德州教材四年级 Journeys配套分级读物-vocabulary readers-lesson (10)

by Deborah Akers Artistsin Trainingby Deborah AkersILLUSTRATION CREDIT: Anthology, inc.PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS: Cover © age fotostock/Ableimages; tp © Cathy Melloan/Photo Edit; 3 © David R. Frazier Photolibrary, Inc./Alamy; 5 © Julio Donoso/CORBIS; 6 © age fotostock/Ableimages; 7 © age fotostock/SuperStock; 8 © Cindy Charles/Photo Edit; 9 © Corbis11 © Steve Vidler/SuperStock; 12 © FALEH KHEIBER/Reuters/Corbis; 13 © Cathy Melloan/Photo Edit; 14 © age fotostock/SuperStock.Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing CompanyAll rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be addressed to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers, Attn: Permissions, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777.Printed in ChinaISBN-13: 978-0-547-02323-6ISBN-10: 0-547-02323-51 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0940 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers retains title to the materials and they may not be resold. Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited.Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into Artists in TrainingTable of ContentsA Family of Artists 3 A Day at an Arts School 5 Getting Fired Up 6 Showtime! 8 Dancing the WorldPainting as a T eam 13 Artists at Work 14A Family of ArtistsIn many ways, an arts high school is like other schools. There are classes in math, English, and science. Many students want to go to an arts high school. However, only those who show skill and commitment are given permission to be part of the school’s familyof artists.An arts school might look like any other school onthe outside.At an arts school, each student has a chance to explore many art forms. There are classes in painting, drawing, and pottery. Many students also take part in the music or theater programs. After they have toured the variety of programs, most students choose one area of study. The school trains its students to become working artists.Some students study unique dances thatcome from beyond the United States border. The school teaches cultural dances such as flamenco, a Spanish dance, and the can-can,a type of dance that started in France.A Day at an Arts SchoolA day at an arts school starts like most other high schools. Students arrive in buses or by car and rush to class when they hear the bell.When you peek inside the classrooms, younever know what you will see. You might see dancers leaping, artists hauling easels around, or students spinning pottery wheels.Arts students are always involved in projects.Getting Fired UpSome classes meet in studios where students work on special projects. The students in pottery class make clay pots using a pottery wheel. Then they bake the pots in a kiln.The kiln is a special kind of oven that gets very hot and hardens the pots. This process is called firing. The kids have to wear gloves andIn another class, students make metal sculptures. They use welding torches to make the metal softer. Then they can shape the metal the way they want.Some students enjoy making small art pieces. Others build huge sculptures that tower up to the ceiling! Luckily, the classroom is built with high ceilings and lots of space so that each student has room to create.Students must wear gloves and a helmet when welding.Showtime!A theater can be an exciting classroom as well. Students in this class dream of their big debut as an actor someday. They work hard to learn and memorize their lines from the script. This requires lots of practice.The teacher’s job is to help each actor buildhis or her skills. T eachers often work with students who get discouraged. “An actor has to be stubborn,” says one teacher. “You must neverSeveral classrooms have been turned into recording studios where student musicians and singers record their performances. Then they can listen to them over and over again. This helps them improve.Students also learn to work the recording equipment. Learning all of these skills will help them get jobs in the music business.Students get a chance to record their music.10Dancing the WorldIn the dance studio, you may see twostudents dance the flamenco. Flamencostudents sweep onto the stage wearing colorful skirts and high dance shoes. Flamenco music is sad and mournful.The dancers clap their hands and stomp their feet. They twirl with their arms up high. The music gets louder, and the dancers dance harder.People began to dance the flamenco insouthern Spain hundreds of years ago. It is one of the most exciting dances in the world.Flamenco dancersshow great emotion.11Flamenco is not the only dance taught in a dance class. Many schools have a large ballet program. In dance studios, you can also see students practicing the can-can, the tango, salsa, and even Irish step-dancing. Students at 12Painting as a TeamYou may see students mixing big cans of paint in painting class. They are getting ready to paint a mural together. They study many famous artists. The group begins by firstsketching out a plan for a large scene. But where is the canvas? There is no canvas. These artists are painting the mural on the outside wall of the school.Students work13Artists at Workand designers. Theater arts students get jobs 1415RespondingTARGET VOCABULARYWord Builder In theword hauling, -ing is added to the end. Think of some other words that end with -ing . Copy and complete the word web below.Write About ItText to Self Write a paragraph describing your experience learning a new art form. Describe the type of art form and where you learned it. Use a word from the Word Builder.Words thatend in -ingcarryingwalking ?TARGET VOCABULARY16borderdebutdiscouragedhaulingmournfulpermissionstubborntouredtoweredtriumphTARGET STRATEGY Analyze/Evaluate Think care-fully about the text and form an opinion about it.Known for their bravery, lions are almostnever described as .ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02323-6ISBN-10: 0-547-02323-510321821032182 38813。