【文章內容簡介】 erative learning. 教 學重、難點 1． To enable the students to learn about the history of Western art and to develop their reading ability. 2． To enable the students to talk about Western paintings. 教學過程 Step 1 Warming up 1． Warming up by looking and talking Show the following paintings to the students and let them find out their favorites and give the help them find out the differences between the first three pictures and the next three ones. Sample expressions： If I were to choose paintings on the wall， I would choose the first one， because... If I were an artist， I would paint ... 2． Warming up by reading the short passage below. The Chinese have for centuries seen painting as the highest form of paintings have an air of living nature， harmony and peace that is not always found in the art of other is entirely different from Western painting， but that difference is hard to grasp and following are some different forms of art： Figure painting： It includes portraits， story painting and genre painting(風俗畫 )with figures as the main are the key point. Landscape painting： Chinese landscape paintings can be divided into blue－ and－ green landscape， gold－ and－ green landscape， light－ purple－ red landscape and water ink landscape according to the colors used in one without outlines is called boneless landscape. Flower and bird painting： Flowers， rocks and birds are usually the main subjects of this kind of ， there are detailed style with colors and free style with ink. Court painting： It refers to the works done by those professional painters employed by the royal court， or imitations of their works by other painters. The passage above is about Chinese art this， the teacher can arouse students39。 interest to read the passage about Western painting. Step 2 Pre－ reading 1． Match the paintings and their painters. Suggested answers: Painting 1： Picasso； Painting 2： Masaccio； Painting 3： Da Vinci； Painting 4： Van Gogh 2． Encourage students to talk more about the paintings and the artists. Keys for reference： Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in the village of began his career working for a master painter in masterpiece is Mona was truly a “Renaissance Man” skilled in many was a scientist and an inventor as well as an made notes and drawings of everything he invented clever machines，and even designed imitation wings that he hoped would let a person fly like a bird. Reading and prehending 1． Fast－ reading Ask students to skim the passage to get the key words and general idea of each paragraph and answer the following questions： (1)What39。s the main idea of the text? ________________________________________________________________________ (2) How many styles of Western art are mentioned in the text? What are they? ________________________________________________________________________ Suggested answers： (1)The style of Western art has changed a lot as time goes by. (2) are： the Middle Ages， the Renaissance， Impressionism and Modern art. 2． Detailed－ reading (1)Ask students to read the text carefully to get some specific information and fill in the chart below. Period Main aim of painters Characteristics of the paintings Representative artist The Middle Ages(5th to 15th century AD) To represent __① __ themes Religious， realistic __② __ The Renaissance (15th to 16th century) To paint __③ __ as they really were Perspective， realistic，ne