Unit 5 Languages Around the World Reading and Thinking 导学案-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

Book1 Unit 5 Languages Around The World Reading and thinking-Explore the Chinese writing system The Chinese Writing System: Connecting the Past and the Present (Page 62) Activity 1 Lead in: Guessing game / Video time Activity 2 Predict Reading skill 1: prediction According to the titile and the picture to predict the content before reading. · Main idea: The passage is mainly about the_______and___________of the Chinese writing system. · According to the title, can you guess how the text is organized? The text is organized in ______ order. (space/time/logic) Activity 3 Read for the main idea Reading Skill 2: skimming Read the text quickly and find out the main ideas of the text. The first and the last sentence can be the topic sentence of the text. · Underline the topic sentence of each paragraph. · Match each paragraph with the main idea. Para.1 A Written Chinese connects China’s present with its past, and has become an art form. Para.2 B The Chinese writing system is one of the reasons why Chinese civilization has survived into modern times. Para.3 C At the beginning, written Chinese was a picture-based language. Para.4 D Today, the Chinese language is helping to appreciate China’s culture and history. Para.5 E Chinese writing system became well-developed and developed into different forms. Para.6 F Chinese writing system began to develop in one direction. Activity 4 Read for the structure (introduction) ----Part 1: _____ (body) --------------Part 2 : from______to_____ (conclusion)-------Part 3 : _____ Activity 5 Read for the details Reading skill 3: Scanning Scanning is looking at the text quickly to find specific in formation, such as dates or numbers. · Filling the blank. At the beginning, written Chinese was a _____________________. By the Shang Dynasty, symbols became a ____________________ writing system.  Over the years, the system developed into __________________. In the Qin Dynasty, Chinese writing system began to ____