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System:ConnectingthePastandthePresentUnit5LanguagesAroundtheWorldAfterlearningthislesson,thestudentswillbeableto:1.Languageability:TolearnsomeimportantwordsandphrasestodescribethedevelopmentofChinesewritingsystem.2.Learningability:Toapplyprediction,skimmingandscanningstrategies.3.Thinkingquality:Toidentifythemainstructureofthepassageandtalkaboutatopicthroughthetimeline.4.Culturalawareness：TocherishChinesecultureandenhancenationalconfidenceandpride.Teachingobgectives1、書面漢語

5、非常重要的 2、全球事務(wù)

6、古代文明 3、經(jīng)典作品 7、追溯到 4、起起落落 8、在...起作用

Reviewthekeyphraseswrittenchineseglobleaffairsofgreatimportanceclassicworksupsanddownsancientcivilisationdatebackto...playarolein...Whatdowecallthiswritingartform?LeadinLeadinHowmanytypesofcalligraphydoyouknow?calligraphySealscript篆書隸書Officialscript草書Cursivescript行書Runningscript楷書StandardscriptPre-PeadingLookatthetitleandphotosbelowandguesswhatisthetextabout?Thenreadandcheckifyouareright.Thetextmaybeaboutthe_____________________anditshistoryfrom_______to____________.topicfocusChinesewritingsystemthepastthepresentAccordingtothetitle,canyouguesshowthetextisorganized?ChinesewritingsystemconnectthepastthepresentThetextisorganizedin______order.timePre-ReadingPre-ReadingFindthewordsandphrasesthatdescribeatime.

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orderWhat’sthewritingstyleofthetext?Narration B.ArgumentationC.ExpositionLet’sreadthetexttogetherandcirclethewordsabouttimeonyourtextbook.

While-ReadingThemainideaofeachparagraphA.Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture－basedlanguage.F.ChinesewritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.B.OnemainfactoroftheancientChinesecivilizationistheChinesewritingsystem.C.Written

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past.E.Chinesewritingsystembecamewell-developedanddevelopedintodifferentforms.D.Today,theChineselanguageishelpingtoappreciateChina'scultureandhistory.Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5Para.6Howmanypartscanthispassagebedividedinto?Why?While-ReadingIntroductionBodyConclusionPart1:_______Para.1Part2:_______Para.2-4Part3:_______Para.5-6TopicDevelopmentImportancegeneralgeneralspecificWhile-reading:

whathappenedateachofthoseimportanttimes.Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu—animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.someoftheancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday'shanzi.BytheShangDynasty(around1600—1046BCE),thesesymbolshadbecomeawell-developedwritingsystem.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeopleweredividedgeographically,leadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.This,however,changedunderEmperorQinshihuangoftheQinDynasty(221-207BCE).picture-basedpicture-basedlanguage;longguawell-developedwritingsystemmanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharactersdifferent

formsWhile-reading:

EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.inoneunifieddirectionQinDynastycommunicateinwritingPeopleinmoderntimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy.readclassicworksWhile-reading:

whathappenedateachofthoseimportanttimes.Today,theChineseWritingSystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina'scultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguage.AnimportantpartofChinesecultureAtthebeginningBytheShangDynastyOvertheyearsIntheQinDynastyInthemoderntimesTodaya__________language.a______________writingsystem.well-picture-basedThesystemdevelopedinto______________.different

Chinesewritingsystembeganto______________________.developinonedirectionPeopleread___________writtenbyChineseinancienttime,andregard_____________________asanartform.ChineseChinesewritingisanimportantpartof______________.

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classicworksEventodaydevelopedformsculture

calligraphyChinesepeoplecanallstill_________inwritingcommunicatePastpresentThedevelopmentthepresentthepastChinesewritingsystemConnect

題眼（線索二：暗線）Timeorder（線索一：明線）While-ReadingWhatexpressions

about“importance/important”arementionedinthetext?While-ReadingWhile-ReadingWhatdoes

each“importance/important”referto?ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.(Para.4)WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina’spresentisconnectedwithitspast.(Para.5)ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystem…asanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.(Para.5)…theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs…(Para.6)connect_____________with____________connect_____________with____________connect_____________with____________connect_____________with____________peopleculturethepastthepresentlanguageartChinaworldAccordingtothewriter，theChinesewritingsystemisonefactorthathashelpedtheChineselanguageandculturesurvive.Whatdoyouthinkaresomeoftheotherfactors？paperartfoodeducationagriculture

powerfulgovernmentPost-ReadingSummarayAtthebeginningPastWrittenChineseisa_________language.Symbolsbecamea____________writingsystem.Thesystemdevelopedinto___________.

Chinesewritingsystembeganto______________________.picture-basedwell-developeddifferentformsdevelopinonedirectionIntheQinDynastyOvertheyearsBytheShangDynastyChinesepeoplecanallstill__________inwriting.Peopleread___________writtenbyChineseinancienttime,andregard__________________asanartform.Chinesewritingisanimportantpartof________________.communicateclassicwordsChinesecalligraphyChinesecultureEventodayInthemoderntimesTodayPresentPost-ReadingBrainstorming:Asteenagers,whatcanwedotohelptheChinesewritingsystemsurvivelonger?crrahtacseherishonorppreciatepreadecommendnjoyespectreasuredmireheerforCharactersExercise課文語法填空Chinais1.______(wide)knownforitsancientcivilisationandChinesewritingsystemhashelpeditcontinueallthewaythroughintomoderntimes.WrittenChinese2.______(date)backseveralthousandyearstolonggu.Symbols3.

_____(carve)onanimalbonesandshellsatthattime.widelydateswerecarvedExerciseBytheShangDynasty,these4.______(symbol)hadbecomeawell－developedwritingsystem.EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedc