1. What are the shirts made of?
Unit 5
What are the shirts made of?

2. Section B
Period Four

3. Chinese clay
sky lanterns
Chinese New Year Paintings
paper cutting

4. Shadow Puppet Play
Chinese knot
Beijing Opera facial masks
Chinese Embroidery

5. 2b Read the passage and complete the chart below
Traditional art form
Materials used
Symbols of 1. 2. 3.

6. 2b Read the passage and complete the chart below
Traditional art form
Materials used
Symbols of
1. sky lanterns
bamboo and paper
happiness and good wishes
2. paper cutting
paper
wishes for good luck and a happy new year
3. Chinese clay
clay pieces
love for life and beauty

7. Read the passage again and answer the questions.(方案1）
What do traditional Chinese art forms try to show?
What were sky lanterns used for before and what are they used for now?
What kinds of pictures are usually found on paper cuttings?
How do people use paper cuttings during the Spring Festival?
What are the steps for making clay art pieces?
Which art form do you think is the most interesting? Why?

8. What do traditional Chinese art forms try to show?
What were sky lanterns used for before and what are they used for now?
3. What kinds of pictures are usually found on paper cuttings?
They try to show the things that are important in life, such as love, beauty and family.
They were used to ask for help when in trouble. Now they are used at festivals and other celebrations.
Flowers, animals, and things about Chinese history.

9. 4. How do people use paper cuttings during the Spring Festival?
5. What are the steps for making clay art pieces?
6. Which art form do you think is the most interesting? Why?
They are put on windows, doors and walls as symbols of wishes for good luck and a happy new year.
The pieces are carefully shaped by hand from a very special kind of clay and then allowed to air-dry. After drying, they are fired at a very high heat. Then they are polished and painted.

10. 方案2 Read again and fill in the charts below. Sky lanterns
History
They were first used by __________
They were sent out to _______________
Now
They are used at ________
Zhuge Kongming
ask for help when in trouble.
festivals and
other celebrations.

11. Flowers, animals, and things about Chinese history.
Paper cutting
History
It has been around for over ________________
Making
It sounds easy but it can be _____________.
The paper is usually ______
It ______________ before it is cut.
Features
______________________ are often found on paper cutting.
They are put on _____________________.
1,500 years
difficult
red
is folded
Flowers, animals, and things about Chinese history.
windows, doors and walls

12. The steps of making Chinese clay
The pieces __________________ by hand.
It allowed to _____
They ________ at a very high heat.
They are _______
are carefully shaped
air-dry
are fired
polished and painted

13. 2d Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the phrases in the box.
such as, turn… into, send out, cover with, rise into, put…on
send out
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.
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.
rise into
turns
into
put on

14. 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

15. 3a What are some special things that your town/city is famous for
3a What are some special things that your town/city is famous for? These can be food, artwork or any other products. Discuss them with a partner and take notes.
What the product is
What it is made of/from
Who it is made by
Where it is made
What it can do
Why it is special

16. Writing

17. The shadow puppet play, also called "shadow play", is a drama form
The shadow puppet play, also called "shadow play", is a drama form. The player holds the human figures that are engraved by the animal hides with colored paintings, and reflected on the curtain through the light. They sing and dance, and they are controlled by the player with the silk string. A series of stories are played behind the curtain. It is widely spread in most regions in China. In Yuan Dynasty, the Chinese shadow plays were introduced into other countries. In Ming and Qing Dynasties, it had some new developments. Nowadays, the Chinese shadow puppet plays have been collected by the museums of many countries in the world.

18. Homework
Finish and polish your writing.

19. Thank you.