1、第 1 页 共 4 页 Book 1 Unit 3 The art of painting Reading 2 First impressions 一、一、教学目标教学目标 By the end of this section, students will be able to: 1. summarise the main idea of the travel journal; 2. apply different expressions to describing the similarities or the differences between two things. 二、二、教学重教
2、学重难难点点 1. To retell the journal through clarifying the context of the passage; 2. To learn to use sentences showing comparison. 三、三、教学过程教学过程 步步 骤骤 教学活动教学活动 设计意图设计意图 互动时间互动时间/ /模式模式 Revision Step 1 The teacher has the students review the text and read the last paragraph of the travel journal and answ
3、er the following questions. 1. What are the similarities of the Impressionists paintings? 2. What do you know about Vincent van Gogh? The teacher has the students finish B1 on Page 33 to practise the use of new words and expressions. 复习课文内 容， 为 “阅读策略” 环节做好铺垫。 8 Class Work Reading strategy Step 2 Stu
4、dents learn about comparison words and phrases. 1. Read the instructions in B3 and know words and expressions that can be used to make comparisons. 通过学习课 文中“比较”词汇 的用法， 帮助学生 掌握“比较”的表 5 Individual Work 第 2 页 共 4 页 2. Underline all comparison words and expressions in the text. 3. Ask students to name m
5、ore comparison words and phrases. 达方式。 Step 3 Students work together, compare paintings of Vincent van Gogh and Pablo Picasso, and describe the similarities and differences of their paintings. 指导学生在 掌握如何对两个 事物进行比较后， 锻炼学生使用不 同的表达来分析 事物的相同点和 不同点， 提升学生 的综合语言运用 能力。 5 Class Work Words and sentences Step
6、4 Students finish B2 on Page 33. 帮助学生熟 练使用后缀的构 词法。 5 Individual Work Step 5 Students understand difficult sentences. 1. Even though I had admired them hundreds of times on my computer screen, nothing could have prepared me for the wonder I felt when I finally laid eyes on the real thing. (Page 30, L
7、ines 810) In the sentence, “nothing could have prepared me for the wonder ” is similar in meaning to “I was not prepared for the wonder ” 2. Although the paintings had very different settings, it was their similarities that stayed with me long after I left the Mus e dOrsaysimilarities which can be s
8、een throughout the Impressionists 帮助学生理 解文章中的长难 句， 扫清阅读中的 障碍。 10 Individual Work 第 3 页 共 4 页 paintings. (Page 31, Lines 2830) The word “setting” means “the place where something is or something happens”. The word “set” is a verb, often used in the phrase “be set in ” “ it was their similarities that
9、 stayed with me ” is an emphatic sentence, in which the subject of their similarities is emphasised. 3. It is also worthy of note that Post-Impressionist painters were not the only ones to be influenced by Impressionismthe movement has had a lasting influence on modern art, encouraging artists to lo
10、ok at the world from an entirely new point of view. (Page 31, Lines 4144) In the sentence, the phrase “is worthy of note” is similar in meaning to “is worthy of being noted”, “is worthy to be noted” and “is worth noting”. Extension Step 6 The teacher shares more information about Post-Impressionism
11、and then holds a discussion. 1. Suppose two exhibitions are to be held, one for the works by the Impressionists and the other for the works by the Post-Impressionists. Which one would you choose to see? Why? 2. Mus e du Louvre is one of the most world-famous art museums. Now you have got a chance to
12、 spend one day visiting it. Standing at the gate of the museum and knowing little about it, you come across an English expert who knows the museum very well. You can ask him 通过创设与 生活相关的具体 情境， 让学生进一 步体会绘画艺术 的内涵， 深入探究 单元主题意义。 10 Group Work 第 4 页 共 4 页 only three questions. What will you ask? e.g. (1) What are the most famous paintings in the museum? (2) Which part of this museum is well worth visiting for a Chinese student? (3) What is the best route for a one-day tour? Homework Write a short passage to introduce Mus e du Louvre. 2
