《高中英语》（上外版）必修三第二单元 Art and Artists
学案（学生版）
课题：Moving Forward: Introducing an Artist 课时学习目标：
能通过 重读重点词语，对艺术家进行有吸引力的口头介绍，为猜测艺术家的游戏提供线索；
能通过选择和润色相关联的信息，以总-分模式书面介绍一位艺术家；
能借助评价指标，对其他同学的写作在结构、内容和词汇运用上做出评价并提出建议。
课时学习过程：
I. Speaking: Guessing the artist
Interactive Task 1: Guess who the artist is according to the teacher’s oral introduction. Interactive Task 2: Guess who the artist is according to the Ss’ oral introduction.
Interactive Task 3: Think further about what aspects to introduce about an artist .
Aspects
Artist O
Q
I
Artwork S or M
Artistic
Art
II. Writing: Introducing artists for an art exhibition
Interactive Task 4: Categorize the introduction sentences and begin the writing.
Directions: Put the introductions to Michael Jackson into proper categories.
Michael Jackson
1. Michael Jackson was a singer in America.
2. His contribution to music and dance made him a global figure.
3. In 1985 Jackson wrote “We Are the World” for an all-star charity performance project aimed at drawing the worldwide attention to famine (饥荒) relief in Africa.
4. Jackson won hundreds of awards.
5. Michael Jackson could put rock, pop, R&B and hip-hop music together.
6. As a songwriter, Jackson was able to compose at an impressive rate.
7. He was the "Artist of the Century".
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8. He was also a dancer and songwriter.
9. Jackson is not only successful but also hardworking, talented and productive.
10. Jackson gave the name to his dance techniques as the robot and the moonwalk.
Categories Brief introduction (the numbers attached)
Artist Occupation
Quality
Influence (including honor ,award &commends
Artworks Subject or Message
Artistic style
Art form
Interactive Task 5: Improve a sample general statement for the introduction to Michael Jackson.
Food for thought: Is the following a good general statement
Michael Jackson was a singer in America. He was also a dancer and a songwriter.
Your improved statement:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Interactive Task 6: Improve the introduction to Michael Jackson in groups with the help of the checklist.
Michael Jackson was a singer, dancer, and songwriter. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of dance techniques. Michael Jackson could put rock, pop, R&B and hip-hop music together. Jackson won hundreds of awards. He was the "Artist of the Century".
Your modified Version:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Checklist □ Does it have the general statement □ Is the general statement brief and informative □ Does it have all the supporting details in accordance with the aspects in the general statement □ Does it contain as many descriptive adjectives, noun expressions or vivid verbs □ Does it require any improvement in sentence structures or transitional words
Additional reference facts for sample modifying： He was referred to as the King of Pop. Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. Throughout his life, Jackson released large amounts of albums including about 468 songs. The music videos for his songs included those of “Beat It”, “Thriller”, “Off the Wall”, “Bad” and “History” etc. Jackson won multiple Guinness World Records; 13 Grammy Awards, 26 American Music Awards. Jackson wrote the song “we are the world” in 1985 in only two and a half hours.
III. Presenting and commenting: Making presentations and comments.
Interactive Task 7: Show the modified versions and make comments with the help of the checklist.
IV. Homework
1. Write a paragraph of 80-100 words to introduce an artist for the art exhibition in the School Art Festival. Note that the general-to-specific pattern should be followed.
Your introduction to an artist:
2. Prepare a PPT for your group’s field trip report after visiting a local art museum according to the outline on P32 and get prepared for a presentation.
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3. Sort out the words and expressions in this lesson related to the topic of this unit, and write them down in your word bank.
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必修 第三册
《高中英语》（上外版）
Period 1 Getting Started & Reading A
Period 2 Reading A & Vocabulary Focus Period 3 Grammar in Use
Period 4 Listening and Viewing
Period 5 Reading B
Period 6 Moving Forward
Period 7 Further Exploration & Critical Thinking
unit 2 Art and Artists
Period 6 Moving Forward
Speaking： Guessing the artist
Writing ： Introducing artists for an art exhibition
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课时学习目标：
1. 能通过重读重点词语，对艺术家进行有吸引力的口头介绍，为猜测艺术家的游 戏提供线索；
2. 能通过选择和润色相关联的信息，以总-分模式书面介绍一位艺术家；
3. 能借助评价指标，对其他同学的写作在结构、内容和词汇运用上做出评价并提 出建议。
By the end of the period, you are expected to:
1. introduce an artist orally in an attractive way by stressing the important words to provide clues for the guessing game;
2. write an introduction to an artist in the general-specific pattern by choosing relevant information and revising the sentences;
3. make comments and give suggestions on others’ writing in terms of content, structure and vocabulary use with the help of a checklist.
