This document provides a lesson plan for an English class focusing on shapes and volumes for students aged 10-13. The lesson uses art-oriented activities to develop students' English skills. It has two parts: the first has students finding shapes in textures and the second has them drawing organic shapes inspired by music. Students will actively participate by creating art, analyzing shapes, and discussing their work. The goal is to stimulate students' creativity, build confidence using English and art, and have them find joy in abstract concepts.

1. DEVELOPING ENGLISH THROUGH ART ORIENTED ACTIVITIES
LESSON PLAN, THEME: SHAPES AND VOLUMES
School: “Carmen Sylva” College of Art, Ploiesti, Romania
Grades: lower secondary, 10 to 13 years old
Unit: “”Shaping” music into bi and three dimensional forms”
Teachers: Marin Liliana, Rădulescu Rodica
Lessontype: transdisciplinary lesson (fine art + music)
Lessonobjectives:
1-Cognitive objectives:
a) Stimulation of creativity using arts, English, music, mixed media and ITC;
b) To learn to build shapes having music as inspirational medium, to construct
shapes and contours using imagination and feelings as a tools;
2-Affective objectives:
a) To make students confident in themselves, when using English, creativity,
performing arts and computing;
Skills: communicating in English, draw, using different technics of mixed media in art;
Interaction: Teacher-Students; Students-Students;
Assessment activity: the students will be assessed on class participation, and for the percent of
creativity released.
Teaching technique: dialogue, draw, perform, questioning;
Method of teaching: Communicative approach
Time: 50 + 50 minutes
Motivation:
Q: What is a shape? What describe a shape? How can we tell where a shape begin or end? What
shapes can we create using sounds?
A: we can see shape all around us, the whole world is a mixture of shape which is distinguished
by light and shadow, by colors, by edges or textures.

2. In order to stimulate our imagination and develop our creativity we can play a game of seeking
or hiding shapes following the rhythm of music.
If we use an already painted surface (or painted by ourselves) with all kind of mixed colors, in
abstract way, let it dry, after that, using colored pencils with a strong color we should try to find
resemblance in resulted forms. If we look carefully we may have lovely surprises and discover
animals, leaves, flowers, dragons. (Playing hide and seek with shapes will give you lot of joy and
put your imagination to work!)
Materials: a square piece of paper - 10x10 cm , ruler , sticker , pins , scissor , colored pencils ,
polystyrene.
Music inspiration: “Bolero” – Maurice Ravel
Teachers activity Student activity Spent
time on
the
activity
The purpose of
activity
Teachers makes introduction
of subject, present the main
idea about Shapes and
Volumes, engage students in
conversation.
Students participate with
information; generate a
short brain-storming on
subject.
5’ Students get interested
in subject.
Teachers presents the main
parts of lesson, one part
about finding shapes hidden
in textures, and second part
hidden shapes in artistic
constructions.
Students takes notes,
prepare for lesson with
materials.
10’ Students prepares for
active participation.
Teachers present some
examples of how to re-
interpret the shapes using
samples of textured and
colored images.
Students listen and take
notices, ask question.
5’ Involve students in
active interest of
lesson.
Teachers help students to
engage in their own work,
help with cutting, drawing
and making textures with
colored pencils.
Students make their own
shapes.
20’ Active participation of
students, engagement
in the process.
Teachers provoke students to
find hidden shapes in
resulted abstract images.
Students find different
figurative shapes in
abstract forms resulted in
prior activity.
10’ Students find joy and
satisfaction in work
with abstract
concepts.
Teachers engage students in
according to the sounds
heard, to draw some organic
Students listen and take
notices, prepare with
materials.
10’ Students prepare for
active participation
and get active interest

3. shapes (in the meantime, the
music is going to play in the
background ).
in second part of
lesson.
Teachers present some
practical examples (short
video).
Students listen, ask
questions if necessary.
10’ Stimulate students
curiosity about second
part of lesson.
Teachers help students
during the work process.
Students engage in work,
testing and combining
technics, changing ideas.
20’ Active participation of
students, engagement
in the process.
Teachers stimulate students
to find practical and
theoretical conclusions from
the resulted images,
conceptual and aesthetical
analyze of the results.
Students participate at
analyses; find new form of
applications of the ideas.
10’ Forming conclusions
and evaluation.