1、Part 1 Teaching Design第一部分 教学设计Period 1 A sample lesson plan for Reading(IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM) IntroductionIn this period, after the warming up, students will first be guided to look and say about the Amber Room. Then they will be helped to read a narration entitled IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROO
2、M. Its a story about a amber room built and lost, which has been a puzzle for all.Examples of “Warming Up” designs are presented in this book for teachers reference. Computer and overhead projector may be used to aid the teaching and learning. Objectives To help students learn to ask for opinions an
3、d give opinions To help students learn to read a text about cultural relics To help students better understand “cultural relics” To help students learn to use some important words and expressions To help students identify examples of The Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Attributive ClauseFocusWords s
4、urvive, design, fancy, belong, remove, explode, sink Expressions in search of, belong to, in return, at war, less than, take apart, think highly ofPatterns This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name becauseI could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would ha
5、ve such an amazing history. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. In 1770, the room was completed the way she wanted it. AidsMultimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams 1. Warming up Warming up by definingGood morning, class. This period we are going to take
6、 Unit 1, Book 2. The topic is Cultural relics. But first, Id like to ask: A. What kind of old things can be called 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?A. Cultural relics are ph
7、ysical remainders of what different peoples valued in the past and continue to value now. It can also be said that cultural relics are more than works of art, they are symbols of history and the people who lived in the past.B. No, not all the old objects are cultural relics.C. Each kind of relics pr
8、eserves some aspect of cultural heritage and each relic is still a unique cultural expression and contributions.D. In a larger sense, it can be said that all the cultural relics belong to all peoples and whole societies, not a certain individual.Warming up by presentingHi, everyone. Lets look at the
9、 screen. Ill present you some pictures. They are all about cultural relics. Some of them are cultural sites. Some of them are natural sites. Only an international professional organization from UN has the right to decide on and name them. Whod like to tell the class something about them?Cultural sit
10、es:The Great wall; The Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing andShenyang; The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors; TheMogao Cave. Natural sites: The Jiu Zhai Gou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area; The Huang Long Scenic andHistioric Interest Area.
11、 The following are cultural and natural sites: Mount Taishan; MountHuangshan; Mount WuYi.Warming up by discussingNow, 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 hap
12、pened to find an ancient vase under a tree in the earth of our garden. Its 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 situa
13、tion to make a difficult choice? 2. Pre-reading by looking and sayingLook at the photos here. What do you know about the substance of “amber”? What do knowabout the cultural relics “the Amber Room”? “amber” is a semi-precious stone used in jewelry and art world. Amber is really the fossil form of re
14、sin from trees. It has got its shape after a process that has taken millions of years to complete. Trees in very ancient forests produced this resin, which slowly dropped from trees and was buried. Trees use resin to protect themselves from disease and harm caused by insects and fungi. The Amber Roo
15、m is a room built by lots of ambers. It was a gift given to Peter the Great, the King of Russia, by the King of Prussia, Frederick William I. It was given the name because almost thousand tons of natural ambers were used to make it. But during the second world war in 1941, the Nazi German army secre
16、tly stole the Amber Room and sent boxes of the Amber Room on a train to a German city. After that, what really happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.3. Reading aloud to the recordingNow please listen and read aloud to the recording of the text In Search of the Amber Room on page 1. Pay attent
17、ion 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.4. Skimming and identifying the general idea of each paragraphThis passage on page 1 is a narrative prose or non-fiction article written in a narrating style. It
18、tells the history of Amber Room in the order of time so that we can clearly learn about what happened to it. The tense used in the text is past tense. Now please skim the text to get the key words and general idea of each paragraph. 1st paragraph the introduction about the Amber Room: design, colour
19、, shape, material2nd paragraph the present to the Czar: a part of winter palace in St. Petersburg, a reception hall for important visitor3rd Paragraph the relocating of the Amber Room in Catherine times: moved into Summer Palace, more added to its design4th Paragraph the missing of the Amber Room: t
