牛津译林版高中英语选修八《Unit3 The world of colors and light》Task 教案 3

1 牛津译林版高中英语选修八

Unit 3 The world of colours and light

Task (Period two)

Teaching aims:

After learning this period, the students will be able to

1. ask technical questions;

2. write a report on a visit.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in (PPT)

Present some pictures about a photographic exhibition and the students questions like: “Suppose

you are at a photographic exhibition and you happen to see the photographer. What technical

questions would you like to ask the photographer.” Group the students into pairs and encourage

them to think of as many questions as possible. List their answers on the blackboard and then

compare with the seven questions in the book.

Step 2 Asking technical questions

Have the students read the guidelines on P44 to make sure that they understand these questions

and know what to do, especially Questions 4& 7. “How did you get this effect?” & “How did you

decide what to call it?”.

Step 3 Finding out technical information

Ask the students to go through the nine points and help them find out information to each

technical question, for example, points 4-6 is the information for Question 4.

Step 4 Role-play

Get the students to work in pairs for this role-play activity. One student acts as the artist and the

other as the student who interviews the artist. When conducting the interview, students may

refer to the questions and the answers listed in the book. Also they can list as many questions

they want to ask the artist as possible.

Possible example

Student: Good morning, Mr Zhang. Could you spare me a few minutes to answer some

questions?

Artist: Sure, I’m very glad to. What would you like to know about?

Student: I enjoy your masterpiece very much. It is fantastic, but I wonder where you got the idea

from?

Artist: Well, I got the idea from a photographic exhibition. Once, I went to a photographic

exhibition in Guilin. I was deeply impressed or even shocked by the beauty of scenes in Guilin in

the photos.

Student: What did you do first?

Artist: I paid a visit to Guilin and travelled around the city. I took lots of photographs at different

times of the day and at different times of the year. Actually, I paid fifteen trips there and it took

2 me over a year to cover the city.

Student: What did you do next?

Artist: I grouped the photographs, including the most popular views of the river, according to

different areas in Guilin.

Student: How did you get this effect?

Artist: I had to decide on how big to make the first painting and what to put in the other

paintings in the collection. I also used some material to press a print into it. Effect was made with

a knife and fork. As a result, the marks made by the blade could be seen, just as you see in the

paintings.

Student: So how long did it take you to finish your work?

Artist: It took me a year to take the photographs and two more years to finish all the paintings.

Student: Wow! That’s such a long time. Then how did you decide what to call it?

Artist: In my opinion, no one can ever see all of Guilin, so I decided to call the collection of

painting Glance of Guilin. Besides, painting Guilin Heights was named because it shows the hills

around Guilin and because of its size.

Student: What do you think of your masterpiece?

Artist: I’m quite proud of the piece Guilin Heights because it is unique.

Student: Thank you very much, Mr Zhang. This helps me a lot in understanding your art.

Artist: Glad you enjoy it.

Step 5 Writing a report on a visit

1. Groups the students to discuss the structure of a report to an exhibition with information

gathered in Steps 1& 2. And make sure they know what each point means and what should

be included in a report.

2. Have the students work in groups to write an outline of the report. Each group member is

responsible for a particular section.

Step 6 Write a report

1. First, ask the students to read the instructions in this section and help them review the

information they’ve gathered in Steps 1& 2. Then ask them to work in groups to complete the

writing, when writing, they may refer to the structure of the report in Skills building 3. After

about 10 minutes, get each group to give presentation of their drafts.

Possible example

Report on Art Club visit to Glance of Guilin

Introduction

Place of visit: City art Gallery

Date of visit: 29th May

What was seen: an exhibition by Zhang Linghong

The exhibition

1. The collection: 12 paintings, painted between 2003 and 2004

2. The masterpiece： Guilin Heights, over 3m tall, focusing on several caves, painted in a unique

way.

The artist

Born in Hangzhou in 1961, admitted to Beijing School of Art in 1983, set up a studio in Hangzhou