Book pages 58 and 59
Book Pages 58 and 59
Read the text and decide which word best fits each gap.
What is Origami?
by Rachel Kats
Example
0. Origami is the Japanese word
___ for__ paper folding.
A. in
B. to
C. forD. from
1. ORI means to fold and Kami means paper. ____________, they form the word “origami.”
2. It is an art form that ____________ been handed down from parent to child through many generations.
3. Origami involves the creation of paper forms usually entirely ____________ folding.
4. Animals, birds, fish, geometric shapes, puppets, toys and masks are ____________ the models that even very young children can learn to make in just one sitting.
5. The art of making paper from pulp originated in China in the year 102 A.D. Paper then became more available to the masses. The secret of making paper was ____________ in China for several hundred years and finally made its way through Korea and into Japan.
6. A Buddhist monk is said to have carried this secret. The introduction of papermaking to Japan several hundred years later coincided with the development of the religion and soon became part of the lives of its people. Colours and silk threads ____________ added and origami was held in high esteem.
7. Gifts were decorated with “noshi.” Noshi had particular fold patterns depending ____________ the gift.
8. In Japan, at one time, origami was taught in schools, but today children are generally taught origami at home. Holidays are celebrated with colourful origami decorations made by the family. On children’s day (formerly boy’s day), children make colourful carp: a fish that swims upstream, against the current. This symbolises strength. During the summer, Tanabata, The Star Festival is celebrated. Live bamboo branches are decorated with origami stars and other paper decorations in a manner that brings ____________ mind a decorated Christmas tree.
