Who is Miss Hawthorn?
An art teacher
How do most of the students behave in Miss Hawthorn’s art class?
The students sit in strict orderly rows. They don’t talk or move much. Their paintings are copies of Miss Hawthorn’s examples and no one tries anything diffe
How is Miss Hawthorn?
Miss Hawthorn is strict and cold. She doesn’t encourage her students to be creative in her art class.
How is Willow’s behaviour different?
Willow doesn’t follow Miss Hawthorn’s examples. She paints in her own imaginative style
How are Miss Hawthorn’s eyes?
icy blue eyes
What did Willow draw in September?
a pink tree
"Hawthorn asked with a frown." What is "frown"?
a facial expression indicating disapproval, displeasure, or concentration, typically with the corners of the mouth turned down.
"A few students giggled."
to laugh repeatedly in a quiet but uncontrolled way
to talk repeatedly in a quiet but uncontrolled way
Miss Hawthorn glanced at the picture, then turned away with a .................
scowl
What does Willow own, which helps her to think in an imaginative way?
She owns an art book with paintings by famous artists – her ‘well-loved art book’
What is Miss Hawthorn’s reaction to Willow?
Miss Hawthorn doesn’t like Willow. She tells her off for moving in her seat and makes negative comments about her paintings.
How was the tree that students drew in October different from that they drew in September?
All the students painted trees with straight brown trunks, round green tops and red apples.
