1、1Unit 1 Art单 元 要 览本单元的中心话题是西方绘画和中国艺术的历史、中西方各种艺术形式与风格，不同时代的著名画家以及他们的作品。语言知识的选择和听说读写等语言技能的训练主要围绕“绘画艺术”这一主题进行。本单元的目的在于帮助学生掌握与“绘画艺术”这一主题有关的词汇知识，引导学生了解绘画艺术及其各个历史发展时期的不同风格，培养他们对艺术的兴趣以及理解美、欣赏美、创造美的能力。本单元的主要教学内容如下表所示：类别 课程标准要求掌握的内容话题 A brief history of Western painting and Chinese art；famous artists and wor
2、ks of artadopt来源:学科网v. 采用；采纳；收养来源:学科网 ZXXK scholar n. 学者来源:学科网possess v. 拥有；具有；支配 preference n. 喜爱；偏爱attempt v.& n. 尝试；企图 reputation n. 名声；名誉predict v. 预言；预告；预测 civilization n. 文明；文化appeal v. 呼吁，求助 Egypt n. 埃及aim n. 目标；目的 v. 瞄准 district n. 区；区域typical adj. 典型的；有代表性的 committee n. 委员会specific adj. 确切的
3、；特定的 signature n. 署名；签字carve v. 雕刻；刻记 abstract adj. 抽象的；深奥的sculpture n. 雕塑 conventional adj. 常规的；传统的gallery n. 画廊；美术陈列室 evident adj. 明显的；明白的faith n. 信任；信念 superb adj. 卓越的；杰出的possession n. 所有；财产 ridiculous adj. 荒谬的；可笑的technique n. 技术；方法；技能 controversial adj. 争论的；争议的coincidence n. 巧合；相合 delicate adj.
4、脆弱的；容易生病的shadow n. 阴影；影子 allergic adj. 过敏性的；对过敏的figure n. 画像；身材；数字 aggressive adj. 侵略的；好斗的clay n. 黏土 fragile adj. 精细的；易碎的marble n. 大理石 Egyptian adj. 埃及的；埃及人的cafe n. 咖啡馆；小餐馆 visual adj. 视觉的；看得见的exhibition n. 展览；陈列；展览会 fragrant adj. 香的；令人愉快的flesh n. 肉；肉体 contemporary adj. 当代的；同时代的geometry n. 几何学 perma
5、nent adj. 永久的；持久的bunch n. 束；串 faithfully adv. 忠实地avenue n. 林荫道；大街a great deal 大量 attempt to do sth. 企图做某事词汇 on the other hand (可是)另一方面 be allergic to 对过敏2appeal to (对某人)有吸引力 have a preference for 喜欢make sculptures 制作雕塑 in the flesh 活着的；本人by coincidence 巧合地1.If you were an artist，what kind of picture
6、s would you paint？(the subjunctive mood)2.If the rules of perspective had_not_been_discovered，no one would_have_been able to paint such realistic pictures.(the subjunctive mood)3.There are scores of modern art styles，but without the Impressionists，many of these painting styles might_not_exist.(the s
7、ubjunctive mood)句型4.Among_the_painters_who broke away from the traditional style of painting were the Impressionists，who lived and worked in Paris.(inversion)功能语法虚拟语气(Subjunctive Mood)(1)(I wish I were/did/could/would.；If I did.，I would do.)If you could have three of these paintings on the walls of
8、your classrooms，which would you choose?If you were an artist，what kind of pictures would you paint?Have you ever wished you could paint as well as a professional artist？教学重点1.Get students to know about Western painting and Chinese art，famous artists and works of art.2Have students learn some useful
9、new words and expressions about painting and art and let them learn effective ways to master them.3Enable students to grasp and use the expressions of preference.4Let students learn the new grammar item：the subjunctive mood(1)5Develop students listening，speaking，reading and writing ability.教学难点1.Ena
10、ble students to master the use of the subjunctive mood.2Let students learn to write a letter of suggestion.3Develop students integrative skills.课时安排Periods needed：6Period 1 Warming Up，Prereading，Reading and ComprehendingPeriod 2 Language StudyPeriod 3 Grammarthe Subjunctive Mood(1)Period 4 Listening
11、 and SpeakingPeriod 5 Reading and WritingPeriod 6 Summing Up，Learning Tip and AssessmentPeriod 1 Warming Up，Prereading，Reading and Comprehending3整 体 设 计教学内容分析 This is the first teaching period of this unit.The central part of this period is the reading passage with the name of A Short History of Wes
12、tern Painting showing the students the history of Western painting.Warming Up gives students four questions to discuss，aiming at preparing students for both the content and the grammar of the unit.Prereading provides three questions to help students focus on the topic of the reading passage and lead
13、s the students to think about any personal experiences of Western art they may have，such as things about art galleries，paintings in galleries，some Western artists and paintings.Reading mainly introduces the history of Western painting.There are four major movements in Western art.Social，political an
14、d cultural changes contribute to the changes in artistic styles.There are four pictures of paintings in the passage representing the four major movements.After a glance at the title of the text and the headlines within it we know that it is a historical report，in which there are many time expression
15、s.Then we can know the topic of the text and how the information is organizedin the order of time，from the earliest to the present.Comprehending consists of four written or oral exercises for the students to do so as to help the students to get a better understanding of the text，that is to say，to he
16、lp the teacher to check how much the students have understood the text.三维目标设计 Knowledge and skills1To understand the meanings of the following new words and phrases：abstract(抽象的)，sculpture(雕塑)，gallery(画廊)，faith(信念)，aim(目标)，conventional(传统的)，typical(典型的，有代表性的)，evident(明显的)，adopt(采用)，possess(拥有)，super
