Unit 4 (Module 9)Project Reporting on a historic religious siteI. Teaching goals1 ． Target language: new words and sentence structure2. Ability goals: Learn an article about a historic religious site and know how to write this kind of essay by reading the article.3. Learning ability goals: Students are expected to choose a historic religious site and research it, and write a report about it by cooperating.II. Teaching important and difficult points1. Learn to write a report by reading an article.2. How to complete the project by cooperating.III. Teaching aidsConsult materials and make designs.IV. Teaching procedures The White Horse TempleStep I Lead-inWe all know that there are many historic religious sites in China. For example: Shao Lin Temple in Henan Province, Han Shan Temple in suzhou ,jiangsu Province, and Tie Fu Temple in our hometown . Have you even visited any of these sites? Which one?How do you like it?Do you know which Buddhist temple is the oldest in China?Today we are just planning to read a passage about the White Horse Temple, which is closely related to Buddhism. Step II Fast readingRead the article about the oldest temple in China quickly to get the general information and answer the following questions:1.where is the White Horse Temple located?I t was located in Luoyang, Henan Province in the central east of China.2. Why is it called the White Horse Temple? To remind people of the white horse that the Buddhist readings and images had traveled on from India. Step III Careful readingNext ,let’s read the passage a second time. This time please read it carefully and try to finish the following exercises:1.Answer the question: Why did the emperor instruct a group of offici...
