Unit3Artandarchitecture.doc

Unit 3 Art and architectureTeaching Goals: 1. Talk about art and architecture2. Practise expressing preferences3. Learn about the Past Participle (2): used as Object ComplementTeaching Time: 5 periodsThe First PeriodStep 1. Greetings and warming-upGreet the students as usual.Ask the Ss to talk about their hometown and their houses.Qs: where are you from, a city or a small town? Can you describe the buildings in your hometown? What kind of buildings do you live in, a traditional house or an apartment?Show students two pictures, a tall building and a traditional yard.T: what can you see in the two pictures?What is the difference between them?(When the Ss describe the pictures, remind the students to think about the differences in the two pictures. The students may have different opinions. Encourage them to think out reasons as many as possible. They may have a discussion.)Suggested answers:Block of flatsTraditional houseModern.Convenient.The rooms are big.Every flat has a toilet and bathroom.Not much contact with their neighbors.People often feel lonely.Flat roof.Old-style.The rooms are small.Sometimes no toilet or bathroom.Life is much more interesting. Neighbors get on well with each other. People can grow flowers in the yard.The roof is sloping.(why?) In which house would you prefer to live? Why?S: I like living in .because. I prefer living Id rather liveThe students should tell others their reasons to support their choices. For example, living in the small house makes me feel warm. I like making friends with my neighbors. It looks like a big family. Encourage them to express their ideas freely.T: Buildings in the different places are different. So what words and phrases do you think will be useful when you want to talk about art and architecture?Show the students some different kinds of houses , ask them to describe them.Collect their answers.( appearance: high, low, great, The palaces were large and beautiful, and they often looked like something out of a fairy tale.；materials: brick, stone, steel ,glass, wood)T: If you were free to design your own dream house, what would that house look like? What materials would you use? Explain why you made certain choices about your dream house?Architect: one who designs the construction of buildings or other large structures.Give the students enough time to discuss the question. Collect their answers.Step 2 Speaking Books open, page 18. Ask the students to listen to the sample dialogue and follow the tape. Study the useful expressions. Remind them to learn the structure how to express their preferences. Practice. Ask them to look at the pictures and choose the item they prefer. Try to explain the reasons.Two tasks: One is to talk about traditional and classical furniture. And the second task is choosing a picture to decorate their room.T: In your dream houses, are there any chairs?(Show some chairs) which one do you like? Why?When they answer the question, encourage them to use expressions in the following table. A moment later, ask them to act out their own dialogue.Sample dialogue:A: which do you like better, classical chairs or modern chairs?B: I prefer modern chairs.A: Why?B: In my opinion, modern chairs are lighter and more colorful. They are comfortable.A:Step 3 : Preparation for listeningT: You have already designed your own dream house , it is time to buy some furniture. What kind of furniture will you buy? And why do you prefer them? Have a short discussion in pairs. You can introduce names of furniture, such as heater, air-conditioner and so on.Step 4. Listening.Books open, Page 18, listening part. It is a talk between a young married couple, Danny and Amy and a shop assistant. They want to buy some furniture for their new house. Ask the students to go though the exercises and make sure what to do.Play the tape twice for the students to listen and finish the exercises by themselves. They may check the answers in pairs.Then play it a third time for the students to check their answers. Check them with the whole class in the end.Step 5.Homework1.Decorate your bedroom and classroom. And talk about your decoration.2.Find out about the history of art and architecture, names of artists and architects, famous buildings and works of art in the world as much as possible. Share the ideas with others.Period 2&3: ReadingStep1: Pre-reading-Enjoy pictures of both modern architecture and classical architecture1. GreetingsT: Weve really had a wonderful tour around the world last time, seeing the marvelous architecture home and abroad, modern and classical. I hope you enjoy that but I wonder if all of you can recognize some of the most famous architecture.2.Brainstorming or guessing game -Name the pictures: Sydney House; the Eiffel Tower; the Temple of HeavenQ: Among all of these pictures, which ones are different from others? Or