TaskI&I: Guesswho
Make Guesses! who istheartist
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Artwork Artwork
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essage
TaskIII Thinkabout the outline. Unit 2 Art and Artists
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artist
style
Art form
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AnotherGuess!
1. Michael Jackson was a singer in America.
2. His contribution to music and dance made him a Categories
Brief introduction (the numbers
global figure.
attached)
3. In 1985 Jackson wrote “We Are the World” for an all-star charity performance project aimed at drawing the worldwide attention to helping relieve famine (饥荒) in Africa. 4. Jackson won hundreds of awards. 5. Michael Jackson could put rock, pop, R&B and hip-hop music together. 6. As a songwriter , Jackson was able to compose at an impressive rate. 7. He was the "Artist of the Century". 8. He was also a dancer and songwriter. 9. Jackson is not only successful but also hardworking, talented and productive. 10. Jackson gave the name to his dance techniques as the robot and the moonwalk.
Artist Occupation
1,8
Quality
6, 9
Influence
2,4,7
Art works Subject or Message
3
Artistic style
5
Art form
10
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thewriting.
statement
Michael Jackson was a singer in America. He was also
a dancer and a songwriter.
My improved statement:
Food for thought: Is the following a good general
___________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
As “Artist of the Century”, Michael Jackson was not only I
recognized as a distinguished and productive singer, but also a
1. What can replace “was”
2. Is it necessary to add any connectives
3. Shall we add any vivid adjectives
_t _.__________ _:
be treated as, be regarded as, be thought of as
talented---- of talent
as well as, in addition to, besides and admired by other people
Taskv:Improveasamplegeneralstatementforthe introduction toMichaelJackson,
productive: able to produce large amounts
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The Checklist
( ) Does it have the general statement
( ) Is the general statement brief and informative
( )Does it have all the supporting details in accordance with the
aspects in the general statement
( )Does it contain as many descriptive adjectives, noun
expressions or vivid verbs
( )Does it require any improvement in sentence structures or
transitional words
TaskvI:ImprovetheintroductiontoMichael Unit 2 Art and Artists
Jacksonin groupswiththehelp ofthechecklistbelow.
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Sample
Michael Jackson was a singer, dancer, and songwriter. Through stage
performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of dance techniques. Michael Jackson could put rock, pop, R&B and hip-hop music together. Jackson won hundreds of awards. He was the "Artist of the
Century".
Y Y N
N
Y
if necessary.
(3 minutes)
Michael Jackson was a singer, dancer, and songwriter. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of dance techniques. Michael Jackson could put rock, pop, R&B and hip-hop music together. Jackson won hundreds of awards. He was the "Artist of the Century".
Improve the sample with the help of the checklist and the additional facts
Unit 2 Art and Artists
Checklist
□ Does it have the general statement
□ Is the general statement brief and informative
□ Does it have all the supporting details in accordance with the aspects in the general statement
□ Does it contain many descriptive adjectives, noun expressions or vivid verbs
□ Does it require any improvement in sentence structures or transitional words
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TaskvII: show themodifedversions andmake
commentswiththehelp ofthechecklist.
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Reference version:
As “Artist of the Century”, Michael Jackson was not only recognized as a distinguished and productive singer, but also a talented dancer and songwriter.
As for his talent in music, Michael Jackson had the unique ability to
couple rock, pop, R&B with hip-hop music. Throughout his life, Jackson released large amounts of albums including about 468 songs, many of which gained popularity all over the world. Besides, through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized his special dance techniques, which he named as the “ robot” and the “moonwalk”. Amazingly , Jackson managed to compose at such an impressive rate that it only took him two and a half hours to write the song “We are the world” in 1985.
Unit 2 Art and Artists
Homework :
1. Write a paragraph of 80-100 words to introduce an artist for the art exhibition in the School Art Festival. Note that the general-to-specific pattern should be followed.
2. Prepare a PPT for your group’s field trip report after visiting a local art museum according to the outline on P32 and get prepared for a presentation.
3. Sort out the words and expressions in this lesson related to the topic of this unit, and write them down in your word bank.
