Unit 1 Art Reading and Thinking 教学设计 2023-2024学年人教版高中英语（2019）选择性必修第三册

教学设计 Teaching Plan Teaching Materials （新人教版 选择性必修第三册）Unit 1 Art Reading and Thinking Teacher 谭茜 School Zhongshan Overseas Chinese Secondary School Type of Lesson Reading and Thinking Students Students from Senior Grade 2 1.Analysis of Materials · Based on the concept of “big ideas” from Wynne Harlen (Gu, 2021), a unit should be considered as a whole. Art is the topic of this unit, in which the first two sessions are about Western art and the other two sessions are about Chinese art. Hence, cross-cultural communication might be one of the significant features. · In this session of Reading and Thinking, an informative essay regarding the four stages in Western art is given, which includes “The Middle Ages”, “The Renaissance”, “Impressionism” and “Modern Art”. · In terms of language, the past tense and present tense are mostly adopted. With the use of passive voice and non-predicate verbs, the objective attitude of the writer is clearly showed. Lots of representative artists and works are introduced as examples for the characteristics of each stage. · Words related to art, especially painting, are worthy of notice, e.g. “impressionism”, “perspectives”, “convey”, “shadow”, “realistic”, “abstract” etc.. 2.Analysis of Students · Students might be interested in the various kinds of paintings mentioned in this unit. However, most of them lack background knowledge of paintings or art. It could be quite difficult and boring for them to comprehend such a long reading passage. Attractive classroom activities are needed. · Students are not familiar with the artists, works and some other art-related vocabulary. Therefore, they should be provided with adequate guidance before reading. 3. Teaching Objectives Students are able to： [Knowledge Objectives] · have basic understanding of the representative artists, works and characteristics of each stage in the development of Western art. · identify the stages of paintings bas