you may say which ones belong to modern architecture.SS: Q: How do you know which ones belong to modern architecture? Whats the difference between modern architecture and classical (ancient) architecture?SS: T: If you want to know more and to enjoy the beauty of modern architecture, youd better join us, as we are going to have a new journey, the journey to the world of modern architecture.Step2: While-reading1. Fast- reading-Find the difference between modern architecture and classical architecture in the text.Q: whats the difference between modern architecture and classical architecture?DifferenceModern architectureClassical architectureMaterialsSteel, iron, glassStone, brick, woodCharacteristicsHuge; like boxes; unfriendlyBeautiful, closer to natureQ: What kind of materials is used? What other materials do you know?Q: Whats the characteristic? How do people feel towards modern architecture?2. Careful-reading-Find out the information according to the key wordsModern architectureCharacteristicsExamplesArchitectsMaterialsTime Q1: When was modernism invented? -1920sQ2: How many architects are there in the text? -Antonio Gaudi/ WrightQ3: Where were they from? -Spanish/ American architectQ4: What did Gaudi want to be used in his works? Whats the characteristic of his architecture? How is his architecture like? -Natural materials/ like a dream, full of fantastic colors and shapes.Q5: What inspired Wright? -Japanese seashellsQ6: How many examples are there in the text? -The Opera House/ the new Olympic StadiumQ7: How do they look like? -Seashell/ nestQ8: Why do we call the 2008 Olympic Stadium in Beijing” the Birds nest”?Q9: What do they (two architects / two examples) have in common? -Nature3. Listening -While listening, pay attention to the key points in the text.Para1: “have its own ideas of beauty expressed” “find them designed, planned, built”Para2: “went against peoples feeling of beauty” “wanted their buildings constructed”Para4: “impress us because they are huge” “glass walls that act as mirrors”Para7: “Despite using traditional materials”Para8: “Viewed from the top, it looks”Step3. Post-reading1. Task 1: Interview (group work)-Situation: suppose a famous modern architect (Gaudi or Wright) is here. What do you want to know about modern architecture and him?-Roles: Gaudi/ Wright Reporter2. Task2: Design (group work)- Design the architecture of a new school.Scientific buildingTeaching buildingCanteen/ dining roomDormitoryLibraryGymSchool -Report four elements: what kind of materials is used? / Why do you design in this way? / How do the architecture look like? / Whats the style?Step4. Homework1. Exchange designs with your classmates and exhibit them.2. Report what you have learned about modern architecture next time.Period 4: Language studyStep 1 Leadin T: Hello, everybody, yesterday we have seen a lot of wonderful modern architectures and got to know some famous architects. Today Id like to introduce you one of my friends. He is an architect. Who can tell me the meaning of “architect”. (a person who designs buildings). He lived in this house when he was young. Do you think this house beautiful or not beautiful? (not beautiful) Can you use another word to replace “not beautiful”. (ugly). So when he became an architect, he designed some pretty houses. Not long ago he designed a new house for me. Lets go and see my new house.Step 2 VocabularyT: Welcome to my new house. Could you say something about my new home?T: Im not alone here, because I have two neighbors. Do you know who are they and where they live? (nest, dog house)T: Lets learn some new words of house. (balcony concrete nest brick roof) Try to remember these new words, then fill in the blanks.van area with a wall or bars around it, joined to the outside wall of a building _. vA strong construction material which is a mixture of stone, and sand and water _va shelter made by a bird to hold its eggs and young _vthe structure on the top of a building to keep the rain out_Step 3 Word StudyT: Can you tell me which is the most ancient building in my yard? (nest)A nest is to a bird what a house to a man. (鸟巢和鸟的关系就和房子和人的关系一样)Water is to fish what air is to men.(水和鱼的关系就于空气和人的关系一样)T: Well done. These two sentences have something in commonthey are using the same sentence pattern. What is it?A is to B what C is to DT: Very good. Now I will show you more pictures, you should find out the relationship between these pictures, and create sentences using the above pattern.u Fur is to a fox what the_is to a banana.u _are to a house what words are to a text.u An architect is to_what a painter is to art.u A_is to a boat what an engine is to a car.u A_is to a fisherman what a gun is to a hunter.u Arms are to the body what_are to a tree.Step 4 GrammarT: Im very glad that you like my new home. Our new school is far away from the downtown, so a new market is build near our school. Ill guide you to the market to see what you can do there.show the Ss the picture and ask them to describe it.