CLIL UNIT PLAN

Carla De Pascalis
Agnieszka Grzelinska-Gradys
Raffaella Pezzoni
Interlace patterns and their
relation to the natural world
in Irish Medieval Art
 Carla De Pascalis, Agnieszka Grzelinska-Gradys, Raffaella Pezzoni
TEACHERS’ NAME
STUDENTS’ AGE 15
SUBJECT Art History – English
TITLE Interlace patterns and their relation to the natural world in Irish Medieval
Art
LEARNING OUTCOMES Identify the general features of Irish Medieval Art
Understand how art patterns relate to the natural world
Enhance active language abilities – speaking and writing with the use of
knowledge and art vocabulary
Design or compose a personal product based on personal interpretation
of the material analyzed

PERSONAL AIM Planning, monitoring and evaluating a learning activity

TIME 6h
ASSUMPTIONS Students are at least B1 level
ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS AND Students’ Art lexicon and capability to describe works of art are poor.
The teacher will provide a word bank and language frames and
SOLUTIONS
necessary support

MATERIALS
1. Teacher’s presentation
2. Word bank
3. Teacher’s loop game cards
4. Teacher’s worksheet
5. Internet resources
6. Field trip
STAGE Aim Teacher’s actions/ Materials HOTS LOTS Interaction Time
Students actions

To recall 1. The teacher 1. Pupils complete a Teacher’s - Remember Interaction 10’

LEAD IN To recognize shows pictures KWL chart presentation Recall and
To describe of plants, discussion
animals and between
interlace teacher
patterns in and
Medieval Irish student
art (sculpture, and
architecture, among
manuscripts, students
weapons,
armours,
jewels) using
Visual
organisers

INTRODUCTION To provide content The teacher Students write notes Teacher’s - Recall interaction 20’
and lexicon presents and rephrasing presentation Understand between
(CALP) pictures and teacher and
text and student
explaining

LOOP GAME/ To check students’ Teacher Students answer the Loop game - Recognise interaction 20’
COMPREHENSION understanding of presents questions and cards Relate among
QUESTIONS contents and students with matches the words Interactive Recall students
CALP questionnaire with the definitions board
and gives Homework: Students
them cards for do research on the
the loop topics which turned
game, up with the K/W/L
Sets the chart
homework
 To expand and Teacher gives Students read the Worksheets with Investigate Review Interaction 45’
JIGSAW
deepen knowledge, materials, material (skim and material Organise Recall among
to facilitate supports and scan), share and prepared by the Explain Rephrase students
cooperation supervises communicate teacher check Describe
knowledge find
VISIT TO THE To gain a hands-on Teacher Students search for Exhibits in the Analyse Recall interaction
experience of the monitors works connected to museum and Evaluate Recognise between 120’
NATIONAL
objects/artefacts students’ work the topic, take pictures information Investigate Find teacher
MUSEUM OF To gather materials and supports and make sketches OR provided there, Organise Relate and student
IRELAND – for further tasks them with search for written Sketchbooks, Choose and among
ARCHEOLOGY instructions materials/inspiration notebooks, compose students
cameras

LAB ACTIVITY To check and Teacher Students use pictures Material from Compare Illustrate interaction 120’
enhance students’ monitors and and sketches to create the previous Apply between
knowledge. supports an illustrated board session, Choose teacher
To help them with designs and texts Design materials Produce and student
express in a OR Design and among
personal way what To Write a piece of Compose students
they have learned writing (an interview or Invent
a story) based on the Prioritise
experiences from the
trip

PRESENTATION To share, to Teacher gives Students present their Students own Explain Check
enhance feedback and work, explain and justify Presentations/ Justify Recall 50’
knowledge evaluates their choices and illustrated Judge understand
To encourage creative work. They ask boards Produce
communication questions about other
To evaluate students work