1、Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big. Teaching modelReading and writing. Teaching method Interactive approach Teaching aims1. To get information from the reading material about the Grand Canyon;.2. To know the way of writing you see and your feeling when travelling. Teaching Objectives 1. Key vo
2、cabulary: below, shine shone - shone; shine shined - shined, sign, silent, silver, sky, grey, go through, beside, reply, clear, fall away, stream, nearly, on top of, canyon, remain, bywww-2-1-cnjy-com2. Keys structure: Sentence structure. Teaching aidsTape recorder, handout Teaching StepsStep 1 Free
3、 talkWhat do you know about these wonders?Step 2 Presentation1. Introduce the new words.2. Read the words after the teacher.Step 3 Work in pairs.1. Talk about a great natural wonder you know. Use the words in the box to help you.below deep fantastic high long natural shine sign silent silverStep 4 R
4、eading.1. Play the recording and listen to the tape 2. Ask the students to read through the passage.3. Complete the table.The Grand CanyonHow deepHow wideHow long4. True or false.1. When I arrived, the weather was sunny and hot.2. I went to the wrong way at first.3. The Colorado River was nearly thr
5、ee miles below me.【出处：21教育名师】4. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon went far away for more than 200 miles.Step 5 Learning to learnSome adjectives tell you facts, such as wide, deep, high and tall; dome adjectives tell you the opinion of the author, like wonderf
6、ul, huge and great. Learn to use them to talk about facts and give your opinion.Step 6 Choose the correct answer.1. Read the passage again.2. Choose the correct answer.1) Where does the passage possibly come from?a) A magazine. b) A grammar book. C) A dictionary. D) A storybook.2) Why was there noth
7、ing to see?a) Because there was nothing. b) Because it was too dark.21*cnjy*comc) Because it was raining. d) Because it was in the morning.3) Which direction was the writer facing while he was looking over the Grand Canyon?a) South. b) North. c) East. d) West.4) What is the writers purpose in writin
8、g this passage?a) To give facts about the natural world.b) To say how he feels about the natural world.c) To tell an interesting story about the Grand Canyon.d) To attract people to visit the Grand Canyon.Step 7 Complete the passage with the words in the box.below mile remain reply sign silent sky s
9、tream throughIn the dark, there is no (1)_ of the Grand Canyon, and it is (2)_. But if you (3)_ by the Grand Canyon as the (4)_ gets brighter and look down about one (5)_, you can see the Colorado River (6)_ you. It looks like a silver (7)_ as it passes (8)_ the rocks at the bottom of the canyon. If
10、 someone asks you whether the Grand Canyon is the greatest wonder of the natural world, it may be easy to (9)_.2-1-c-n-j-yStep 8 Writing1. Complete the table with facts about a natural or man-made wonder of the world.NameLocationInteresting factsStep 9 Language points1. I got out of the car, went th
11、rough a gate and walked along a dark path. 我下了车，穿过一扇门，沿着一条黑暗的小路走着。 go through 通过，穿过；经历 e.g. The rain has gone through my coat. The country has gone through too many wars.拓展：go 相关词组go abroad 出国go against 违背；与不符go up 增长；上升；被兴建起来 go on 继续；继续下去；发生go over 复习 ；仔细审查；走近 go ahead 进行 go away 走开；消失go for 去取来；争
12、取得到2. I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it.我朝那片岩石望过去，但是一片寂静，还是看不见它。I was looking across one of the wonders of the natural world- the Grand Canyon.我在眺望自然界奇观之一的大峡谷。I looked down to the Colorado River我俯瞰科罗拉多河Finally, I looked to my left and to my right,最后，我向左右遥望look与不同的介词/副
13、词搭配，组成不同的词组，表达不同的意思：拓展：look 相关词组look after 照料 look back 回顾，向后看look in 顺便来访look into 调查look through 浏览look over 翻阅；调查look up 找出，查阅；仰视 look down upon sb. 轻视某人 look forward to doing 期待 3. The sun rose behind me and shone on the rocks. Far below me, the ground fell away and down to a river. 太阳从我身后升起，照在岩
14、石上，地面(仿佛在随光线)向下延伸，(逐渐)退落，显露出谷底的河流。用behind, on, below, away和down几个介词和副词生动地展现了太阳升起时作者在大峡谷观察到的奇妙景象。the ground fell away是形象化的描述，说明了随着阳光的照射，作者仿佛看到地面在下降，逐渐显露出谷底的河流。4. I remained by the canyon for about half an hourremain vi. 逗留 e.g. How long are you going to remain here? They remained in Beijing until Jun
15、e. remain vt. 留下 e.g. After the wind, only some leaves remained. Step 10 Exercises ( ) 1. I have _ my watch everywhere. But I cannot find it.A. look at B. looked up C. looked for( ) 2. The Xianmen-Shenzhen high speed railroad will run _ eight cities. A. across B. through C. over ( ) 3. Please drive
16、_ when you pass a school. 21cnjycomOK. A. nearly B. early C. slowly D. really( ) 4. The little elephant is afraid to go alone. He always walks _his mother.A. beside B. behind C. below D. under( ) 5.The volunteer spoke as_ as she could to make the visitors understand herA. clearly B. more clearly C.
17、most clearly D. the most clearly6. 他们正在建一条隧道，它将穿过这座山。 They are building a tunnel and it will _ the mountain. Step 11 HomeworkImagine you have just visited one of the wonders. Write a passage and describe how you felt when you visited the wonder.Say when you visited it.I just visited the Great Wall last month.Say where it is.It is in the north of China.Describe its size.It isSay what interesting facts you know.It is famous forSay what happened when you visited it.It was raining when we wereSay how you felt.I thought it was the most wonderful sight.