1、Module 2 The Renaissance模块教学目标技能目标Skill GoalsTalk about the Mona LisaRead about the Renaissance and printingReview of non-finite verbsWrite a passage for your diaryWrite a newspaper article describing what happened to a famous work of artWrite a description of a Chinese painting for visitors. 目标语言Ta
2、rget Language功能句式Talk about the Mona Lisa and the RenaissanceI find it mysterious, and perhaps even a little disturbing .Its a masterpiece. Its a work of genius. The effect of the light, the combination of light and shade, is astonishing. For many people, the Renaissance means 14th to 16th century I
3、taly, and the developments in art and architecture, music and literature which took place there at that time. It is believed to be .The Renaissance is more than just Mona Lisa.词汇1 四会词汇Renaissance, disturbing, subject, dull, basically, work, effect, shade, medieval, Gothic, frontier, perspective, cat
4、hedral, motivate, skilled, tank, overnight, ferry, ornate, reckon, anecdote, authentic, burglar, antique, basement, calculate, chief, circulate, courtyard, crossing, crossroads, dash, debt, drawback, inspiration, inspire, liberty, merely, movable, widespread2 认读词汇polyphony, parachute, submarine, hor
5、se-shoe, tax, official, outcome, parcel, precise, press, puzzle, seek, spokesman, squeeze, substitute, superb, tentative3 重点词汇motivate, authentic, appeal, behalf, debt, inspire, flee, loss, outcome4 短语at liberty, depend on, get tired of doing sth., in history, lead to, leave for, leave sth. behind,
6、on behalf of, take up语法Review of non-finite verbs重点句子1. But there is one work which, perhaps more than any other, expresses the spirit of the Renaissance. P162. It is believed to be the best example of a new life-like style of painting that amazed people when it was first used. P163. The sense of ex
7、ploration which motivated the artists went hand in hand with a new type of philosophy. P174. They included detailed drawings of the human body, and plans for engineers to build canals and bridges, astonishing drawings of machines which were not to be built until hundreds of years later. P17 III. 教材分
8、析与教材重组1. 教材分析本模块以Renaissance为话题, 通过谈论蒙娜丽莎这一不朽艺术作品将话题逐步展开，并利用阅读、听力和描述（艺术作品）等学习方式，使学生对“文艺复兴”有一个较为全面、深刻的认识和理解，并能运用已有的历史知识和亲身经历评论艺术人物及作品，理解文艺复兴给欧洲文化、科技等方面带来的巨大影响。 1.1 INTRODUCTION部分首先呈现给学生人们对Mona Lisa这幅传世之作的不同看法，继而提供了部分专业词汇供学生讨论时使用，并对讨论内容与方式作了提示或指导。这一活动既呈现了本单元的中心话题，又为下一步围绕the Renaissance进行的听说读写训练提供了素材。
9、1. 2 READING AND VOCABULARY(1)包括一篇阅读课文和六项活动。其中Activity 1是阅读前的热身活动。设计了与课文有关的连线题，让学生对欧洲文化发展进程有一个初步的了解。Activity 2的任务是：在课文中快速找出特定的信息回答问题。Activities 3 、4是为考查学生对课文的理解程度和学习课文中关于文艺复兴的词汇和短语而设计的两项任务。Activities 5、6是问答题，旨在提高学生的理解能力，可与阅读同步进行。供阅读的课文是一篇说明文，介绍了文艺复兴的含义、该时期文学艺术、政治思想、自然科学等领域所取得的成就及重要艺术人物Leonardo da Vi
10、nce。通过阅读，让学生认识到文艺复兴在欧洲历史发展中的重要地位，了解文艺复兴的重大历史意义在于它促使欧洲人从以神为中心过渡到以人为中心，在于人的觉醒，在于人们把重点从来世转移到现世。它唤醒了人们积极进取的精神、创造精神以及科学实验的精神，从而在精神方面为资本主义制度的胜利和确立开辟了道路。文章以对蒙娜丽莎的评价开始，以对其作者达芬奇的评论结束，结构缜密，前后呼应。1.3 GRAMMAR（1）和GRAMMAR (2)的主要任务是复习非谓语动词。分别设计了四项任务，要求学生能识别动名词、分词及动词不定式，了解它们在句中的功能并能灵活使用。1.4 LISTENING AND SPEAKING 设计
11、了三项活动。Activity 1要求学生在第一课时讨论的基础之上，能够推断出听力材料的基本内容。Activity 2要求学生听取另外四段人们谈论蒙娜丽莎的采访录音，并选出能概括表述人们观点的句子。Activity 3在第一课时的基础之上，又提出一些问题供学生讨论，以提升他们对本模块的主要话题之一“the Mona Lisa”的理解。1.5 EVERYDAY ENGLISH提供了一些人们在谈论蒙娜丽莎时常用习语及表达法。要求学生弄懂其准确含义，并能熟练运用。1.6 READING AND WRITING(2)要求学生阅读三篇旅行日志，回答有关问题，归纳段落大意，并以贺卡的形式写出每个段落的内容概
12、要。该部分Activity 4提供了写作贺卡时可供参考的三幅图片；Activity 5要求学生以自己所居住的城镇的一名游客的身份，写一篇日记介绍当地的基本情况及自己的旅行计划。1.7 VOCABULARY部分要求学生分类归纳本模块阅读文章中出现的艺术类词汇，完成word-map并能运用这些词汇完成句子。 1.8 READING PRACTICE要求学生对有关蒙娜丽莎的未解之谜有一个大致了解并完成回答问题、选择、完成句子、写作等七项任务。1.9 CULTURAL CORNER中的短文给学生介绍了印刷术的起源、传播及其在欧洲文艺复兴时期所发挥的重要作用。1.10 TASK的主要任务是要求学生运用本
13、单元所学词汇写一篇文章介绍一幅中国名画，并和同学交流，选出最佳作品。2 教材重组2.1 将INTRODUCTION，LISTENING AND SPEAKING，EVERYDAY ENGLISH以及Work-book中的Listening and speaking整合在一起，设计成一节任务型 “口语课”。2.2 可将READING AND VOCABULAR（1），VOCABULARY和Workbook 中的Vocabulary部分的巩固性练习整合在一起，设计成一节“阅读课”。2.3 可将GRAMMAR (1) 和GRAMMAR(2) 及Workbook中Grammar部分的练习整合在一起，设
14、计成一节“语法课”。2.4将READING PRACTICE与CULTURAL CORNER整合在一起，设计成一节“泛读课”。2.5将READING AND WRITING（2）， TASK以及Workbook中的Reading and writing整合在一起，设计成一节“写作课”。3. 课型设计与课时分配1st Period Listening and Speaking2nd Period Reading3rd Period Grammar4th Period Extensive Reading5th Period Writing. 分课时教案The First Period Listen
15、ing and SpeakingTeaching goals教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语 masterpiece, mysterious, disturbing, basically, dull, effect, get away from, bring forth, a mother to be, a fair bit, complete rubbish, thinking hardb. 重点句式Its a typical satisfied smile of a . to be.Ive read a fair bit about .Most o
