1、Unit 7 The SeaLesson 1 The Spirit of Explorers（&Warm-up）教材分析（The Analysis of the Teaching Materials）：本课是第七单元的第1课，是一篇阅读课。通过一篇有关于维京人如何发现北美大陆的文章，让学生们温习，了解有关于维京人当时生活状态和探险经历的历史知识，感受和学习探险者的精神。本课旨在培养学生在文章中获取细节信息的阅读能力。本课语法是由where, when, why等关系副词引导的定语从句以及介词加which，whom等的定语从句。因为在上学期的第六单元，学生们已经学习了由who，whom，whos
2、e，which，that引导的定语从句，对定语从句的特点，用法有了一定的了解，这为本课进一步学习定语从句奠定了基础。本课要求学生能为定语从句选择恰当的引导词并能在语境中应用定语从句。本课计划按两个课时完成，第一课时的重点是完成阅读文章，学生要学习课文种出现的新单词，练习从文章中提取细节信息的能力，并能够根据文章中的信息简述早期维京人航海的有关情况；第二课时学习由where，when，why引导的定语从句以及由介词加which，whom的定语从句，从识别关系词到选择关系词，最后要求学生能自己使用恰当的关系词来组成定语从句，并在语境中应用。教学内容（Teaching Content）话题：探险家的
3、精神（阅读）重点词汇：frightening, spirit, explorer, sailor, voyage, deed, journey, present-day, eventually, further, set sail, according to, get into trouble, in search of , persuade sb. To do sth.相关词汇：water-skiing, windsurfing, underwater语法：由where，when，why等关系副词引导的定语从句以及介词加which，whom等的定语从句。Teaching Aims:1. To
4、 practise reading for specific information.2.To practise using relative clauses with when, where and why.3.To practise using relative clauses with prepositions and relative pronouns.4.To review and consolidate the relative pronouns.5.To talk about explorers.Teaching difficulties:To practise using re
5、lative clauses with when, where and why.Teaching Aids: computer and cassette. 教学过程（Teaching Procedures）第一课时Part One Warm-upStep 1.To ask students to listen and identify the pictures of the sea.(通过声音和图片将学生引入场景，激活学生的思维)Step 2 Students do exercise 2 on page 7,and brainstorming the sea activities.(激活学生已
6、经学习过的词汇并引出相关的新词)Step 3 Students listen to four people who are talking about their activities ,focusing on the activities at the first time and on the adjectives at the second time.(让学生感知海上运动，使用依据关键词判断谈话内容的听力策略，体会形容词的用法)Part Two Lesson 1 Step 1 Ask students to discuss who arrived in America first,and
7、 teacher introduces the basic information about the Vikings.Students learn to pronounce the place names. (渗透地理和历史知识，为了阅读理解提供清晰的思路)Step 2 First reading:ask students to skim the text and match the headings with the paragraghs.(学生了解课文的整体结构，了解大意，便于随后的细节阅读)Step 3 Second reading:students read the text aga
8、in and sequence the events of the discoveries.(以时间为线索把事件按照顺序排列起来，理清文章的思路)Step 4 Third reading:students read the text and find out when and who information about the discoveries .And students read the text carefully and get more detailed information by completing the table.(将主要事件的信息由浅入深的分步骤提取和整理，为随后的
9、简述准备信息)Step 5 Help students understand the meaning of some key words.(在语境种加深对词义的理解)Step 6 Ask students to work in pairs, asking and answering questions about the three discoveries based on the information in the table.(对课文的主要信息进行内化，为个人的表达做准备)Step 7 Invite a few students to introduce one part of the Vikings discoveries.(检查本课的教学目标是不是落实)Step 8 Homework .教学反思（Assessment）
