2019新人教高中英语必修一Unit5Reading and Thinking教案
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2019新人教高中英语必修一
Unit5Reading and Thinking教案设计
Teaching objectives:
1. Enable students to get familiar with the development history of the Chinese
writing system.
2. Apply prediction and scanning strategies for main idea in reading.
3. Identify the main structure of the passage and talk about a topic through the
timeline.
4. Use some important words and phrases to describe the development of
Chinese writing system.
Teaching key points:
1. Figure out the main structure of the passage and know the development of
the Chinese writing system and increase their cultural confidence.
2. Understand the narrative characteristics of “time-event”in the illustrative
style and judge the writing purpose and intended readers of the passage.
Teaching difficult points:
1. Apply different approaches of discourage analysis to deepen the
understanding of the text and language usages.
2. Guide students to explore the function and importance of Chinese character
writing system.
3. Explore and understand the relationship between Chinese characters and
the Chinese civilization.
Teaching procedures:
Step I Lead-in
Play the song Chinese Character by Chinese famous singer Yuan Yuan,ask them
to sing together and share what they know about Chinese characters.
Step Ⅱ Predicting
Ask the students to look at the title and the picture on Page 62 and predict what
the passage will be about. Suggested answer:
The title is“The Chinese Writing System”, which is the topic,and connecting the
past and the present is the focus, so the passage is about the development of
Chinese writing system.
Step Ⅱ Skimming for main ideas
Read the passage quickly and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.
The main idea of each paragraph
Topic The Chinese writing system
Focus Connecting the past and the present
The main
idea of each
paragraph Paragraph1
Paragraph2
Paragraph3
Paragraph4
Paragraph5
Paragraph6
Suggested answers:
Paragraph 1:The Chinese writing system is one of the main factors why Chinese
civilization has survived into modern times.
Paragraph 2: Written Chinese was a picture-based language at the beginning.
Paragraph 3: The writing system became well-developed and later developed
into different forms.
Paragraph 4: The writing system began to develop in one direction.
Paragraph 5:Written Chinese connects China's present with its past,and has
become an art form.
Paragraph 6:The Chinese language is helping to spread China’s culture and
history to the world.
Step IV Scanning for details
Ask the students to find the words and phrases that describe a time and what happened to the characters at each of those important times.
Activity 1 Read the passage and find out the words showing the timeline,and
then finish the timeline.
Question: What kind of words can show the development of the Chinese writing
system?Draw a timeline to show the narrative order.
Suggested answer:
modern times(Para.1)→at the beginning(Para.2)→dates back several thousand
years(Para.2)→by the Shang Dynasty(around 1600—1046 BCE)(Para. 3)→over the
years(Para.3)→the Qin Dynasty(221--207 BCE)(Para. 3,4)→even today (Para.4)→in
modern times(Para.5)→today(Para.6)
Activity 2 What happened to the Chinese characters at each of those
important times?Fill in the table.
Time
Modern times
At the beginning
Dates back several
thousand years
By the Sharing Dynasty
Over the years
The Qin Dynasty
(221-207BCE)
Even today
In modern times
Today
Suggested answers:
1. The Chinese civilization still continues.
2. Written Chinese was a picture-based language.
3. Longgu appeared.
4. Symbols carved on longgu had become a well-developed writing system. 5. The writing system developed into different forms, as the Chinese people
were divided geographically, leading to many varieties of dialects and characters.
6. The Chinese writing system began to develop in one unified direction.
7. Chinese people can all still communicate in writing.
8. Chinese people can read the classic works which were written by Chinese
in ancient times.
9. The Chinese writing system is still an important part of Chinese culture.
StepⅡReading for languages features
Read the passage again and find the sentences where the restrictive relative
clauses are used.
Suggested answers:1. There are many reasons why this has been
possible...(Restrictive attributive clause)
2.....animal bones and shells on which symbols were carved by ancient Chinese
people.(Restrictive attributive clause)
3.... it was a time when people were divided geographically.(Restrictive
attributive clause)
4.Emperor Qinshihuang united the seven major states into one unified country
