Unit3 Lesson1 Welcome to the unit -Reading I 教案 2020-2021学年牛津高中英语选择性必修第一册
《英语》（选择性必修·第一册）
Unit 3 The art of painting
Welcome to the unit & Reading (I)
I. Learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. tell something about Impressionism, including its features, two great painters, masterpieces and influence;
2. analyse the multiple meanings of the title;
3. introduce the Musée d'Orsay as a tour guide.
II. Key competence focus
1. Tell something about Impressionism.
2. Understanding the implied meanings of the title.
III. Predicted area of difficulty
Introduce the Musée d'Orsay as a tour guide.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
1. T asks students to guess what the following poem is about.
远看山有色，近听水无声。
春去花还在，人来鸟不惊。
——王维（唐）
2. T asks students to explain the following sentence.
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.
—Simonides of Ceos
3. T asks students about some famous painters and popular types of painting. Then T shows four paintings and asks students to tell which type they belong to.
Sample answers:
Picture 1 is a portrait painting because the painting is of a person’s head and shoulders.
Picture 2 is a still life painting because the painting is of flowers that have been arranged in a vase.
Picture 3 is a real-life painting because the painter painted real people in a real situation; they are dancing and socializing.
Picture 4 is a landscape painting because the painting is of a natural view of mountains.
【设计意图：由王维的诗《画》引入本单元开篇古希腊抒情诗人西摩尼德斯的名句“画是无言的诗，诗是有声的画”，让学生自由表达对绘画艺术的理解，谈论熟悉的绘画流派，并能辨认一些大众画派的作品，为引出印象画派这一话题作铺垫。】
Step 2 Pre-reading
T asks Ss the following questions:
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