Out of Hours

T-Shirt Printing 1

First of a three-session mini project

Discussion: Show videos of art critics speaking about art; read out extracts of passages of art criticism. The aim is to introduce a range of examples where specialised and technical art terminology is being used. Discuss reactions to it as a group. How does the use of language differ from everyday conversation, for example in the playground?

Location: in school

Learning Objectives

To make students aware of different language registers, for example formal and informal language
To expand students' knowledge of specialised and technical art terminology
To work creatively with text messaging slang
To create a text based T-shirt design