The 2nd period A City of Heroes
Activity1: telling which are cultural relics and which are not
Show the students some pictures of great wall, Stonehenge, pyramids, Cihu Lake, Xizai Mountain, the East Hill
Question: are culture relics important? Why?
Organization: collect the studentsˇ ideas directly
Activity2: completing a picture of St Petersburg
Allow the students 5 seconds to look at a picture of St Petersburg carefully and then get them to complete it again
Say: to restore a picture is easy for you. What about restoring a destroyed city? Yes, very difficult. The city on the screen is called St Petersburg. It was ever destroyed but the people of it brought it back to life. Now letˇs go on a trip to the beautiful city.
Activity3: look and say
Q1: What words do you use to describe St Petersburg? Collect the answers directly from the students.( beautiful, attractive...)
冝 Introduction: St Petersburg has another two names, Petrograd]┘眔姘恰^ and Leningrad]C蓃姘恰^so it is not a strange name for you. Do you know anything about it?
冝 Itˇs the second most important city in Russia.
冝 It is made up of more than 40 islands and is called ¨the Venice of the north〃
A beautiful city as St Petersburg is, it has a long and great history unknown to many people. Now letˇs come to know something about its glorious history.
Activity4. Skimming
Read the passage quickly to find out in what order the passage is written.
Q1: In the passage written in the order of time or space?
Q2.The first 3 paragraphs cover 3 periods of the history. Can you find out what they are. Please use only one word to fill in the blanks.
Written in the time order Para.1 St Petersburg was built 300 years ago.
Para.1 St Petersburg was destroyed during the second World War .
Para.1 St Petersburg was rebuilt after the second World War.
Q3. What is the real purpose of writing this passage?
St Petersburg is a city of heroes.
Q4. Who are the heroes? ( Peter the Great and the people of St Petersburg)
Activity5. Listening to the first paragraph carefully
Task1: introduce Peter the Great
Activity6. Reading the second paragraph aloud
Task1. Watch a short film clip and ask the students describe what happened.(who/when/where/how/whatK like)
Activity7.Read paragraph 3 silently and report
Task1. What is the paragraph about?( who/why/what Kuse /whatKlike)
Activity8 Get one student to read aloud.
Ask Why are the people of St Petersburg heroes?
1. They didnˇt give in to the enemies.
2. They brought the destroyed city back to life without destroying its original beauty.
*Activity9 True of false statements
Activity10 useful expression
1. Where there is a river, there is a city. Where there is a will, there is a way.
2. It was under attack for 900 days.
3. The people of the city never gave in .
4. K paintings and statues lay in pieces on the groundK
5. Kwe will do everything we can to save our city.
6. Kthe people were able to bring back the beauty of their cultureK
Activity11. Output
The people of St Petersburg restored the destroyed city--- St Petersburg, should we also restore Yuanmingyuan? Letˇs once again review that period of history by watching a movie clip or looking at some pictures
Organization: group work and keep down some notes. Then choose one representative from each group and hold a debate hosted by Mr Feng..
Conclusion: dear boys and girls, on one hand, restoring Yuanmingyuan will attract more tourists and make more money. On the other hand, letting it be will help us and our children understand the history better. Yuanmingyuanˇs destruction represents a sad and unforgettable history. No Chinese should ever forget it, because forgetting means betraying.
Activity12 Morality education
Our lecture comes to an end now.
Difficulty gives in to a strong-willed man.
If we are united, brave and strong, we can overcome everything.