Plan of the painting of Willie James the cat on the window. Speech development lesson

Municipal budget educational institution
"Komsomolskaya General Educational high school No. 2"
Komsomolsky district Chuvash Republic

Speech development lesson
Essay-reasoning on the picture
Willie James "The Cat in the Window"
"Promising Primary School" (4th grade)

Lesson developed by teacher primary classes
MBOU "Komsomolskaya Secondary School No. 2" CR
Alekseeva Lyudmila Pavlovna

Lesson topic:
“Essay on the painting by Willie James “The Cat on the Window”

Lesson objectives:
Continue to develop in schoolchildren an understanding of such a concept as reasoning, and master this type of text in practice.
Teach schoolchildren to reason, explaining clearly own opinion based on your observations, your social and life experience.
3. Learn to write an essay based on a picture, convey its content in a certain sequence;
4. Develop the child’s personality based on formation educational activities means of oral and written speech;
5. Consolidate knowledge about argumentative text as a type of speech, develop skills in working on argumentative essays;
6. Develop a feeling of love for others, careful attitude in pets.

Lesson equipment:
a painting of a cat, presentation material “Paintings of Willie James” and a portrait of the artist, a multimedia projector.

Lesson plan:
Organizing time.
Repetition of the text-reasoning.
-What types of texts do we know?
-What text is called reasoning? (an explanation of a phenomenon based on observations).
-What types of reasoning do we know? (reflection and explanation).
Working on the topic of the lesson. The lyrical beginning is reflection.
- Today we have an unusual lesson. What will it be about and what will it be like? I brought this cat to class.
(a picture of a cat is hung on the board)
Cats live all around us. They see and hear us. They feel good about kind people.
_____________ will tell us about cats.
(A little message Students talk about cats.)
(-The cat has been living next to humans for more than 5 million years. Africa is considered its homeland. From there it came to Egypt. The ancient Egyptians who built great pyramids cats were tamed from stones. There were a lot of mice in the cities at that time. The cat protected the harvest from rodents. The Egyptians declared the cat a sacred animal and held holidays in its honor. In the event of a fire, the Egyptian had to save the cat first. Killing a cat was punishable by death.
- In Rus', the cat also enjoyed the respect of the people. For example, in the 16th century it cost as much as a cow. It was considered a sign of home comfort and well-being. There are now 400 million cats in the world. Most of them are in Australia. There are cat museums around the world. There is such a museum in Moscow. The main attraction is the fluffy Siberian cat Boniface, who meets and sees off guests, rubbing against their legs.)

What do you think a cat might be thinking about?

What is the cat thinking about?

(I write down the children’s answers at the ends of the arrows.)
- So cats can think about a lot of things. Today we will not only talk about a cat, but also discuss what it is capable of thinking and reflecting on.
-Indeed, the cat has entered human life since ancient times. Moreover, while remaining absolutely independent, she managed to take one of the first places in the field human activity. No wonder people say: “He who has a cat is not afraid of loneliness.” Being a reliable friend and muse to many creative people, cats have inspired and continue to inspire writers, poets and musicians to create works that try to convey the diversity of characters and habits of these amazing animals.

Working on a painting by Willie James.

1 slide. (On the screen is Willie James’s painting “The Cat in the Window.”)
One of these cats attracted the attention of Swiss artist Willie James.
(The student talks about the artist).
Slide 2: (portrait of the artist)
Willie James was born in 1920 into a Swiss family. He started drawing when he was 18 years old. He organized his first exhibition in the then famous Paul Gallery. Soon after this he left for Paris. His paintings depict the lives of people on the street, walking home or from home. In total, his collection includes more than 400 paintings.

Slide 3: (paintings by Willie James)

We return again to slide 1 with the painting “Cat on the Window”,

Preparing to perceive the picture.

Open the textbook on page 55 (work on textbook questions). Imagine that you are that same cat. Think and voice your “cat” thoughts.

How tall is the house where the window is located? (The roofs of the neighboring houses are visible, which means that the house in which the window is located is quite high).

Did the cat end up on the window by chance, or does he live in this house?

Can we say that this winter day is sunny and cold? (The day is sunny, because golden-yellow reflections are visible on the walls of the houses. There is snow on the roof or they are covered with frost.)

