Andy Warhol: the king of pop art - English ESL video lesson

Task description & scene summary

Task description:

Reading comprehension about Andy Warhol. I expect students to focus on the listening. They would have to predict the content, exercise their memory and give their opinion about art.

Scene summary:

we get to know about his personal life, curiosities and his professional career.

Video source: Brief History of Andy Warhol: Pop Art King

Video length: 7 minutes 1 second

Video genre: N/A

Lesson type: Prediction game ("Guess what is going to happen next!")

Level:

Student types:

Copyright license: iSLCollective Copyright License

First published: 2017-11-04, 22:01:43 (GMT+1)

About the author

liz_29

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Video quiz questions (printable)

1) Who is he talking about?

Answer the question using your own words

2) How many sisters did Andy have?

three
two
none

3) What do you think "a helicopter mom" means?

Answer the question using your own words

4) What were his hobbies while he was sick in bed?

sketching
knitting
listening to music
watching films
sleeping

5) Andy did better than his classmates...

Fill the gap: Andy ________________________ his classmates.

6) He made 0.25 cents a pop means...

very easily
each one
he was popular

7) Do you think this painting is groundbreaking or dreadful? Justify your answer.

Answer the question using your own words

8) What did he snag with Glamour magazine?

Fill the gap: He snagged a great ________________________

9) Why did he change his name?

because a newspaper article dropped it
because it was shorter
he liked the typo mistake he found on an article

10) Order the words to make a sentence.

Put the words in order: first a of pop fitness collage advertisement surgery. was art facial food, His and

11) Why did Andy love to use wigs?

Answer the question using your own words

12) How many Campbells soups did Andy hang around a gallery?

Fill the gap: He hanged ________________________ Campbells soups.

13) What is pop art?

Put the words in order: encompasses celebrities. Pop comics art cars, and

14) Why did the actress shoot Andy?

she was jealous
Andy had stolen her car
she wanted to promote her career

15) In his oxidation paintings, Andy mixed metal paints and ...

acid in urine
Coke
poo
lemonade

16) When did he undergo gallbladder surgery?

Answer the question using your own words

17) How old was Andy when he died?

Fill the gap: He died at the early age of ________________________

Vocabulary list

"meek": shy, humble
"to snag": slang. catch, obtain
"groundbreaking": revolutionary, innovative

About the author

liz_29

KIERAN DONAGHY ABOUT ISLCOLLECTIVE VIDEO QUIZZES:

Kieran Donaghy,
Creator of FilmEnglish.com, a site with hundreds of high quality, free ESL/EFL lesson plans created around short films

Comments

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MacMo

2017-11-05 06:13:29

Thanks

Rayfrancesc

2017-11-05 20:59:24

Thanks

mangymoo

2018-01-07 10:45:47

will be useful for my English learners who are studying art. Many thanks!

LearnItTown

2018-03-10 11:18:22

Great job

batiz78

2018-10-29 10:49:15

great! thanks!

karaliene

2019-02-10 09:54:35

Inspirational! Thank you!

lilli69

2019-10-08 20:36:41

Thanks