26期报纸教案

Netherlands’ Big Party (P4)

I. Warming up

Every country has its most famous festival or celebration. Can you name some of them? China-Spring Festival

America-Thanksgiving

Ireland-St. Patrick’s Day

Thailand-Songkran

II. Pre-reading

Have you heard of the King’s Day in the Netherlands?

Can you guess what it is for and what people do on that day?

III. While-reading

Scanning

Read the article and answer the following questions.

? 1.What’s the date of the biggest party in the Netherlands?

April 27.

? 2.Why is the color orange special to Dutch people?

Because it’s the color of their country’s royal family.

Close Reading

Decide whether the following statements are true or false.

? 1.The King’s Day celebrates the birthday of the first king of the Netherlands.

? 2.Pets are not dressed up in orange on King’s Day.

? 3.People in Amsterdam love to buy things at low prices.

? 4.Dutch people celebrate the King’s Day because they want to show off.

FFTF

IV. Post-reading

Discussion

Discuss the following questions in groups of four. Then share your thoughts with the class.

? 1.Dutch people celeb rate the king’s birthday, while in the UK and other countries, people seldom know the birthday of their king or queen. What do you think the reason for this is?

? 2.Do you think it’s good to celebrate the birthday of state leaders? Why or why not?

V. Homework

Poster

Choose a country and its famous festival, and make a poster to introduce the festival. Your poster is expected to include (but not limited to) the following aspects:

? 1.The festival’s date

? 2.Why the festival is celebrated

? 3.What people do on the festival

? 4.What makes the festival special

Enjoying beautiful poetry (P4-5)

I. Leading-in

1. Have you watched the CCTV show Chinese Poetry Competition? If so, what impressed you the most?

2. Do you like Chinese poetry? Can you share some famous lines?

3. For what purposes do you learn and recite Chinese poems?

II. Language barrier

poetry n. [u] 诗歌

poet n. 诗人

poem n. [c] 诗

finale n. 最后一场

episode n. 一集；一出

entitle v. 给…命名

recite v. 背诵；吟诵

fulfill v. 完成；实现

line n. 诗行，诗句

artistry n. 艺术性，艺术效果

III. Fast reading: structure

Read the article quickly, divide it into parts, and summarize the main idea of each part.

Part 1

Paras 1-2 The introduction to Chinese poetry.

Part 2

Paras 3-6 Chinese Poetry Competition and Wu Yishu, an outstanding competitor in the show. Part 3

Paras 7-9 Thoughts about learning and teaching Chinese poetry.

IV. Careful reading

Read part by part and answer the following questions:

Part one

? 1. What is the relationship between Chinese tradition, Chinese literature and poetry?

Chinese literature is one of the major parts of China’s ancient traditions, and Chinese poetry is just like the best prize in this famous culture’s literary treasure house.

? 2. For what purposes did CCTV produce the TV show Chinese Poetry Competition?

To remind people of classic Chinese poems and to promote cultural heritage.

promote: advertise 宣传；推广

Part two

? 1. What did Wu Yishu do that impressed the audience a lot?

Wu wowed the audience when performing in a section entitled “Feihualing”, reciting

lines from the Classic of Poetry, the earliest collection of poems in China.

wow: vt. to make people admire you very much 使称赞/佩服→Wu’s performance left the audience in awe

? 2. Why was Huang Zijin impressed by Wu Yishu?

Huang was impressed because of Wu’s classical looks, talents, and calm manner throughout the show.

Part three

? 1. Why do we learn poetry, and how should we learn it, according to the last three paragraphs?

We learn poetry to shape our view of life and develop our inner world.

shape: to have a great influence on the way it develops 塑造

We should perceive (理解) poetry from both the aesthetic and emotional sides, appreciate the rhythm and rhyme(韵律) of the lines, and the artistry and fun of poetry.

V. Language focus

Complete the sentences without referring to the article.

1. To ___ people (使想起) those (经典的) Chinese poems and to cultural heritage, CCTV has produced a TV show.

2. Wu Yishu . (夺冠)

3. I really (钦佩,仰慕) her knowledge and poems.

4. (第一次) I saw her (wear) traditional Han clothing on TV, I was very (印象深刻) by her (古典的) looks.

5. What’s more, she alwa ys (显得) so calm throughout the show, which is very (usual) for her age.

6. The power of poetry (在于) shaping one’s view of life and developing one’s inner world.

7. (当提到…) teaching people about poetry, the show’s academic advisor s uggested that teachers (解释) more about the beauty of the poetry…, and guide the students to (沉浸于) the poems’ lines.

Key: 1. remind of; classic’promote 2. came out on top 3. admire 4. The first time; wearing; impressed; classical

VI. Post reading: Discussion

Do you agree with the two statements below? Choose one and share your thoughts about it.

?The power of poetry lies in shaping one’s view of life and developing one’s inner world.

?One who is filled with knowledge always behaves with elegance.

Learn with paint (P6)

I. Warming up

1. Do you think a three-year-old child can learn what you teach him/her?

2. What would you do if he/she didn’t do what you taught him/her?

II. Skimming

Read the passage and answer the following question.

What does the author want to show us by telling us about her daughter’s experience of learning?

A parent or a teacher should watch and discover how children learn and try their best to make these experiences educational.

III. Scanning

Read the passage and answer the following questions.

? 1. What did the author think of her daughter at the beginning?

She thought the girl was hopeless.

? 2. What did the girl find by playing with the paint?

She found that when she mixed pink and blue, it turned purple.

? 3. Why was the author surprised when she heard the girl’s words?

She learned something she hadn’t expected.

? 4. What is the purpose of paragraph 4?

To tell us that the author’s daughter learns through experimenti ng.

IV. Sentence structure

1. Pretty much within an hour, most of the paint was all over the room and I just sat there with my hands on my head thinking, “Oh my god, this girl is hopeless.”

句中with my hands on my head 是with引导独立主格，其结构为：with＋名词／代词＋介词短语／形容词／副词／非谓语动词；thinking 是现在分词做伴随状语。

2. What would have been a very theoretical experiment turned into a very practical experiment.u 1）句中What would have been a very theoretical experiment是what引导的主语从句。What he said at the meeting astonished everybody present.

2) 主语从句中是虚拟语气，would have done表示与过去事实相反。

3. One of the things I realized from this is that everyone has a different way of learning things.

句中I realized from this 是定语从句，省略关系代词that。that everyone has a different way of learning things 是表语从句。

V. Vocabulary

1. She had so much fun dipping the brush in the paint and in the water bowl.

have fun (in) doing sth．开开心心做某事

have fun后常接动词－ing形式，其前的介词in可以省略。相当于enjoy oneself，have a good time。如：The boys are going to have fun (in) drawing the pictures.

2. She starts to mess with buttons, and in that process, sometimes lands up teaching me things! land up: finally get into a particular place, situation or position after a lot of things have happened （经历很多事后）终于落到（某一处境）

Eg. Be careful that you don’t land up in serious debt.当心，切勿债台高筑。

VI. Discussion

What’s your way of learning? What do you think you can do to improve your learning efficiency （效率）?