Step 1 Lead-in

Show students several famous paintings and painters and ask students to name them.

 （To lead students into the class.）

 

Step 2 Pre-reading

1. Reading strategies

Ask one student to read the part and then answer the question: What should we pay special attention to when reading a travelogue?

(1) the purpose of the trip

(2) where the author went

(3) how long the author stayed in each place

(4) what the author saw and did

(5) what the author thought about the trip

2. Ask students to pronounce the following words correctly according to P86-87.

(L1) Amsterdam   (L5) Malaga

(L5) Pablo Picasso

(L15) Louvre Museum

(L17) Leonardo da Vinci

(L26) the Musee d’Orsay

(L27) Claude Monet     (L37) Van Gogh

(L45) Theo            (L50) Rembrandt

（To make students master reading strategies, which make it easier to grasp the structure and to understand the text.）

（To help students clearing away the obstacles before reading.）

 

Step 3 Fast Reading

1. Skim the passage and figure out the main idea.

2. Scan the passage and finish the two tasks:

(1) Checking the preview:

Which countries has Li Ming visited on his trip?/How many days did they spend in Paris?/How many painters are mentioned in the e-mail? Who are they?

(2) Find out each destinations and their museums:

Part 2 (Para.2)  Malaga, Picasso’s house, Pablo Picasso

Part 3 (Para.3-5) Paris, the Louvre Museum, Leonardo da Vinci  /the Musee d’Orsay, Claude Monet

Part 4 (Para. 6-7)  Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Van Gogh /another museum, Rembrandt

（To check the preview and make students aware of the importance of preview.）

（To make students know the contents of each part and make preparations for the careful reading.

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Step 4 Careful Reading

Read the text carefully and finish the following four tasks:

1. Fill  in the blanks and know their route

Li Ming, together with his aunt and his grandmother, is having a trip. First, they started in ___ and went to the city of ____, which is the birthplace of ____ . Second, they went to _____, the capital of France . They stayed there for ___ days and visited the ____ Museum, where visitors can appreciate the Mona Lisa painted by _______. They also went to ______________to enjoy the works of __________. After that, they went to the ______ Museum in ________, which is the capital of Holland. There they got a chance to know more about this great painter. At last, they will go to another museum in Amsterdam to enjoy famous paintings by _______.

2. Complete the table on P36

3. Ture or False

(1) The author thinks his trip to Amsterdam is extremely good.                                 

(2) The author’s grandma likes Monet’s paintings.                                           

(3) Picasso had an output of more than 20,000 pieces of art.                                     

(4) Leonardo da Vinci was only a painter.

(5) Monet often painted the water lilies floating on the surface of the pond in his garden when he was young.    

(6) The paintings kept in the Louvre Museum and those in the Musee d’orsay belong to the same period.

(7) Van Gogh was widely acknowledged by the people of his time as a successful painter.

4. Multiple choices

(1) The author was impressed by the picture, the Mona Lisa, because________ .

A. Mona Lisa was a lovely lady

B. Mona Lisa was a kind woman

C. Mona Lisa has a mysterious smile

D. The Mona Lisa was the most expensive picture in the world

(2) Which of the following is one of the paintings the author likes best?

A. Starry Night    B. The Night Watchman  

C. Mona Lisa     D. The Potato Eaters

(3) How many art museums has the author visited so far on his trip to  Europe?

A. Four   B. Five   C. Six   D. Seven

(To make students understand the reading material in a detailed way  and learn to apply the reading strategy to practice.)

Step 5 Summary

Students need to answer the questions which was raised in reading strategy.

 

Step 6 Discussion

Who is your favourite master as an art student?

Students need to answer the question and share the information which they have searched in advance with the team members.

 

Step 7 Homework

Organize the materials in discussion and make it a travelogue according to the requirements in reading strategy.