Cultural relics教案1
300th the newly rebuilt amber room ready for the 300the birthday of st petersburg city
step 5. comprehending
purpose: to check whether ss have understood the text.
1. get ss to finish ex1 (p2) and ex2 (p2).
suggested answers:
ex1: 1. c 2. e 3.b 4.d 5.a 6.f
ex2:
paragraph 1: how was the amber room made?
paragraph 2:why did the king of prussia give the amber room to the czar of russia as a gift?
paragraph 3:how did the amber room become one of the wonders of the world?
paragraph 4:how did the amber room get lost?
paragraph 5:how was a new amber room built?
2. get ss to complete the following form, according to the text.
type of writing
main idea of the passage
general idea of 1st paragraph
general idea of 2nd paragraph
general idea of 3rd paragraph
general idea of 4th paragraph
general idea of 5th paragraph
suggested answers:
type of writing narrative writing.
main idea of the passage the history of the amber room
general idea of 1st paragraph the simple description of the amber room
general idea of 2nd paragraph the present, sent to the czar
general idea of 3rd paragraph the detail, adding and relocating of the amber room
general idea of 4th paragraph the stolen of the amber room in world war ii
general idea of 5th paragraph the rebuilding of the amber room
3. show ss the structure of the text so that they can have a better understanding of the text.
the amber room: the best and biggest work of country's best prussian artists para. 1
↙ ↘
in 1716, the amber room given to the czar as a gift para. 2 in 1770, the amber room redecorated by catherine ii para. 3
↘ ↙
in 1941 the amber room stolen by the nazi german army para. 4
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the old missing amber room being searched for; a new amber room having been built para. 5
step 6. language points
group work
divide ss into four groups and ask each group to discuss how to understand and use the new words and phrases in the text and analyze the following sentences.
1. this gift was the amber room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it.這件禮物就是琥珀屋，它之所以有這個(gè)名字，是因?yàn)樵爝@間房子用了很多噸琥珀。