1、Unit 7 Art Lesson 2 Beijing Opera 【学习目标】【学习目标】 You will be able to 1. read and talk about Beijing Opera 2. listen for understanding 3. recall information previously heard 4. express and discuss emotions 【学习重难点】【学习重难点】 1. talking about Beijing Opera 2. expressing and discussing emotions 【学习过程】【学习过程】
2、1. Have you ever watched Beijing Opera? Share your experience. 2. What are some important elements of Beijing Opera? 3. What are the major roles? 4. Listen to a radio programme and answer questions. (1) When did Beijing Opera start? (2) What forms of performance are combined together in Beijing Oper
3、a? (3) How many roles can be found in Beijing Opera? What are they? (4) What are some of the special features of Beijing Opera? 5. Listen, take notes and answer the questions. (1) Why is Beijing Opera a national treasure of China? (2) Why do performers sing in very high voices? (3) Why are the costu
4、mes in bright colors? 6. Listen again. What key phrases did Dr. Liu use to give reasons? 7. Introduce Beijing Opera to a group of students from another country. 8. Is there anything confusing you when you watch Beijing Opera? 9. Listen to a dialogue about Beijing Opera. Answer the questions. (1) Who
5、 went to see Beijing Opera? (2) How did the person feel about it? (3) What didnt the person understand? 10. Pair Work: Act it out. Act out a dialogue between a Chinese student and a foreign student after watching a local opera. Student A: a Chinese student who understands the different elements of o
6、pera Student B: a foreign student, who does not understand opera and asks questions Unit 7 Art Lesson 3 A Musical Genius 【教学目标】【教学目标】 Students will be able to 1. read and talk about Ludwig van Beethoven 2. read for deep understanding 3. summarise information 4. learn about and practise word building
7、 【教学重难点】【教学重难点】 1. reading for deep understand 2. summarising information 【教学过程】【教学过程】 1. Do you know any famous musicians? Who is your favourite? 2. What do you know about Ludwig van Beethoven? 3. Scan the story and answer questions. (1) What is Beethoven most famous for? a. His piano performances.
8、 b. Conducting orchestras. c. Composing music. (2) Where was Beethoven born? a. In Germany. b. In Canada. c. In France. (3) What big challenge did Beethoven face? a. He became deaf. b. He became blind. c. He was unable to walk. (4) How many pieces of music did Beethoven write? a. More than 100. b. M
9、ore than 200. c. More than 300. 4. What can you find about Beethovens composing of Symphony No. 9 and its first performance? General information Composing of Symphony No. 9 Performance of Symphony No. 9 5. Take notes and answer the questions. (1) When and how was Symphony No.9 completed? What was Be
10、ethoven thinking when he finished the symphony? (2) How do you think Beethoven felt while he was conducting the orchestra? Find evidence from the text. 6. Pair Work: Choose one of the following topics to introduce to your partner. Beethoven as a musician The performance of Symphony No. 9 7. Group Wo
11、rk: Think and share. 1. The description of Beethovens behaviour in the performance shows that he was deaf. (1) Can you find the hints? (2) Why did most of the audience have no idea that he was deaf? 2. How did Caroline feel when she said “The one person in the room who didnt hear the symphonyand nev
12、er wouldwas the very man who composed it.”? 8. Pair Work: Which part of the story about Beethoven impressed you most? Why? 9. Find some pieces of Beethovens music online. Discuss how you feel when listening to his music. 10. Find information about another musical genius you know of or want to know m
13、ore about. Share it in class. Unit 7 Art Viewing Workshop 【学习目标】【学习目标】 Students will be able to 1. read and talk about two famous paintings 2. view for understanding 3. summarise information 【学习重难点】【学习重难点】 understanding and summarising specific information in the videos 【学习过程】【学习过程】 1. What do you r
14、emember about the painting The Starry Night? 2. Look at Painting B on page 20. Answer questions. (1) Whats your first impression? (2) Describe the painting and tell how you feel about it. (3) Try to give a name to this painting. 3. Watch the first video and answer questions. (1) Whats the first thin
15、g many people notice in this painting? (2) Whats the last thing many people notice in this painting? (3) Whats the bright star just to the left of the centre called? (4) What is the technique “Impasto”? (5) How did Van Gogh make the starry night come alive? 4. Pair Work: Watch the second video and w
16、rite T (true) or F (false). ( ) (1) Mary Cassatt painted The Cup of Tea in 1897. ( ) (2) The effect of the painting is achieved by techniques used in French Impressionism. ( ) (3) Mary Cassatt portrayed herself in many of her paintings. ( ) (4) Impressionism originated with a group of Paris-based ar
17、tists. ( ) (5) Having afternoon tea was a social ritual for many upper-middle-class women in France. 5. Watch the videos again and answer the questions. (1) How does the first speaker start her introduction? What about the second speaker? Do they introduce the two paintings in the same way? (2) What
18、 other techniques do they use to introduce a painting? 6. Pair Work: If you are going to introduce a painting, what aspects would you cover in your presentation? 7. Group Work: Introduce your favourite painting. (1) How does the painting make you feel? (2) What do you like about the painting? (3) What caught your eye about the painting first? (4) Describe the features of the painting.