Sitting on the window, can a cat observe life outside the window? (What is happening below, under the windows of the house), we cannot see. But the cat is clearly looking down and watching some movement on the street. The cat's attention may have been attracted by traffic, or by a dog with whom he was going for a walk, or by something else. Despite the fact that we do not see the cat's face, its silhouette is very expressive. His entire posture conveys attention and interest. He sits in the lighter and warmer part of the window sill, it is warm and cozy there. The cat clearly likes to sit on the window and watch life on the street.)

What is the cat thinking about?

Perhaps the cat is making some plans? (Try to answer this question from the cat’s point of view. The cat is presented here as a person.)

How long has the cat been sitting on the window, watching and thinking about something? (If you have observed the behavior of cats, you know that a cat can sit on the window for quite a long time. Pay attention to the cat’s pose: its tail comfortably curves around its body and legs, its neck is slightly stretched forward. The cat clearly feels comfortable and looks at the world with interest .)

6. Work in groups. Vocabulary work.
- Now let’s work in groups.
The first group describes the sky. This is the background of the picture.
The second group (central part or middle) is the picture outside the window.
Third group ( foreground) – describe the cat.
-On the board we write only phrases, beautiful unusual comparisons.?????
(afterwards, a representative of each group reads their statements out loud)

Working on drawing up an essay plan.
- There are 7 questions in the textbook, but you choose only 3-4 questions to answer. What should be the main part of this essay? What is the topic of the essay? What question do you absolutely have to answer?
7. Creating a situational picture.
-The beginning of an essay should be different for everyone. Maybe you can imagine that this is your cat or Willie James's cat. Express your assumption about the thoughts of a cat, that he can think like a person.
8. Independent work students. (5-8 min.)
9. Reflection. Reading received essays.
- Having collected your essays, we can make a small book called “What do cats think about?”
10. Lesson summary.
- Well done, you did a good job today. At home, prepare your essays on A-4 paper, draw your pet. We will release a small book.

Municipal budgetary educational institution

"Komsomolskaya comprehensive secondary school No. 2"

Komsomolsky district of the Chuvash Republic

Speech development lesson

Essay-reasoning on the picture

Willie James "The Cat in the Window"

“Promising Primary School” (4th grade)

Lesson developed by a primary school teacher

MBOU "Komsomolskaya Secondary School No. 2" CR

Alekseeva Lyudmila Pavlovna

Lesson topic:

“Essay on the painting by Willie James “The Cat on the Window”

Lesson objectives:

    Continue to develop in schoolchildren an understanding of such a concept as reasoning, and master this type of text in practice.

    Teach schoolchildren to reason, convincingly explaining their own opinions based on their observations, their social and life experience.

3. Learn to write an essay based on a picture, convey its content in a certain sequence;

4. Develop the child’s personality based on the formation of educational activities through oral and written speech;

5. Consolidate knowledge about argumentative text as a type of speech, develop skills in working on argumentative essays;

6. Develop a feeling of love for others, caring attitude towards pets.

Lesson equipment:

a painting of a cat, presentation material “Paintings of Willie James” and a portrait of the artist, a multimedia projector.

Lesson plan:

    Organizing time.

    Repetition of the text-reasoning.

What types of texts do we know?

What text is called reasoning? (an explanation of a phenomenon based on observations).

What types of reasoning do we know? (reflection and explanation).

    Working on the topic of the lesson. The lyrical beginning is reflection.

Today we have an unusual lesson. What will it be about and what will it be like? I brought this cat to class.

(a picture of a cat is hung on the board)

Cats live all around us. They see and hear us. They feel good about kind people.

_____________ will tell us about cats.

(Students tell a short story about cats.)

(-The cat has been living next to humans for more than 5 million years. Africa is considered its homeland. From there it came to Egypt. The ancient Egyptians, who built large pyramids of stones, tamed cats. There were a lot of mice in the cities at that time. The cat guarded the collected harvest from rodents. The Egyptians declared the cat a sacred animal, they held holidays in its honor. In case of a fire, the Egyptian had to save the cat first. Killing a cat was punishable by death.