16、f . are complete rubbish.The smile is really just .It looks as if .2. Ability goals能力目标Enable the students to talk about the painting Mona Lisa. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help the students learn how to talk about the painting Mona Lisa.Teaching important & difficult points教学重难点Learn how to talk
17、about Mona Lisa. Teaching methods教学方法Pair work and discussion. Teaching aids教具准备A computer and a projector.Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式Step Lead-in T: Good morning / afternoon, boys and girls! Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Sir / Madam! T: We all know that Christmas is a very important festival
18、in western countries, who can tell me why the westerners celebrate Christmas? Any volunteers?S: It is said that Jesus Christ was born on the night of December the 24th. In order to show their honour to their savior, they named December the 24th Christmas Eve, and the next day, that is, December the
19、25th Christmas.T: Very good. Since Jesus Christ is such an influential man that there are many books, songs, and paintings related to him. Now look at the screen, I will show you a painting.The teacher then unfolds the screen and shows the students the following picture.T: Do you know the name of th
20、e painting?Ss: The Last Supper.T: And who is the painter?Ss: Leonardo da Vinci.T: Yes. Da Vinci is a very famous Italian painter. Besides the Last Supper, he created many other famous paintings, among which one is known throughout the world. That is .Ss: The Mona Lisa.T: Right. What makes it so famo
21、us? Today we will discover the mystery behind the painting. Step IntroductionThen complete the activities according to the following order: Activities 2, 1, 3 and 4.T: Deciding whether a painting is good or not is no easy task. It requires some knowledge of painting and also you must have a certain
22、accumulation of words to describe a painting. So first, lets look at some words of this kind.Then ask the students to read the words in the boxes in Activity 2. T: Look at the first box; I want to explain two words that you may not understand. First, the word “combination” means a number of things c
23、hosen from a group and put in a particular order. For example, when we want to show a fine day, we always draw the sky blue and the clouds white, so here blue and white are a unique combination of colors. Next “shade” means the dark places in a picture. Now try to decide what kind of words the first
24、 box contains, words to describe what you think about a work of art or words to describe technical aspects of a painting?Ss: Technical words.T: Right. Now it is your turn to explain some words in the second box. First try to guess the meaning of “astonishing”.S: I think “astonishing” means surprisin
25、g. Because we have learnt the verb “astonish” which means to surprise somebody. Am I right?T: Very good. We can then guess the meaning of the word “disturbing”. What is it?S: I think it means something that can make somebody worried, or make somebody feel uneasy.T: Very good. Now listen to me carefu
26、lly and tell me the meaning of “masterpiece”. “Hamlet” is one of the masterpieces of Shakespeare. Any volunteers?S: In my opinion, it means a work that is considered to be the best of a writer, painter, musician etc.T: Yes. Now we can finish Activity 1 on Page 15. Here you can find four remarks on M
27、ona Lisa. Read them carefully, and decide which opinions are positive.A few minutes later.T: Since it is very easy to distinguish the positive opinions from the negative ones, I just want one of you to show the answer. Who wants to have a try?S: I think number one and number four are positive opinio
28、ns.T: Good. From this activity, we know different people may have different opinions about something. Now I want to listen to your opinions. First lets enjoy the great painting.Then the teacher shows the painting on the screen.T: OK. Look at the painting carefully and work together and describe the
29、subject of the painting, what she is wearing, what she is doing, the background and the effect of the light in the picture, and then say what you think about it. I will give you about five minutes to discuss. Are you clear?Ss: Yes.T: Now lets begin. The students will have a discussion and tell each
30、other their ideas. After five minutes, the teacher will check their work.T: Now, say something about the subject of the painting.S: The subject of the painting is a woman, maybe she was an influential woman at that time.S: I have learnt something about art, it is said that Mona Lisa was the wife of
