Unit 1 Cultural relics
Part One: Teaching Design （第一部分：教学设计）
Period 1: A sample lesson plan for Reading
(IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM)
Aims：
To read about cultural relics
To learn about The Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Attributive Clause
I. Warming up
Warming up by defining
Good morning, class. This period we are going to read about IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM. Before our reading, I‘d like to know:
A.What kind of old things are cultural relics?
B.Are all the old things cultural relics?
C.What is the definition and classification of cultural relics?
D.To whom do cultural relics belong?
Warming up by presenting
Hi, everyone. Let‘s look at the screen. I‘ll present you some pictures. They all belong to cultural relics. Some of them are cultural sites. Some of them are natural sites. Please think these over：
A.Can you name them out?
B.Who have the right to confirm and classify them?
Warming up by discussing
Now, boys and girls, I met a ―moral dilemma‖. That means I must make a choice between the interests of the family and the interests of the society. Things are like this: My old granny happened to find an ancient vase under the tree in the earth of our garden. It‘s so beautiful and special. Now, my family fell into a moral dilemma. Can you help us to make a decision:
A: What should we do?
B: Can we keep it for ourselves or report it to the government?
C: Have you come across such a situation —to make a difficult choice?
II. Pre-reading
1. Looking and saying
Work in pairs. Look at the photos on the screen. All these relics are quite beautiful. But some of them were lost and ruined in history，such as Yuan MingY uan and the Amber Room. Please guess:
A.What kinds of things can result in their disappearing?
B.Why do they come into being once again?
2. Explaining and sharing
Work in groups of four. Tell your group mates:
A.What do you know about the substance of ―amber‖?
B.What do you know about the cultural relics ―the Amber Room‖?
III. Reading
1. Reading aloud to the recording
Now please listen and read aloud to the recording of the text IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM. Pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence. I will play the tape twice and you shall read aloud twice, too.
2. Skimming and identifying the general idea of each paragraph
Now please skim the text to get the key words and general idea of each paragraph.
3.Scanning and analyzing the characteristics of the text.
Since you have got to know the general ideas of each paragraph, can you tell me the characteristics of the passage, such as, the type of writing, the way of narrating, and the tense?
4.Reading and understanding
Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.
5. Reading and transferring information
Read the text again to complete the table, which lists all the numbers in the text.