I Teaching Objectives:
1. Give some information about the fundamental difference between modern architecture and ancient architecture.
2. Enable the students to learn the text under the condition of having mastered the key point of the text.
3. Cultivate their reading skills----comparing.
4. Enable the ss to learn some language points: such as while, equal, impress.
II Teaching Methods: Audio-visual method
III Key Points and Difficult Points:
Key Points: Enable the ss to fulfill the task of reading and understand some language points.
Difficult Points: Comparing two things and understand the key point of modern architecture.
IV Teaching Aids: slide
V Teaching Procedures:
Step1. Review and Lead-in
T: Yesterday, we talked something about art and architecture, right?
S: yes.
T: we mentioned two styles of buildings, what are they?
S: ancient buildings and modern buildings.
T: yes. They are two different styles of architecture. Today, we’ll learn more about them, esp. the modern architecture.
Step2. Talk about ancient buildings
T: Modern buildings develoo from ancient buildings , right?
S: yes.
T: so, before we talk about modern architecture, we should first see what ancient buildings are like, right?
S: yes.
T: but, can we find many ancient buildings around us nowadays?
S: no.
T: yes. There are only little of them. So I have prepared some pictures for you. Let’s see them together.
(Teacher walks around the classroom and show pictures)
T: very beautiful, right?
S: yes.
T: just now, we were looking the ancient buildings as a whole, now, let’s look closely at the parts of them. First, please look at the doors and windows. In front of the doors, there are different statues, right?
S: yes.
T: and let’s see here. The windows have different shapes and the doors are round, right?
S:yes
T: let’s see this one. What’s the shape of the door?
S: like a moon.
T: yes. It’s in shape of the moon, and the window is round, like the sun. So, they are called “日月窗”. Do you think it is very vivid?
S: yes.
T: and here, this window, in the shape of a book, right?
S: yes.
T: so, windows of ancient buildings have diferent shapes. What about that of modern buildings? Do they have different shapes?
S: no.
T: yes. They are all square.
T: ok. Let’s see next. They are pillars. There are two obvious features of ancient buildings. One is that they have pillars, do you know what’s another?
S: …..roof.
T: yes. Some ss have got it. It’s roof. We’ll deal with it later. Let’s see the pillars first. The pillars of ancient buildings always have a base. We call it “base of pillars”. Let’s look at them. They are carved into different shapes, right?
S: yes.
T: another feature of ancient buildings is that they have roofs that are very different from that of modern buildings.
(continue to show pictures.)
T: ancient buildings are so beautiful. When you enter them, what do you feel?
S: ….
T: do you feel cold? 冷冰冰?
S: no
T: no. We’ll feel warm. And we’ll also feel natural and friendly, 还会感觉自然和亲切，对吗？
S: yes.
T: and what about the materials? What are they made of?
S: stone, wood….
T: yes. They are made of stone, wood and bricks.
Step3. talk about modern buildings
T: ok. This is the ancient buildings. What about modern buildings?
S:….
T: look around at our classroom. Is our classroom a kind of modern buildings? Do you think it is beautiful?
S: no.
T: yes. It’s not beautiful. All white walls,right? Very boring. And look at the windows. Do they have different shapes?
S: no.
T: yes. They are all in the same shape. And on the windows, are there any decorations?
S: no.
T: What are they made of? (knock at the windows)
S: glass, …
T: yes. Glass and steel. What about the walls? What are they made of ?
S: ….
T: concrete. They are made of concrete. When we enter this classroom, will we feel warm?
S: no.
T: yes. We feel cold here. And it is not beautiful and not friendly. Right?
S: yes.
Step4. compare ancient buildings with modern buildings.
Activity1: make clear the key point of modern architecture
T: ok, just now, we said the ancient buildings are beautiful, natural and friendly, but the modern buildings are not beautiful, unnatural and unfriendly. So why do we live in the modern buildings nowadays?
S: they are strong , convenient….
T: yes, good, anything else?
S: …..
T: actually, the most important reason is that modern buildings are much more practical. Pratical means useful, 有用的，实用的。 For example, some doors of ancient buildings are round, while that of modern buildings are square and spacious, right?
