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Unit 5 What are the shirts made of?
Section B（2a-2e）
Language goals
Learn to describe Chinese traditional art forms using the target
language.
Key words and phrases
its, form, clay, celebration, balloon, paper cutting, scissors,
lively,
fairy tale, historical, heat, polish, complete.
Teaching Key sentences
Aims 1. The most common things, from paper to clay to bamboo,
are
turned into objects of beauty.
2. According to Chinese history, sky lanterns were first used
by
Zhuge Kongming.
3. The pieces are carefully shaped by hand from a very
special kind
of clay and then allowed to air-dry.
Teaching
Difficulties Learn to disseminate Chinese traditional culture and art in English.
Teaching
Aids A tape recorder ,CAI or multimedia courseware
Teaching Procedures Tips
Step 1 Lead in
The T can present some pictures about Chinese traditional or folk
art and elicit some responses from Ss. The T can use these
prompts:
Do you know anything about Chinese folk or traditional art?
1Can you say any kind of folk or traditional art?
The T can introduce some kinds of traditional art in English and
lead in the class.The T can use the following prompts:
Today we will learn about three forms of Chinese traditional and folk
art. They are sky lanterns, paper cutting and Chinese clay art.
Can you do any of them?
Step 2 Presentation & Reading
2a
The activity is to prompt Ss to think about Chinese folk or
traditional art. The T may teach the vocabulary items needed to
talk about folk or traditional art before conducting activity 2a.
Some Chinese folk or traditional art forms:
basket weaving; lantern-making; kite-making; puppetry; Chinese knot;
Chinese painting and calligraphy; paper cutting; clay art; food art;
Chinese opera; Chinese instruments.
Suggested answers:
Paper cutting is one of the most popular traditional folk arts in
China. During the Spring Festival and wedding celebrations ,
they are used to decorate doors, rooms and windows. The color
most frequently used is red.They are seen as symbols of good
luck and happiness. Chinese paper cutting is very popular around
the world, which is often used as the gift for foreign friends.
Before reading, the T can ask Ss to look at the pictures and the
title and prompt Ss to predict by asking questions:
What common things are mentioned in the passage?
How many traditional art forms are mentioned?
What are they?
Task 1 Skimming
The T can ask Ss to read the passage quickly and try
answering the following questions. The T can invite Ss to
share answers.
1.What is the passage about?
2.How many forms are talked about?
Answers: 1. It’s about forms of Chinese traditional art.
2.Three forms.
Then the T can encourage Ss to find out the structure of the
passage by giving these prompts. Then the T can present the
structure in PPT.
Which part gives the general introduction?
Where can you find specific details?
Task 2 Scanning
2The T can ask Ss to read each paragraph carefully and
answer the
questions of each paragraph.
Para.1
Q: What do traditional Chinese art forms try to show?
A: Traditional Chinese art forms try to show the things that are
important in the life, such as _______, _________ and
_______.
Para.2
Q1: Who first invented sky lanterns ?
Q2:How were they used before?
Q3:What are sky lanterns made of?
Q4:When are sky lanterns used today and why?
Para.3
Q1: What are the most common pictures of paper cutting?
Q2: How long has the paper cutting been around?
Para.4
Q: What’s the process of making clay pieces?
2b
The activity is to give Ss practice in reading for main ideas and
specific details. The T can make Ss read the passage again
carefully . The T can also help Ss to consolidate what they read
by asking some questions.
What are the common things?
What are the objects of beauty?
What are the objects thought of as symbols of?
Then the T can present a chart:
Common things Objects of beauty Symbols of
bamboo sky lanterns happiness and good wishes
paper paper cutting wishes for good luck and a
happy new year
clay Chinese clay art love for life and beauty
Then the T finish the task in 2b. The T can invite some Ss to
share
their answers.
Answers:
Traditional art form Materials used
1. sky lanterns bamboo, paper
2. Paper cutting paper(usually red)
3. clay art clay
2c
3The activity is to provide Ss with practice in reading for details.
Ss can read the questions first and then read the passage again
to get more details. Ss finish the task individually and then
check their answers in pairs.
Answers:
1.They try to show the things that are important in life, such as
love, beauty and family.
2. Before, they were first used by Zhuge Kongming to ask for
help when in trouble. Now they are used at festivals and other
celebrations as symbols of happiness and good wishes.
3. The pictures usually found on paper cuttings are flowers, animals, and
things about Chinese history.
4. They put them on windows, doors and walls as symbols of wishes for
good luck and a happy new year.
5. First, they are carefully shaped by hand from a very special kind
of clay and then allowed to air-dry. After that, they are fired at a
very high heat and then polished and painted.
6. Chinese clay art. Because they are so small but they look very
lively and cute.
After finishing the task, the T can guide Ss to make mind-maps
of each traditional art form.
2d
The activity is to enable Ss to focus on some key phrases used
in the reading passage. Before Ss start working on the activity,
the T may want to check that Ss understand what all the
phrases in the box mean. If Ss are unsure, the T can encourage
them to use contextual clues to work out the meanings of the
phrases. Then the T can invite some Ss to read aloud the
sentences to check their answers.
Answers:
1. send out; rise into
2. turns...into;put...on
3. such as; covered with
2e
The activity is to encourage Ss to express their opinions
about a given subject. The T may have Ss discuss the
questions in groups, and then have a class discussion and
encourage some volunteers to express their opinions.
Suggested answers:
1. I think paper cutting is the easiest, because I’m good at
drawing and using scissors. I think Chinese clay art is the most
4difficult, because there are too many steps to make a clay piece.
2.I’d like to learn the Chinese clay art. Because I can have fun
making some cute characters by myself.
Step 3 Language points learning
form n. 形式；类型 The
Ice is a form of water. language
form作名词，还可意为“表格”。 points are
The young man is filling in his form. for
form 还可作动词，意为“形成；建立”。 reference
A plan formed in my head. only.
He formed a band with some friends.
turn into... 意为“变成……”
turn… into …意为“把……变成……”。
turn的常用短语：
turn off 关闭 turn on 打开
turn down调低；拒绝 turn up 调高；出现
turn back 返回 turn out 结果是
be seen as 被看作；被视为 是see...as的被动语态结构，其中see意
为“看作”。
The dog is seen as her family member.
Miss Wang sees her students as her own children.
see... as...的同义短语：
treat ... as... /consider ... as... / regard ... as...
Step 5 Summary & Homework The
homework
Summary The T can encourage Ss to summarize the key points can vary
of this class to help Ss consolidate the knowledge. with the
Homework: specific
Read and recite the passage in 2b. conditions
Do the exercises in students’ book. .
In this period, the most important thing is to train the students' ability of
Teaching reading.While reading, students should learn how to give their points in an
Reflection article.First we give the general introduction,and then give the specific
details and examples.On the one hand, we must learn the new words and
5new language items; on the other hand, we must practice talking about
the topic with the target language. And we ask and answer a lot of
questions and practice the useful expressions in many ways.
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