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you《高中英语（上外版）》必修第三册 Unit 2 Art and Artists
课时：
课题：Introducing an Artist
课型：Speaking and Writing
教学设计与说明
1. 教学目标
本课核心目标为引导学生掌握借助重读重点词语介绍艺术家的会 话策略，以及在介绍艺术家的写作中运用总-分模式。
2. 设计思路
本课首先由教师介绍学校艺术节这一大语境导入，然后由教师做示范发起师生互动，借 助重读强调关键词语和信息，口头给出描述艺术家的五条线索，引起学生对人物突出特征的 关注，让学生猜测是哪位艺术家。再由学生基于上一课时的作业，以小组为单位准备五条线 索，开展班级内的猜艺术家游戏。
接着，让学生思考介绍艺术家需要从哪几个方面入手，从说过渡到写。然后， 教师给学 生呈现介绍著名歌手杰克逊的一些句子，让学生分类，为后面的写作做一点铺垫。紧随其后 是书面介绍一位艺术家环节，考虑到课堂时间有限和高一学生特点，教师采取了以小组活动 改写与润色概述句、选择匹配的支撑细节、组织语言写成段落几个步骤， 简化了课堂上的写 作任务。在这一润色与修改过程中，教师还提供了 checklist，供学生在写作过程中进行自评。
最后，呈现不同小组学生润色后的段落介绍。在这一环节，checklist 被用于同学之间互 评的依据。初稿的环节中，引导学生按照 checklist 进行互评，逐步培养学生过程性评价的 能力。
3. 重点难点
在总-分模式写作中，做到支撑信息与概述句的匹配。
Lesson Plan
By the end of this period, students will be able to:
1. introduce an artist orally in an effective way by stressing the important words to provide clues for the guessing game;
2. write an introduction to an artist in the general-specific pattern by choosing relevant information and revising the sentences;
3. make comments and give suggestions on others’ writing in terms of content, structure and vocabulary use with the help of a checklist.
Procedures:
I. Speaking: Guessing the artist
l Interactive Activity 1: Guess who the artist is according to the teacher’s oral introduction.
*Teacher: Involve students in “Guess Who” activity first. Then give five clues respectively about some
artists in this unit and show students how to stress important words to make artists’ important features stand out. And immediately ask students to make guesses. *Students: Make guesses based on the teacher’sintroduction. *Purpose: To check students’ familiarity with the artists learned in this unit and elicit the speaking strategy while providing a sample for Ss’ interactive activities.
Guided question: Who is the artist
l Interactive Activity 2: Guess who the artist is according to the Ss’ oral introduction.
*Teacher: Arrange for students from different groups to introduce some artists with the information they’ve collected in advance. And then have students from other groups make guesses. *Students: Introduce artists or make guesses based on the introductions. *Purpose: To learn to introduce an artist orally in an effective way.
Guided question: Who is the artist
l Interactive Activity 3: Think further about what aspects to introduce about an artist.
*Teacher: Ask students to recall and summarize the basic aspects in introducing an artist *Students: Summarize the basic aspects with the help of the teacher. *Purpose: To help students workout the outline of introduction and prepare for the writing task.
Guided question: What aspects should we take into account when introducing an artist
II. Writing: Introducing artists for an art exhibition
l Interactive Activity 4: Categorize the introduction sentences and begin the writing.
*Teacher: Guide student to put the introduction sentences to Michael Jackson into proper categories and rewrite the general statement. *Students: Categorize introduction sentences and rewrite a general statement. *Purpose: To help students consolidate the outline and write a proper general statement.
l Interactive Activity 5: Improve a sample general statement for the introduction to Michael Jackson.
*Teacher: Provide a sample general statement for the introduction to Michael Jackson and guide students to improve it. *Students: Improve the sample general statement. *Purpose: To help students master the skill of writing a brief and informative general statement.
l Interactive Activity 6: Improve the introduction to Michael Jackson in groups with the help of the checklist.
*Teacher: Provide a sample introduction to Michael Jackson and a checklist, and guide students to improve it with the help of the checklist. *Students: Work in groups of four and discuss how to improve the sample introduction with the help of the teacher and the checklist. *Purpose: To help students master the skill of writing a good introduction to an artist in the general-specific pattern.
III. Presenting and commenting: Making presentations and comments.
l Interactive Activity 7: Show the modified versions and make comments with the help of the checklist.
*Teacher: Appoint students from different groups to make presentations and have them comment on each other’s work according to a checklist. *Students: Make oral presentations and comments and put forward suggestions. *Purpose: To reinforce students’ understanding of the general-specific pattern by making proper comments on others’ writing.
IV. Homework
1. Write a paragraph of 80-100 words to introduce an artist for the art exhibition in the School Art Festival. Note that the general-to-specific pattern should be followed.
2. Prepare a PPT for your group’s field trip report after visiting a local art museum according to the outline on P32 and get prepared for a presentation.
