Great People教案-
(8) some of mozi’s (學(xué)說) were different from those of confucius
suggested answers:
(1) philosophers (2) equal (3) contributions (4) honesty
(5) ruler (6) inventor (7) importance (8) teachings
step 2. leading-in
1. ask ss to look at the pictures on page 43 and talk about them by following the questions:
(1) say three things you know about confucius.
(2) say what you know about mencius and mozi.
confucius mencius mozi
step 3. reading
1. fast reading
ask ss to read the text quickly and answer the question:
who wrote a book himself, confucius, mencius, or mozi?
suggested answers: mencius
2. intensive reading
(1) ask ss to read the text carefully and choose the correct answers to activity 3 on page 42.
(2) ask ss to fill in the following form.
philosophers sth about their life their ideas influence
confucius 551bc---479bc, a time when…
mencius
mozi
suggested answers:
philosophers sth about their life their ideas influence
confucius 551bc---479bc, a time when… stressed the importance… the greatest, for more than years
mencius 372bc---289bc, …died, was brought up…, a student of…, was given…, resigned…, traveled…, became…
the books of mencius very similar to…, man is good, believed people were more important, hated… great, but less than confucius
mozi 476bc---390bc, poor, famous for, mohism, similar to…in some way, government … important, all men …equal, his idea of love…, hated… great, but less than confucius
(3) ask ss to retell the text according to the information in the form.
for your reference (information about confucius):
confucius was born in 551bc and died in 479bc. it was a time when states were often at war and also a time when there were many great philosophers. he stressed the importance of kindness, duty and order in society. his influence, which lasted for more that years, was the greatest of the three.
step 4. language points
ask ss to discuss the important and difficult language points.
1. ancient china was a place where states were at war with each other.中國(guó)古代各諸侯國(guó)經(jīng)常交戰(zhàn)。
(1) where 引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾a place。（讓學(xué)生找出文章中其他的定語(yǔ)從句。）