Unit 3 The world of colors and light Reading 教学设计 2.doc

Unit 3 The world of colors and light Reading 教学案 2Step 1: Lead-inYou must have heard of the very famous movie The Da Vinci Code. And you may wonder what the relationship between Da Vinci and the movie is. Now lets enjoy it together. Yes, this is a very exciting detective story, and the key to the case is hidden in the paintings of the famous Italian artist. In the world, there are many other famous artists such as Van Gogh and Pablo Picasso. We will read passage to know more about the masters.Step 2: Fast reading for general ideasGo through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the three questions in part A on Page 34. Pay attention to the most important information.AnswersA 1. Spain， France， Netherlands.2. Four days.3. They are going to another museum in Amsterdam.Step 3: Detailed reading for important information1. Read the passage a second time and complete Part C1AnswersC1 1. He thinks Mlaga 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 Muse dOrsay.4. Mona Lisa.5. He was also a sculptor， an architect， an engineer and a scientist.6. Musee dOrsay.7. It is in Amsterdam.8. In Armsterdam.2. Read the article again and complete Part C2.AnswersC2ArtistNationalityDates of birth and deathFamous PaintingYear of paintingPablo PicassoSpanish1881-1973Self-portrait1972van GoghDutch1853-1890The Potato Eaters Starry Night18851889RembrandtDutch1606-1669The Night Watchman1642Leonardo da VinciItalian1452-1519Mona Lisa1503-1506Step 4: Practice1. Complete Part D. You may refer to the reading passage on pages 34 and 35 for some help.AnswersD 1 a 2 d 3 h 4 f 5 b 6 g 7 c 8 e 2. Part E is a brochure about painters from the past. Please finish it.AnswersE (1) Italian (2) sculptor (3) astronomy (4) calculated (5) Louvre (6) nature (7) successful (8) talented (9) created (10) abstractStep 5: Post-reading activities1. You will be divided into groups of four to introduce each artist mentioned in the passage to other group members with the help of the table in Part C2. 2. Search for more information about the artists and their works. Give a brief introduction to each of them.3. Search for more information about the museums mentioned in the text and introduce them.4. Read the instructions for Part F and discuss the questions listed.Step 6: Language pointsVocabularyWordstalented， photographer， architecture， geometric， masterpiece， calculate， astronomy， range， float， pond， peaceful， weep， thunderstorm， thunder， rainbow， abstract， artwork， sunflower， starry， self， distribute， buyer， negotiate， adore， subjective， appetite， explore， artistic， assistance， framework， abandon， scratchUseful expressionsrange fromto， in the field of， on the surface of， towards the end of， have an appetite for， start fro