Book 2 Unit 1 Cultural relics
Reading：In search of the Amber Room 导学案
Step 1 Warming up
Brainstorm
Activity 1: Do you know any cultural relics in your county? _______________________________
Activity 2: Introduction of the cultural relic in Xinfeng county –Zhangtian cake mold.
Zhangtian cake mold, the traditional folk (民
间的) handicraft (手工的) skills of my county,
Zhangtian village, is a cultural relic of our
province. It was created by Zhang ancestor (祖先)
in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty and it
has a history of more than 300 years. The process
(过程) of the production involves (涉及) art, sculpture (雕刻) and other skills. It is rich in patterns (图案) with characters, flowers, animals and
so on. The products are mainly sold to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and
other large and medium-sized (中等) cities.
Step 2 Pre-reading
Activity 1: Lead-in: Basic knowledge about amber.
What is amber?
Amber is the fossil(化石) form of resin(树脂) from trees.
It takes millions of years to form. It is more expensive than gold.
Activity 2: Look at the word cloud and make up some sentences with the words you see to predict
what the passage is talking about.
Eg: The Amber room used to be a palace.
Activity 3: Look at the title of the reading- In search of the Amber Room, can you predict what the
passage is talking about?
Questions:Where is the Amber Room now ? __________________________________________
Step 3 While-reading.
Activity 1: Read the passage and find out why the author wrote the passage.
The reading passage tells us __________________________, a cultural relic of two countries:
_________________________.
Activity 2: Read the passage and match the main idea of each paragraph. ( Ex. 2 on Page 2 )
Para. 1 A. How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world?
Para. 2 B. How was a new Amber Room built?
Para. 3 C. How did the Amber Room get lost?
Para. 4 D. How was the Amber Room made?
Para. 5 E. Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?
Activity 3: Read the passage again and complete the sentences with proper words in paragraph 1.
1.Material:____________________ were used to make it.
2.Colour: a beautiful _____________ colour like ________.
3.Design: in the ___________________ in those days
4.Decoration: decorated with ____________________
5.Time spent in making it: It took the country’s best artists
__________ to make it.
Activity 4: Complete the flow map with the names of the persons mentioned in the text .
Activity 5: Complete the flow map and add more details to them.
Frederick Ⅰ
some of the Nazis
Frederick Ⅰ
The room ___________________ the palace of him.
In 1716 he gave the room to ____________________.
In return, the Czar
The Amber Room became She _______She told her
Activity 6: Author ’s attitude ?
What ’s the author ’s attitude towards the Amber Room? ___________________________________
Post –reading:
After learning the reading passage, find out some information about the cultural relics in your county. Write about 5 to 6 sentences about it, including names, history, characteristics and so on.
some of the Nazis
Some of the Nazis _________________________ itself.
They ________________________
_____________at the summer palace after ________________________ of the former Amber Room.。