A2 A1 2 A1 A2 Connected with the world of English DELTA Publishing DELTA Dyslexic-friendly www.deltapublishing.co.uk/culture-blog Today I'm writing about Artistic and Other Posts: Cultural a British comic magazine. Food Fashion .............................Education Ballet in Vancouver THE BEANO Film Jobs A Cajun Artist The Beano is a famous comic magazine in the United Kingdom. The A Magical World publication started a long time ago, in 1938. The magazine recreates a world Music in of subversive chaos. New Orleans Today, its comics have also been Digital Artists animated for a TV series. Meet some of the characters: Contributors: Û DENNIS THE MENACE Amelia Dennis, with his catapult and his pet dog, Gnasher, causes fear and chaos everywhere he goes. Nelson Û MINNIE THE MINX Minnie doesn’t know the Daniel meaning of the word ‘fear’, or lots of other words because she never pays Zoe attention in class! She's so popular, there is a statue of her in Dundee, Scotland! Oliver Û THE BASH STREET KIDS School is never dull with the Bash Street Kids! They put the ‘cool’ into ‘school’! YOUR TURN! 1 Read the texts. What do the characters in The Beano have in common? 2 Imagine how these kids behave at school (what they do, what they don’t do). YOU ARE AN ARTIST! Pick one or several characters from this magazine. Create your own comic strip using the ideas you had from Activity 2. 24 twenty-four DO01_3-12-501204-2_Bloggers_CourseBook_2_Inhalt_9_Nachdruck.indd 24 2/11/2021 13:11:19 www.deltapublishing.co.uk/culture-blog Artistic Other Posts: Today I’m writing about what and Cultural food is in in LA! The Beano .............................Education Ballet in Vancouver Film Jobs FOOD FASHION A Cajun Artist A Magical Food becomes popular, just like World clothes. There are new types of Music in food that are really fashionable New Orleans at the moment. These are my two Digital Artists favourites. Contributors: Amelia Û UBE Nelson The new ice cream and yes, purple is its natural colour! It’s made from Filipino yam and has lots of vitamins and nutrients but Daniel also cream and sugar. You can put it in cakes, make wraps or have it in salads too. Zoe Û KOREAN FOOD We have an amazing Korean Oliver restaurant in downtown Los Angeles. Kimchi is becoming really popular because it creates good bacteria. I don’t know if it’s really good or not, but it is tasty. Some Korean food is really spicy, so watch out! YOUR TURN! 1 Read the texts. Do you agree that food is fashionable? 2 Look at the texts and pictures. Which food would you most like to try? What kind of food is fashionable where you live? YOU ARE AN ARTIST! Pick a food item. Take a photograph, share it with other people and tell them about it. 36 thirty-six DO01_3-12-501204-2_Bloggers_CourseBook_2_Inhalt_9_Nachdruck.indd 36 2/11/2021 13:15:00 www.deltapublishing.co.uk/culture-blog Today I’m writing about the greatest Other Posts: Artistic ballerina in Canada. She’s from and Cultural Vancouver, of course. The Beano .............................Education Food Fashion Film Jobs BALLET IN VANCOUVER A Cajun Artist A Magical World Û CHAN HON GOH Music in New Orleans My little sister Diana is a great fan of Digital Artists dancing and ballet, so one of her idols is Chan Hon Goh. If you don’t know her, you really should learn about her life Contributors: because she is quite extraordinary. She is a talented and enthusiastic lady who Amelia is a role model for many young people here in Vancouver. Diana dreams of joining her ballet academy and I hope she can do it someday. But it is very Nelson difficult. You must be very athletic and hard-working. Daniel Zoe Oliver YOUR TURN! 1 Look at the photograph. What words do you associate with ballet? 2 Find out about Chan Hon Goh. Recap the main events in Chan Hon Goh’s life. YOU ARE AN ARTIST! Create a collage to highlight the key elements of the life of a famous Canadian artist. For example, the life of Chan Hon Goh could be shown with the flags of China and of Canada, the image of a ballet dancer, and a picture of the city of Vancouver. Choose a Canadian artist from this unit, or another one you know. 48 forty-eight DO01_3-12-501204-2_Bloggers_CourseBook_2_Inhalt_9_Nachdruck.indd 48 2/11/2021 13:16:08 www.deltapublishing.co.uk/culture-blog Other Posts: Today I’m writing about THinking two very interesting jobs about thE Food Fashion in the film industry. .......................FUTURE Ballet in Vancouver Film Jobs FILM JOBS A Cajun Artist A Magical World OLIVIER STAPHYLAS ANIMATION SUPERVISOR Music in New Orleans Olivier was born in the South of Fance. He Digital Artists studied character animation in Paris, at a famous