Picasso: The Man Who Broke the Rules of Painting

All levels48 minFamous PeopleLesson 3 of 6 · Outline

Aims

He could paint perfectly at fifteen, then spent his life painting badly on purpose. A B1 lesson about rules, style and changing your mind.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. News10 min

    In the news: The story

    Read a 165-word news story: He learned every rule of painting, then spent his life breaking them

  1. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words to know

    6 items

  2. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Looking again

    2 discussion questions

  3. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Rules and breaking them

    3 discussion questions

  4. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: A life of changes

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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