Book 3Unit4 Amazing Art
Period4 Developing ideasHan Gan and His Horses
Learning material 学习内容
本文的主题语境是“人与社会”，语篇类型为人物介绍。课文介绍了唐代著名画家韩干的生平和画作，通过讲故事的手法体现韩干对绘画技艺的精益求精。
Learning objectives 学习目标
获取有关唐代著名画家韩干的生平和其画作《照夜白》的相关信息，体会其画作的精妙、艺术创作过程的艰辛和对绘画技艺的精益求精。
2．总结人物介绍的要素，并有逻辑地运用所学的词汇和语言复述韩干的生平及其画作。
关注中国艺术家和作品，通过互联网搜索中国艺术家的信息，提升运用英语检索息的能力，运用英语讲好中国艺术家的故事。
Learning proces 学习过程
Stage 1 Pre - reading
Step 1 warming up
Watch two pictures and answer the questions .
What do you think of these two horse paintings ?
What do you know about the horse painter of each painting ?
Possible answer :
They are vivid / magnificent / uniquel expressivel powerful / outstanding /
heart - breaking / impressive .
The horse painter of the first painting is Xu Beihong , the other one is Han Gan .
They are both known for capturing not only the ikeness of a horse but also its spirit .
Xu Beihong is known for his Chinese ink - and - wash painting of horses and birds .
Han Gan is best remembered for his paintings of horses .
设计意图：激活学生的背景知识，通过学生美术课上学习过的中国著名画家徐悲鸿的奔马图引入本课的主人公一一韩干及其作品《照夜白》。
Step 2 Prediction
What is the main idea of the passage according to the title and pictures ?
a . An introduction to the Metropolitan Museum of Art . b . The story behind Night - Shining White .
C . The famous artist Han Gan .
Background information : The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world ＇ s largest and finest art museums .
Possible answer :C
设计意图：引导学生在阅读文章前通过标题及插图来预测语篇内容，补充纽约大都会艺术博物馆的息作为学生的背景知识。
Stage 2 While - reading
Step 1 Read for the main idea
Read the passage and check your prediction .
a . An introduction to the Metropolitan Museum of Art .
b . The story behind Night - Shining White .
C . The famous artist Han Gan .
设计意图：引导学生阅读文章大意，验证预测。
Step 2 Read for details
What do you want to know about Han Gan and Night - Shining White ?
Colect your questions and find the answers in the passage .
设计意图：引导学生带着兴趣和问题阅读。
You may wonder ..
How great is Night - Shining White ?
What impressed you most about Han Gan ’ s life story ?
How unique is Han Gan ’ s way of painting ?
Possible answer :
1. What a magnificent horse !
It ’ s regarded as one of the most significant horse paintings in the history
of Chinese art .
“ The horses painted by Han Gan are real horses .”“ His horses could gallop of the paper .”
2. His artistic talent was discovered by Wangwei.
Wangweisponsored him to study painting.
He was chosen to serve Emperor Xuanzong in royal palace.
3."I have my teachers,Your Majesty.All your horses in your stables are my teachers."
设计意图：引导学生有逻辑地运用所学的词汇和语言复述韩干的生平及其画作。
Step 2 Think and share
1. Why do Chinese painters love painting horses ?
2. What do you think is the best way to study animal painting ?
设计意图：引导学生通过韩干的生平故事深度思考中国画家历来喜欢画马的原因以及学习绘画的最好的方式。
Step 3 Introduce one Chinese painter to China Onine Museum.
1. Think about the name and what information to include
2. Decide in what order you will introduce .
设计意图：引导学生总结人物介绍的要素，创造性运用所学知识于实际生活中。
Homework
Finish one of the following tasks .
Option 1: Introduce Han Gan and Night - Shining White with more information . Option 2: Introduce your favorite horse painter and reasons why you like him / her .
Option 3: Why do Chinese painters love painting horses ? Write an article about
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