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Objectives of the activity:

- Know some pieces of art

- Identify feelings interpreting body language and face expressions.

- Listen to other’s opinions

- Reach agreements with other partners

- Try to imitate the gestures

- Practice adjectives vocabulary in English

Exercise 1. Observe these pictures and try to choose the feelings that best describe their

face or body. You can choose one of the feelings proposed or write any oher adjective/s

you consider. Then, discuss your answers with other partners.

- SERIOUS - CALM - SUSPICIOUS – SAD – BORED - HAPPY ________

Gioconda by Leonardo da Vinci

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- SAD - FRUSTRATED - SHY - FRIGHTENED - DISTRUSTING ________

Self protrait by Van Gogh

- INTERESTED - BORED - LOST -CONCENTRATED - NERVOUS ________

Renoir: Girls playing the piano

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- FRIGHTENED – DESPERATED – SURPRISED – SAD -ASTONISHED ________

Coubert: protrait of the artist

- INTERESTED – RECEPTIVE - THOUGHTFUL - PLEASED

Vermeer: Girl with a pearl earring

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- DESPERATED - BORED - FRIGHTENED - SURPRISED ________

Munch: the Scream

- TIRED - PROUD - SERIOUS -ANGRY - PENSIVE _________

Rembrant: Old Man

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- ANGRY - BAD TEMPERED - DISSAPOINTED - __________

Grant Wood: American Gothic

- RELAXED - HAPPY - CALM - GOOD _________

Renoir: The umbrellas

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