1、Unit 3 The world of colours and lightReading 1Teaching aims:After learning this period, the students will be able to:1. understand the given email introducing five famous masters of art in Europe;2. learn about the strategy of “ reading a travelogue”;3. retell the world-famous artists mentioned abov
2、e and their major works. Step 1 Lead-in (PPT4-9)1) Begin the class by asking students what different types of art they have learnt, and what they are. From their answers, make a summary by saying like: “Thanks to the masters of these paintings, we can live in a world full of colours and light”. “Sup
3、pose you have a chance to go on a trip to visit them, which one /ones would you prefer to go to?” Help students to collect information about some famous painters such as: Xu beihong, Fu baoshi, Chen danqing, Qi baishi, Chen yifei, Rodin, Picasso, da Vinci, Van Gogh, Monet, Rembrandt, etc. After that
4、, ask the students questions like: (1) Whose paintings do you like best? Why?(2) Which school (流派) does/d id he belong to?2) Play a clip of video show about the introduction to the film The Da Vincis Code (PPT) and ask two questions: Do you know the name of the film? Which famous artist and his mast
5、erpiece are mentioned in the film?Step 2 Skimming and scanning for general ideaAllow the students two or three minutes to go through the text quickly to find the answers to the questions in Part A. And help the students to find out how the text is organized and how to grasp the main information quic
6、kly (PPT10-13). Step 3 Careful reading for detailed information (PPT14-20) Reading strategy: reading a travelogue Allow the students about five minutes to read through the text and complete Exercise C1. It is suggested that the students work in pairs to compare notes with each other about their answ
7、ers to the questions. Ask the students to work in groups and introduce each artist mentioned in the passage to other group members with the help of the table on the screen. Or ask the students to complete the following cards about each master mentioned in the text. Name: Birthplace: _Nationality: _N
8、umber of his art works: _Masterpiece: _Characteristic/Style of his painting: _Step 4 Listening and summarizing Play the tape and ask the students to deal with Part C2 by underlining the information about the life story of each master. (PPT21-24)Step 5 Consolidation (PPT25-26)1) Retelling of the life
9、 story of the artists:Get the students to form groups of four and introduce the painters to each other.2) Group discussion: Use your own words to introduce each artist mentioned in the passage to other group members. Suppose you have a chance to interview one of the artists, who would you prefer to
10、interview and what questions would you prepare?3) Focus on new vocabulary: Ask the students to read through the email and underline the unknown words they meet with and try to guess their meanings from their contexts. After the activity, check up Part D with the whole class.Step 6 Open-ended discuss
11、ion (PPT27)1. Is there an art museum in your city or town? If there is one, have you visited it? If you have, what do you think of the art there?2. Do you think we need art museums? Why or why not?3. Do you think art is important? Why or why not?(Note: The students can choose one of the three topics and express their own opinions.)
