1、选修7 Unit 3 Under the seaPeriod1 Reading一、教学目标1.目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语anecdote, annual, witness, accommodation, shore, yell, pack, flee, drag, depth, lip, tongue, abandon, relationship, ahead of, in the meantime, help out b. 重点句子We ran down to the shore in time to see an enormous animal opposite us throwing
2、itself out of the water and then crashing down again. P20Without pausing we jumped into the boat with the other whalers and headed out into the bay. P20As we drew closer, I could see a whale being attacked by a pack of about six other killers. P20And those others are stopping it diving or fleeing ou
3、t to sea. P20It took over half an hour to get the boat back to James . P212.能力目标Enable the Ss to talk about plants and animals under the sea. Let the Ss know that sea plants and animals are part of human beings life.3.学能目标Help the Ss learn how to talk about plants and animals under the sea by means
4、of making dialogues and know the importance of the relationship between animals and humans through reading.二、教学重点 Help the Ss know more about plants and animals under the sea as well as the animals loyalty and help to human beings.三、教学难点Analyze the structure of some sentences; Summarize the main ide
5、a of each paragraph as well as the text.四、教学方法Making dialogues to collect information about the plants and animals under the sea;Fast-reading and careful-reading methods;Thinking and summarizing methods.五、教具准备A recorder, a projector and some slides. 六、教学过程与方式Step Warming up T: Good morning / afterno
6、on, everyone!Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Sir / Madam!T: Have you seen plants and animals that live under the sea? And do you like them?Ss: Yes. They are very beautiful and lovely. / Some are ugly and dangerous. / I like them very much whether they are beautiful or ugly. / Yes, they are very nice .
7、T: Mm, I see. But where did you see them?Ss: At an aquarium. / In the tunnel under the sea. / In the zoo. / On TV, the programs about the sea animals. / On the Internet. I have seen a lot of pictures about the sea animals and plants .T: Very good. You see, your sight of sea animals is limited. Do yo
8、u want to know more about them?Ss: Yes! Very much! But how?T: Now you can talk to each other in pairs about the sea animals and plants youve seen before to enrich your knowledge of them. Use the list on Page 19 to help you. The Ss begin to talk about the plants and animals under the sea theyve seen
9、before and the teacher can walk around to see what they are talking about. After that the teacher can ask two or three pairs to act their dialogues out.Step Pre-readingLet the Ss talk about the picture in Pre-reading and get them prepared for the reading passage. T: Now look at the picture in Pre-re
10、ading. What can you see and what do you think is happening in it?S: In the picture we can see a huge fish, from the water spurted out of the blow-hole on its head we can know it must be a whale. There are some big fish running after it. They are having a fight, I guess. S: There is a small boat not
11、far from the whale. The people on the boat might be hunting whales. I heard of it before. T: If you want to uncover the puzzle, read the words on the left side of the picture. After a short while.T: What does anecdote mean? Have you got its meaning from the dictionary?S: It means a short story based
12、 on your personal experience.T: Right! So what are the main characters of the story?S: Whalers, killer whales and baleen whales. T: But what is the real name of the killers? And how did they help the whalers to catch the baleen whales? Lets read the text and find the answers. Step Reading comprehend
13、ing In this step, the Ss will read the text and deal with the comprehending exercises. SkimmingLet the Ss skim the text and get the main ideas of the two anecdotes. After skimming.T: Who is Old Tom? What is the first anecdote about?S: Old Tom is the name of killer whales. The first anecdote describe
14、s a hunting experience about how the killer whales helped the whalers to hunt a whale. T: Good! How about the second one?S: It tells about how a killer whale protected and saved James, a whaler. ScanningLet the Ss do scanning and find the answers to the questions in Exercise 2. T: First, go through
15、the questions in Exercise 2 on Page 21, and then I will give you several minutes to do scanning. A few minutes later, guide the Ss to do pair work (as follows), while the teacher can walk around to see if they have any problems to deal with. Sa: What evidence was there that Old Tom was helping the w
16、halers out?Sb: Old Tom was swimming by the boat, showing us the way and leading us to the hunt. George started beating the water with his oar and there was Tom, circling back to the boat, leading us to the hunt again .Then ask some pairs to ask and answer the questions before class.T: Very good! Now
17、 close your books and well listen to the tape of this text. Take out a piece of paper. Look at the screen, while you are listening, pay attention to the whole story and try to write down the missing words in the sentences according to what you hear. Are you ready? Show the following sentences on the
18、 screen. (The sentences are given with blanks.)1. I thought, at the time, that this was just a story but then I witnessed it with my own eyes many times.2. as I was sorting out my accommodation, I heard a loud noise coming from the bay.3. We ran down to the shore in time to see an enormous animal th
19、rowing itself out of the water and then crashing down again.4. “Come on, Clancy. To the boat,” George said as he ran ahead of me.5. As we drew closer, I could see a whale being attacked by a pack of about six other killers.6. And those others are stopping it diving or fleeing out to sea.7. Within a
20、moment or two, its body was dragged swiftly by the killers down into the depths of the sea.8. In the meantime, Old Tom, and the others are having a good feed on its lips and tongue.After playing the tape, ask someone to spell out the words or write them down on the Bb to check their listening and sp
21、elling tasks. At last, show the answers on the screen.Step Discussion Deal with Exercise 3 in Comprehending. Let the Ss work in groups and do some discussion. T: Look at the title of this text: Old Tom the Killer Whale. Who is Old Tom and what is special about it?S: It is a killer whale! Its the hea
22、d of the killer whale team, I think.S: Maybe it is the most clever and powerful one in the team.T: Now in groups, discuss the relationship between Old Tom and the whalers. Then discuss what other animals help out humans in hunting. Deal with some language points. Step HomeworkT: As a matter of fact,
23、 whales are now an endangered animal. Many people are trying to protect them from being hunted. The last whaling station in Australia closed in 1978. But some countries oppose the ban. And there are still people who hunt whales. Whats your opinion? Are you for or against the banning whaling? Consider the problem carefully and well have a discussion tomorrow. Good-bye everyone!版权所有：高考资源网()
