Learning about Language教学设计思路

Unit1 Cultural Relics

Reading & Writing

广西岑溪中学张建凤

Step 1. Lead in Summarize the main idea of the passage “IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM.”

1716:

Frederick WilliamⅠ gave the Amber Room

to Peter the Great as a gift. 1770: Catherine Ⅱhad completed the adding to the Amber room 1941:The Nazi German army stole the

Amber Room 2003:The rebuilding of the Amber Room was

completed. Questions 1.Do you know what happened to the Amber Room after some of the Nazis stole the Amber Room? 2.What will you do with the Amber Room if you find it？

Step 2. Reading Read the letter from a German newspaper on Page 7 quickly and answer the following questions. 1.Who does Johann think that the Amber Room should belong to? He thinks that those who find the Amber Room should decide what to do with it. 2. Why does he think so? The search cost the finders a lot of time and money. Discussion Discuss the following questions with your partners to decide whether you agree with Johann Weber and think of some reasons for your ideas. Questions for the discussion 1.Who do you think the Amber Room belongs to? 2.What

should you do with things you have found even if

the search cost you time and money? 3. Do you agree with Johann? Useful expressions What do you think of…?

What’s your opinion/idea about…?

I think/don’t think that…

In my opinion….

I agree with you.

Sorry, I don’t agree with you.

Step 3. Class Debate Is it right for whoever finds

valuable cultural relics to keep them? Tips for an informal class debate 1.There must be a question with two possible answers. 2. There must be a chairman. 3. There must be two sides in the class: “for” or “against” the question.

4. Each side takes turns to debate and gives reasons for their opinion. 5. At the end there should be a class vote. 6. The chairperson says which side wins and why. Step 4. Writing Write a 80-word report on your debate, using the following guidance. Paragraph 1: State the question. 2. Paragraph 2: Give the ideas that agree with the question and the reasons. 3. Paragraph 3: Give the ideas that disagree with the question and the reasons. 4. Paragraph4: Give your opinion and the result of the class vote. How to write a report? Please observe and discuss the structure of the sample report and pay attention to the title and contents . A sample writing The class had a debate and discussed whether it is right for whoever finds valuable cultural relics to keep them. Those who agreed that if you find cultural relics you can keep them had three reasons. First, they said that time and money had been spent looking for them so the finders deserved them. Second, they said nobody would look for lost relics if they could not keep them. Third, they said that there are so many old relics that it does not matter

if one or two belong to those who find them. Those who disagreed also had three reasons. First, they said all cultural relics are valuable for finding out about the past. Second, they said that it is dishonest to take things that do not belong to you. Third, they said that every cultural relic belongs to the country and not any one person. We had a class vote. Those who disagreed with the question won. The debate changed the minds of some people who had originally supported Johann Weber’s ideas.

Step5 Summing up What have we learnt today ? 1.How to have a debate? 2.How to write a report according to the result of the debate? Step6 Homework Revise your

report according to the teacher’s instructions and your partner’s suggestions.