blog/2014/06/13/the-art-of-elt-chrysa/
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Animals in Picasso's & Warhol's paintings
Description: This proposal is organized around the theme of animals through their depiction in Picasso’s animal serigraphsand line drawings and Andy Warhol’s endangered species screen prints. Students...
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Teaching English Through Art:Reflection on a MOOC session
Back in July I delivered a session for the International Teacher Development Institute (iTDi) Summer School MOOC. I had attended a couple of online events during the previous months, but this was my...
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School
Description: This lesson proposal is organized around the theme of school through the use of paintings, illustrations, photography, and video. The Visible Thinking routines used are: CHALK TALK, What...
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Europa and the Bull
Description: This proposal is organized around the myth of Europe through the use of a magnificent painting by the Bulgarian painter/illustrator Svetlin Vassilev and an extract from Ovid’s...
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Friendship
Description: This lesson proposal is organized around the theme of friendship. Source material: Best Buddies, a painting by Keith Haring, a short extract from Ruth Krauss's book I'll Be You and You Be...
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Inages on Canvas - The Image Conference Cordoba
At the end of November I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the Image Conference, in Cordoba, Spain. The Conference is an event that puts media and images at the heart of language...
View ArticleArtful Stimuli & Visible Thinking: Fostering Communication of Thought in ELT
Happy and honoured to have been invited by the British Council to talk at the TESOL Greece event The Art of Communication. The invitation came because of my contibution to the upcoming British...
View ArticleAn interview to Vicky Papageorgiou
Vicky Papageorgiou a dear friend and worthy colleague wanted to know a few things about my relationship with art and ELT. Here is the link to her blog where you can read the interview. Thanks to Vicky...
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Headlines: Recycling Vocabulary Creatively
A post I wrote for the Teaching English British Council blog community on recycling vocabulary creatively through the use of the Headlines thinking routine....
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3-2-1 Bridge: A creative warm-up and follow-up routine
In this post I will talk about the 3-2-1 Bridge thinking routine. The word Bridge is used to indicate the routine has two related stages. I have found it an interesting and effective activity in...
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Beginning-Middle-End: Creative writing and storytelling
In this post I will describe the Beginning-Middle-End thinking routine. It is a routine that stems from the Artful Thinking approach which aims at stronger thinking and learning through the power of...
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