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　　Module 5 Great people and Great Inventions of Ancient China period2----Reading and Vocabulary
　　Philosophers of Ancient China
　　澄迈二中     李红   2016-11-20
　　Teaching Aims:
　　1. knowledge and skill：
　　1）Train students’ reading ability
　　2) Learn some useful words and expressions.
　　3) Learn some information about great people in Ancient China.
　　2. process and method
　　1) Madents know more about some great people in ancient China through reading.
　　2) Encourage them to learn something from these philosophers.
　　3). Emotion and value
　　Through the study of this period students will surely have a better understanding of some great people in ancient China.
　　Teaching Important Points:
　　1. Help students to understand the passage better.
　　2. Learn and master some important words phrases in this period.
　　Teaching Difficult Points:
　　How to help students to understand the philosophers better.
　　Teaching Methods:
　　1. Fast reading to get the general idea of the passage.
　　2. Careful reading to get some detailed information.
　　3. Discussion to see how much information about the philosophers that they know.
　　4. Explanation to help students master some language points.
　　Teaching Procedures:
　　Step 1: Leading-in
　　Ask : 1.  Do you know the four great ancient inventions of China? (Paper-making  / Printing  /   Compass  /  Gun-powder  )  2.  Do you know any famous philosophers of ancient China?  Who are they?
　　(Confucius / Mencius / Mozi / laozi / Zhuangzi / Xunzi )  Step 2: Pre-reading
　　Scan the text: 
　　1. Which philosophers are mentioned in the text? 2.  What’s the main idea of the passage? A. The author wants to make people believe in the teachings by thinkers of ancient. B. The author wants to introduce three influential philosophers of ancient China. C. The author wants to tell interesting stories about three important teachers in ancient China. D. The author wants to show the history of philosophy in ancient China.
　　Step: 3 While-reading:
　　1. Skim the text:
　　1）Ask the students to read the first paragraph and complete the table.
　　Confucius is a great ______________ whose ideas have greatly ____________ the Chinese society for more than 2000 years. He ________ the importance of__________, ______ and ______ in society. 2）Read the second paragraph and complete the table.
　　His father died when he was young and was____________   by his mother. He became a student of Confucius’s ideas, and was then given an important______     in the government. He _________his position because he saw the ruler didn’t_______his advice.  He traveled from state to state, teaching the ____________of  Confucius. He believed that people were more __________than ______.  He hated the state when it treated people _______. 3) Read the third paragraph and complete the table.
　　In some ways, his beliefs were _______to Confucius’. He believed all men were________.  He thought we should ______all human beings and look after the  people who are ________than ourselves.  He believed that man is_____.  2. Detailed-reading 1) Read the text carefully and finish the following exercises.
　　(1) Whose influence has been the greatest among all the philosophers of ancient China? Mencius   B. Mozi         C. Confucius     D. Zhuangzi  (2).  Confucius stressed the importance of the following aspects except__________ A. Kindness         B. friendship   C. order   D. duty (3).    Which is  NOT the right statement about Mozi? A. He was known for his unusual clothes and behavior. B. He hated the idea of war. C. All his beliefs were the same as Confucius. D. He believed all men were equal. (2) Which shows the right order of time when the three great thinkers lived? A. Confucius--- Mencius ---Mozi       B. Mencius----Mozi----Confucius C. Confucius---Mozi---Mencius        D. Mozi--- Mencius---Confucius 5.   From the text we can infer that___________ A. Only in time of war could philosophers produce great teaching. B. It was not easy to find a state where people would follow the thinker's teaching. C. Great philosophers must have been born in poor families. D. Influential philosophers wouldn’t agree with each other. 3. Consolidation.  Complete the passage using the words and expressions according to the  text.  In Ancient China, there were many great  ___________.  Confucius is the greatest. He________ the importance of kindness, duty and order in society and these ideas influenced Chinese society for over 2,0