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Unit 4
The art of thinking Reading

Warmer
Ask the class to stand up. Nominate 4 THE ART OF OBJECTIVES
a student to say the name of an artist
or artistic movement. Students who FUNCTIONS:
expressing frustration
like images by this artist / in this style THINKING GRAMMAR:
sit down. Keep going until everybody be/get used to (doing) vs. used to (do);
adverbs and adverbial phrases
is sitting down. VOCABULARY:
personality adjectives; common
adverbial phrases
Watch the video and think:
09 Get ing 09 are you a creative thinker?
Play the video and discuss the A B C
question with your class.

1 Give your own example to get
students started on this.
2 After a few minutes, invite
students’ reactions in open class,
prompting them to try to explain
their answers.
3 Set a two-minute time limit
to encourage students to 4.01 Read and listen to the article again.
read quickly and focus on the REAdING 5 Mark the statements T (true) or F (false).
task rather than on trying to 1 Look at the paintings in photos A and B. Make a Then correct the false statements.
list of as many differences between them as you
understand every word. can think of. Then compare with a partner. 1 The National Gallery does not have
modern paintings.
Photo C is a tube of paint. Its 2 SPEAKING Work in pairs or small groups. Discuss 2 John Goffe Rand was quite a good painter.
SPEAKING
invention is one of the main reasons how what you can see in photo C might be 3 Things like animal bladders did not last very
long as containers.
for the change in painting style connected to the differences between the 4 Most artists were accustomed to the
paintings A and B.
between the earlier painting in photo problems with oil paint.
A, which is mainly dark in colour, and 3 Read the text quickly and check your ideas from 5 Rand used tin for the tubes because it was cheap.
Exercise 2.
6 Artists using the tubes still had to worry
the later painting in photo B, which is about the paint inside them.
much brighter. 4 Read the text again. Six phrases have been 7 Rand’s tubes were an important factor in
removed. Choose from A–G the phrase which fits
the appearance of impressionism.
each gap (1–6). There is one extra phrase. 8 Rand became rich and famous through
4 This exercise is similar to Reading A without using more colours than they actually needed his inventions.
and Use of English Part 6. B and stop it from drying out 6 SPEAKING Work in pairs and do the following.
SPEAKING
C transforming various aspects of life forever
Encourage students to read the D when you go from Room 41 to Room 42 1 On a scale of 1–5, agree on how impressive you
whole text first to understand E and so painters mostly worked indoors, in studios think John Goffe Rand’s invention was (1 = not
the main idea. After choosing a F to stop the rest from drying out impressive at all, 5 = brilliant!). Say why your group
has given this score.
G meaning the range of colours available to artists
sentence, they should check the increased dramatically 2 The last sentences says that the tube ‘went on to be
other options and decide why used in many other ways.’ List all of the other ways
you can think of.
they are wrong. 38
1 D 2 G 3 B 4 E 5 F 6 C
(extra phrase: A)
1 F (It has paintings from the present day.) 2 T 3 T 4 T 5 F (He used tin
5 4.01 Check/clarify: bladders,
impressionism, dazzling, artificial because it doesn’t react with oil paint.) 6 F (The tubes could be closed after being
pigments, competent, pierce, used.) 7 T 8 F (He never became especially wealthy.)
short-lived. 6 Give students four minutes to brainstorm other important uses of Rand’s
metal tube and to rank them in order of importance.
Objectives Resources for this unit
All available online
Functions and speaking Expressing frustration
Grammar be/get used to (doing) vs. used to (do); Videos Worksheets
adverbs and adverbial phrases ● Get ing: Are you a creative thinker? ● Grammar and vocabulary: Basic, Standard
Vocabulary Personality adjectives; common adverbial ● Grammar video!: be/get used to (doing) vs. and Extension Worksheets
phrases; WordWise: Expressions with good used to (do) ● Project: Lateral thinking
Values Appreciating creative solutions ● Vlog: Being supportive ● Communication: Thinking outside the box
Life Competencies Being supportive Tests ● Grammar presentation: be / get used to
● Unit, extension and skills test 4 (doing) vs. used to (do)
● Literature Worksheets: Anne of Green
Gables
● Get ing, Grammar video! and Life
Lessons video Worksheets

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