江苏省江阴市成化高级中学高中英语 Unit3 The meaning of colour Welcome to the unit教案 牛津译林版选修9 (2).doc

model 9 unit 3： the meaning of colourwelcome to the unit【teaching aims】after learning this lesson, the students will be very much interested in unit 3 “the meaning of colour”. they will be highly motivated, eager to know the meaning related to colours, and how different countries define different colours.【teaching difficult points】 1. free talk about colors 2. the meaning of color3. colors in different cultures 【teaching important points】1. free talk about colors 2. the meaning of color3. colors in different cultures 【teaching aids】1. the multimedia 2. the blackboard【teaching procedures】step 1 warming up1. ask ss the question “what is your favorite colour?”, and the teacher also expects students to give some simple reasons why a specific colour is their favorite. 2. names of different colors :1)black brown gray pink purple red silver blue white yellow green 2) more names of colors (refer to your dictionaries!)3) what is brought into your mind when you see them?3. the meaning of color : a discussion on colours. what does red/green/black remind you of? what can you think of once you see this colour?whatre the meanings of the colors?colorin chinain the westred orange green white yellowpurpleblue gray blackthe meaning of color (only reference)purple: royal, precious, romantic, sacredblack: conservative, mysterious, sophisticatedsilver: sleek, glamorous, richwhite: purity, innocence, softness, honestybrown: earthiness, order, simplicity, friendliness red: action, bravery, revolution, courage, vitalitypink: love, beautyorange: vitality with enduranceyellow: wisdom, joy, happiness, intellectual energygreen: life, nature, harmony, fertility, well beingblue: youth, liberty, truth, peace, justicegray: sorrow, security, maturitystep 2 peking opera masks1. ask ss the open-ended question: what colour would you choose to represent your character? why? (ppt 12)2. introduction of peking opera masks. (ppt 13)the colours in the masks used in chinese opera tell the audience about the personality of each character.3. match the masks with the characters: (ppt14)caocao guanyu zhangfei 4. an explanation of the colour used in the masks: (ppt15)black: fierce, violent, loyal, trustworthywhite: dishonest, evilred: brave, loyalstep 3 national flags1. different countries are associated with different colours. (ppt 16)introduction of another topic “national flags”.2. a picture from the textbook p33: (ppt 17)each country has its own national flag with its own pattern and colours.3. a display of 18 national flags: (ppt1835 )national flags of china/france/germany/italy/russia/spain/britain/australia/new zealand/usa/canada/japan/singapore/indonesia/korea/india/egypt/south africa step 4 national flowers1. besides national flags, different countries use different flowers as their national flowers. (ppt 36)2. a picture from the textbook p33. (ppt 37)the tulip comes in many different colours and is the national flower of the netherlands.3. a guessing game: (ppt 38-46)for each ppt a picture of a national flower is presented, the ss are asked to guess which country the national flower belongs to. tulipthe netherlands (ppt 39)cherryjapan(ppt 40)roseusa (ppt 41)sunflowerrussia (ppt 42)lotusindia (ppt 43)irisfrance(ppt 44)orchidsingapore (ppt 45)carnationspain (ppt 46)4. a debate on chinese national flower: (ppt 47)divide the students in two groups: group a is in favour of the peony as our national flower, while