Unit 1 Art Reading and Thinking 阅读导学案-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版选择性必修第三册

该高中英语导学案围绕西方绘画简史展开，引导学生了解中世纪、文艺复兴、印象派和现代艺术四个主要时期的时间范围、核心特征及代表艺术家。课堂导入通过四幅画作讨论，结合预测任务激活背景知识，再以略读梳理时间结构、细读完成特征表格的学习支架，帮助学生构建知识脉络。 这份资料亮点在于融合语言能力培养，如分类“change”相关词汇及绘画介绍表达练习，文化意识渗透通过艺术时期变迁理解西方文化，思维品质提升体现在批判性讨论“艺术定义”的小组活动。任务设计从基础填空到高阶辩论，助力学生提升学习能力，适合高中英语教学使用。

Reading Guide Selective Compulsory Book 3 · Unit 1 A Short History of Western Painting (Period 1) Learning Objectives 1. Skim the passage and identify its time-based structure and writing purpose. 2. Grasp the main features of four major Western painting periods and their representative artists. 3. Collect and categorize the words and expressions that signal "change" in the text. 4. Talk about why painting styles keep changing and share your own idea of art. Key Points & Difficulties Key Points: · Learn key words for each period (religious, humanistic, perspective, photography, shadow, dream-like …) — Task 3A blanks. · Tell the four periods apart by their features and match artists to their periods — Task 3A chart and Task 3D. · Follow the time order from the Middle Ages to modern art — Task 2 timeline. Difficulties: · Work out why painting styles keep changing (religion, photography, science, society) — Task 3C. · Understand the big shift: from religious themes (Middle Ages) to humanistic themes (Renaissance). · Say what "art" means to you and give your own reasons — Part III. Part I Lead-in: Look and Discuss Look at the four paintings on the textbook page and work with a partner: 1. Have you seen any of them before? Do you know who painted each one? 2. What feeling does each painting give you? Pick two words to describe your first impression. 3. Which one do you like most? Give one reason. 4. Can you guess which one was created earliest? What clues make you think so? Part II While-reading Task 1 Prediction (Pre-reading) Look at the title, the pictures and the subtitles without reading the whole text. What do you expect the passage to talk about? The passage probably tells us about ____________________________________________________. Task 2 Skimming: Text Structure & Timeline Skim the passage quickly. What writing order does the author use? Then complete the timeline. (Hint: it is organized along a clear time order — fill in the four periods from left to right.) The Middle Ages The Renaissance Impressionism Modern Art Time: ____________ Time: ____________ Time: ____________ Time: ____________ Key feature: ____________ Key feature: ____________ Key feature: ____________ Key feature: ____________ Task 3 Careful Reading A. Read Paragraphs 2–5 on your own and complete the chart below. Period Time Characteristics of the paintings Famous painters & their achievements The Middle Ages ____th to ____th century Themes were (1) ________, not realistic; paintings looked primitive and two-dimensional. By the 13th century, they became more (2) ________ and showed people in a real environment. Giotto di Bondone. His paintings showed real people in a real environment. The Renaissance ____th to ____th century Less religious themes; a more (3) ________ attitude; use of (4) ________ and oil paints; the focus shifted to people and the world around us. Themes also included historical events and (5) ________. Leonardo da Vinci; Michelangelo; Raphael; Rembrandt. Impressionism _____ 19th to early _____ 20th century Came after the invention of (6) ________; painters aimed to (7) ________ light and movement rather than record every realistic detail; full of light, (8) ________, colour and life. Claude Monet; Renoir. Modern Art _____ century to today Artists began to (9) ________ the shapes of the natural world in new ways; some works look realistic but have (10) ________ qualities; art no longer simply shows reality — it keeps asking "What is art?" Picasso. B. Underline all the words, phrases and sentences in the text that signal "change", then sort them out below. Type Examples from the text Words (n. / v. / adj. / adv. …) Phrases Sentence patterns Word family bonus: pick up two word families from the text and write them down. e.g. paint → painting → painter; human → humanistic → humanity ① ____________ → ____________ → ____________ ② ____________ → ____________ → ____________ C. Pair work — Why do painting styles keep changing? Talk with your partner. List at least two reasons why painting styles change. Give one example for each. Factor 1: ______________________ Reason: ____________________________________ Factor 2: ______________________ Reason: ____________________________________ D. Match the four paintings in Activity 3 to the correct period. A. The Middle Ages B. The Renaissance C. Impressionism D. Modern Art ( ) Painting 1 ( ) Painting 2 ( ) Painting 3 ( ) Painting 4 Task 4 Painting Appreciation Choose one painting you like most. Prepare a short introduction (about 4–5 sentences) covering the points below: 1. What is the painting about? 