17th Lyceum of Athens, Pagrati EFL teacher: Elen Sotiropoulou 2011-2012
• Writing, • Art • & Technology
Some topics we worked on PROTESTING THROUGH ART HAPPINESS MY FAVORITE DESTINATION ANIMAL EXPLOITATION
We started with •planning and •mind mapping
Happiness What makes me happy??
Students expressed themselves through writing with the aid of
•Art and
•Technology
Happiness What makes me happy??
My favourite film‌makes me happy
A trip ‌makes me happy
Making people around me happy‌.is important for my happiness
Protesting through Art
ACTIVITY 4
This is Guernica, one of the most popular painting of Picasso. It shows the tragic results of the Spanish civil war in 1936-1939. The german air force damaged all the town and kill lots of people and animals. In this painting Picasso wants to show the big destruction of the town and how it influenced all the people, the animals, the flowers, the houses and the objects. In the picture we can see some scared people crying for help or in pain and also very tired. All the designs are the one up to the other and we can’t distinguish them very well. Picasso has make it like this because he want it to show the αναταραχη. Also the colors are dark to show the blues and the sadness. We can see a white head which inserts into the room with a candle to bring the light which symbolizes the hope. I believe that Picasso describes the situation very well without words. All the characteres are symbols and this picture had made lots of people be full of emotions. By Asmani Sofia, A1
Happiness
Happiness is living free Happiness is lying carefree under a tree Happiness is swimming in the calm sea Happiness is flying like a small bee
Think of all the things you have Your friends, your health and your mom Search for the bright side Make your day better with a smile
Don’t let anyone make you feel sad And smile when you lose your luck Happiness is a lonely star Beaming above us!
Sofia Asmani, A1 2012
• Technology at our service…. Lately students are encouraged to type their work and share it uploading it on a wikis page we have created for this reason. This is done at home, at their own time and space. Not all are willing to contribute though, for various reasons…. (laziness to type, too shy, no access to computer or internet). The ideal would have been access to the computer room to type their corrected piece and upload it.
Students made power point presentations and uploaded them on our wiki
HAPPINESS!!! Happiness is very subjective For lots of people happiness means an optimistic smile‌
• wikispaces site to view some students’ work :
• http://17lyka.wikispaces.com/
Topics are inspired through real life events, current affairs or units in our course book. Conscious effort is made •a) to require a written response in any form and style the students feel more comfortable with to communicate their views and •b) to make it sound relevant to their reality.
• Class A, Advanced • topic: HAPPINESS Course book text on depression and dissatisfaction Quotations through internet
Class A, Advanced topic: PROTESTING THROUGH ART Inspired by recent events in Athens and globally due to economy crisis and the MPE project attended Handout : Quotes by Shakespeare and Sylvia Plath Handout : Modern Artists’ work Articles and photos on recent global and local protests Images of protestors and related art forms from magazines, newspapers and Internet (photos, articles, you tube videos)