A selection of English ESL art ppt slides with general reading comprehension, reading comprehension

A fun lesson on superhero characteristics and attire. I have them read some of the comic strips and ask them to tell me about what's happennig. There is a comic book creation activity for them to try to be creative. IShould be fun!

Superheroes

I made this PowerPoint presentation for my EFL class. It is to enhance their vocabulary and to learn diverse words that they can use to express their feelings, emotions and to give colors to their English speaking skill.

Be More Expressive

Use in order to introduce vocabulary connected with entertainment. You may add your own words. It's possible to print it and use as flashcards.

                     

Art and Entertainment

This project is about a wonderful kind of Art - photography, about its history and modern development. It can be used as an additional reading material studying Modern Art.

Photography

Movies, monsters, creatures, sentences, pronunciation, vocabulary

Movies, monsters, creatures, sentences, pronunciation, vocabulary

Movies, monsters, creatures, sentences, pronunciation, vocabulary

Movies, monsters, creatures, sentences, pronunciation, vocabulary

Movies, monsters, creatures, sentences, pronunciation, vocabulary

Movies, monsters, creatures, sentences, pronunciation, vocabulary

Movies, monsters, creatures, sentences, pronunciation, vocabulary

Movies, monsters, creatures, sentences, pronunciation, vocabulary

creepy creatures

A story about Camille and the Sunflowers in Present tense. Students will learn about Van Gogh's biography by reading to a story. The materials have been adapted to the children's level. 

Camille and the Sunflowers

A powerpoint lesson about Forms of Art. It includes target vocabulary on Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Literary Arts. You can also find some speaking questions and a reading text at the end of the slide.

The ARTS Presentation

This powerpoint is an introduction of Shakespeare's Globe in London. It talks about the differents parts of the theatre, costumes, the scenery, crossgender etc.

Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre

It's a power point presentation about famous Canadian architect Frank O Gehry with specific reference to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. It contains information about his life, his career, his main works around the world. Students will get to know about the Movement of Deconstructivism and how its principles were applied in the planning of Bilbao Guggenheim Museum

Frank O'Gehry and the Guggenheim Museum

Thailand Curriculum, Primary 6, English 1 Unit 1 Lesson 1 



Family and Friends 6 Class Book

- but matches the Thai Primary Curriculum anyway

Starter

"Where does Tom come from?"

Thailand Curriculum, Primary 6, English 1 Unit 1 Lesson 1 

One of the widely used styles for cartoon explainer videos is 2D Animation. And there are many reasons behind that. Cartoon Animated Videos are considered attractive, engaging, and adds a touch of personal connection between the viewer and the business. The use of modern and lively characters, fascinating backgrounds, and colorful environments add a special touch to the video hence making it one of the widely chosen styles.

The 5 Best Cartoon Explainer Videos.

Students begin the lesson by looking at images of famous artworks and answering guided questions about each piece. They identify the name of the artwork, the artist, the artist’s country, and the year it was created. This stage activates background knowledge and introduces the topic of art in an engaging, visual way.


Students then read short informational texts about each artwork. While reading, they focus on understanding key facts and ideas, including the historical background, the artist’s intentions, and interpretations of the artwork. Target vocabulary is recycled through concept-check questions to support comprehension and reinforce meaning.


After reading, students answer comprehension questions related to each text. These questions encourage learners to recall information, interpret meaning, and notice how vocabulary is used in context. This stage helps consolidate understanding and checks reading comprehension.


Next, students discuss selected questions orally, such as theories about the artwork or the identity of figures shown. This provides controlled speaking practice and encourages students to express opinions using newly learned vocabulary in a supportive context.


In the final task, students write a short paragraph about their favourite artist. They include the name of the artist, a piece of art they admire, where the artist is from, and the year the artwork was created. Students may add extra interesting details if they wish, allowing for personalisation and freer written production.

Learn English with Art! B1

General reading comprehension

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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how to accuse somebody of something in English

how to apologize, say sorry, forgive and express regret in English

how to ask for information and make inquiries in English

how to ask for something, make requests in English

how to blame somebody for something in English

how to defend yourself from criticism in English

how to deny or admit something in English

how to describe things or people in English

how to emphasize important things in English

how to encourage or discourage people in English

how to evaluate people or progress in English

how to express agreement /disagreement in English

how to express approval and disapproval  in English

how to express cause and effect in English

how to express interest in something in English

how to express likelihood, probability in English

how to express likes and dislikes in English

how to express sequence and chronology in English

how to express shock and disbelief in English

how to express sympathy and condolences in English

how to give permission, authorization in English

how to inform somebody about some news in English

how to interpret what was said in English

how to keep a conversation going in English

how to make guesses about something in English

how to make, accept and refuse offers in English

how to order or make a booking in English

how to persuade, convince people in English

how to praise people and express appreciation in English

how to reassure somebody of something in English

how to refuse and object to something in English

how to remind people of something in English

how to rephrase, paraphrase what was said in English

how to say thank you, express gratitude in English

Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

Writing an opinion essay (persuasive essay)

Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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14 Art, General reading comprehension, Reading Comprehension English ESL powerpoints