-What can you see in the market?-Lets see what can we do here?Give examples: I can have my hair cut here. I can have my bike mended.Ask the Ss to make similar sentences.T: in all these sentences we use a sentence pattern“have something done”.Now lets see the pairs of sentences, and compare A and B.A: I can have my bike mendedB: I can have the car waiting for me.A: I found myself tied to a tree.B: I found myself walking in a forest.Watch more sentences on page 22.Examine all the sentences carefully, and find out when we use ing form and when we use ed form. passive voice: -ed active voice: -ingLook at the pictures, can you find out another difference between ing form and ed form.Lets do some exercises. Matching wDid you find the city wdone?wWhen will he ever get the work wgreatly changed?wShe cant make herself wcalled.wNext week Ill have my bedroom wunderstood.wYouve got to keep the door wlocked.wI got the watch wrepaired.wShe heard her name wdecorated CompletingwI dont want any bad words_(say) about him behind his back.wPlease get the work_(do) as soon as possible.wIll have the materials_(send) to you next Monday morning.wShe wont have her long and beautiful hair_ (cut) short.wYou should make your voice_(hear).wI want you to keep me_(inform) of how things are going with you.wThe rent sounds reasonable. How would you like it_(pay).wAt last I succeeded in making myself_(understand).Well move to the new school, and four people will share one room. There will be a competition on decorating your room. The most beautiful and most special room will he the winner. Now work in groups of four to design your room. Five minutes later the group leaders should give a simple report. And pay attention to use ed form in your report. Here are some phrases to help you:Step 5 Homework1. Workbook page 97, exercises 152. Workbook page 98, exercises 12Period 5: Integrating skillsStep 1. Revision ( Talk about new house decoration to revise the grammar: have done) - Dear class, Im especially happy these days, because Ive just bought a new house. Its very beautiful. Look, here it is. I want to share my happiness with you. So would you like to help me design my house? How should I decorate my room? Please discuss it and give me some advice, OK?- Ok, which group will give me good suggestions?- Thank you very much! Youre good designers. Ill decorate my room according to your design. Step 2. Lead-in( Talk about how to deal with the old house.)- Now after I finished decorating the rooms, I moved into my new beautiful house. But what should I do to deal with my old house? Should I pull it down? No, I dont want to do that. Anyway its so lovely a house. Should I let it stand empty? No, not a good idea. I want to give it a second life. What shall I do? Please discuss again in groups and this time give me advice on how to deal with the old house.- Wow, you have so many wonderful ideas! I think I like to change it into a beautiful teahouse and I can rent it to somebody else since I am too busy to run it myself. And thus I can give my old house a second life. Thank you very much! Would you like to come in and have a cup of tea in my teahouse some day?Step 3. Fast reading on “ Factory 798 ”- Thank you for your ideas to give my old house a second life. And the same story goes with another old factory which is no longer used in Beijing. It is the famous place called “Factory 798”. Has anybody ever heard of that? If no, lets open our books and read the passage on Page 23. Try to find out: “What is Factory 798? ”- Who has found out the answer? an old army factory ; an arts centre;Step 4. Careful reading- Now lets get some detailed information about Factory 798. Please read the second paragraph of the passage carefully again and find out: - What was Factory 798 like? huge factory halls of bricks small round windows that remind you of ships bent roofs 20-foot high walls of glassMore questions on the screen to guide the reading: 1. When was Factory 798 built? Who designed it? Who built it?2. Why is it very different from Chinese architecture?- Weve known that Factory 798 was built in 1950s. As time went by and things developed, what happened to it then? no longer used/ needed stood empty- What has happened to it now? turned into an arts centerMore questions: 3. How did Factory 798 turn into an arts center?4. Why was Factory 798 welcomed by painters, music bands, artists and musicians?Step 5. Listening and reading- Now, lets listen to the tape and get a better understanding of the text. Please follow the tape in a low voice and pay attention to the pronunciation of the new words and phrases which youre not sure of. At the same time, please try to find out the following new language points in the text and see ho