Accuracy/Expanding Vocab: The Tree of 40 Fruit
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Award-winning artist and professor, Sam Van Aken’s latest project has combined the beauty of art and the magic of science to create ‘The Tree of 40 fruit.’
The name of this amazing creation does not disappoint, with the tree producing 40 different varieties of peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines, cherries, and even almonds.
Sam’s creation is even more amazing due to the fact that some of the fruits are ancient and are varieties that are very hard to come by.
The tree itself is a stunning work of art, with crimson, pink, purple and white blooms.
Sam has placed 16 unique 40 fruit trees around the USA in museums, community centres and private art collections and visits each twice a year to prune and collect grafts for future trees.
It takes a total of 5 years for each tree to develop and then another 4 years for it to produce the 40 fruits.
Sam hopes his creation will teach people of all the different varieties of plums, apricots and peaches that were once available and perhaps raise question as to why there is such a small variety available in stores.
You have to admit…this is some yummy art!
Task: Respond to the article you have just read using full sentences.
1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article? the main person is Sam Van Aken
2. What was the key event from the news article? The key event is to make different art than paint and a paintbrush.
3. Where did this event take place? The event took place around the USA
4. When did this event take place? The event took place onSeptember 4, 2014
5. Why did this event happen? The event happened because Sam hopes his creation will teach people of all the different varieties of fruit.
Evaluation:
1. What do you think is the best part of the article? What do I think is the best part of the article making art out of things that you would not think of.
2. What was the hardest part about completing this portfolio sample? The hardest thing was choosing the best part of the article
3. Next time, what is a goal you can work towards? Next time my goal to work on is making more effort into it and more detail in my answers.
Feedback/Feedforward: Wow I like how you added a lot of detail on question 5. I think you could improve on more detail on question 3. -Zara :)
I really enjoyed reading about this article Olivia and I hope you did too as I'm sure we would all want one of those trees in our backyard. Make sure you get these answers to the questions from the article itself.
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