TheChineseWritingSystem:ConnectingthepastandthepresentB1U5ancientsymbols

carvedonanimalbonesandshellsGuessingGuessing??????LearningObjectives：1.tosortoutthedevelopmentoftheChinesewritingsystem;2.toanalysetheroletheChinesewritingsystemplaysinChineseculture;3.toenhanceyourconfidenceinlearningyourmothertongueandthesenseofprideandidentityinChineseculture;4.toexpressyourideasaboutChinesecalligraphyinEnglish.Pre-readingPredicting：Lookatthe

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whatthetextisabout.Whatwillbetalkedaboutinthepassage?Chinesewritingsystemanditsdevelopment/historyfromthepasttothepresent.While-reading(

)Para.1A.WrittenChineseconnectsChina'spresentwithitspast,andhasbecomeanartform.B.Chinesewritingsystembecamewell－developedanddevelopedintodifferentforms.C.Today,theChineselanguageishelpingtoappreciateChina'scultureandhistory.D.Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture－basedlanguage.E.OnemainfactoroftheancientChinesecivilisationistheChinesewritingsystem.F.ChinesewritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.(

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languageAtthebeginningBytheShangDynastyOvertheyearsInQinDynastyTodayReadPara.2-4tofindoutthetimelineandwhathapppened.picture-basedwell-developeddifferentonecommunicateActivity3.ReadforfurtherunderstandingReadPara4-6tofindsomesentencesthatshowtheimportanceoftheChinesewritingsystem.While-reading1.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.(para.4)2.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina'spresentisconnectedwithitspast.(para.5)4.TheChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartoftheChineseculture.

Anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciate

China’scultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguage.(para.6)3.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChineseCalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.(para.5)TheFunctionofChinesecharacter

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culturethepastthepresentlanguageartChinatheworld3.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChineseCalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.(para.5)4.TheChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpart

oftheChineseculture.

Anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciate

China’scultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguage.(para.6)ThinkingandDiscussingPost-reading

Withthedevelopmentoftechnology,peoplenowusecomputersorsmartphonestowrite.Somearguethatthereisnoneed