Students learned about the life and art of Claude Monet through researching his biography and style of Impressionism. They created their own artwork in Monet's style using watercolors. Finally, students analyzed each other's artwork, providing feedback on effective use of color, technique, and composition.

1. Painting in Monet’s style
4th level

2. Objectives to agree with students
• 10 Tips for learning success
• Engage students in having interest about Monet’s life and his
artwork.
• Use ICT to find information about his work and life.
• Appreciate the childhood and life of a well-known artist
• Explore different materials, flashcards, books, stories, power point
...
• Work individually and collaborative
• Use appropriate language
• Complete his/her own artwork
• Use the materials with responsibility
• Provide suggestions to improve their work
• Talk about similarities/differences between the artist and their
work.

3. Information about Monet
• At school students have read a synopsis of
Monet.
• At home they have make some research about
life and artwork of Monet.
• With the information they have found and
are given they answer some questions to
check understanding and meaning.

4. MONET Synopsis:
• Claude Monet was a famous painter. His work gave a name to the art movement
Impressionism. He was interested in capturing light and natural forms.
• Claude Monet was born on November 14th in 1840 in Paris, France. His parents
were Adolphe and Louise. He grew up with his brother Leon. Monet didn’t like
staying inside classrooms in general, he preferred being outside. At very early age
he developed a love of drawing. He filled his schoolbooks with sketches of people,
including caricatures of his teachers. His father wanted him to be in the shipping
business like him but his mother supported his artistic efforts.
• He married Camille who was his muse. They had two children: Jean and Michel.
• Monet liked to work outdoors, in contact with nature: landscape, seascapes, fields,
portraits…
• Monet sometimes got frustrated with his paintings and destroyed many of them.
He once wrote: “My only merit lies in having painted directly in front of the nature”
• He is best known today for his series of “Water lilies” in Giverny, France. He
considered this place a source of inspiration. There, he painted his lily pond over
and over again. He enjoyed watching how things change between dawn and dusk,
or summer and winter, seeing colour and light.

5. MONET: Questions
• Explicit:
• Say true/false
• Monet was English___________
• Monet did lots of sketches in his schoolbooks_________
• Monet wanted to work with his father_____________
• Implicit:
• What career did Monet want to follow?
• ________________________________
• In which aspect was Giverny important to Monet?
• _____________________________________
• Reflective:
• Do you know more well- known artists?
• _______________________________________
• What do you appreciate in his “Water lilies?
(colour/shape/composition/light)
• _______________________________________

6. Practicing with watercolours

7. Monet: Revision activity
• Part 1:
• Complete the gaps using these words:
Impressionism; Drawing; Artistic; Painter; Caricatures; Paris
• Claude Monet was a famous___________. His work gave a name
to the art movement __________________. He was interested in
capturing light and natural forms.
• Claude Monet was born on November 14th in 1840
in___________, France. His parents were Adolphe and Louise. He
grew up with his brother Leon. Monet didn’t like staying inside
classrooms in general, he preferred being outside. At very early
age he developed a love of_____________. He filled his
schoolbooks with sketches of people, including ______________of
his teachers. His father wanted him to be in the shipping business
like him but his mother supported his _____________efforts.
• He married Camille who was his muse. They had two children:
Jean and Michel.

8. • Part 2:
• Complete the gaps using these words:
Winter; Seascapes; Nature; dawn
• Monet liked to work outdoors, in contact with nature:
landscape,_________ , fields, portraits…
• Monet sometimes got frustrated with
his____________ and destroyed many of them. He
once wrote: “My only merit lies in having painted
directly in front of the____________”
• He is best known today for his series of “Water lilies” in
Giverny, France. He considered this place a source
of____________. There, he painted his lily pond over
and over again. He enjoyed watching how things
change between ________and dusk, or summer
and__________, seeing colour and light.

9. Sharing information

10. Video about Monet paintings
It’s a musical video with images, no text.
Before watching the video, students form two groups with a little task each one:
•Focus on the setting
•Focus on the people
Once they watched it, they share their information and we agree on important aspects
about Monet’s artwork.
The art of Claude Monet in Motion”

11. • Warm up activity, Group work
• Make groups and give the following points to talk
about:
• What do you remember about his life?
• As a child/ adult
• Family
• His artistic works: movement he represents/ his style/
inspiration
• About the stories: title/ Characters/ settings
• After a while, ask them to share their ideas and
knowledge. They can use the table to support the
language
Project: Design their own Monet’s
style artwork

12. Oral Support
I know
I remember
That he used to
Preferred
Liked
Didn’t like
Had
Being outside
Being in classrooms
Nature
Monet Painted
Worked
Was
liked
I like
I don’t like
The story....... because Is......
Appears
The painting
The girl/boy/Monet...

13. Designing their own Monet’s style
artwork
• The students have several Monet pictures. They have to
choose the one they will use to carry on the task. They
can use a viewfinder (framer) if it’s necessary to focus on
one specific part of the picture.
• Then, they choose the material needed: Art paper, paint
and brushes, water and tissue paper. They are going to
use water colours.
• They start using a pale colour for the base of his/her
picture: ochre, blue, green, brown... Then, they continue
adding colour and making layers of water colour on the
paper. They finish paying attention to details: small
things. When the picture is dry, they can use a black pilot
to intensify specific features.

15. Display of the artworks

17. Oral Assessment
• This is the moment when the students can
reflect on their own and others artwork. They
have some minutes to have a look at all of the
pictures displayed.
• First, they start analysing their own work:
I think my
picture is
Nice
Lovely
Balanced
Artistic
Chaotic
because
the colours
the details
the
composition
.......

18. Second, they have to give opinion of his/her
colleague’s paintings:
I
like..........painting
I love................
I preferred............
becaus
e
the colours
the details
the
compositio
n
.......
is
are
seem
looks
like
Nice
Lovely
Balance
d
Artistic
Chaotic
......

19. Rubric to assess the project
4 3 2 1
Group work
 Contribute actively
 Respect others
opinions and task
 Contribute a little
 Listen to each other
with respect
 Poor contribution
 Listen but don’t
respect turns
 Behave passively
 Don’t respect
Oral Presentation
 Excellence opinion of
his and others work
 Provide suggestions
to improve
 Clear ideas when
comparing works
 Good opinion of his
and others work
 Provide one or two
suggestions to
improve
 Some ideas when
comparing works
 Try to give opinion
but confusing
 Provide few words to
others works
 Not relevant ideas
when comparing
 Poor use of key art
words
 Poor or not
participation
 Can’t find differences
or similarities.
Artwork Design
 The design is original
and creative
 Excellence use of the
colour and technique
 The design is
attractive
 Good use of the
colour and technique
 The design is OK
 Good try but needs
more work and
details
 The design is not
finished
 Poor use of the
technique

20. Self-assessment check list
A lot Some A little
 Engaged in Monet’s life and his artwork.
 Used ICT to find information about his work and life.
 Appreciated the childhood and life of a well known artist
 Explored different materials, flashcards, books, stories,
power point ...
 Worked individually and collaborative
 Used appropriate language
 Completed your own artwork
 Used the materials with responsibility
 Provided suggestions to improve their work
 Talked about similarities/differences between the artist
and their work.