In Rus', the cat also enjoyed the respect of the people. For example, in the 16th century it cost as much as a cow. It was considered a sign of home comfort and well-being. There are now 400 million cats in the world. Most of them are in Australia. There are cat museums around the world. There is such a museum in Moscow. The main attraction is the fluffy Siberian cat Boniface, who meets and sees off guests, rubbing against their legs.)

What do you think a cat might be thinking about?

What is the cat thinking about?

Portrait of a cat


About many things

(I write down the children’s answers at the ends of the arrows.)

This means cats can think about a lot of things. Today we will not only talk about a cat, but also discuss what it is capable of thinking and reflecting on.

Indeed, the cat has entered human life since ancient times. Moreover, while remaining absolutely independent, she managed to occupy one of the first places in the sphere of human activity. No wonder people say: “He who has a cat is not afraid of loneliness.” Being a reliable friend and muse to many creative people, cats have inspired and continue to inspire writers, poets and musicians to create works that try to convey the diversity of characters and habits of these amazing animals.

    Working on a painting by Willie James.

1 slide.(On the screen is Willie James’s painting “The Cat in the Window.”)

One of these cats attracted the attention of Swiss artist Willie James.

(The student talks about the artist).

Slide 2:(portrait of the artist)

Willie James was born in 1920 into a Swiss family. He started drawing when he was 18 years old. He organized his first exhibition in the then famous Paul Gallery. Soon after this he left for Paris. His paintings depict the lives of people on the street, walking home or from home. In total, his collection includes more than 400 paintings.

3rd slide: ( paintings by Willie James)

Back to again slide1 with the painting “Cat on the Window”,

    Preparing to perceive the picture.

Open the textbook on page 55 (work on textbook questions). Imagine that you are that same cat. Think and voice your “cat” thoughts.

    How tall is the house where the window is located?(The roofs of the neighboring houses are visible, which means that the house in which the window is located is quite high).

    Did the cat end up on the window by chance, or does he live in this house?

    Can we say that this winter day is sunny and cold?(The day is sunny, because golden-yellow reflections are visible on the walls of the houses. There is snow on the roof or they are covered with frost.)

    Sitting on the window, can a cat observe life outside the window?(What is happening below, under the windows of the house), we cannot see. But the cat is clearly looking down and watching some movement on the street. The cat's attention may have been attracted by traffic, or by a dog with whom he was going for a walk, or by something else. Despite the fact that we do not see the cat's face, its silhouette is very expressive. His entire posture conveys attention and interest. He sits in the lighter and warmer part of the window sill, it is warm and cozy there. The cat clearly likes to sit on the window and watch life on the street.)

    What is the cat thinking about?

    Perhaps the cat is making some plans? (Try to answer this question from the cat’s point of view. The cat is presented here as a person.)

    How long has the cat been sitting on the window, watching and thinking about something?(If you have observed the behavior of cats, you know that a cat can sit on the window for quite a long time. Pay attention to the cat’s pose: its tail comfortably curves around its body and legs, its neck is slightly stretched forward. The cat clearly feels comfortable and looks at the world with interest .)

6. Work in groups. Vocabulary work.

Now let's work in groups.

First group describes the sky. This is the background of the picture.

Second group(central part or middle) - a picture outside the window.

Third group(foreground) – describe the cat.

On the board we write only phrases, beautiful unusual comparisons. ?????

(afterwards, a representative of each group reads their statements out loud)

    Working on drawing up an essay plan.

There are 7 questions in the textbook, but you will only select 3-4 questions to answer. What should be the main part of this essay? What is the topic of the essay? What question do you absolutely have to answer?

7. Creating a situational picture.

The beginning of an essay should be different for everyone. Maybe you can imagine that this is your cat or Willie James's cat. Express your assumption about the thoughts of a cat, that he can think like a person.

8. Independent work of students. (5-8 min.)

9. Reflection. Reading received essays.

By collecting your writings, we can make a small book called “What do cats think about?”

10. Lesson summary.

Well done, you did a good job today. At home, prepare your essays on A-4 paper, draw your pet. We will release a small book.