2. Who is the painter? 3. In which period was it created? 4. How do you feel about it? What impresses you? 5. Why do you think it was created? (What was the painter trying to say?) Task 5 Text Analysis: Genre & Audience 1. What type of writing is this passage? Tick the right box. □ advertisement □ blog post □ informative essay □ email □ newspaper article □ short story 2. Who do you think are the intended readers? How can you tell from the language and content? Part III Post-reading: Critical Thinking Group work (4 students): What is art? Is art only about painting? Talk in your group and write down your group’s idea below. Then get ready to share it with the class in one minute. Our group’s definition: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ (Think about: music, film, cooking, dance, architecture, video games — can they also be art?) Part IV Self-check & Extension 1. Retell the development of Western painting in your own words. Use the frame below: "The Middle Ages was …, then in the Renaissance …, after that Impressionism …, and today Modern Art …" 2. On a sticky note, write down: · One thing you have learned today; · One question you still want to ask. Answer Key (Check after you have finished all the tasks on your own.) Part I Lead-in 1. Sistine Madonna — Raphael; Impression, Sunrise — Claude Monet; The Ladies of Avignon — Picasso; Mona Lisa — Leonardo da Vinci. 2. Open answers. (Possible adjectives: peaceful, dramatic, mysterious, colourful, lively …) 3. Open answer. 4. Order from earliest to latest: Sistine Madonna (Renaissance) → Mona Lisa (Renaissance) → Impression, Sunrise (Impressionism) → The Ladies of Avignon (Modern Art). Students should explain their clues. Part II While-reading Task 1 Prediction Four of the major styles in Western art over the centuries (and how they developed). Task 2 Timeline The passage uses a time order. From left to right: · The Middle Ages — 5th to 15th century — religious, flat, two-dimensional · The Renaissance — 14th to 17th century — humanistic, perspective, oil paints · Impressionism — late 19th to early 20th century — light and movement, not realistic details · Modern Art — 20th century to today — new shapes, abstract, asking "What is art?" Task 3 Careful Reading A. Key to the blanks: (1) religious (2) realistic (3) humanistic (4) perspective (5) mythology (6) photography (7) convey (8) shadow (9) analyse (10) dream-like B. Suggested sorting (students may add more from the text): Words: development, breakthrough, innovation (n.); begin, replace, shift, slow, emerge, try (v.); finally, instead (adv.); unlike (prep.); less, new, more (adj.); until (conj.). Phrases: shifted from … to …; no longer; turned to …; built upon; reached its height with. Sentences: While his paintings still …, they showed …; New ideas gradually replaced old ones from …; … until … Word family (examples): human → humanistic → humanity; represent → representation → representative; paint → painting → painter. C. Open answer. Possible factors: · Religion became less powerful, so people’s focus moved from God to human beings. · The invention of photography made painters think about new ways of showing the world. · Science and new technologies (perspective, oil paints) changed what artists could do. · Society and daily life changed, and artists began to paint ordinary people and nature. D. Matching (following the order of the four paintings in Activity 3): Painting 1 — C (Impressionism) Painting 2 — B (The Renaissance) Painting 3 — D (Modern Art) Painting 4 — A (The Middle Ages) Task 4 Painting Appreciation Open answer. A sample for The Last Supper: It shows the last dinner between Jesus and his twelve disciples. It was painted by Leonardo da Vinci during the Renaissance. What impresses me most is the way Leonardo uses perspective to make the room look real and draw our eyes to Jesus. I think it was created to show an important religious moment and, at the same time, to express human emotion and realism — two key ideas of the Renaissance. Task 5 Text Analysis 1. informative essay. 2. People who like art and paintings. We can tell because the passage gives facts about different periods and artists, uses clear but not too difficult language, and includes dates and names. Part III Post-reading Open answer. A possible definition: Art is anything people make with skill to express feelings or tell a story. It is not just painting — music, dance, film, cooking, even a good building can be art if it moves you. Part IV Self-check & Extension 1. Retelling: open answer. Make sure you cover the time, main features and artists for each period. 2. Sticky note: open answer. 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