31、a wealthy Florentine businessman, Francesco del Giocondo.S: Someone said she was da Vincis mother.S: Someone even said she was da Vinci himself.T: Good. Now who can say something about what she is wearing and what she is doing.S: She is dressed in the Florentine fashion of her day, but I think her c
32、lothes are too dark. And she is smiling.S: I dont agree with you. In my opinion, it is just the dark clothes that make the painting more mysterious. S: And I dont think she is smiling. You can look at the painting more carefully. If you are not looking directly at her mouth, her smile looks cheerful
33、. But when you look directly at her smile, some parts of it disappear into the background. As a result, youre never quite sure if shes smiling or not.T: Yes, it is so interesting. No wonder it is believed to be a masterpiece of da Vinci. Next lets talk about the background and the effect of the ligh
34、t in the picture.S: She is seated in a visionary, mountainous landscape. The effect of the light is perfect, the painting is known as a remarkable instance of Leonardos sfumato technique of soft, heavily shaded modeling.T: Yes, thats true. Now after talking about the famous painting, do you want to
35、remark on it?S: It is difficult to discuss such a work briefly because of the complex stylistic motifs which are part of it. But one thing is true that the slight opening of the lips at the corners of the mouth was considered in that period a sign of elegance. Thus Mona Lisa has that slight smile wh
36、ich enters into the gentle, delicate atmosphere pervading the whole painting. To achieve this effect, Leonardo used the sfumato technique, a gradual dissolving of the forms themselves, continuous interaction between light and shade and an uncertain sense of the time of day. He gave us a vivid portra
37、it of a woman at that time, and I think it will never fade in history.T: Excellent. So much for our discussion. Do you want to know others comments on the Mona Lisa?Ss: Yes.T: OK. Turn to Page 19, and lets listen to something about that.Step Listening and speakingT: We will finish Activity 1 by havi
38、ng a competition. I will divide you into six groups. First, go through the short interview in Activity 1. Then make a short discussion, and guess what the questions are. Finally write the probable answers that you come up with on a piece of paper. Later I will play the tape, and listen to the correc
39、t answer. The group that got the most similar answers would be the best group. Are you clear? Now, begin. Then the students will have a discussion. A few minutes later. T: Stop here. Now hand in your answers. I will be the judge.The teacher collects the six groups answers.T: Now, lets listen to the
40、tape and check the answers. You only have one time to listen to it, so please be careful.Then the teacher plays the recorder. While the students are listening, the teacher check their answers, and decide which group would be the winner. After listening.T: Boys and girls, have you taken down the answ
41、ers?Ss: Yes.Then ask one of them to read the correct answers.T: I have checked your answers. I am very pleased to announce that group 3 wins in this competition.Ss: Congratulations!T: It is true that they did a good job. Now lets come to Activity 2. In this part, we will listen to four more intervie
42、ws with people talking about the Mona Lisa. I will play the tape twice. After listening, try to pick out the four sentences that can summarize the main ideas of the people. Got it?Then the teacher plays the tape twice and then checks the answers with the whole class.T: Well done. After listening so
43、much about the Mona Lisa, I think all of you have got further information about it. Now lets come to Activity 3. Discuss the first four questions in groups and report your results to the class. OK?The students start to discuss in groups, while the teacher goes among them to see if they have any ques
44、tions and directs the students activities. A few minutes later. T: Are you ready? Ss: Yes.T: Any volunteers?S: I want to say something. What strikes me most is the dark background in the painting. Judging from the background, she may have experienced something bad. Maybe she is a woman who has just
45、lost her dear son or daughter, and now she is thinking about the happy time that she spent with her child in the past. So the smile on her face is not real and her heart is full of sadness.S: I dont agree with you. I think Mona Lisa is going to have a baby. And now she is thinking about what her bab
