ArtPeriod4UsingLanguageTeachingaims:1.ToenablethestudentstoknowthefivebestartgalleriesinManhattan.2.Tofosterthestudents’abilityinreading.3.Tohelpthestudentstowriteapassageaboutthelocalmuseums.Teachingmethods:Skimmingandscanning;individual,pairorgroupwork;discussion.PROCEDURES：Step1:Warimgup(Watchavideo)1.What’sanartgallery?(Anartgalleryisaplacewhichhousesworksofart.)2.Haveyoueverbeentoanygalleriesbefore?Step2:ReadingPrediction:Lookatthetitleofthepassageandwordsinboldatthebeginningofeachparagroph,canyoupredictthemainideaofthispassage?1.What’sthemainideaofthispassage?ThepassageintroducesfivebestartgalleriesinManhattan.Fastreading2.Matchthemumbersonthemapwiththemuseums.①GuggenheimMuseum②MetropolitanMuseum③WhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt④TheFrickofcollection⑤MuseumofModernArtCarefulreadingMultiplechoice1.YoumustwalkallthewayinsteadoftakingaliftifyouvisitGuggenleimMuseum.2.Ifyouwanttoknowhowpeoplelived5,000yearsago,youshouldvisitMetropolitanMuseum.3.IfyouwanttoseeVanGogh’spaintings,youmaygotoMuseumofModernArt.4.YoucanexpecttoseevideosinWhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt.5.Whichmuseumissmallbutwellworthavisit?TheFrickcollection.Step3:DiscussionWhichartgallerywouldyouliketovisit?Why?Step4WritingThebestmuseumsinWuhanXinhanRevolutionMuseumHubeiProvincialMuseum1Step5HomeworkMakeasurveyaboutthemuseumsinWuhanandfinishyourwriting.2