The painting by Willie James shows a cat looking thoughtfully at the street. More precisely, it is almost a silhouette of a cat, it is poorly drawn. It can be seen that the glass of the window is frosted with frost, the roofs of the houses are white with snow, and smoke can be seen from some of the chimneys. The figure of a cat makes you think about something eternal, you can also sit by the window, when you imagine yourself as a participant in this picture, it seems that time has stopped, you think about the meaning of life.

The picture hides a certain mysticism. The fabulous outlines of the sky, slightly strange medieval houses, all this evokes some kind of dreaminess. Fuzzy outlines in the picture allow a person to add something of his own to it. Even the colors of the picture themselves, white and blue, create a feeling of unreality, it does not seem like an ordinary picture, there is some kind of magic here.

In this picture you can imagine yourself as an observer cat. He peacefully watches the city from the window, the lives of people without participating in it. He's on his own. Stories from the life of a cat come to mind, how he walked the streets when it was not so cold yet, they are funny and interesting. The cat peers into the white street, there is something mystical about it. But at the same time, we can say that this cat is simply watching people walk on the street, purely out of natural curiosity.

In any case, each person sees this picture in his own way, but no one can just pass by it without holding his gaze.

Fine art involves refracting the world through the lens of the artist’s consciousness. Any work of art contains part of the artist’s soul. There is a certain mysticism in any picture, even if the picture depicts things that are completely understandable to any person. Every person sees a certain picture in its own way, there is no single view of the picture.

Description 2

An artist always wants to depict on canvas something fabulous, mystical, or a moment from real life. Looking at the work of artist Wiley James, a mysterious black cat sits and looks out of the window at the rooftops. Outside the window opens interesting picture It’s a beautiful winter day, snow is falling and falling on the roofs of neighboring houses.

If you look closely at the painting “Cat on the Window”, you can see a plot from a fairy tale or mysticism in the drawing. Looking at the image, you see a black cat, cats are often considered a mystical animal, he closely monitors how life goes on in his native area. Or this black cat likes to sit on this windowsill, he wants to go for a walk and run around white snow, but he stayed at home and admired the view from his window.

Wiley James managed to convey not only a beautiful image, but also something more. The picture is fascinating and gives us the opportunity to fantasize ourselves. The black cat is so intrigued and fascinated by what is happening in his domain. His goal is to control everything that happens outside the window; the cat sat down on his favorite window.

The artist managed to capture in the picture the moment of a wonderful, mystical intervention of a black cat, as if he were from fairy world moved to our real world. The creator of the picture was bewitched and intrigued by the appearance of the cat on the window, and Wiley James gave the viewer the opportunity to see the delight. And gave me the opportunity to look at the world around me through the eyes of a cat.

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  • In Wiley James's painting "Cat on the Window" I see a large window with the sashes open. The cat is sitting on the windowsill. And it's cool outside. There is snow on the roofs of houses, the sun is shining through the clouds.

  • The cat lives for a long time in this very tall house. I think that the window sill is the cat’s favorite place, besides the sofa.

  • The cat watches cars rushing along the street and people walking. He probably dreams of running through the snow, going to the kitchen and eating a piece of meat, drinking milk. But it’s more interesting outside the window than in the kitchen.

  • The cat sits on the windowsill for so long that his owner Wiley James painted the picture “Cat on the Window.”


  • At noon, a little girl and her mother came to the young artist. They came for the artist to paint a portrait of the girl. The young artist sat the girl on a chair and placed the canvas in the middle of the large room. He put a wooden sketchbook on the floor near the easel, took a palette and many different brushes in his left hand, and in his right hand he holds a brush.

  • The girl posed for a long time. Out of fatigue, she leaned against her mother. Mom told her: “Daughter, sit up straight.”


  • In Willie James's painting "The Cat in the Window" I see a large window. Looking out the window you can see the roofs of other houses. This means that this building is much higher than the others. The sun's rays peek through the heavy clouds.

  • A cat is sitting on the windowsill. Sitting on the window, the cat watches pedestrians, cars, birds. It seems to me that the cat thinks that everyone he sees has their own life. Pedestrians are in a hurry somewhere, sparrows fight with each other over the crumbs they find.

  • The cat sits on the window for a long time because it is his favorite place.


