Exploring Julie's Creative Journey to Inspire Others

1. Eng101 New Language Leader Level 1 First Semester / 1stSecondary Unit 2 Lesson 2 CREATIVE LIVES

2. Eng101 New Language Leader Level 1 Objectives By the end of the lesson, students will have: • read for gist and specific information, and developed reading skills to increase their understanding. • developed their understanding of the past simple tense (specifically negative and question forms) and had the opportunity for closed and free practice. • completed a writing exercise, about famous creative people.

3. Think! Are you creative? Can you sing, draw, paint or design? Do you know someone creative? Which famous painter do you know about? Eng101 New Language Leader Level 1 2.2 Creative Lives

4. Read the text quickly. Mention two or more things you remember from the text. Sam's blog 10thNovember Drawing and painting is available for anyone who believes he has the gift. There are more painting and drawing “how to” videos on YouTube than ever before, and so many venues searching for new talents. There’s a young artist called Julie, I really admire her determination. She started to paint at a young age, her mother discovered her passion for colouring at the age of 3. She started her YouTube channel four years ago, she posts “how to” videos and some videos of herself painting one of her pieces. She reached 1 million subscribers in 2019. She grew up as the first-born of 3 siblings. She was born with a disability, one of her legs is shorter than the other one. So she went through several surgeries to correct her leg bones to match the other. She needed to be on a certain diet to help her recover after the surgery, and when she grew up she became vegetarian. She discovered colouring when she was in recovery after her surgery, and her mother saw an opportunity to keep Julie busy and not thinking about her leg. Eng101 New Language Leader Level 1 2.2 Creative Lives

5. When she was 15 her mom bought a camera and decided to try it on her. She told her to start drawing something while her mother filmed her. When she got carried away in drawing she started explaining to her mother which brush to use and why. Her mom immediately figured what she’s going to do! Together they started planning the videos to shoot and wrote scenarios of what Julie would say, and what type of painting and drawing tips she would teach in her videos. And she became an online tutor for kids, with a scheduled lesson every other week. Despite being a teenager and having school to think about, her channel was amazingly doing well! Her mother didn’t want her to do poorly at school; so she planned her week, and made sure her time is divided between schooling and painting. With the help of her mother she became a role model for lots of new painters. Comment She is a very inspiring young lady. I didn’t know anything about her. How did you hear about her? I want to know more about her life. Where was she born? What kind of other arts does she likes? Marry 332 Eng101 New Language Leader Level 1 2.2 Creative Lives

6. Read the following statements and correct them according to the text. Model answer 1. There aren’t as many “how to” videos on YouTube now as there were in the past. 1. There are many more “how to” videos on YouTube now than in the past. 2. Julie is an artist who started painting when she was 15. 2. Julie is an artist who started painting when she was 3. 3. Julie was the oldest of five siblings. 3. Julie was the oldest of three siblings. 4. Julie filmed her first video of her painting as planned. 4. Julie filmed her first video of her painting by coincidence. 5. She didn’t have trouble managing the YouTube channel and school. 5. She had trouble managing the YouTube channel and school. 6. She had a scheduled lesson every other week for kids. 6. She had a scheduled lesson every week for kids. Eng101 New Language Leader Level 1 2.2 Creative Lives

7. Find words in the text that mean: 1. Brothers and sisters. (Paragraph 2) 1 Siblings 2. Someone who was born first of the children in the family. (Paragraph 2) 2 First-born 3 Vegetarian 3. Someone who doesn’t eat any meat, or fish. (Paragraph 2) 4 Tutor 4. A person who teaches or provides a teaching material. (Paragraph 3) 5 Role model 5. Someone we admire and want to be similar to. (Paragraph 4) Eng101 New Language Leader Level 1 2.2 Creative Lives

8. Think! 1 Julie’s channel had a positive influence on young people. Why do you think this is? 2 Who do you consider to be a role model for young people? Why? Eng101 New Language Leader Level 1 2.2 Creative Lives

9. Grammar Find negative sentences from the previous text Her mother didn’t want her to do poorly at school I didn’t know anything about her Find questions from the previous text How did you hear about her? Where was she born? What kind of other arts she likes? The Rule is: We use didn’t + the infinitive to form negative past simple We use was/were + not to form the negative past simple with the verb to be We use did + subject + the infinitive to form past simple questions We use was/were + subject to form past simple questions with the verb to be Eng101 New Language Leader Level 1 2.2 Creative Lives

10. Complete this conversation with past tense forms (positive, negative or question). A: Tell me a little about Jamie Oliver. is was B: He 1. ___________ (be) a British Chef. Many of his food 2. ______________ (be) liked by most people. This has led him to make several television shows, open many restaurants and write cookery books. had was A: I heard that his parents 3._________ (have) a restaurant when he 4._________ (be) young. used to wasn’t went B: Yes, that’s right. He 5. _______________ (use to) practice cooking with them. He 6. _____________ (be/not) a lazy young man. He 7. _________________ (finish) school at 16, and 8. ____________(go) to study home economics. finished A: What 9. ___________________ (be) his first job? was worked did B: He 10. _________________ (work) as a pastry chef at Antonio Carluccio’s restaurant. A: when 11.________________ (do) his first TV show air? became B: In 1999 his BBC show aired and his first cookbook 12. ________________(become) a best seller in the UK. does doesn’t A: What 13. _______________ (do) he do in his free time? B: He 14. _____________________ (do/not) have a lot of free time, and when he does he usually spends it in charity and campaigns for good causes. Eng101 New Language Leader Level 1 2.2 Creative Lives

11. You are going to invite a famous creative person from the past or present to dinner. Who would you invite? Research your person and make some notes under these headings: • his/her life (early, later) • personality • his/her abilities, skills • influence • two questions you would like to ask him/her Then write a paragraph using your previous notes. (hint: use the conversation about Jamie Oliver to help you Eng101 New Language Leader Level 1 2.2 Creative Lives

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