(共18张PPT)
Period4 Developing ideas-writing
Unit4 Amazing art
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CONTENTS
Homework
Writing
Reading
Reading
Part 1
Writing about an artwork
Activity 5 Read the museum introduction to the painting and answer the questions.
Sunflowers
Arles, Junuray 1889,
Vincent van Gogh(1853-1890)
oil on canvas, 95cm by 73cm
What else do you know about Van Gogh’s sunflower paintings
It’s believed that Van Gogh made 11 sunflower paintings. In his mind, the yellow represented the color of the sun, the sunshine served as symbol of love. For Van Gogh, the sunflower was the best subject to express his thoughts. The summer was short, and the blooming period of the sunflower was even shorter. Van Gogh also ended his short life just like the sunflower.
2. What do you think of this sunflower painting
In this painting, there are 15 sunflowers in all directions and in various forms, which are blooming brightly in a yellow vase, showing the painter's appreciation and love for the life chasing sunshine.
Writing
Part 2
Activity 6 Read the writing help and know about how a passage about appreciating an artwork is well organized.
Introduction give basic information about the artist and the artwork
Main body describe the artwork
Conclusion give your own comments
Introduction: give basic information about the artist and the artwork
Introduction This sunflower painting was an 1 oil on canvas
by 2 Van Gogh.
It is among his 3 most famous sunflowers in a vase,
It was completed 4 in Arles in 1889.
Complete the writing outline with the information in Activity 5.
Main body: describe the artwork
Main body It shows 5 that the flowers are at different stages of life.
It is painted mostly in 6 mostly in three shade of yellow.
The colors range from 7 bright yellows to brownish yellows.
8 The sunflower paintings held special meaning for Van Gogh.
Conclusion: give your own comments
Conclusion
The sunflowers are no longer simple plants, but a sincere and enthusiastic blooming life, just like van gogh himself. Van gogh expressed his understanding of life to the world through depicting the sunflowers, and showed his unique spiritual world.
Post-writing
Part 3
Now write an article about the painting Sunflowers.
Work in pairs. Edit your draft and then share your essay with the class.
This sunflower painting is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh, a great painter from the Netherlands. It was completed in Arles in 1889 and is among his most famous works.
It shows sunflowers in a vase, mostly in three shades of yellow, from bright yellows to brownish yellows. I can see the flowers are at different stages of life-some are just starting to bloom and some are starting to wither.
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The painting leaves a great impression on me. I think it shows the meaning of life. Each of the flowers is trying its best to grow and show its beauty, no matter which stage of life it is at. The painting gives me a deeper understanding of life.
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Homework
Part 4
Refine your draft and share it with your classmates.
Homework