高中英语选修8 Unit3 The world of colours and light--Reading教案(译林牛津版)

 Teaching Aims:

1.       To let the students understand the text.

2.       To let the students know something about the great artists.

 Procedures

 Step 1: Lead-in

1.       Can you name these artists?

2.       Can you name these pictures?

3.       Do you know something about Louvre Museum? (6 pictures)

 Step 2: Listening and Fast reading

Reading after the tape and answer questions on part A

1.Which countries has Li Ming visited on his trip?    

Spain, France, Netherlands.

2. How many days did they spend in Paris?

4 days

3.Where are they going next?

They are going to anther museum in Amsterdam

Step 3: Reading strategy: Reading a life story

Read this passage carefully, and answer the two questions

1.       How is the text go?

2.       How is a life story organized?

 The date and place of their birth; childhood; education; early influences

 Most famous works; the style; what made them special; comparison

The date of their death; comments

 Step 4: Carefully reading

1.       Answer the 8 questions from part C1.

Answers:

1). He thinks Malaga is a lovely city and that the architecture there is beautiful

2). Cubism is a type of art developed by Pablo Picasso that represents things as geometric shapes.

3). He went to the Louvre Museum and the Musee d’Orsay.

4). Mona Lisa.

5). He was also a sculptor, an architect, an engineer and a scientist

6). Musee d’Orsay.

7). It is in Amsterdam.

8). In Amsterdam.

2.       Complete the table.

3.       Some True or False questions.

1)      Pablo Picasso was born in England.

2)      Picasso wasn’t just a painter.

3)      The painting of Mona Lisa is in the Louvre Museum.

4). Leonardo da Vinci is an Italian

5). Monet was an American painter.

6). Van Gogh’s early paintings were abstract.

7). Rembrandt lived from 1606 to 1669.

4.       Choose the best answers.

1).Leonardo da vinci was all of the following except_______

A. an architect    B. a photographer    C. a sculptor        D. a scientist

   2).According to the text, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. It was in Amsterdam that Li Ming sent the e-mail to Yang Yan.

B. Li Ming’s aunt likes cubist paintings and thinks Picasso is the greatest artist ever.

C. Li Ming was very excited during his trip to Amsterdam even though there was a thunderstorm.

D. When Vincent Van Gogh died in 1890 only one of his paintings had been sold.

  3).If you want to enjoy the works of Claude Monet, you’d better go to

A  the Louvre Museum          B.  the Van Gogh Museum

C. the British Museum           D.  the Musee d’Orsay

  4). Li Ming’s purpose in sending the e-mail to Yang Yan is _____

A. to introduce some famous masters

B. to introduce some art museums

C. to invite Yang Yan to Amsterdam

 D. to tell him about his experience on  this trip

 Step 5: Consolidation

   Please finish part E on page 37.

 Step 6: Story making

   Please introduce the life story of the artists discussed in the text, using the phrases on the screen.

 Step 7: Homework

  Review the text