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外研选择性必修
第一册
Unit 4
Period 4
Reading
教学目
Lead-in
Watch the video and answer the questions.
1 How many artworks did you see?
2 What methods did they use to create the artworks?
3 Do you think technology can be considered a form of art?
People create paintings with pencils, paper and paint, and create photographic artworks with cameras.
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To get the main idea and specific information about the passage, understand the changes brought about by the development of art and technology
To use the key language points from the passage correctly
学习目标
目标一:To get the main idea and specific information about the passage, understand the changes brought about by the development of art and technology
Activity 1: Look at the picture and read the title, predict what the passage is about.
Art & Technology
It is about the changes brought about by the development of art and technology.
Activity 2: Read the passage quickly and find out the main idea of each paragraph.
Para.1 What comes to your mind when you think of art?
Para.2 Are the artworks by Jane Echelman really art?
Para.3 Art and technology have always been seen as two very separate things.
Para.4 Art and technology have always been seen as two very separate things.
Para.5 The art-tech combination is changing our concepts of “art” and the “artist”.
Para.6 Questions over artworks’ overall quality have been raised.
Para.7 Developments are making the line between art and technology less distinct.
Para.8 We can expect the unexpected with many artists exploring new possibilities.
Activity 3: Read the passage again, and put the paragraphs into three parts.
Parts Para.(s) Main idea
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Para. 1-3
Art and technology have always been seen as two separate things for long.
Technological advances have brought about positive effects on art.
Using technology in art creation brings about problems and controversies.
Para. 4-5
Para. 6-8
Activity 4: Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.