Teaching Contents： Art    Characteristic of western paintings.

Convey the deeper meaning of real life .

Teaching Aims：

1. Let the students know some basic information about the paintings.

2. Train the students to catch the key words or phrases in the reading.

3. Enhance Ss ability of listening， speaking， reading and writing.

4. Cultivate Ss to be more active in both English learning and paintings.

Teaching Important Points：

1. Let the students comprehend the whole passage.

2. To improve Ss ability of four skills： listening， speaking， reading and writing.

3. Summarize characteristics of the paintings among different periods.

Teaching Difficult Points：

1. Promote the students reading skills in the passage.

2. Summarize characteristics of the paintings among different periods.

Teaching Methods：

1. Skimming and scanning

2. Individual， pair or group work

3. Discussion

Teaching Aids：

1. a recorder， a computer and a projector

2. some famous paintings

Teaching Procedures：

Step I：Introduction of Art

Art is influenced by the customs and faith of a people. Styles in Western art have changed many times. The western painting is different from the Chinese painting.

StepⅡ：Read the passage and find the different periods of the western art.

Middle Ages： religious themes and many religious symbols

Renaissance： realistic themes， perspective and new oil paints.

Impressionism： painted outdoors ，painted changes in light and not detailed

Modern Art： 1.abstract：concentrated on qualities of the object 2.very realistic： like photographs

StepⅢ：Read again carefully and find details. Fill the blanks in Page3.

StepⅣ：Let the students have a little game. PAINTING

Let the students to choose a letter from P to T and each letter you choose have a question. Students are awarded a prize if they give the correct answer .We have this game in order to let the students have fun in learning.

StepⅤ：Discussion

Write a letter to your headmaster and recommend an art work as a decoration to make the classroom attractive. Give your suggestions and reasons.Dear Headmaster：

We are delighted to have the chance to choose paintings for our classroom. Personally， Id prefer to have class with so many paintings around us.

Here are some reasons for my preference. Firstly， with many paintings in our classroom， we can have educational lessons. With the teachers help， the students can learn how to thank their motherland， parents and teachers. They can also learn how to become good students and behave well.

Secondly ，paintings can make our classroom beautiful.With so many western and Chinese paintings put up on the walls in our classroom， the students can learn the difference between eastern and western cultures.

Finally， the students can learn much knowledge by enjoying the paintings in our classroom. They can also learn about the short history of east and western paintings.

I would appreciate it if you could take my suggestions.

Your respectfully

Tom

StepⅥ：Consolidation

Task：Let the students try to summarize the main idea of this passage. Write down the key words on the blackboard such as Middle Age， Renaissance， Impressionism， Modern Art. Give the students a few minutes to prepare and then let one student try to summarize the passage. At last， let the students read aloud what they summarize.

StepⅦ：Assessment

Fill in the chart and ask Ss to sum up what they have learned and what difficulties they still have in this lesson.

1.Who is the most active in this class？

2.Who speaks the most beautiful English？

I have learned some words and phrases about  art，such as     ，

I have known the differences and similarities between the Chinese and western paintings.

Yes/No

5.I have known how to do an interview in English.           Yes/No

6.I still have difficulties in____________________.

StepⅧ： Homework Assignment

Ask Ss to write a composition “The Chinese Art”. You can surf the internet to find more information to help you.

【作者簡介】张霞，麻城市第二中学。