46、y may look like. Also the dark background strikes us most, which makes her smile very special. The smile on her face is the typical one of a happy woman who is going to have a baby.T: Wonderful job! Lets move on to another listening material. Turn to Page 99 and go through the questions in Activity
47、8 first. Then give the students some time to go through the questions.T: OK. I will play the tape twice and after listening, please answer these questions. I will check the answers with the whole class. After listening to the tape twice, the teacher checks the answers.T: You have done a good job. Af
48、ter listening, we know the listening material is about tourism. Do you like traveling?Ss: Yes.T: And when traveling, usually we have a tour guide. Do you think they do a useful job? Why or why not?S: I think they do a useful job, because the place where we are going to visit is not familiar to us. S
49、o we know only a little about it while a tour guide has a good knowledge of the place. Even a stone in a museum may have a legend. But without a tour guide, we would never know that. They can help make our tour meaningful and interesting. T: Good. There are many places for us to explore in the world
50、. Among these places, museums and art galleries are an important part for us to understand the culture of a country or a city. But different people may have different opinions. You can find different views in Activity 10. Work in pairs, and have a discussion. Give reasons to support your answers.The
51、n the students begin to discuss.Sample discussion:Sa: Museums are boring. All in museums are articles from the past, and they are not interesting at all.Sb: I dont agree with you. I think museums are very interesting, because we can learn a lot about history. Sa: I think we can learn about history f
52、rom films and television.Sb: But films and TV programs are all based on history. Sometimes, the director will change the history a little to make the film more interesting. So what we see in a film is not necessarily real. Only the articles in museums can never change. You should learn to appreciate
53、 the beauty of a museum.T: Yes. As we know, museums are really very important. Now work in pairs, think about a museum you know. You can do this according to the questions and the passage in Activity 9.Sample writing:The Forbidden CityLying at the center of Beijing, the Forbidden City, used to be th
54、e imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is called the Palace Museum now. It is 960 meters long and 750 meters wide, and the world largest palace complex covering a floor space of 720,000 square meters, having 9,999 buildings. The rectangular city is encircled in a 52-meter-wide, 6-meter
55、-deep moat and a 10-meter-high, 3,400-meter-long city wall which has one gate on each side. There are four unique and delicate structured corner towers overlooking the city inside and outside on the four corners. Until 1924 when the last emperor in China was driven out of the Inner Court, 14 emperor
56、s of the Ming dynasty and 10 emperors of the Qing dynasty had reigned here. About 500 years being the imperial palace, it houses numerous rare treasures and curiosities. It was listed by the UN as World Cultural Heritage in 1987 and is the hottest tourist magnets.T: After finishing so much work, I t
57、hink all of you are tired. Now its time to relax. Lets learn some cool English that we may use every day.Step Everyday EnglishT: Turn to Page 20, look at each sentence and pay attention to the words in bold. Try to match them with the correct meanings below. And then make a sentence with each item.
58、You can show the answers one by one. First what does a mother to be mean?S: It means a woman who is going to have a baby. For example a wife to be, my sister is a wife to be.S: A fair bit means quite a lot. For example, I know a fair bit about how this accident happened.S: Complete rubbish means stu
59、pid ideas. For example, what you have talked about the relative theory is complete rubbish.S: Thinking hard means concentrating on. From his facial expression, we can see that he is thinking hard about this question.S: The meaning of she has the whole world on her shoulders is she has a lot of probl
60、ems. For example, after marrying Alex, that narrowminded man, she has the whole world on her shoulders.If time permits, the teacher can give the students more examples. Step HomeworkT: You have done very well in this class. Thats all for this period. Homework for today: Try to find some information about the following terms: Classical, Medieval, Gothic, and Renaissance. Next period, Ill check your homework by asking you some questions. Goodbye everyone!Ss: Goodbye, Sir / Madam.
