Art and Architecture

Period 1 馮波云

Type of the lesson: Warming up and Listening

Teaching aims:

Help the Ss talk about architecture.

Train the Ss listening ability.

Teaching aid: Computer

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Warming up

Ⅰ. Show the Ss some pictures of buildings and ask them to name them and talk about them.

the Orient Pearl the National Grand Theatre the Sydney Opera House

the White House the Great Pyramid the Forbidden City

Q：We’ve enjoyed so many wonderful pictures. Can you guess what we will learn in this Unit? ( building or architecture )

Ⅱ. Show the Ss another two pictures and ask them to compare them. Get the Ss to speak out the differences between them.

Q: Which house would you like to live in? Why? ( Help the Ss with the following questions.)

1). Which one do you think is more comfortable?

2). Which one is more convenient for you? Why?

3). What do you think are they made of?

4). Which design do you like better?

5). What’s your feeling when you see them?

Step 2 Listening

I. Pre-listening:

T: Suppose you have a new flat, and you want to decorate it. What kind of furniture will you buy for it?

Encourage the Ss to say as many words as possible. The following questions may help them.

1) What will you buy to decorate your bedroom?

2) What do you want to buy for your living room?

3) What do you need for your kitchen?

4) How about your dining room?

Show the Ss some pictures of furniture to review the words that may appear in the listening material.

II. While-listening

Tell the Ss that they will listen to a dialogue between a young married couple, Amy and Danny, and a shop assistant who helps them choose the furniture for their new home. Ask the students to go through the exercises and make sure what to do.

1. First listening.

Play the tape for the first time to finish Ex.1 on Page 19 in Fengtai Workbook. Check the answers.

2. Second listening.

Listen again and do Ex. 2. Check the answers.

3. Third listening

Listen for the specific information and write down the missing words. (Ex. 3 on P18, Ss Book. )

Answers:

1). things, replace, pieces

2). wood, would

3) warm, comfortable

4) wall, sofa

5) something modern

III. Post-listening:

Pair work:

Ss work in groups and .fill in the form according to what they heard.

What do they want to buy? What kind of … do they want to buy?

A kitchen table

Something on the wall

Comfortable, modern and classic, cool

IV. Homework:

Blackboard Design:

architecture

furniture

Self-evaluation

Step 5.Homework

Find out famous buildings and works of art in the world as many as possible. Prepare one of them to introduce to your classmates tomorrow.