Unit3Nationalflags,coloursandculturesReading1授课人毛燕2012-10-24Teachingaims:AfterlearningthepassageNationalflags,coloursandcultures,studentswillbeabletopredictthethemeorthetopicofanarticle,withthehelpofheadlines,subtitlesandthefirstorthelastparagraphs.Thestudentswillalsounderstandthatwhattheyalreadyknowwillhelpgreatlyintheirreading.Teachingpoints:1.Learntousethewordsandexpressionsinthetext;2.Trainthestudents’readingability;3.Howtohelpthestudentsunderstandthetextexactly.Teachingprocedures:Step1RevisionGuessthewordsaccordingtotheparaphrases.Haveadictation.Step2Readingstrategy1.AskSstoreadtheheadlineandthefirstparagraphtogetanideaofthethemeofthearticle.Question:What’sthethemeofthearticle?Answer:Nationalflags,coloursandcultures.2.Thinkaboutwhatyoualreadyknow,andcompareyourknowledgewithwhatyoulearnfromthearticle.3.Studentssaysomethingaboutournationalflag.ShowSsamapofournationalflag.Questionsandanswers:Question:Whatdothecolorredandyellowinournationalflagmeantous?Answer:Redmeansbloodofoursoldiers.Yellowmeansbrightness.Question:Whatdothefivestarsmeantous?Answer:ThebigstarstandsfortheCommunistParty,andthefoursmallstarsrepresenttheChinesepeople.WeChinesepeopleareunitedaroundtheCommunistParty.Step3Readingcomprehensionofthetext1.Fastreading:answerthreequestions.WhatdothecoloursusedontheFrenchflagremindusof?HowmanystarsarethereonthenationalflagoftheUSA?WhatcolouristheIndonesianflag?2.Carefulreading:(1)AskSstoreadthreesubtitlesandmatchthecountrieswiththeirnationalflags.(2)Answerthequestions:Whatdoesanationalflagtellus?WhatledtothegreatunrestinFrancebeforetheRevolution?WhyhastheFrenchflagbecomeoneofthemostimportantnationalflagsinhistory?WhatcausedAmericanstodemandseparationfromBritain?WhatdothestarsandstripesontheAmericanflagrepresent?WhatwastheIndonesiannationalflaglikeinthe13thcentury?WhatisthemostcommonexplanationofthemeaningsofthecoloursontheIndonesianflag?(3)Fillintheform:redwhiteExplanation1thephysicalthespiritualExplanation2sugarrice