Book2Unit1CulturalrelicsReading：InsearchoftheAmberRoom导学案Step1WarmingupBrainstormActivity1:Doyouknowanyculturalrelicsinyourcounty?_______________________________Activity2:IntroductionoftheculturalrelicinXinfengcounty–Zhangtiancakemold.Zhangtiancakemold,thetraditionalfolk(民间的)handicraft(手工的)skillsofmycounty,Zhangtianvillage,isaculturalrelicofourprovince.ItwascreatedbyZhangancestor(祖先)inthelateMingandearlyQingDynastyandithasahistoryofmorethan300years.Theprocess(过程)oftheproductioninvolves(涉及)art,sculpture(雕刻)andotherskills.Itisrichinpatterns(图案)withcharacters,flowers,animalsandsoon.TheproductsaremainlysoldtoBeijing,Shanghai,Guangzhou,Shenzhen,HongKong,andotherlargeandmedium-sized(中等)cities.Step2Pre-readingActivity1:Lead-in:Basicknowledgeaboutamber.Whatisamber?Amberisthefossil(化石)formofresin(树脂)fromtrees.Ittakesmillionsofyearstoform.Itismoreexpensivethangold.Activity2:Lookatthewordcloudandmakeupsomesentenceswiththewordsyouseetopredictwhatthepassageistalkingabout.Eg:TheAmberroomusedtobeapalace.Activity3:Lookatthetitleofthereading-InsearchoftheAmberRoom,canyoupredictwhatthepassageistalkingabout?Questions:WhereistheAmberRoomnow?__________________________________________Step3While-reading.Activity1:Readthepassageandfindoutwhytheauthorwrotethepassage.Thereadingpassagetellsus__________________________,aculturalrelicoftwocountries:_________________________.Activity2:Readthepassageandmatchthemainideaofeachparagraph.(Ex.2onPage2)Para.1A.HowdidtheAmberRoombecomeoneofthewondersoftheworld?Para.2B.HowwasanewAmberRoombuilt?Para.3C.HowdidtheAmberRoomgetlost?Para.4D.HowwastheAmberRoommade?Para.5E.WhydidtheKingofPrussiagivetheAmberRoomtotheCzarofRussiaasagift?Activity3:Readthepassageagainandcompletethesentenceswithproperwordsinparagraph1.1.Material:____________________wereusedtomakeit.2.Colour:abeautiful_____________colourlike________.3.Design:inthe___________________inthosedays4.Decoration:decoratedwith____________________5.Timespentinmakingit:Ittookthecountry’sbestartists__________tomakeit.Activity4:Completetheflowmapwiththenamesofthepersonsmentionedinthetext.FrederickⅠActivity5:Completetheflowmapandaddmoredetailstothem.someoftheNazisFrederickⅠTheroom___________________thepalaceofhim.In1716hegavetheroomto____________________.Inreturn,theCzarsenttheking______________________________.TheAmberRoombecamepartoftheCzar’s______________inStPetersburg.She___________________________.Shetoldherartiststo_________________________.Activity6:Author’sattitude?What’stheauthor’sattitudetowardstheAmberRoom?___________________________________Post–reading:Afterlearningthereadingpassage,findoutsomeinformationabouttheculturalrelicsinyourcounty.Writeabout5to6sentencesaboutit,includingnames,history,characteristicsandsoon.someoftheNazisSomeoftheNazis_________________________itself.They_____________________________________atthesummerpalaceafter________________________oftheformerAmberRoom.
