LESSON OVERVIEW

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

• talk about creative jobs and tasks;
• practise giving suggestions politely and responding to them;
• watch a video on two famous painters and their creations.

Students discuss creativity at work, watch a video about two famous artists and their paintings and share their opinions. They talk about client feedback, rewrite statements to make them sound more polite and practise polite ways to give and respond to suggestions (e.g. What if you tried…?, I’d rather not…). Students also work in pairs and role-play the roles of a client and a creator, giving and responding to feedback.

WARM-UP AND VIDEO

This lesson focuses on giving suggestions politely and begins with a warm-up. Students rank professions (e.g. architect, office manager, musician) from most to least creative and explain the order they chose. They then discuss questions about creativity at work. Afterwards, students watch a video about two famous artists and their paintings. Before watching, they discuss their paintings by sharing opinions. Next, students watch the video and choose the best summary. Following that, they watch the video again and tick things that the clients suggest changing. Students write down details about each change. Moving on, they discuss questions about creative work and client feedback. 

PHRASES FOR GIVING SUGGESTIONS POLITELY

In this part of the lesson, students choose the correct word in sentences where people give suggestions politely. They then match the statements to the items they refer to. After that, students match responses to the comments from the previous task. Next, they rewrite statements (e.g. The font you chose is ugly) to make them sound more polite, using phrases for giving suggestions politely (e.g. Have you thought about…?, I’d suggest that…, What if you tried…?). Then, students respond to the sentences from the previous exercise using polite responses (e.g. I’d rather not…, I see your point, but…, It’s definitely worth…). Finally, they work in pairs. Student A is a client who chooses a creative project and gives Student B suggestions. Student B is a creator and responds to the comments. They use phrases for giving and responding to suggestions. Students also swap roles. 

HOMEWORK/REVISION

This lesson also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students find and correct mistakes in sentences. They then match the sentences with suggestions. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.