3. Sort out the words and expressions in this lesson related to the topic of this unit, and write them down in your word bank.《高中英语》（上外版）必修三第二单元 Art and Artists
学案（教师版）
课题：Moving Forward: Introducing an Artist 课时学习目标：
能通过重读重点词语，对艺术家进行有吸引力的口头介绍，为猜测艺术家的游戏提供线索；
能通过选择和润色相关联的信息，以总-分模式书面介绍一位艺术家；
能借助评价指标，对其他同学的写作在结构、内容和词汇运用上做出评价并提出建议。
课时学习过程：
I. Speaking: Guessing the artist
Interactive Activity 1: Guess who the artist is according to the teacher’s oral introduction.
Teacher’s sample of five clues to an artist:
He was regarded as a talented painter of nature- based paintings.
Night, though a common subject was a source of creativity for him.
“Starry night” was one of his masterpieces and is well-known all over the world.
He used bright and sometimes joyful colors in his paintings despite his painful mental illness.
His painting has inspired many other painters ever since and has contributed greatly to their artistic creation.
Interactive Activity 2: Guess who the artist is according to the Ss’ oral introduction.
Interactive Activity 3: Think further about what aspects to introduce about an artist.
Aspects
Artist Occupation
Quality
Influence
Artworks Subject or Message
Artistic style
Art form
II. Writing: Introducing artists for an art exhibition
Interactive Activity 4: Categorize the introduction sentences and begin the writing.
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Directions: Put the introductions to Michael Jackson into proper categories.
Michael Jackson
1. Michael Jackson was a singer in America.
2. His contribution to music and dance made him a global figure.
3. In 1985 Jackson wrote “We Are the World” for an all-star charity performance project aimed at drawing the worldwide attention to famine (饥荒) relief in Africa.
4. Jackson won hundreds of awards.
5. Michael Jackson could put rock, pop, R&B and hip-hop music together.
6. As a songwriter, Jackson was able to compose at an impressive rate.
7. He was the "Artist of the Century".
8. He was also a dancer and songwriter.
9. Jackson is not only successful but also hardworking, talented and productive.
10. Jackson gave the name to his dance techniques as the robot and the moonwalk.
Categories Brief introduction (the numbers attached)
Artist Occupation 1,8
Quality 6,9
Influence (including honor, award & comments) 2,4,7
Artworks Subject or Message 3
Artistic style 5
Art form 10
Interactive Activity 5: Improve a sample general statement for the introduction to Michael Jackson.
Food for thought: Is the following a good general statement
Michael Jackson was a singer in America. He was also a dancer and a songwriter.
Your improved statement:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
For reference:
As “Artist of the Century”, Michael Jackson was not only recognized as a distinguished and productive singer, but also a talented dancer and songwriter.
Interactive Activity 6: Improve the introduction to Michael Jackson in groups with the help of the checklist.
Michael Jackson was a singer, dancer, and songwriter. Through stage performances and music videos,
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Jackson popularized a number of dance techniques. Michael Jackson could put rock, pop, R&B and hip-hop music together. Jackson won hundreds of awards. He was the "Artist of the Century".
Your modified Version:
Checklist □ Does it have the general statement □ Is the general statement brief and informative □ Does it have all the supporting details in accordance with the aspects in the general statement □ Does it contain many descriptive adjectives, noun expressions or vivid verbs □ Does it require any improvement in sentence structures or transitional words
Additional reference facts for sample modifying： He was referred to as the King of Pop. Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. Throughout his life, Jackson released large numbers of albums including about 468 songs. The music videos for his songs included those of “Beat It”, “Thriller”, “Off the Wall”, “Bad” and “History” etc. Jackson won multiple Guinness World Records; 13 Grammy Awards, 26 American Music Awards . Jackson wrote the song “we are the world” in 1985 in only two and a half hours.
For Reference:
As “Artist of the Century”, Michael Jackson was not only recognized as a distinguished and productive singer, but also a talented dancer and songwriter. As for his talent in music, Michael Jackson had the unique ability to couple rock, pop, R&B with hip-hop music. Throughout his life, Jackson released large numbers of albums including about 468 songs, many of which gained popularity all over the world. Besides, through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized his special dance techniques, which he named as the “robot” and the “moonwalk”. Amazingly , Jackson managed to compose at such an impressive rate that it only took him two and a half hours to write the song “We are the world” in 1985.
III. Presenting and commenting: Making presentations and comments.
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Interactive Activity 7: Show the modified versions and make comments with the help of the checklist.
IV. Homework
1. Write a paragraph of 80-100 words to introduce an artist for the art exhibition in the School Art Festival. Note that the general-to-specific pattern should be followed.
Your introduction to an artist:
2. Prepare a PPT for your group’s field trip report after visiting a local art museum according to the outline on P32 and get prepared for a presentation.
3. Sort out the words and expressions in this lesson related to the topic of this unit, and write them down in your word bank.
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