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Text 1: WALLS AND BARRIERS Teaching objectives 1. Writing with inductive reasoning. 2. Exposition/argumentation through comparison and contrast. 3. Philosophical significance in architecture. Teaching procedures I. Warming-up Ask questions to elicit students’ responses to the following: 1. General impression of the text 2. Information about the author (c.f. John Ruskin) 3. General knowledge of architecture (e.g. from the internet) 4. Definitions of walls and barriers; and the logical connections in between II. Understanding the main idea of the text Ask students to generalize the author’s message. Encourage students to use alternative expressions such as: Main Idea of the Text n Architecture is an expression of people’s thoughts/ ideas/ mentality. n Architecture is a medium for the expression of human beliefs and attitudes. n The change of the architectural style reflects people’s changed view of the world n Human outlook is reflected in architectural styles … etc III Relevant information about the author and architecture 1. The Author: Eugene Raskin (1909- US architect, playwright, composer: n interests ranging from music and playwriting to architectural scholarship; n adjunct professor at Columbia from 1936 to 1976; n author of Architecturally Speaking, Sequel to Cities, and Architecture and People. n Composer of hit song Those Were the Days, (from a Russian folk melody in 1968), hit No. 1 on the British charts and No. 2 on the American charts. n died at 94 in Manhattan 2. The bank building at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue and other glass buildings (Power-point presentation) IV. Analyzing the organization of the text Ask students to analyze the structure of the text and to underline the cohesive devices that establish t