1、3 Under the SeaWarming Up, Pre-reading and ReadingTeaching goals教学目标1. Target language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 a
2、n enormous animal opposite us throwing 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 othe
3、rs are stopping it diving or fleeing out to sea. P20It took over half an hour to get the boat back to James . P212. Ability goals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. Learning ability goals 学能目标H
4、elp the Ss learn how to talk about plants and animals under the sea by means of making dialogues and know the importance of the relationship between animals and humans through reading.Teaching important points 教学重点 Help the Ss know more about plants and animals under the sea as well as the animals l
5、oyalty and help to human beings.Teaching difficult points 教学难点Analyze the structure of some sentences; Summarize the main idea of each paragraph as well as the text.Teaching methods 教学方法Making dialogues to collect information about the plants and animals under the sea;Fast-reading and careful-readin
6、g methods;Thinking and summarizing methods.Teaching aids 教具准备A recorder, a projector and some slides. Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式Step Warming up T: Good morning / afternoon, everyone!Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Sir / Madam!T: Have you seen plants and animals that live under the sea? And do y
7、ou 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 .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 progr
8、ams 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 you 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
9、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 before and the teacher can walk around to see what they are talking about. After that the teacher can ask two or three pairs
10、 to act their dialogues out.Possible dialogue 1:Sa: Last summer holiday, I went to Hainan Province with my parents. There when I was on my snorkelling trip, I saw many kinds of beautiful fish under the sea. They have so rich and fresh colors that I couldnt believe my eyes.Sb: Do you know their names
11、?Sa: No. So large variety of colorful fish that they made me astonished. But I could hardly call a single name of them. Maybe I saw sea anemones, which live on rocks and look like flowers. Sb: Have you seen anything special?Sa: Yes. I saw some corals, real and living corals. You know the red one is
12、the most beautiful.Sb: Red? Ive only seen white ones in decoration shops. I like its fantastic shapes. But I dont know there are some red ones.Sa: Besides red ones, there are purple, yellow, blue, pink ones. Sb: Oh! Thats wonderful! How lucky you are! I like sea animals and plants very much but I ha
13、vent seen them under the sea with my own eyes. Ive only seen them on TV programs and in some films about living things under the sea.Sa: When we can earn enough money by ourselves, the first holiday trip would be going on a snorkelling trip.Sb: Its a go!Possible dialogue 2:Sa: Once I saw many turtle
14、s in the Aquarium of Shanhaiguan. Some were so large that they couldnt move very fast. Two or three of them had hard horns on their legs. It is said they must have lived at least over three hundred years before they have this kind of thing.Sb: Really? Ive never heard about that. I have been to Sheng
15、ya Ocean World in Dalian. I saw some large turtles but didnt find that kind of ones. Sa: You must have seen many fish, right? Sb: Certainly! A large number of animals and plants under the sea.Sa: Tell me more, please.Sb: Some eels, for example. They were long and thin with sharp teeth and swam very
16、quickly. Small sharks in white-grey color swam in groups around the diver. They were active and seemed never to stop. The explainer told us that only a few kinds of sharks might attack people. There were also fat sea lions, yellow and green parrotfish, blue-striped angelfish, sea horsesthey were ver
17、y small, floating upright in water, sea stars in many colors and so on. There were also some sea plants such as kelp. Sa: Thats wonderful. Ill ask my parents to take me there next summer holiday!T: Very good job! You make me know more about the lovely sea animals. Would you like me to show you aroun
18、d the world under the sea? Ss: Hurray! We couldnt wait any more!T: But remember, after youve seen each beautiful creature without name marked, you must try to write down the name of the animal or the plant in your exercise books, three of you will be asked to write the names on the blackboard. Whoev
19、er writes the names most quickly and accurately will get a small gift. Clear?Show pictures of sea plants and animals on the screen and ask the Ss to do the spelling job. If possible, a short video about the world under sea would be better. (1) (2)(3) (4)(5) (6)(7) (8)(9) (10)(11) (12)(13) (14)Names
20、of these sea animals and plants: (1) white whale白鲸(2) anemone海葵 (3) sea star海星 (4) shark鲨鱼(5) coral珊瑚 (6) butterfly fish蝴蝶鱼 (7) sea horse海马 (8) turtle海龟 (9) parrot fish 鹦嘴鱼 (10) kelp海带 (11) eel海鳗(12) angel fish天使鱼 (13) anemone fish海葵鱼(14) dolphin海豚T: Arent they beautiful! I think youve known more ab
21、out sea animals and plants. Now, lets work in groups of four, making a list about what you have known about them to collect the information. Draw a form like this and then fill in it. Show the following form on the screen. After the Ss have finished, show a fulfilled one as a summary. NamePlants and
22、 animalsyouve seen under the seaWhere yousaw themFavourite one& whyLi Huadolphins, flying fish, kelps, algae, whitebait.On a boat tourdolphins: clever and friendly to peopleWang Xixiturtles, sea horses, sea lion, sharks, white whale, seals.At anaquariumsea lion: clever& can play gameWang Xixiflatfis
23、h, ling, coral, kelps, algae, eels, clams, sea-slugs, whales, crabs, shrimps, cuttlefish, seas rats, seals, whales sharks, whelks, elephant seal, anemone, seajelly.On TV and in filmscoral: colourful and in charming shapes kelps: tasty and nutrientJian Pingparrot fish, angel fish, eels, coral, kelps,
24、 turtles, scallops, clams.On asnorkellingtripbutterfly fish:beautiful in colorsStep 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-reading. What can you see and what do you think is happening in it?S: In th
25、e 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 far from the whale. The people on the boat might be hunting whales. I hea
26、rd 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 on your personal experience.T: Right! So what are the main characters of
27、 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 comprehending In this step, the Ss will read the text and deal with the comprehendi
28、ng 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 describes a hunting experience about how the killer whales helped the whalers to
29、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 the questions in Exercise 2 on Page 21, and then I will give you several
30、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 whalers out?Sb: Old Tom was swimming by the boat, showing us the way and l
31、eading 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 close your books and well listen to the tape of this text. Take out a pi
32、ece 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 screen. (The sentences are given with blanks.)1. I thought, at the time,
33、 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 throwing itself out of the water and then crashing down again.4. “Come on,
34、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 moment or two, its body was dragged swiftly by the killers down into the
35、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 spelling tasks. At last, show the answers on the screen.Step Discussion Dea
36、l 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 head of the killer whale team, I think.S: Maybe it is the most clever and po
37、werful 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. A sample description:Sa: Old Tom is honest and helpful to the whalers and the whalers are very kind to Old Tom and its group, too. Theyre jus
38、t like good friends.Sb: I think so. Maybe Old Tom and other killers have been trained by the whalers, just like hunting dogs, they get on well with the whalers. In everyday life they take care of each other and in an emergency, they help each other.Sc: Speaking to hunting dogs, I think they are the
39、most typical animals that help out humans in hunting. Upon meeting the quarries, they are very excited and listen to their masters very well to hunt for them. If there is a group of dogs, they may work together till they help the master catch the quarries. Then they will be very happy and come back
40、to the master to report their success. Thats very interesting. And if their master is in danger, they will rush up to rescue him. There are many moving stories of this kind.Sd: Yes. After reading the text, we can learn more about the relationship between humans and animals. Humans and animals should
41、 depend on each other and be kind to each other. Only in that way, can the world be more harmonious and beautiful.Deal with some language points. Step HomeworkT: As a matter of fact, 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!
