Section BPeriod Two

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Read and write the words

What can you see in the picture?Can you fly a kite?Which city is famous for kites? A kite is a Chinese folk or traditional art form.Do you know other Chinese folk or traditional art forms?What are they?

shadow figures

Beijing Opera

sky lantern

Face-Changing in Sichuan Opera

paper cutting cloisonne景泰蓝

Chinese clay art

embroidery

new year paintings

lion dance

Food art (making figures using sugar ,flour)

tiger-head shoes

Chinese knots

Each different part of China has its own special forms of traditional art. These usually try to show the things that are important in life, such as love, beauty and family.

Teacher’s words:

1.What does the passage may talk about?

2.What kind of arts can you see in the picture?

1.It may talk about some Chinese traditional art.

2.They’re sky lanterns, paper cutting and Chinese clay.

Before you Before you readread

1Look at the title and the pictures on page 38. Then answer the questions.

Read the passage and complete the chart.2b P38

Traditional art form Materials used

sky lanterns

paper cutting

Chinese clay

bamboo and paper

paper

a very special kind of clay

1 What were sky lanterns used for before and what are they used for now?

2 What is a sky lantern made of?

They were used for asking for help when

in trouble in the past. Today sky lanterns

are used at festivals and other

celebrations.

It is made of bamboo and covered with paper.

Read Paragraph 2 and answer the questions.

While you While you readread

2

Sky lanterns

First used by Zhuge Kongming

Used for asking for help in the past .at festivals now

Made of bamboo, covered with paper, look like balloons

Symbol of : happiness and good wishes

First used byUsed for

Made of Symbol of

Paper cutting has been ________for over

1,500 years. It is ________ to do paper

cutting. The paper ,usually ____,is _____before it is ____with _______. The pictures are________, animals, and

the things about______________. They’re

the ________ of wishes for good luck and a

happy new year.

Read Paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks.

around

difficult

folded cut

symbols

redscissors

flowers

Chinese history

Paper cutting

History :over 1,500 years

Made of paper and scissorsBe fold and

cut with scissors

Pictures: flowers animals and

Things about Chinese

Put on windows, doors and walls

during the Spring Festival

Symbols of: wishes for good luck and a happy

new year

History ________ Materials_______

Picture______

Put on ______

Symbols of_____

1.What is Chinese clay art made of?

2. Why Chinese clay art is special?

It is made of a very special kind of clay.

Because these small pieces of clay art show the love that all Chinese people have for life and happy.

Read Paragraph 4 and answer the questions.

Task 3: Read paragraph four and put the steps for making clay art pieces in order.

_____ shaped by hand from a very special kind of clay

_____ allowed to air-dry

_____ fired at a very high heat

_____ they are then polished and painted

1

3

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Chinese clay art

Materials: a special kind of clay

Famous for: they are small but look real

Pictures: cute children or

lively charactersSteps :1 shaped by hand

2 allowed to air-dry3fired

4 polished and painted

Show the love that all Chinese people have for life and beauty

Materials_____Famous for______

Pictures_____

Steps______

Show________

Complete the sentences using

the correct forms of the phrases

in the box. (p39)

2d

such as turn…into send out

cover with rise into put…on

1. People used to ________ sky lanterns

when they were in trouble. But today,

people light the lanterns and watch

them ________ the sky with their

wishes.

send out

rise into

such as turn…into send out

cover with rise into put…on

2. The art of paper cutting ________ a

simple thing like a piece of paper ______

a beautiful piece of art. People often

_____ these art pieces ______the doors,

windows and walls of their homes to

celebrate the Spring Festival.

turnsinto

put on

such as turn…into send out

cover with rise into put…on

3. To make Chinese clay art, the

clay is shaped by hand into

things _________ cute children

or characters from Chinese

fairy tales and stories. They are

then ____________ paint.

such as

covered with

such as turn…into send out

cover with rise into put…on

观察与思考： 这篇文章的每一自然段的开头都有一句 __________,

它对该自然段起 ________ 作用，它可以帮助我们迅速了解文章大意。后面紧跟着对该主题句内容的 __________ 。这样设计文章结构的作用是：我们了解了文章大意后，再对文章做仔细阅读时，对较难的文章的理解就容易多了。

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Discuss the questions in your

group.

2e

1. Which art form do you think is the

easiest? Which is the most difficult?

Why?

2. Which art form would you like to

learn? Why?

Which art form do you

think is the easiest?

In my opinion, paper cutting is

the easiest. Because I’m good at

drawing and using scissors.

Which is the most difficult?

Why?

I think the sky lantern is the most difficult. Because the sky lantern must be light enough and it’s

difficult to keep its balance.

Which art form

would you like to

learn? Why?

I’d like to learn the

Chinese clay art.

Because I can have

fun making some cute

characters by myself.

Find the history of Chinese fans

1. Read the passage again after school.

2. What Chinese folk or traditional art

is in your hometown?Try to write a

short introduction on how to make it.