17、b(卓越的，杰出的)，possession(财产)，technique(技术)，by coincidence(巧合地)，a great deal(大量)，shadow(阴影)，ridiculous(可笑的)，controversial(争议的)，attempt(尝试；企图)，on the other hand(另一方面)，predict(预测)2To learn about some major movements in Western art and how art has changed stylistically over the centuries.3To learn how the
18、information is organized.4To develop the students reading ability by skimming and scanning the passage.5To develop the students speaking ability by talking about Western paintings.Process and methods1While doing Warming Up the teacher can lead in the topic of this unit by showing students some Chine
19、se and Westernstyle paintings to recall their own knowledge and opinions about various art forms.Students should also be introduced to the subjunctive mood and try to use it when talking about the art forms.2During Prereading the teacher can go around the classroom and discuss the questions with sev
20、eral students.This discussion should be studentcentered and arouse students interest in Western painting.The teacher should also ask the students to look at the paintings in the reading passage and try to identify which style each of them belongs to so as to let them have a general knowledge of thes
21、e paintings.3While doing Reading and Comprehending，the teacher may first ask the students to 4read the text quickly to get the general idea of each paragraph.After reading the passage，students are encouraged to answer some questions and discuss the text structure.4To consolidate the contents of the
22、reading passage，the students should be required to retell the history of Western art in their own words at the end of the class.Emotion，attitude and value1To stimulate students sense of beauty and the ability of understanding，enjoying and creating beauty.2To develop students sense of cooperative lea
23、rning.教学重、难点 1To enable the students to learn about the history of Western art and to develop their reading ability.2To enable the students to talk about Western paintings.教 学 过 程Step 1 Warming up1Warming up by looking and talkingShow the following paintings to the students and let them find out the
24、ir favorites and give the reasons.Then help them find out the differences between the first three pictures and the next three ones.Sample expressions：If I were to choose paintings on the wall，I would choose the first one，because.If I were an artist，I would paint horses.Because.2Warming up by reading
25、 the short passage below.The Chinese have for centuries seen painting as the highest form of art.Chinese paintings have an air of living nature，harmony and peace that is not always found in the art of other civilizations.It is entirely different from Western painting，but that difference is hard to g
26、rasp and express.The following are some different forms of art：Figure painting：It includes portraits，story painting and genre painting(风俗画)with figures as the main subject.Lines are the key point.Landscape painting：Chinese landscape paintings can be divided into blueandgreen landscape，goldandgreen l
27、andscape，lightpurple red landscape and water ink landscape according to the colors used in paintings.The one without outlines is called boneless landscape.Flower and bird painting：Flowers，rocks and birds are usually the main subjects of this kind of paintings.Technically，there are detailed style wit
28、h colors and free style with ink.Court painting：It refers to the works done by those professional painters employed by the royal court，or imitations of their works by other painters.5The passage above is about Chinese art forms.With this，the teacher can arouse students interest to read the passage a
29、bout Western painting.Step 2 Prereading1Match the paintings and their painters.Suggested answers: Painting 1：Picasso；Painting 2：Masaccio；Painting 3：Da Vinci；Painting 4：Van Gogh2Encourage students to talk more about the paintings and the artists.Keys for reference：Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 i
30、n the village of Vinci.Leonardo began his career working for a master painter in Florence.His masterpiece is Mona Lisa.Leonardo was truly a “Renaissance Man” skilled in many fields.He was a scientist and an inventor as well as an artist.He made notes and drawings of everything he saw.Leonardo invent
31、ed clever machines，and even designed imitation wings that he hoped would let a person fly like a bird.Step 3 Reading and comprehending1FastreadingAsk students to skim the passage to get the key words and general idea of each paragraph and answer the following questions：(1)Whats the main idea of the
