Unit 1 Art

Period 1 Warming Up, Pre-reading

　Teaching Goals:

　　1. To arouse Ss' interest in learning about art.

　　2. To develop some basic reading skills.

　　3. To learn some new words.

　　4. To know about the history of western painting.

　Teaching Procedures:

　Step 1 Leading-in

　Purpose: To activate Ss and arouse them to talk about art.

Pair work:

Show the picture, Mona Lisa smile. Ask Ss three questions. And see how much they know about the famous picture.

1.Who is the woman in the picture?

　　Mona Lisa.

2.Who painted the picture?

Leonardo da Vinci (1452～1519).

3.How long did it take him to paint it?

Four years (1503～1506).

　Step 2. Warming Up

　Purpose: To lead Ss to prepare for both the content and the grammar focus of the unit.

　Group work

　Look at the following pictures and discuss in groups.