  • The artist captured the boys on a sunny summer day. The guys are sitting on the veranda. They are dressed like villagers in dirty shirts and short pants. Their feet are bare. The boys sit stiffly and their postures indicate that they are waiting for something.

  • The boy in the straw hat has a concentrated and embarrassed expression on his face. And his friend is concentrated with a sparkle of interest in his eyes.


  • The village where I was born and live is called Purpe. He is 30 years old. He is very handsome and calm.

  • I would show the guests our club “Builder” and my school No. 1. I would introduce them to my first teacher. Took me to television, to a new clinic, a fire station and a house children's creativity. At KS-02 there is an Obelisk to the fallen heroes of the Great Patriotic War. Living in our village is interesting and not boring. I would also show the ice drift on the Pur River, the huge bridge across it and our forest - mushroom and berry places.

  • Good people, real craftsmen, work in the village. There are also poets - N.F. Koval, S. Pinskaya, and the artist T.N. Khusnutdinova. Residents work in oil and gas production, on the railroad, and in construction.

  • I like my village, I love my friends, my region and the park through which I go to school.


  • Of course, the village of Purpe is very small, but it also has its own attractions. One of which is the church, the sight of which will take your breath away. It is made entirely of wood, the domes glisten in the sun.

  • There are three schools in Purpa. The first school has a museum. There is also a House of Children's Creativity and an Art School in Purpa.

  • Every year the village grows and improves. A new large clinic and beautiful houses have been built. A station and a sports complex are being built, which will have a swimming pool.

  • I love my village because this is my homeland and I was born here.


  • My village is located in a very beautiful place. He's so unusual. It snows here even in summer. There are many different mushrooms, berries, and coniferous trees in the forests. Many different beautiful birds fly to our region. And in winter there are big snowdrifts.

  • And the people here are also extraordinary. For example, Nina Afanasyevna Smolnikova. She is a pioneer, plays in the Ovation Theater, sings, and recites poetry at concerts and competitions. Nikolai Fedorovich Koval also lives in the village. He sings, writes music and writes poetry.

  • In our village there is an administration, four kindergartens, three secondary schools, art school, Obelisk - a monument to those killed in the Great Patriotic War. Our school has a museum. It contains interesting exhibitions about the history of the village, our school, the Cossacks. One exhibition is dedicated to Yaroslav Vasilenko, our fellow countryman, a student of our school, who died on a combat mission in Chechnya.

  • A high window, snow-covered roofs and a heavy sky - all these are elements of Willie James's painting “The Cat in the Window”. But the hero himself, after whom the canvas is named, quietly sat down in the corner of the window sill and carefully peers into the distance.

    I wonder what was so interested in this black cat? Maybe he's waiting for someone. But suddenly... “Cats don’t wait... My stupid, stupid Man.” This is a line from Eduard Asadov’s poem “The Story of a Cat and Her Man.” Of course this can't be true.

    Cat But suddenly, suddenly it’s that same cat. She looks outside and waits for a familiar shadow to flash on the threshold, for heavy steps to echo a pleasant melody in this tiny heart. He will come in, he will smile, he will say to her: “Hello!” And she... She will squint, twitch her ear, wave her tail and not even look at him. And he won't get angry. After all, he knows how much love and warmth there is in these seemingly dismissive movements.

    ... But it's not her.
    Or maybe this is a cat from the Scarlet Fairy poems? Yes. Yes! I can already hear those very words ringing in my head:

    "If she were a cat,
    She would be homey.
    Fluffy so...real.
    I would look out the window during the day..."

    View from the window This is the same cat! I believe! I know! Oh, how many beautiful poems, how many memories awaken when you look at this picture. And melancholy, and loneliness, and tenderness, delight, love, hope... So much is hidden in these outlines of just one domestic black cat. Not bright houses It’s not the soft snow or the high sky that makes this picture so attractive. It's all a black cat. Perhaps it’s all because people themselves sometimes, like a cat, sit on the window and look somewhere into the distance, expecting something, or simply their gaze gets lost in the web of endless streets and alleys.

    But what if it's all just my imagination? What if it's just snow, just roofs, just houses, just a window and just a cat? No. All wrong. I know! I know this because the “Cat on the Window” lives in each of us.