2. September 10th UNIT: ART & CULTURE Objective: Reading Comprehension

3. Shakespeare Beethoven Frida Kahlo LITERATURE MUSIC PAINTING

4. self portrait Kahlo stands borderline happiness sadness soil skull the word FORD

5. bright flowers the moon bowing his head light bulbs with a Mexican flag in her hands skyscrapers the sun spitting fire ancient temples other artifacts seem to march like robots

6. lightning the American flag idols stones smokestacks roots machines smoke cloud

8. II.- WHILE READING 1.- Read first and then confirm your prediction: 2.- Read again and underline the key words you find: 3.- Underline the right alternative: The text is : a) a poem b) a legend c) an article

9. 4.- Underline the best title for this text : a.- Understanding Frida's painting. b. - Understanding Mexican culture. c. - Industries in USA. 5.- Underline the right alternative. The text explains: a.- her life in Mexico. b.- the meaning of her picture. c.- her life in United States.

10. 5.- Match these two columns to make one sentence a.- Other artifacts seem 1- her thoughts and feelings in an imaginative way b. - Kahlo longed to return 2- through the United States with her husband c. - One part of the picture 3.- to march like robots d. - Kahlo tells us about 4.-shows her beloved Mexico f.- She was travelling 5.- to her homeland a b bb b c f d dd d

11. III. POST READING 1.- Classify words following the ideas that are expressed in Frida´s painting in this Venn diagram. Stones - ancient - clouds- Mexican flag - she stands - the word FORD - lightning - artifacts - temples - stones – idols - skulls – bright flowers – sun - a statue - the American flag - smokestacks – skyscrapers - chimneys - in her hands - roots - spitting fire - moon - light bulbs – sky - machines - bowing his head – soil – plants – happiness - sadness

12. SUN

14. 2.-Write an acrostic:FRIDAKAHLO LOWERS

15. 7.- Do you think this is a masterpiece? Why?

16. 1. – FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY. Visit these sites and choose one picture you like the best and one you dislike: http://www.fridakahlofans.com/paintingsenglish05.htm http://www.fridakahlo.com/art.shtml http://www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/worksofart/index.html