school called Ecole des Gobelins. In 2006, he moved to Los Angeles and started working at Contributors: DreamWorks Animation. His first work was on “Kung Fu Panda”. Then he worked Amelia on “How To Train Your Dragon”, and became a supervising animator for “Puss In Boots”. Following that, he became the Head of Character Animation for the film “Penguins Nelson of Madagascar”. An Animation Supervisor is in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an Animated Daniel Film. The Animation Supervisor is responsible for the performance of all the characters on screen, their movement, and their acting. The Animation Supervisor Zoe is closely involved in the design of the RENAE MONEYMAKER characters in order to give them expressive STUNTWOMAN faces and convey all the necessary emotions Oliver the movie needs. After 19 years competing as a gymnast, in 2009 Renae followed her sister to Hollywood, where she started working as a stuntwoman in a TV show. As a professional stuntwoman, she takes the place of actresses during the filming of dangerous scenes. In 2012, she performed stunts for Jennifer Lawrence in ‘The Hunger Games’. In 2016 she was Lawrence’s stunt double again in ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ and in ‘Passengers’. YOUR TURN! 1 Read the texts. What surprises you about these jobs? 2 Do you think these jobs are important when making a film? 3 Search the internet for two other professions in the film industry. 4 Explain in your own words the tasks they do. 60 sixty DO01_3-12-501204-2_Bloggers_CourseBook_2_Inhalt_9_Nachdruck.indd 60 2/11/2021 13:17:01 www.deltapublishing.co.uk/culture-blog Today I’m writing about Artistic Other Posts: and Cultural New Orleans music. The Beano .............................Education Food Fashion Ballet in Vancouver MUSIC IN NEW ORLEANS Film Jobs A Magical World THE BIRTHPLACE OF JAZZ MUSIC A Cajun Artist Do you know the names Louis Armstrong, Digital Artists Branford and Wynton Marsalis or Harry Connick Jr.? They all come from NOLA. In New Orleans, music is everywhere: at festivals, celebrations, music clubs, and in Contributors: the streets. Jazz is a very popular form of music. Its origins Amelia go back to the late 19th century. It is often performed by brass bands, which are bands made up of brass instruments like trumpets, Nelson and percussion. Daniel Zoe Oliver ZYDECO AND CAJUN MUSIC In New Orleans, there are also more traditional forms of music, like zydeco or Cajun music. Cajun music is a popular Û JacksGap, 24 Hours in New Orleans tradition from Louisiana; it is often played with an accordion and a violin, and the songs are in old French because in the past, Louisiana belonged to France. YOUR TURN! 1 Read the texts. List the different forms of music and names of musicians. 2 Brass bands are made up of brass instruments like trumpets. What does ‘brass’ mean? Can you think of other brass instruments? Do you know any percussion instruments? YOU ARE AN ARTIST! In groups. Choose a traditional jazz or Cajun piece to play in front of the class! You can sing, hum, tap or dance. 72 seventy-two DO01_3-12-501204-2_Bloggers_CourseBook_2_Inhalt_9_Nachdruck.indd 72 2/11/2021 13:18:28 www.deltapublishing.co.uk/culture-blog Today I’m writing about the Other Posts: Artistic Welsh writer Roald Dahl. and Cultural The Beano Education ............................. Food Fashion Ballet in Vancouver A MAGICAL WORLD Film Jobs A Cajun Artist I am reading a great poetry book by Roald Music in Dahl called ‘Dirty Beasts’. Do you know it? New Orleans This is one of my favourite poems from it: Digital Artists No animal is half so vile As Crocky-Wock the crocodile. On Saturdays he likes to crunch Contributors: Six juicy children for his lunch, 5 And he especially enjoys Amelia Just three of each, three girls, three boys. He smears the boys (to make them hot) With mustard from the mustard pot. Nelson But mustard doesn’t go with girls, 10 It tastes all wrong with plaits and curls. With them, what goes extremely well Daniel Is butterscotch and caramel. Û Roald Dahl, ‘The Crocodile’, Dirty Beasts Zoe Oliver Û Û ROALD DAHL QUENTIN BLAKE He’s one of my favourite He’s a fantastic English artist writers. He was from who often illustrates Roald Cardiff, just like me! But his parents Dahl’s books. Roald Dahl and Quentin were Norwegian. He was very famous Blake often created the characters and for his books for children, like ‘Matilda’, the stories together. His illustrations are ‘The Witches’ or ‘James and the Giant famous all over the world! Peach’. Some of his stories were adapted into films, such as ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’.