精编教案--高二英语教案外研选修8Module_2_The_Renaissance--Reading1.docVIP

Module 2 The Renaissance Period 1 Reading -- The Renaissance ▇ Goals Get the students to know the background of the Renaissance and the achievements during this time and the representatives in many fields. To learn to read with strategies ▇ Procedures Step 1: Warming up by learning about “the Renaissance” and learn about the background knowledge. Before we begin the reading of Module 2, let’s try to understand the background of that time. Please answer some questions. 1. Do you know something about the Renaissance? 2. Who painted the Mona Lisa? How do you like it? 3. Are there any other great painters at that time? 4. Who you think are the representatives of the Renaissance? 5. In which fields did the Renaissance take place? 6. What do you think are the influences of the Renaissance? Warming up by saying something about Leonardo da Vinci. “Leonardo da Vinci was like a man who awoke too early in the darkness, while the others were all still asleep” ----Sigmund Freud? Leonardo da Vinci is a man well beyond his time. Leonardo da Vinci was a renaissance painter, architect, engineer, mathematician and philosopher, a genius the world has never seen again so far.Step 2: Before you read Please introduce the words for this module, paying attention to the pronunciation of the words, the relationship between their pronunciation and spelling. Practice for words study: Have a spelling quiz. Read every sentence and fill the blanks with proper forms of the words in this module. The ____ is the study and design of buildings. The ____ is the study of the meaning of life. If you give somebody a job, it means you ______ him or her. Madam Curie did a great _____ to the mankind. _____ means something difficult to understand or explain. A large church is called a ______. What’s your ______ of the painting.? What the teachers did was to _____ the students to study even harder. He is really a genius. His painting shows ______ talent. Her red coat ______ sharply with the white snow.