1、Unit 1 Cultural HeritagePeriod 2 Reading and Thinking教材分析：From Problems to Solutions是一篇说明文，以阿斯旺大坝为例讲了如何解决一个问题。在信息层面，文章第一部分引出主题：Big challenges can sometimes lead to great solutions；第二部分讲了埃及如何解决建阿斯旺大坝和文物保护之间的矛盾；第三部分讲了解决问题中合作的重要性。在文本结构上，整个篇章是general-specific模式。本文脉络清晰，结构清楚。因此在教学设计中分了四步走，首先用了七个问题把文章的主要信息
2、理清楚；然后着重讲解了general-specific相关的篇章模式。第三，提取归纳了解决问题的一般模式，实现从文本信息的具象思维到高阶抽象思维的发展。最后，引导学生运用所学分析解决身边的问题。整个文本分析由信息篇章思维运用四部分组成。教学目标：1.Enable students to understand the main information and text structure of the reading text；2.Motivate students to use the reading strategymake a timelineaccording to the approp
3、riate text genre；3.Enable students to understand how a problem was solved；4.Enable students to understand the value of protecting cultural heritage by teamwork and global community：教学重难点：1.Guide students to pay attention to reading strategies，such as prediction，self-questioning and scanning.2.Help s
4、tudents sort out the topic language about protecting cultural relics and understand the narrative characteristics oftime-eventin illustrative style3.Lead students to understand the value of protecting cultural heritage by teamwork and global community：Step I warming-up1. Do you know whats in the pic
5、ture? Introduce the Liangzhu Cultural Sites and raise a problem: how to keep a balance between developing tourism and protecting sites.Step II Read for Information1. Why did the proposal led to protests2. What did the government do with the problem?3. How did the UN deal with this problem?4. How wer
6、e the cultural relics saved?5. Why was the project regarded as a great success?6. Does the writer mainly want to introduce the case of Aswan Dam with this passage? 7. Read Paragraph 1, 2 and 6, and figure out what the writer wants to tell with this passage?Step III Read for StructureAnalyze the text pattern of this passage.Step IV Read for Thinking1. Based on the text, try to conclude the general process of solving problems.2. Have a short conclusion.Step V Read for StructureApply what we learned today and write a passage on a problem.
