1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家Unit 3 Under the SeaTeaching DesignThe Period 1 Warming up & ReadingTeaching goals 1. Target language a. important words and phrasesanecdote, annual, witness, accommodation, shore, opposite, yell, pause, telescope, teamwork, diving, flee, drag, depth, urge, abandonbe about to do, ahe
2、ad of, even though, stopfrom, help out,b. Important sentence structure1. She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go. 2. Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot. 3. By the amused and surprised look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an affair.
3、2. Ability goalsHelp students to learn about life under the sea, mainly the whale and killer whale. 3. Learning ability goals Enable students to realize science fiction reflects scientific thought; a fiction of things-to-come based on things-on-hand.Teaching important points Improve the students rea
4、ding abilityTeaching difficult points 1. How to make the students understand the reading text better.2. Make the students realize the importance of protecting animals.Teaching methodsDiscussing, explaining, reading and practicingTeaching aids The multimedia computer Teaching procedures & ways Step 1
5、 Deal with Warming up. 1. Brainstorm: Have you seen plants and animals that live under the sea? Where did you see them? Find out from your classmates where the saw them?Suggested answers: on a snorkelling trip, at an aquarium, on a boat tour, in books, in films, on TV programs, on the Internet.2. Ap
6、preciate the video about the whaleStep 2 Background Information(1) Classification of whales There are two types of whales alive today: toothed whales (齿鲸类) and baleen whales(须鲸类). Toothed whales have teeth and a single blowhole. They feed on eat fish and other sea mammals. Baleen whales are larger t
7、han toothed whales. They are filter feeders (滤食者) that use baleen to sieve (过滤) food, and have two blowholes. (2) Killer whales Killer whales belong to toothed whales, who are the largest of the dolphins and king of the sea, biggest carnivore(食肉动物) of the sea, killing all kinds of animals in the sea
8、, even the huge blue whale, like tigers on land, working in a team.(3) Baleen whales Baleen whales are characterized by having baleen plates for filtering food from water, rather than having teeth. Baleen whales are generally larger than toothed whales, and females are larger than males. This group
9、includes the largest known animal species, the Blue Whale. Step 3 Pre-reading Look at the picture on Page19 in your book and read the material on the left side of it. Then fill the blanks in the form.Author Job StylePlace Time Main ideaSuggested answers:Author An old man, ClancyJob A whaler StyleAne
10、cdotesPlace AustraliaTime At the beginning of the 20th centuryMain ideaThe killer whale help people to hunt baleen whalesStep 4 Reading1. Fast readingLook through the text quickly, and put the events in the reading passage into the right order according to the timeline._1.The killer whale guided the
11、 team to hunt._2.He saw a huge animal in the water which was Old Tom, the killer whale._3.The men returned for the baleen whale the next day._4.Clancy and his men killed the baleen whale with the help of the killer._5.The killers ate the lips and tongue of the baleen whale._6.He heard a loud noise c
12、oming from the bay._7.The men went to the boat and headed out for a whale hunt._8.Clancy arrived at the whaling station.Suggested answer: 5,3,8,6,7,2,4,12. Careful readingAnswer questionsIn pairs answer the questions.1. What evidence was there that Old Tom was helping the whalers out?Old Tom let the
13、 whalers know that there was a baleen whale bearby; he showed them the way to the whale.2. What other animals did the author compare the killer whales with? Why do you think the killer whales behaved like this?Dogs. Because they knew that, together with the whalers; they would soon kill the baleen w
14、hale and get a good feed.3. Why did George think that the killer whales worked as a team?Because he could see that some of the killers were throwing themselves on top of the whalers blowhole while others are preventing diving or fleeing out to sea.4. Why did the whales allow the killer whales to dra
15、g the whale away?Because they knew the killer whales would leave the rest of the body to them.5. How did Old Tom help James? Why do you think he did this?Old Tom prevented James from drowning. Old Tom wanted to help his human friends.3. Post-reading(1) Role playThe teacher divides the students into
16、there groups in class and makes each group play a different role. There are three roles in the play, the whaler, the baleen and the killer whale. The students make dialogues between the whaler and the baleen, the whaler and the killer, the baleen and the killer.( In this part, the aim is to arouse t
17、he interest about English class.)(2) DiscussionThe teacher plays the video and asks the question whether human being should be allowed to kill the whales and how to protect the whales. Then the teacher gives students 5 minutes to discuss it and the students state their opinion.( The aim of this part is to make students realize the importance of protecting animals.)Step 5 Homework Finish the given exercise. 高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！