Using LanguageⅠ第二课时教学实录

Unit 1 Cultural Relics

The Third Period (Reading and comprehending) Knowledge: Learn some new phrases and some new sentence patterns. Ability:

1.

Learn some detailed information about the Amber Room. 2.

Improve the students’ reading ability. 3.

Train the students’ ability to grasp key information while listening. 4.

Train the students’ speaking ability. Emotion: 1.

Train the students’ ability to cooperate with others. 2.

Enable the Ss to talk about the story of the Amber Room Teaching important points: 1 .The new words and expressions; 2. Learn some detailed information about the Amber Room; 3. Train the students’ ability to cooperate with others; 4. Train the students’ speaking ability. Teaching difficult points: 1.

Words: ton, stone, heat, design, fancy, style, jewel, king, reception, light, mirror, wonder; 2.

Phrases: look into, belong to, in search of, in return, at war, take apart, think highly of; 3. Sentence patterns: (1) There is no doubt that…..

(2) This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because almost seven thousand tons of amber were used to make it．

4. Improve the students’ reading ability. 5.

Train the students’ ability to grasp key information while listening. Teaching methods: 1.

Listening to the tape. 2.

Learning and practicing. Teaching procedures: Step 1 Greetings and lead-in T: We learned some cultural relics yesterday. Do you still remember them? Give me some examples, please. Students give their answers. T: Very good. Today we’re going to learn another cultural relic. Look at the two pictures on pages1—2; do you know what it is called? Ss: The Amber Room. T: Yes, It’s called the Amber Room. What do you know about the cultural relic“the Amber Room?

T shows the Ss some pictures of “the Amber Room”

Step 2 Fast reading:

T: Do you want to know more about the Amber Room? What does the text tell about the Amber Room? Read the passage first and try to answer the questions: It tells us the strange history of the Amber Room, a cultural relic of two countries: Germany and Russia. T:Why is it called the Amber Room?(It was given the name because almost seven thousand tons of amber were used to make it) What happened to the Amber Room?(The Amber Room was given to the Russian people as a great gift by the king) Read the text quickly, trying to get the main idea each paragraph.Discuss in your group of four. Ask Ss to speak out the Main idea of each paragraph: 1.The Amber Room has a strange history and something about its design and building. 2.The history of the Amber Room and its functions in Russia. 3.Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St Petersburg and it

became one of the great wonders. 4.The Nazi German army stole the Amber Room in 1941. After that what really happened to it remains a mystery. 5.The Russians and Germans have built a New Amber Room at the summer palace, following the old photos. Pair work T or F questions: 1. The Amber Room was not easy to make. 2. Catherine II didn’t like everything about the Amber Room when she first saw it. 3. The Amber Room was taken to Konigsberg and hidden there in 1941. 4. The Russians didn’t care about the Amber Room.

5. The Russians don’t think the Amber Room will ever be found.

Step 3 Careful reading :Listen to the tape and follow it to read the text and answer the following questions: 1.What could the King of Prussia never think of his present to the Russian? He could never think of his present would have such a strange history. 2. Why was the gift given the name the Amber Room? Because about seven thousand tons of amber were melt to make it. 3. What shape can the amber be made into when heated? Any shape. 4. Is the Amber Room pure amber made with? No. It’s also made with gold and jewels.

5. Was the Amber Room specially made to be a gift? No, it wasn’t.

6. What was the Amber Room made for? For the palace of Frederick I. 7. What did the Czar give the King of Prussia in return? 55 of his best soldiers. 8. Where was the Amber Room first placed? In the Czar’s winter palace in St Petersburg. 9. What did Catherine II do to the Amber Room? She had her artists add more details to its design. 10. Is the Amber Room still in Russia? No, it isn’t.

11. Where is it now? No one knows. It remains a mystery.

12. What happened to the Amber Room?It was stolen by the Nazis and is missing now. 13. When did the Amber Room disappear?During the Second World War. 14. What were saved from the Amber Room? The furniture and small art objects. Step 4 Comprehending After finishing all the questions, ask the Ss to listen to the tape and try to get the main idea of the passage, then read the passage again by themselves and do the comprehending exercises. T: Now read the passage again and finish the exercises of comprehending. The Ss begin to do the exercises. After a while, Teacher begin to collect the answers. Later, teacher gives the answers. Detailed information (Do ex 1&2 on page 2&3) 1. The king of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was_______. A.

Frederick I

B. Frederick William I C. Peter the Great

D. Catherine II 2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because_____. A.

he wanted to marry Catherine II.

B. he was kind. C. he needed better soldiers

D. he wanted to make friends 3. The Amber Room was stolen by______. A.

Russian soldiers

B. German soldiers C.

People in Konigsberg

D. People in St Petersburg 4. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in ___. A.

Germany

B. Russia

C. Sweden

D. France 5. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because ______. A.

they were at war

B. the couldn’t find a place

C. the German soldiers arrived too soon

D. no train could take it away Step 5 Post-reading Discuss the following topic in groups, then show your opinions: Do you think it is meaningful to rebuild the new Amber Room? Why?

Play the tape for the students to listen and follow in order to let them know how to read the text. Step 6 Homework

1.

Read the text several times and try to find out the phrases and key points 2.

Do exercises on Page3 &4. 3.

Do exercise 1 on Page 42 (Ss’ Book)