Oxford Senior English
S2B U4 Painting the world
Reading: The Vincent Van Gogh exhibition
1st period
Teaching Material: Unit Four：The Vincent Van Gogh exhibition (Oxford English
S2B)
Teaching aids: Blackboard, multimedia, worksheet
Teaching aims:
By the end of this class, students are expected to:
know the major life experince of Van Gogh and the characteristics of his
paintings;
recognize the author’s attitude based on details provided in the text;
master the method to write a review by including both facts and opinions;
practice listening and reading skills and develop speaking fluency when sharing
ideas;
be involved in certain thinking and discussion about an artist and form their own
ideas toward the person and his works based on certain facts ;
develop certain taste and interest in artistic works.
improve the ability of teamwork and cooperation by conducting a role play.
Important points:
Lead students to find out the key elements (i.e. facts and opinions) while writing
a review;
Elicit the life story and characteristics of Van Gogh’s painting;
Guide students to read through lines and recognized the author’s attitude;
Difficult points:
Let students consider the facts provided in the text and develop their own
perspectives;
Involve students in acting out fluently and effectively what’s in their mind and
cooperate with each other in a group.
Teaching procedures:
Stages Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Teaching purposes
Warming-up
1) Play an audio clip from
the song Starry Starry
Night once and ask
students to figure out
what it is about according
to the lyrics;
2) Ask students to list more
about Van Gogh’s
paintings apart from The
Starry Night as mentioned
in the title of the song;
3) Ask students to share
opinions of Van Gogh’s
painting;
1) Listen to the audio
clip;
2) Figure out the words
that indicate painting/
painter;
3) Share their common
knowledge of Van
Gogh’s works.
1) To arouse Ss’
interest and attract
their attention;
2) To elicit the topic
of The Vincent Van
Gogh exhibition.
Pre-reading
1) Play an audio clip of the
first paragraph twice and
ask students to fill in the
blanks;
2) Guide students to
conclude the synopsis of
the listening material.
3) Put forward the question
whether Van Gogh
deserves such a
1) Listen to the tape and
fill in the blanks;
2) Conclude the main
idea of the listening.
1) To practice
students’ listening
skills to grasp key
information;
2) To let Ss have a
general knowledge
of Van Gogh as a
painter;
3) To arouse Ss’
curiosity and get
reputation as the world’s
most famous painter,
which is mentioned in the
material.
prepared for the
reading task.
While-reading
1) Ask students to skim the
following text and match
the main idea of each
paragraph;
2) Guide students to read the
heading and figure out the
type of writing and
explain what a review is;
3) Ask students to scan the
text and find the life
experience and
characteristics of the
paintings of Van Gogh as
well as the author’s
review;
4) Ask students to read
through lines and pay
attention to the author’s
choice of words, thus to
figure out the author’s
attitude;
1) skim the text and
figure out the main
idea of each
paragraph;
2) Read the heading and
figure out the type of
writing - an art critic’s
review of Van Gogh’s
life and work;
3) Scan the text and find
the life expericence
and characteristics of
the paintings of Van
Gogh as well as the
author’s review;
4) Read through lines
and tell the author’s
attitude according to
the choice of words;
1) To practice Ss’
ability to
summarize the
main idea of
paragraphs.
2) To elicit the type of
writing and
construct the basic
structure of the
passage;
3) To guide students to
scan the text to
find the intended
information;
4) To help students
better understand
the text by
intensive reading;
Post - reading
1) Involve students in the
thinking of Van Gogh’s
life and works and express
opinions.
2) Assign roles and explain
their different
responsibilities;
3) Guide students to act out
the interview with facts
acquired.
1) Organize the
information acquired
in the text and form
their own opinion.
2) Cooperate with their
group members and
act out what’s in
their mind.
1) Do group work;
2) Practice what they
have learned and
act out.
Assignments
Search for information of your favorite artist and write a
review of his or her life and works ( including facts and
your own opinions).
To consolidate what
students have learned
and deepen their
understanding and
thinking of writing a
review.
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