Unit 3 Making a book about unusual pictures

Have you heard of pictures drawn by means of sand? Welcome and enjoy a video on how to make pictures by means of sand.

Have you heard of other ways to create unusual pictures? There are also many other ways to create unusual pictures.

Read the article about unusual pictures. Skim the text and answer the following questions: How many unusual ways to create pictures are mentioned in the passage? What are they?

Read the passage carefully and fill in the following chart:

TypeThings needed Way to make pizza faces a variety of foods; camera; think about the pattern make a face with the foods on a pizza take a photo of it

TypeThings needed Way to make string pictures feather and seashell pictures card; thin string; glue; crayon or pencil draw the outline on the card spread the glue on the card put the string on the glue paint the string feathers; seashells; card; glue think about the pattern lay all the pieces out on the card stick them down

TypeThings needed Way to make string pictures feather and seashell pictures card; thin string; glue; crayon or pencil draw the outline on the card spread the glue on the card put the string on the glue paint the string feathers; seashells; card; glue think about the pattern lay all the pieces out on the card stick them down

rubbish pictures rubbish prints TypeThings needed Way to make rubbish including plastic, aluminums, cloth and paper; strong paper card; glue put the rubbish on a card stick the rubbish onto the card spray the different sections with paint a tin can or old pieces of cloths; paint; card dip one end of a tin can into paint press the painted rubbish on a card to make different shapes

Part B Work in groups to discuss the following questions 1. Which idea do you think is the most interesting? 3. How would you use them to make unusual pictures? 2. What other things could you make unusual pictures from?

Doing your project 1. Planning: grouping the students into a team of three or four and decide on the name of their unusual picture Our topic ______________________________ ____________________.

Doing your project 2. Preparing: discussing the tasks for each member of the team Who is responsible for the design of the unusual picture? Who takes charge of the materials to be found? Who writes the text? Who presents the oral report? The deadline for our project is _____________________________

Doing your project 3. Producing: Each member of the group starts his/her work within the time due. Before the given time is due, remind the students to edit their text like sentence structure, organization, punctuation, vocabulary, grammar, spelling, etc.

Doing your project 4. Presenting: (1) When the set time is due, ask the students to present their report orally. (2) Put their art works on the display wall of the classroom for everyone to see.

Let’s work together to make a display wall with your marvelous work of art!

1. slice n. 1) [C] a flat, often thin, piece of food that has been cut from a larger piece: a slice of bread/cake cucumber/lemon slices Would you like another slice of ham/beef? 2) [S] a part of sth., such as an amount of money: We agreed before we did the deal that we’d both take an equal slice of the profit. The film presents us with a fascinating slice of history.

3) [C] a kitchen utensil with a wide blade which is used for serving pieces of food: a cake/fish slice v. 1) [T] to cut sth. into thin, flat pieces: Slice the mushrooms thinly and fry in butter. [+ two objects] Could you slice me a very thin piece of cake/slice a very thin piece of cake for me? 2) [I + adv. or prep.] to easily cut into or through sth. with a sharp knife: He screamed as the blade sliced into his leg. FIGURATIVE She watched his slim strong body as it sliced effortlessly through the water.

2. stick: verb [I or T; usually + adverb or preposition] (stuck, stuck) sliced adj. cut into thin flat pieces: sliced bread/ham/tomato slicer n. [C] a machine or tool for slicing particular types of food: an egg/bread/meat slicer

She stuck the needle into my arm. 她把针戳到我的胳膊里。 (1) to push a pointed object into or through something, or (of a pointed object) to be pushed into or through something and stay there: (2) [I or T] to cause something to become fixed as if with glue or another similar substance:

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