Unit1Reading教案--人教版高中英语选修六.docx

Unit 1 Book 6教学设计稿
The Second Period Reading
Teaching goals 教学目标Target language 目标语言重点词汇和短语realistic, abstract, religion, religious, sculpture, gallery, belief, consequent, consequently, aim, symbol, value, focus, possession, convince, impressionism, impressionist, shadow, ridiculous, nowadays, attempt, predict, the Renaissance, fbcus on, a great deal, scores of
a. 重点句式There are so many ... (hat it would be impossible to ... PlPeople became focused more on ... and less on ... P2If the rules of perspective had not been discovered, people would not have been able to paint... P2
1. Ability goalsEnable the students to talk about (he short history of Western painting.
2. Learning ability goalsHelp the students learn how to talk about the short history of Western painting.
Teaching important & difficult pointsEnable the students to (alk about (heir opinions about different styles of Western art.
leaching methodsSkimming and scanning; individual, pair or group work; discussion.
Teaching aidsA recorder, a computer, a projector and some famous paintings.
Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式Step I Lead-inHave you found any changes in our school?
Step II Warming Up
First, please match some new words in Column A with the correct English meanings in Column B. Show them on the screen.
A
B
a. realistic
1. accurate, minute
b. abstract
2. state or fact of existing
c. existence
3. being in thought but having a physical or practical existence
d. detailed
4. lifelike, true to life
e. religious
5. classical, of old beliefs
f. traditional
6. sincere to believe in a god or gods

I'd like you to look at the paintings in this unit, and then work in groups of 4 to discuss the questions in Warming Up.
Step III Pre-readingGet the students to discuss the questions in Prc-rcading in pairs. Then check the answers with the whole class.
1. Do you ever visit art galleries? What kind of paintings have your ever seen?
2. Can you speak out the names of some famous Western artists and tell me in which centuiy they lived?
Step IV ReadingTask I ScanningShow some questions on the screen.
1. What were the artists interested in from 5lh(o 15th century AD?
2. How did Masaccio paint his paintings?
3. Why did the impressionists have to paint quickly?
Task 2 Skimming
Let the students read the passage again and get (he main idea of it. Then complete lhe following chart on their own. And check the answers with the whole class.
Name of Ages
Time
Artist
Feature
The Middle Ages
5th to 15th century
AD
Giotto di Bondone
religious, realistic
The Renaissance
15th to 16th century
Masaccio
perspective, realistic
Impres-sionism
late 19th to early 20th century

detailed, ridiculous
Modern art
20th century to today

controver-sial, abstract, realistic
Task 3 Explanation
Let's explain some sentences.
1. There are so many ... that it would be impossible to...
This sentence means that there are too many different styles of Western art to introduce in a short passage.
2. People became focused more on humans and less on religion.
It tells us that people began to pay more attention to humans than religion.
3. If the rules of perspective had not been discovered, people would not have been able to paint...
This sentence means that people discovered the rules of perspective, so that they painted such realistic pictures.
4. During the Renaissance oil paints were also developed, which made colors look ...
That is to say, during (he Renaissance oil paintings were so advanced that colors looked richer and deeper.
5. At the time they were created, the impressionists' paintings were controversial but today they arc accepted as the beginning of what we now call “modern art''.
When the impressionists started to paint in their own way, some people did not accept their paintings. However, nowadays people consider them as the beginning of （he Modern Art.
Step V ComprehendingLet the students read the passage again and deal with the Exercises I & 2 in Comprehending. Step VI.课文重点难点解析There are so many different styles of Western art that it would be impossible to describe all of them in a short text. Plso ... that...如此以致于；so之后可接形容词、副词或加修饰语的名伺：e.g. This is
so interesting a book that we all like to read it.
He had so many falls that he was black and blue all over.
a. 当不定式、动名词、从句等结构用作主语时，为了避免“头重脚轻"，往往用it作形式主 语而把真正的主语放在句子末尾。
e.g. Is it necessary to tell her father ever）ihing?有必要把一切都告诉她父亲吗？
It is said that he got married last month.据说他上个月已经结婚了。
1. People became focused more on humans and less on religion. P2 focus ... on ...对准焦点；使集中e.g. He focused the camera on her.他把照相机的焦点对准了她。
The teacher focuses her attention on the book. 老师正集中精力看书。
2. During the Renaissance oil paints were also developed, which made colors look richer and deeper. P2
Which可用作关系代词，引导非限制性定语从句时，可指代其前面的一个指代事物的名 词，在此句中指代整个主句。
e.g. She received an invitation from her boss, which came as a suiprise.
The river, which flows through London, is called the Thames.
Step VI HomeworkUnderline the time expressions in the reading passage.
1. Retell the passage with the help of the chart about the text.
2. Discuss the question in Exercise 3 on page 3.