1、Unit 3 Reading 1-Old Tom the killer whaleContent: ReadingTeaching aims: 1. Ss are able to understand the main idea and detailed meaning of the text.2. Ss get familiar with the new words and expressions.3. Ss are able to master some reading skills.Teaching important points ：1. Enable Ss master the sk
2、ill of getting the main idea.2. Enable Ss to get familiar with the meaning and the uses of the words and phrases.Teaching difficult points: Help the Ss master some reading skills by doing some kinds of exercises. Teaching methods: Exercises. Teaching aids: blackboard and exercise, multiple-media.Tea
3、ching procedures: Step 1. Show some pictures of the sea creatures under the sea to warm up.Step 2. Ask the Ss to read the introduction of Reading 1 text and then fill in a table to get some information of the text.Step 3. Skimming and scanning Skim Para.1. and get the main idea( multiple choice)The
4、first story is mainly about _.A. a hunting experience of Old Tom B. how Old Tom helped with whale huntingC. how the whalers killed a whaleD. how killer whales killed a whaleNumber the paragraphs and first read Para.2-6.Decide true (T) or false (F). 1. When the author was sorting out his accommodatio
5、n, he heard a loud noise.2. The black and white and fish-shaped thing was a fish.3. Old Tom threw itself out of the water and then crashed down in order to tell the whalers it was hungry.4. Old Tom showed the whalers the way to the hunt. Read Para. 712 and answer 3 questions.1. Where did the killers
6、 throw themselves ? Why did they do that?2. Why did the killers drag the whales body down into the depths of the sea?How soon would the whales body float up? Choose the best answer.1. _ killed the whale at last. A. Old Tom B. The killer whales C. The author D. The whalers 2. After the whale died, th
7、e whalers turned the boat around and went home because_. A. They knew it would float up tomorrow B. they abandoned it C. the killers would drag it back soon D. A dead whale is useless Show the picture of hunting a whale.Step 3. Read again and put the following sentences into correct order.Focus on t
8、he tense( ) Using a telescope we could see that something was happening. ( ) The killers started racing between our boat and the whale.( ) Clancy arrived at the station. ( ) The men started turning the boat around to go home.( ) Clancy heard a huge noise coming from the bay. ( ) The whale yelled out
9、.( ) We jumped into the boat with the other whalers and headed out into the bay.( ) The man in the bow of the boat aimed the harpoon（猎鲸叉） at the whale. Step 4 Read the second story and choose the best answer. 1. The killer whales can protect men from being attacked by_. A. whales B. tigers C. enemie
10、s D. sharks2. Old Tom protected James by _.A. Fighting the shark B. killing the sharkC. prevent the shark going closerD. dragged James backread the second story again and write down the main idea. In the second story, we learn that _Step 5 Read the two stories and choose the best answer.1. Which of
11、the following might be true?A. The author was for banning whaling(捕鲸).B. The author was against banning whaling.C. Whaling was not banned at the beginning of the 20th century.2.We can infer from the text that_. A. the killers may be trained by the whalersB. the killers need no training to help the whalersC. the killers want to help whales after being killedStep 6 Exercise： 1. Check the answer in Learning English. (homework the day before)2. Fill in the blanks.Step 7 Translations