20、he two countries were at war, Nazi German army stole the Amber Room, 27 wooden boxes were trained to a German city, Nobody knew it from then on5th Paragraph the rebuilding of the Amber Room: a new one but the same as the old built by the two countries, for celebrating the 300 the birthday of Petersb
21、urg5. Making a tree diagram Go on to make a tree diagram of the text and try to retell the text in your own words with its help.The Amber Room: the best and biggest work of countrys best Prussian artists Para.1In 1716, the Amber Room given to the Czar as a giftPara. 2In 1770, the Amber Room redecora
22、ted by Catherine II Para.2In 1941 the Amber Room stolen by the Nazi German army Para. 4The old missing Amber Room being searched for; a new Amber Room having been builtPara. 56. Reading and underliningNext you are to read the text and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passa
23、ge. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.Collocations from In Search of the Amber Roommake the design for the room, add more details to, remove from the search for,belong to, feel as hard as stone, the fancy style, look much like, give the name, be made into any shape, be made with gol
24、d and jewels, be made to be a gift, serve as, at war, remain a mystery7. Reading and transferring informationRead the text again to complete the table, which lists all the numbers in the text.NUMBER MEANING1716 Frederic William gave the Amber Room to Peter, the Great in this year.1770 Catherine had
25、completed the adding to the Amber Room in this year.1941 The Nazi German army stole the Amber Room in this year.2003 The rebuilding of the Amber Room was completed in this year.7000 Tons The total weight of the ambers used to make the room.55 The number of soldiers given to the king of Russia in ret
26、urn.600 The number of the candles lit in the Amber Room.2 The two countries: German and Russia.2 In two days the Amber Room was removed and trained away.100,000 The Amber Room was dismantled into 100,000 pieces27 27 wooden boxes were used to contain the pieces of Amber Room.300th The newly rebuilt A
27、mber Room was ready for the 300th birthday of St Petersburg city8. Reading and learning Read the text and learn more about the following proper nouns. You can surf on the website after class:Names of people Names of placesFrederick PrussiaFrederick William St. PetersburgPeter the Great Konigsberg Ca
28、therine Winter PalaceSummer Palace9. Having a discussionA. Can you imagine the fate of the Amber Room? What is it?B. Do you think if it is worthwhile to reproduce the Amber Room? Why?A. I have no idea about the fate of the Amber Room. Because anything can happen to it. Maybe it was destroyed at war
29、in the fighting fire. You see, ambers can be melted easily. Maybe it was kept secretly by somebody who had died without telling about it to anyone else. So maybe it is lying somewhere quietly.B. I think it is worthwhile to reproduce the Amber Room. Because it represents the culture and a period of h
30、istory in St. Petersburg. It is a trace and feature surviving from a past age and serving to remind people of a lost time.10. Closing down by doing a quizFill in the blank with one word to complete the summary of the text.The Amber Room was made 1_ 1701 onwards in order to be installed at Charlotten
31、burg Palace, 2 _of Friedrich I, the first king of Prussia, at the urging of his second wife, Sophie Charlotte. The concept of the room and its 3 _was by Andreas Schlter. It 4 _crafted by Gottfried Wolfram, master craftsman to the Danish court of King Frederick IV of Denmark, 5 _help from the amber m
32、asters Ernst Schacht and Gottfried Turau from Danzig. It did not, however, 6 _at Charlottenburg for long. Peter the Great admired it on a visit and in 1716, Friedrich Wilhelm I, the first kings son, presented 7 _to him, and with that act cemented a Prussian-Russian alliance 8 _Sweden. In 1755 Tsarin
33、a Elizabeth of Russia 9 _it transferred and installed, first in the Winter Palace, and then 10 _the Catherine Palace. From Berlin, Frederick II the Great sent her more Baltic amber, in 11 _to fill out the originals in the new design by the tsarinas Italian court architect, Bartolomeo Rastrelli. The
34、Amber Room represented a joint effort 12 _German and Russian craftsmen. After several other 18th-century renovations, it 13 _more than 55 square meters and contained over six tones of 14 _. It took over ten years to construct.（Keys: 1from 2 home 3 design 4 was 5 with 6 remain 7 it 8 against 9 had 10
35、 in 11 order 12 of 13 covered 14 amber）Work out the word and structure questions.1. Reports have occasionally surfaced _ that components of the Amber Room survived the war. A: stated B: stating C: to state D: state 2. There have been numerous conflicting reports and theories, among them _ the Amber
36、Room was destroyed by bombing, hidden in a now-lost coal mine. A: which B: that C: where D: when 3. Many different individuals and groups have done extensive searches for it at various times since the war, _ little result. A: to B: with C: by D: on 4. However, in 1997 one Italian stone mosaic _ was part of a set of four _ had decorated the Amber Room did turn up in western Germany.A: that, which B: which, which C: it, that D: that, it(Keys: 1B, 2 B, 3 B, 4 A)
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