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The Little Shop of Treasures
Pre-reading Have you ever been inside a really interesting shop? What made it interesting? What did it look like from the outside? What did the inside of the shop look like? What did it sell? Who was behind the counter?
Learning Outcomes
In this lesson you w ill learn about: • Description writi ng • Visualising • Using examples • Common and pr oper noun
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The Old Curiosity Shop of a row of white houses, is a
Down Baker ’s Lane, in the middle Shop. The shop is bursting treasure trove called The Old Curiosity the shiny windows are with special treasures. On display in s and shapes. Purple velvet vases and ornaments of different size windows. curtains with pink tie-backs line the the old record player Inside, soft music can be heard from m the ceiling like in the corner. Orange lights hang fro black till sits proudly pumpkins on Hallowe’en night. The o boxes of tasty fudge on the shop counter. Beside it are tw bons. The shop counter wrapped in pink tissue with gold rib by hand by a local is a blue mosaic table. It was made ist collected artist. Over a number of years, the art d enough, he broken plates and cups. When he ha most beautiful table. pressed them into putty to create the lcoming customers with Jeanie Burton stands behind the till, we lsh accent. She is a tall a ‘Hello, how are you?’ in her thick We skirts. Her nails are painted and s rve sca ing flow in d sse dre n ma wo her happy face. Over the a bright green. Blonde curls fall around g customers. She tells stories years, Jeanie has met many interestin ng by to gaze at her lovely of famous musicians and actors stoppi hs hang from the walls jewels. Their black and white photograp sitting in a tea shop. watching the world go by like a granny
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