32、text?_(2) How many styles of Western art are mentioned in the text? What are they?_Suggested answers：(1)The style of Western art has changed a lot as time goes by.(2)Four.They are：the Middle Ages，the Renaissance，Impressionism and Modern art.2Detailedreading(1)Ask students to read the text carefully
33、to get some specific information and fill in the chart below.Period Main aim of painters Characteristics of the paintings Representative artistThe Middle Ages(5th to 15th century AD)To represent _ themesReligious，realistic _The Renaissance (15th to 16th To paint _ as they really werePerspective，real
34、istic，new oil Masaccio6century) paintsImpressionism(_ century)To show how _ fell on objects at different times of the dayNot detailed，painted outdoors，painted changes in lightNot mentioned_(20th century to today)To concentrate on certain qualities of the object_，very realistic Not mentioned(2)Ask st
35、udents to scan the passage for detailed information and do the following multiple choices.In the Renaissance，painters _.Apainted religious scenes in a more realistic styleBfocused more on religion than on humansCbegan to paint outdoorsDreturned to classical Roman and Greek ideas about art_ discovere
36、d how to make paintings look more real by using perspective. AGiotto di Bondone BMasaccio CClaude Monet DPablo PicassoAccording to the text，art is influenced less likely by _.Asocial changes Bthe way of life Cagriculture Dbeliefs of peopleWhen did people focus more on people and less on religion?AFr
37、om 5th to 15th century AD. BFrom 15th to 16th century.CFrom late 19th to early 20th century. DFrom 20th century to today.Most people hate the Impressionists style of painting at first because they thought _.Atheir paintings were very abstractBthey broke away from the traditional style of paintingCth
38、eir paintings were very realisticDtheir paintings were very ridiculousWhat does the text mainly tell us?AHow religious painting developed.BHow oil painting developed.CHow Impressionist painting developed.DHow Western art developed.(3)Guess which period the following pictures belong to.Suggested answ
39、ers：(1)religious Giotto di Bondone people and nature late 19th to early 20th light and shadow Modern Art Abstract(2)D B C B D D7(3)Painting 1：the Renaissance；Painting 2：the Middle Ages；Painting 3：Modern Art；Painting 4：ImpressionismStep 4 Language studyDealing with any language problems (words or sen
40、tences students might not understand)to help the students to have a better understanding of the text.Step 5 Listening，reading aloud and underliningAsk students to read the passage aloud to the tape and let them pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence.Tell
41、them to pick out all the useful expressions or collocations from the passage while reading and copy them to the notebook after class as homework.Collocations：concentrate on，adopt a humanistic attitude to life，possess sth.，be convinced that，by coincidence，a great deal，lead to，break away from，attempt
42、to do，on the other hand.Step 6 Structure analyzing After reading，ask students to discuss the text structure.Keys for reference：This passage is a historical report.The first paragraph introduces the topic and the theme of the text.The rest of the report presents the information in chronological order
43、.A feature of historical reports is the abundance of time expressions.The last sentence of the report functions as a conclusion.In addition，each section begins with a topic sentence.Step 7 RetellingAsk students to talk about the history of Western painting in their own words.Give them some key words
44、 and expressions on the blackboard.Then let them try to retell the passage.Step 8 Homework1Learn the useful new words and expressions in this part by heart.2Try to find a book with reproductions of Western paintings or Chinese paintings and explain what you like or dislike about them.Step 9 Reflecti
45、on after teaching_教 学 参 考Chinese PaintingChinese painting is generally divided by subject matter into four broad categories：figures，landscapes，flowers and birds，and bamboo and rocks.The first three categories succeeded each other in the summits of their developments，while the painting of bamboo and
46、rocks became a casual pleasure of the educated elite from the 12th century on.Before the Han Dynasty，founded in 202 BC. ，there was already a tradition of figure painting and portraiture of which remnants survive on later bronzes，jades，and pottery.During the Han Dynasty，the art of depicting figures b
47、ecame increasingly elaborate.Rulers used didactic art to emphasize codes of government.Surviving examples of 8stone engraving and wall painting show strong and lively drawing.LandscapeThe art of landscape painting formed the central and most standing tradition in Chinese painting.On a basis of Taoist communion with nature and strength
