North Star Reading and Writing Level 1 Presented

North. Star Reading and Writing Level 1 Presented by : Azza Khattab Omar

Art For Everyone • What is art ? An example of art is drawing pictures • How can you practice art ? I can draw pictures to show my feelings , my opinions ………………etc • Do you know some artists or painters ? Leonardo da Vinci , Michael Anglo…………… • What does the title of the unit “Art For Everyone” mean ? It means art can be public ( for all people ) •

Predicting • What is the man doing ? He is drawing. Where is he? He is in the subway. The man is Keith Haring. ( A famous artist)

Pictures on page 20 • • • The first one is untitled ( without a name) The second one is “Radiant Baby” Radiant: happy / beautiful What do you think of the two pictures or drawings? Describe what you can see and give your opinion.

Preparing to read: • • • The man in the picture is Keith Haring. He was a famous American artist. He started his art by drawing in the New York subway. He wanted everyone to share his art. He opened the Pop Shop in New York City in 1986. He opened another Pop Shop in Tokyo, Japan in 1998. Today only the Pop Shop in New York is still open. It sells pins, pens, watches, pictures, books, Tshirts, ties, toys and more! Everything has Keith Haring’s art on it.

Vocabulary • • • ad drawing energetic famous gallery graffiti museum painting public sculpture upset

Pictures on page 26 • Two more pictures drawn by Keith Haring. • • They are “Stop Aids” and “Free South Africa”. What do you think of the two pictures or drawings? Describe what you can see and give your opinion. • What important ideas are in Haring’s art? Politics / AIDS / love / energy / freedom / children / fear …….

Exploring Language • Positive and Negative adjectives: Positive adjectives show good feelings Example : happy / active / helpful / energetic ………. Negative adjectives show bad feelings Example : angry / upset / nervous ……

More Vocabulary: • • • Pop ( short form of popular ) ( kind of music ) Social Kids Painter Energy Sculpt / sculpture

Grammar : The Simple Past of “to be” • Was / were She was a student. I was at home yesterday. They were in the classroom last lesson. I / He / She / It ( was ) They / We / You ( were )

Verb : to be “ in the simple past • Negative form: was not / were not She was at school yesterday. ( Use: not) She was not ( wasn’t ) at school yesterday. They were at home yesterday evening. ( Use : not ) They were not ( weren’t ) at home yesterday evening.

Verb “to be” in the simple past: • Yes / No questions : Was he at home? Yes, he was – No, he wasn’t Were you at home? Yes, I was – No , I wasn’t Was I with you ? Yes, you were – No, You weren’t

Verb “to be” in the simple past: • Wh questions: Where were you yesterday? When was he at school? How was she yesterday? Why was he angry? What was with you yesterday? Who was with you in the park last week?

Writing skills Punctuation : Commas • We use a comma after words like : For example / Finally, I found the house. • In dates Today is October 27, 2009 • To join two sentences with “ and – but – or” He went to school, but he took no lessons.

More about Commas • We use a comma: to separate the names of cities from the names of states or countries. He lives in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. • To separate things in a list He liked to paint, draw, and sculpt.

Writing topics : • Write about one of the pictures of Haring. Write five or more sentences about the picture. • Keith Haring used symbols ( like babies , animals and dancers) Draw a symbol and write five sentences about it.