1、选修八 Unit 5 Meeting your ancestorsPeriod4 Using languageTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语look ahead, accelerate, arrest, dizzy, relief, eyebrow, cheekbone arrowhead, axe, division, affection, affectionate, patient, skilful, exhaustingb. 重点句型If only she had looked ahead and planned b
2、etter!She could see her mother and aunts preparing the meat of deer and pig over the five.2. Ability goals 能力目标Enable the students to describe the life of early people.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help the students learn how to describe early peoples life.Teaching important & difficult points 教学重难点
3、Enable the students to know more about the early peoples life and describe it.Teaching methods 教学方法Task-based teaching method, reading and discussion.Teaching aids 教具准备A recorder, a projector and a computer.Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式Step RevisionCheck the homework. Ask the students to recite
4、 some useful words and expressions.Step Lead-in T: In the previous period, we learned something about the life of Peking man. Peking Man life is part of our ancient ancestors. What about the general ancestors life? Now turn to page 43 and look at the pictures and think what these early people are do
5、ing?S1: Some are preparing food.S2: One is making tools by sharpened stone tools and scraper.T: Good. From the picture, we can learn something about early peoples life. Now read the passage and find out what the life was like.Step ReadingPlay the tape for the students to listen. At the same time, th
6、e students are asked to find the answers to the following questions.1. Which jobs did Dahu do?2. Which jobs did Lala do?3. Who works cooperatively and who does tasks alone?4. Who does the most dangerous tasks?5. Where does the danger come from?After listening to the tape, the students discuss the ab
7、ove questions in groups and then try to find the answers to the above questions. Sample answers:1. To make tools, to catch fish, to cut up the meat, to scrape the fish, to welcome the guests.2. To collect nuts and fruit, to prepare the meat over the fire. 3. Both men and women work cooperatively. Fo
8、r example, Lalas mother and aunts were preparing the meat of deer and pig over the fire. Men do tasks alone.4. Men do the most dangerous tasks.5. The danger comes from the wild animals.Step Post-readingT: From the reading passage, we can see that long ago men and women had quite separate responsibil
9、ities. In groups discuss what the possible work division was between men and women at that time.After a few minutes, check the answers. Sample answers: Mens tasks: making tools, fishing, making fire, protecting the family from wild animals, cutting up meat.Womens tasks: collecting nuts and fruit, ma
10、king and sewing clothes, looking after baby, preparing food, doing housework.T: Now look closely at the tasks above and discuss which adjectives best describe each of them. Give your reasons.Sample answers: adjectives best describe the women:caring, affectionate, safe, co-operativeadjectives best de
11、scribe the men:protective, dangerous, patient, individual, exhaustingS1: The fact that when Lala sat down abruptly, she was scooped up by her sister shows women were caring. Women were safe because they usually stayed inside the caves preparing food over the fire. S2: When men went out fishing and h
12、unting, women stayed inside preparing food. So they were both co-operative. S3: When Dahu went back with fish over his shoulder, and took the stone scrapers from Lala, he smiled and went outside the cave. From Dahus behavior, we can infer men were affectionate. S4: From the descriptions about Dahu,
13、such as “carried”, “smiled”, “looked carefully”, “went to a corner”, “pulled out more tools”, “chose one large stone”, “began to hit.”, we can see men were patient, and often did individual work. They did so many things and their work was dangerous and exhausting. T: Good work. We often use adjectiv
14、es to describe things and people. If we have two or more adjectives, how can you arrange these adjectives? Look at the following exercise:Show the following. What surprised him most happened _ Sunday morning.A. in a cold rainy B. on a cold rainyC. in a rainy cold D. on a rainy coldT: Which will you
15、choose? If there are more adjectives, what will be the order? Now look at the following chart. Show the following. 1 23456Size ShapeColorOriginMaterial UseAShortSlimBlackBritishGirlASmall BlueChineseServingDishFor example: a nice long new black British plastic pen.some beautiful little red flowers.P
16、ractice:1. (江苏32) The _ house smells as if it hasnt been lived in for years.A. little white wooden B. little wooden whiteC.white wooden littleD. wooden white little2. (辽宁22）John Smith, a successful bus businessman, has a _ car.A.large German whiteB. large white GermanC. white large German D. German
17、Large white3. (北京23）This _ girl is Lindas cousin.A.pretty little SpanishB. Spanish Little prettyC. Spanish pretty littleD. little pretty Spanish4. (浙江24)_ students are required to take part in the boat race.A.Ten strong young Chinese B. Ten Chinese strong youngC. Chinese ten young strong D. Young strong ten ChineseAfter a few minutes, check the answers together.Key: 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. AStep HomeworkPractice using two or more adjectives to describe the Sanxingdui Ruins objects on page 44.
