TeachingPlanforBook3Unit4AmazingArt

UnderstandingideasLivefromtheLouvre

1.TextbookAnalysis

ThislessonisbasedonareadingpassageabouttheLouvreMuseum,oneofthemostfamousartmuseumsintheworld.Thetextisstructuredasalivebroadcast,introducingthreeiconicartworks:theWingedVictoryofSamothrace,theMonaLisa,andRembrandt'sselfportraits.Thepassageprovidesdetaileddescriptionsoftheseartworks,highlightingtheirhistoricalandartisticsignificance.Thelessonaimstodevelopstudents'readingprehension,vocabulary,andcriticalthinkingskills,whilealsoencouragingthemtoappreciateandreflectonthevalueofart.

2.StudentAnalysis

ThestudentsarehighschoollearnerswithanintermediatelevelofEnglishproficiency.Theyarefamiliarwithbasicgrammarstructuresandhaveaworkingvocabulary,buttheymaystillstrugglewithunderstandingplexdescriptivelanguageandexpressingabstractideasinEnglish.Manystudentsatthisageareinterestedinartandculture,buttheymaynothaveadeepunderstandingoffamousartworksortheirhistoricalsignificance.Thismakesthetopicofthelessonbothengagingandeducationalforthem.

3.TeachingObjectives

Bytheendofthislesson,studentswillbeableto:

1.UnderstandthemainideasanddetailsofthelivebroadcastabouttheLouvreMuseum.

2.Analyzethedescriptionsofthethreeartworksandtheirhistoricalsignificance.

3.Reflectonthemeaningofartanditsimpactonsociety.

4.Usekeyvocabularyrelatedtoartandmuseumexhibitsindiscussionsandwriting.

4.TeachingKeyPointsandDifficultPoints

KeyPoints:

Understandingthemainideasanddetailsofthelivebroadcast.

Analyzingthedescriptionsofthethreeartworksandtheirhistoricalsignificance.

Reflectingonthemeaningofartanditsimpactonsociety.

DifficultPoints:

Helpingstudentsunderstandthehistoricalandartisticsignificanceoftheartworks.

GuidingstudentstoreflectonthemeaningofartandexpresstheirideasinEnglish.

5.TeachingMethodsandLearningStrategies

TeachingMethods:

TaskbasedMethod

CooperativeLearningMethod

ProblemGuidedMethod

LearningStrategies:

PreviewMethod

ReadingStrategyMethod

6.TeachingAids

PowerPointPresentationandWhiteboard

7.TeachingHours

Thislessonisdesignedfor1classhour(approximately40minutes).

8.TeachingProcedure

Step1:Leadin

StartwithashortquizabouttheLouvreMuseumtoactivatestudents'priorknowledgeandintroducethetopic.Showimagesofthethreeartworksmentionedinthetexttosparkinterest.

Step2:Prereading

Askstudentstopredictthecontentofthetextbasedonthetitleandimages.

Q1.Whatisthetypeofthearticle?

Q2.Whatmaythisarticlebeabout?

Step3:Whilereading

Activity1:Studentsreadthetextquicklyandmatcheachparagraphwithitsmainidea.

1.Para.1()A.Ahugestonesculpture.

2.Para.2()B.SelfportraitsofRembrandt.

3.Para.3()C.Theclosingremarks.

4.Para.4()D.ThepaintingMonaLisa.

5.Para.5()E.Introduction—abroadcast.

themainideaofthepassage.:

Thisarticleintroduces___________in_____________intheformof________________.

Activity2:Studentsreadthetextcarefullyandanswerdetailedprehensionquestionsaboutthethreeartworks.

Activity3:Studentsanalyzethestructureofthetextandidentifytheorderinwhichtheartworksareintroduced.

Activity4:pletetheroutewithexpressionsfromthepassage.

WingedVictoryofSamothrace

Hereatthetopofthestairsisthis1.________.Although2._________,youcanstillimagineherposture.Thefoldeddressshowsincredible3.______________.

MonaLisa

Thisisperhapsthemostfamouspaintinghere,protectedbyglass.It’ssmallerthan4.___________.Theladyinthepaintingseemstohave5.____________,whichmakeshersointeresting!

Rembrandt’sselfportrait

Thisisoneofthe90ormoreselfportraitsRembrandtmadeinhislifetime.Wedon’tknowitwashiswayof6._________!Ormaybeitwasjust7.____________?

Activity5:Dosomeexercises.

Step4:Postreading

GroupDiscussion:Studentsdiscusswhichartworkmakesthegreatestimpressiononthemandwhy.Theyalsoreflectonthemeaningofartanditsimpactonsociety.

Think&Share:Studentssharetheirthoughtsonwhatartmeanstothemandhowitcanmakeadifferenceintheworld.

Step5:Summary

Fillintheblankswithproperwordsaccordingtothepassage

Introduction

1._________

from

Paris!

Zack

is

visiting

one

of

the

2._______museum

on

Earth—the

Louver.

What

Zack

is

seeing

and

its

features

Winged

Victory

of

Samothrace

●It

looks

like

she

has

just

flown

down

out

of

the

sky.

●Her

head

and

arms

are

3.________.

●Her

dress

4._______________by

the

wind.

●She

5.___________stone.

Mona

Lisa

●The

painting

is

smaller

than

you

would

6._______.

●She

seems

to

have

a

mind

7.___________.

SelfportraitsofRembrandt

NobodyknowstheexactreasonwhyRembrandtpaintedsomanyselfportraits.Maybeitwashiswayoftakinga17thcentury8.______.

Theclosing

remarks

Youcan

ehere

oneday.

●Itwilltakeyou9.__________toseeeverythingintheLouvre.

●Youareinvitedtofeelthepowerofthesegreatworksofart10.______________.

Step6:Homework

pulsory:Studentsrememberthekeywordsandexpressionsfromthetextandunderlineanysentencestheydon'tunderstand.

Optional:Studentspreviewthenextlessononpage54.

9.BlackboardDesign

LivefromtheLouvre

KeyVocabulary:

Sculpture,portrait,masterpiece,exhibit,treasure.

Artworks:

WingedVictoryofSamothrace,MonaLisa,Rembrandt'sselfportraits.

ArtAppreciation:

Appreciate,Respect,Treasure.

10.TeachingReflection

Strengths:

Thelessonsuccessfullyengagedstudentsinreflectingontheimportanceofartandculturalheritage.

ThegroupdiscussionsandwritingtaskallowedstudentstopracticetheirEnglishskillsinameaningfulcontext.

Weaknesses:

Somestudentsstruggledtounderstandthehistoricalandartisticsi