S: yes.
T: do you think 5 or 6 people can walk through that round-shaped door at the same time?
S: no.
T: yes. They can’t , or it is very difficult for them, but the door of our classroom can hold 5 or 6 persons at the same time, right?
S: yes.
T: so, practicality is the core of modern architecture. 实用性是现代建筑的核心。 Do you understand now?
S: yes.
T: this idea was put up by some modern architects, and now we call it modernism. So we can say modernism means practicality. Are you clear?
S: yes.
T: ok. Good. Now, let’s see our text book. It also tells us something about modernism. Open your books to page 19. let’s look at para.2 first. Read this paragraph and answer two questions on the slide.
(slide1)
(3 minutes later)
T: ok, have you found the answers?
S: yes.
T: the first one is easy. The whole class please answer me. When was the modernism invented?
S: in the 1920s.
T: good. And what is modernism? Have you found the answer?
S: …..
T: ok, maybe this question is a bit difficult. Let’s see it together. Let’s disintegrate the long sentence on the book first. Who invented modernism?
S: a group of architects.
T: good. So what did they want to do ?
S: they wanted to change society with buildings that went agaimst people’s feeling o f beautiful.
T: excellent. Now, we’ve got our answer.
(slide1 show answers)
T: I say modernism in architecture, because modernism is a far-reaching idea. It had effects on many fields, not only in architecture. Are you clear?
S: yes.
Activity2. compare ancient buildings with modern buildings
T: good. This is modernism. Just now, we’ve compared ancient buildings with modern buildings, right? With pictures, we talked about ancient buildings and with our classroom, we talked about modern buildings. So please read paragraph 3,4, and 5, and then finish this table on the slide. You can discuss with your partner.
(slide1 show the table and explain the table)
Are you clear?
S: yes.
(3 minutes later)
T: well, have you finished it?
S: yes.
T: good. I need one of you to give me your answer. Any volunteers?
S:…..
T: ok, ****, please. What’s the difference in shape? Ancient buildings are…. Modern buildings are……
S:….
T: almost right. Sit down, please. Let’s see the correct answer. What about the materials?
S:…..
T: yes, good. Most of you have got it. What’s the feelings of ancient buildings to us?
S:…..
T: yes. We feel warm and friendly. And in modern buildings we feel …..hard and unfriendly. Good.
T: ok, what’s the relation with nature? Ancient buildings stand much closer to nature and modern buildings look unnatural, right?
S: yes.
Step5. some language points
T: Good job. Just now, we have read para.2 to 5. Now, let’s see the language points in these 4 paragraphs. First let’s look at para.3, “while in traditional architecture…..”, what does “while” mean here?
………
(slide2)
T: then let’s see what does “equal” mean here.
T: and let’s see another word in para.4, “impress”.
Step6. homework
T: ok, today we compare ancient buildings with the modern buildings please preview the rest of the text and do exercise4 on page 21. Class is over, see you tomorrow.
S: see you.
Slide1:
Questions：
1. When was modernism invented？
2. What is modernism？
Modernism in architecture is an idea to change society with buildings that look unnatural and go against people’s feeling of beauty.
Compare ancient buildings & modern buildings.
ancient modern
shape
materials
feeling
relation with nature
Slide2:
Language points:
1. while conj.
① 虽然…...，然而….., 另一方面…(用以表示对比或相反的情况)
eg. I like to drink black coffee while he prefers it with cream.
② 当….时候, 和….同时
eg. He fell asleep while (he was) doing his homework.
While Mary was writing a letter, the children were playing outside.
2. equal v. (equalled; equalling) 等于;(在….方面)比得上; 可以与….匹敌
eg. My deskmate equals me in English, but her physics is better.
Five plus five equals ten.
3.impress v. ~ sb. (with sth.) 使某人印象深刻
eg. She impressed me with her great kindness.
We were most impressed with/by your efficiency.
Blackboard work:
The slides Modern Architecture
Advantages: strong, convenient, practical 实用的 material 材料
Praticality is the core of modernism. Shape 形状
实用性是现代主义的核心。 Concrete 混凝土
architect 建筑师