ConnectingthePastandthePresentTheChineseWritingSystem:B1U5

Learningobjectives：

Bytheendoftheclass,youwill

beableto：

1.Usesomeimportantwordsandphrasestodescribe

thedevelopmentofChinesewritingsystem.

2.Applypredictionandscanningstrategiesformainideasinreading.

3.Identifythemainstructureofthepassageandtalkaboutatopicthroughtimeline.

4.Arousethepassion(熱情)forChineseandbuilduptheconfidenceinChineseculture

Guessinggame

雨火山水WarmingupWarminguppicture-based

symbols(符號(hào)）simplified(簡(jiǎn)寫的)Chinese

characters(漢字)HowChinesecharacters(漢字)develop?WarmingupLead-inTheChineseWritingSystem:connectingthepastandthepresentActivity1Predict(預(yù)測(cè))

whatwillbetalkedaboutinthispassageaccordingtothetitleandpicture.What’sthetopic(主題)ofthetext?TheChineseWritingSystem(中文書寫體系)

Activity2Accordingtothetitle,doaguessinggameagain~

thepastthepresentChinesewritingsystemA:inlogic(邏輯)order(順序)B:intimeorder(順序).C:inspace(空間)order(順序)connectQ:Howdoesthetextdevelop?Thetextisorganized____

TheChineseWritingSystem:connectingthepastandthepresentActivity3Globalreadingforthetypeofthetext.Thetypeofthistextis____________.A.Narration(敘述文)---describingincidents(事件)oracourse(發(fā)展)ofeventsB.Argumentation(議論文)---argumentsusedtosupport(支持)atheory(理論)C.Exposition(說(shuō)明文)---an

explanationofaspecific(特別)topicA.Thewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection方向.B.Thewritingsystembecamewell-developed,andlaterdevelopedintodifferentforms形式.D.WrittenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguageatthebeginning.E.TheChineselanguageishelpingtospread傳播China’scultureandhistorytotheworld.

F.WrittenChineseconnectsChina’spresent現(xiàn)在withitspast過去,andhasbecomeanartform藝術(shù)形式.Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5Para.6C.TheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthereasonswhyChinesecivilization文明hassurvived堅(jiān)持intomoderntimes.n.

體系；制度；系統(tǒng)Readthetexttomatchthemainideawitheachparagraph.

Activity4Scanning(尋讀)Scanningislookingatthetextquicklytofindspecificinformation.Activity5

Carefulreadingfordetails.1.Pleasesanthepassageandfindthewordsandphrasesthatdescribeatimeinthepassage.AtthebeginningBytheShangDynasty(around1600-1046BCE)OvertheyearsIntheQinDynasty(221-207BCE)InthemoderntimespastpresentEventodayTodayWhathappened

ateachoftheimportanttimes?AtthebeginningBytheShangDynastyOvertheyearsIntheQinDynastyInthemoderntimesTodayWrittenChineseisa__________language.Symbolsbecamea______________writingsystem.well-picture-basedThesystemdevelopedinto______________.different

Chinesewritingsystembeganto______________________.developinonedirectionPeopleread___________writtenbyChineseinancienttime,andregard_____________________asanartform.ChineseChinesewritingisanimportantpartof______________.

Chinese

classicworksEventodaydevelopedformsculture

calligraphy書法Chinesepeoplecan_________inwritingcommunicateThedevelopmentimportant4.Thatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportance

inunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.5.TheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseenasanartform,Chinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture6.Today,theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartoftheChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs全球事務(wù).5.

WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeans

bywhichChina’spresentisconnectedwithChina’spast.ConnectthepastandpresentConnectpeopleandcultureConnectthecharactersandartConnectChinaandtheworldActivity6

FindsupportingsentencesfortheimportanceofChinesewritingsystem.DoyouthinktheChineseWritingisimportanttous?

Summary

HistoryImportanceIntroductiondifferentformsinonedirectionuseoflonggupicture-basedTointroducethetopic:___________________.theChinesewritingsystemconnectpeopleandcultureconnectcharactersandartconnectChinaandthe

worldconnectthe

pastandthe

present1.Whatattitude(態(tài)度)doestheauthorholdtowardstheChinesewritingsystem?2.What’stheauthor’swritingpurpose(寫作目的)?Thinking

A:Negative(消極的；反對(duì)的)B:Positive(積極的；贊成的)C:Indifferent(莫不關(guān)心)D:NotclearA:Introducethedevelopment(發(fā)展)ofChineseWritingsystem.B:Showustheimportance(重要性)ofwrittenChinese.C:Raiseourawareness(意識(shí)）ofourcultureandlanguage.D:Allabove.SomearguethatthereisnoneedtospendmuchtimelearningtowriteChinesecalligraphy.What'syouropinion?Nowadays,peoplearedependingtoomuchonthecomputerandphones.Manyofthemdon’twritetheChinesecharactersbyhand.Debate

PositivesideNegativesideVSWethinkit’snecessaryto…IsitnecessarytospendmuchtimepractisingChinesecalligraphy書法?Wedon’tthinkit’snecessaryto…Rules3rounds﹢4speakersR1:the1stspeakerstateyouropinionswhyyouthinkis/isn’tnecessary.R3:the4thspeakerconcludeyourideas.R2:the2nd&3rdspeakersargueagainsttheotherside’sopinions.ThanksHomework

在課堂上，我們班就“是否有必要花時(shí)間學(xué)習(xí)書法”這個(gè)話題展開了激烈的辯論。請(qǐng)你用英語(yǔ)寫一篇短文表明你的觀點(diǎn)。

注意：寫作詞數(shù)應(yīng)為80左右。

LanguagePointsImportantphrases1connectthepastand/withthepresent2bewidelyknownfor3ancientcivilization4upsanddowns5atthebeginning6apicture-basedlanguage7datebackto8awell-developedwritingsystem9manyvarietiesofdialects因……廣泛著名古代文明浮沉；興衰；榮辱起初；首先以圖片為基礎(chǔ)的語(yǔ)言；象形語(yǔ)言追溯到一種發(fā)達(dá)的書寫體系LanguagePoints

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