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课件网) Writing an article about a person devoted to traditional crafts It is Traditional Arts Week. We are looking for articles about traditional crafts and the people doing them. The best articles will be posted on the school website. Describing a person Brainstorm: What do we usually mention when we describe a person Describing a person job age other important information personality appearance Group discussion: How can we describe an artist or craftsperson Review and discover Describing a craftsperson tools materials skills other important information his / her craft works Describing a craftsperson Brainstorm: When we describe a craftsperson, which things can we mention Section Types of information Words and expressions Grammar name, age, family background, life story, famous works, … … was born into… … was known as … … worked for … and then became … … were painted, … were created Reading famous works, … It was painted by ..., one of the ... He first made a rough drawing of ... Many experts think ... ... was such an amazing painting that ... Listening Why he / she continues to do this craft “I don’t make much money from teaching, but I love it.” Describing an artist or craftsperson Mr Chen’s fantastic dough figurines Name of the craftsperson What do you want to know about it Works Tools Materials Steps Making dough figurines Read and learn An example of how to describe a craftsperson Para 1: age education famous works his craft personality appearance Mr Chen His hands are _____ because he works with dough all the time. rough Learn from the language He is an _____ of a cultural heritage skill: dough figurines. inheritor He is over 50 years old now. Para 2: Mr Chen makes dough toys of different sizes. Only a small piece of dough and some simple tools are required to make a dough toy. Mr Chen uses his hands to turn the dough into different characters, like the Monkey King. Dough of different colours is used to make the toys more interesting. Both children and adults love dough toys made by Mr Chen. He is happy and proud to keep this traditional art alive. Works make … of different sizes / colours Tools & materials 1) … be required to … 2) … be used to … How he does it 1) use … to … 2) turn … into … Tense: The simple present How he feels about his craft be happy and proud to keep … alive Para 3: I like Mr Chen’s toys because they are very lovely and lifelike. I hope that one day I can learn to make dough toys. Opinion: (Para 3) It was wonderful / great / amazing to see his / her … I was amazed / impressed by … I wish … Tense: The simple present More sentence patterns: I like … because … I hope that … Summary A person devoted to traditional crafts Person Skills Opinion name job age appearance / other important information works tools / materials how he does it how he feels about his craft 1) I like … because … 2) I hope that … … Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Par ... ...
