Unit 2 The World of Art Thinking Skills & Reading Strategies（课件） 仁爱科普版八年级英语上册

国家中小学课程资源Unit 2 The World of ArtThinking Skills & Reading StrategiesLearning ObjectivesThinking SkillsClassifying details?musical instruments小号 笛钢琴trumpetfluetpiano吉他guitar乐器鼓drumviolin小提琴string(弦), beat(击打), keyboard(键盘) or windLook at the picture and read the text, and then learn how to classify details.Activity 1 According to the types of musical instruments, there are four families: string instruments, beat instruments, keyboard instruments and wind instruments. The violin and erhu belong to the string instruments and the drum belongs to the beat instruments. The piano is an example of the keyboard instruments, and the trumpet is a wind instrument.So language means in Chinese.“语言”English is a language. Why do people speak a kind of language? To with other people. (交流)communicateafraid(感受)feelingsSo different forms and works of art give us different . Both language and art take us to a new world,then they are a kind of to show our minds and feelings.(媒介)mediumHow about music? What is music like? What is music like? Can we use it to communicate with others? How does it make us feel? What can it give people? Activity 2Read the text and complete the detail-classification chart. What is music? Music is a language. It can help us speak our minds and allow us to communicate heart to heart. Music is a tool of showing feelings. It can relax us and make us feel happy, afraid or sad. Music is a medium. It can take us to a world of art and bring together people all over the world.It can help us speak out our minds.It can allow us to communicate heart to heart.It can relax us.It can make us feel happy, afraid or sad.feelingsIt can take us to a world of art.It can bring together people all over the world.mediumActivity 3Pair work. Talk about the benefits of music based on Activity 2.allow sb. to do sth允许某人做某事 relax sb.让某人放松 What is music? Music is a language. It can help us speak out our minds and allow us to communicate heart to heart. Music is a tool of feelings. It can relax us and make us feel happy, afraid or sad. Music is a medium. It can take us to a world of art and bring together people all over the world.Drawing conclusions?Reading StrategiesWhat does he do？He is a Beijing opera artist and an actor.Did his face show a kind of feeling without(没有) speaking？Why?Yes. Because his eyes(眼睛) can express(表达) feelings.How did he make his eyes different from others?Activity 1Read the text about the famous Beijing opera artist, Mei Lanfang, and learn how to draw a conclusion. Good actors know how to use their eyes to express their minds. To train his eyes, Mei Langfang often watched the pigeons flying far away in the sky.Activity 2Read more about Mei Lanfang. Complete the sentences and draw another conclusion. When Mei was young, he had great difficulty in remembering the lines of Beijing opera. But he worked very hard and was very strict with himself. He got up very early every day and practiced the lines again and again.practiced the lines again and againPracticepractice and hard workhave (great) difficulty in doing sth.做某事有很大困难Mei Lanfang had great difficulty in remembering the lines, but why did he practice them again and again?Because he was hard-working and was strict with himself.Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。perfect (adj.) 完美的，极好的strict (adj.) 要求严格的，严厉的be strict with sb.对某人要求严格Activity 3Read the text about Qi Baishi. Underline the sentence that helps you draw a conclusion, and then complete the last two steps. Qi Baishi first learned painting all by himself. Then in his twenties, he began to travel around China to visit famous painters and study their paintings. Finally, in his mid-fifties, his paintings became popular, and he became famous all over the China.continuously learn and seek inspiration from othersfamous paintersThen in his twenties, he began to travel around China to visit famous painters and study their paintings.paintpaintingpainterpopular (adj. )受欢迎的，流行的【pop】be popular with sb. 受某人的欢迎流行音乐 pop music京剧受所有人的欢迎, 无论老少。Beijing opera is popular with all people, young or old.SummaryWe learn: 1. 乐器类型和文艺训练的单词； 2. 细节分类的概念和技能； 3. 作结论的概念和策略。We can: 1. 用图表来进行细节分类； 2. 对一段阅读材料作结论； HomeworkYou shouldknow about the words of instruments;use a chart to classify details;draw a conclusion in reading.You maywork with your partners in pair.Thank you!