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Vocabulary: Portrait

The Shape of Art

Feb 4, 2025

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Genre: Philosophical

Setting: Modern

New Vocabulary: Abstract, Art supplies, Bin, Landscape (painting), Law, Portrait, Sculpture, Shape, Wrong (feeling)

Word Count: 1397

Original Author: Ariel Goodbody

Felicity is a successful lawyer, but she wants a change. She tries painting and loves it. But there’s a problem: everyone hates her paintings. Can she find the true shape of her art?
The Light at the Bottom of the Sea

Jun 11, 2024

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Genre: Myths & Legends

Setting: Malta

New Vocabulary: Basement, Captain, Earthquake, Faithful, Hoofprint, Horizon, Kneel, Portrait, Saint, Tie up, Treasure

Word Count: 979

Original Author: Saviour Pirotta

Żgugina lives on the coast of Malta with her son. When pirates attack, she rushes to the church to pray to St Demetrius. ‘St Demetrius,’ she says, ‘if you save my son I will light a lamp that burns forever!’ What happened next was too much for her to believe…

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