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Describe an art and craft activity you did at school.
 
You should say:
x
what it was 
x
what you did for this activity 
x
who you did it with 
and explain how you felt about this activity. 
[You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes. You have one 
minute to think about what you're going to say. You can make some notes to 
help you if you wish.]
Model Answer:
I have left my school for about nine years ago but still the memories of art class 
are vivid in my mind. The teacher used to instruct us on storytelling by 

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cartoons. Almost everyone participated from our class as it was an interesting 
activity for all of the students. 
I was a student of The British School in Paris and attended the art and craft 
course when I was in my sixth grade. The school authority in included the 
course for the first time and they were a bit worried about the success of the 
course as the students had to take lots of pressures for their academic studies. 
If they are also burdened with another compulsory course in their sixth grade, 
that may hamper their studies. But they were wrong and every student of my 
class eagerly participated there. All of us made different things and also made 
monthly exhibitions. This was a great activity for all of the students of the class 
and it did not hamper their academic activities as well. 
When the teacher, who was also an instructor, asked us to submit our desires 
to do something extraordinary, everyone proposed their own intentions. I also 
submitted my desire on a white piece of paper. I wanted to tell stories using 
cartoons. I am a good painter of cartoons and can draw anything I want. So, I 
tried to depict some popular stories using cartoons. But it was a bit difficult 
and expensive to me as well. I had to buy some notebooks and draw cartoons 
on the corners of the pages. The key of the cartoons was to draw them on the 
page corner so that anyone can have a look on them by turning over the page. 
Moreover, a rapid turning of the page shows the better result and if the 
cartoon is drawn at the corner, the page turning becomes easier. I drew 
cartoons over different small stories of great fabler, Aesop. My cartoons were 
shown in the class and I received mush positive criticisms for my initiative. 
I did the work with my mom. She is also a painter and in fact, I learnt painting 
from her. She helped me to develop the idea and shown how to do the actual 
work. With her direct help, I made the project. Besides, I also consulted the 
issue with my teacher, Mr. Fyodor Noam. When he checked my proposal, he 
asked me to explain the entire issue – how I will do it, how I will show the 
morals, how long it is going to take and some relevant matters. Finally, he 
approved my plan and also instructed me how to complete the entire task. He 
also invited my parents to discuss the issue and my mom went to meet him 
while my dad was unable to manage time. After lots of preparations, with the 
help of my mom and my instructor, I was able to complete my art project. If 
my mom and Mr. Noam would not have helped me, I could not have made it a 
success. As a kid of sixth grade, I was incapable of realising their help but now I 
understand that they provided some special support to me at that moment. 

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I felt great with my cartoons. I had made three cartoons and one of them was a 
bit larger than the two others. But the smallest one got much more positive 
feedback than the remaining stories. I tried to describe the known stories in 
the form of cartoons. Thereby, I had to draw all the cartoons gradually and it 
was a bit hefty task for me. Moreover, I had to work at the evening hours, in 
my leisure time, and the time for submission was limited too. I took the 
challenge with the inspiration of my mom. She inspired me to draw the 
cartoons and also described how to draw them in small shape on the corner of 
the notebooks. Initially, I had to make some drafts for the cartoons and then 
started for the final task on the notebook. However, when the cartoons were 
exhibited before everyone, I really felt great inside me. In fact, I was awarded a 
prize for my idea and it was the very first recognition of my life for performing 
something creative.