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Unit 5 Human and Nature
Lesson 1
A Sea Story
Warming-up
Lead-in
Do you know any stories about people and the sea Look at the pictures below. Use the words and phrases below to describe the pictures.
Example A fisherman is trying to survive a storm.
Pre-reading
You are going to read a text adapted from the short story “A Descent into the Maelstr m”. Read the fact file on the right. Answer the questions.
(1) What is a “Moskoe-storm”
(2) Who wrote the story
(3) What do you think will happen in the story
Fast-reading
Read the text and discuss the questions.
1.Who are the main characters in the story
2.Who is telling the story
3.When and where did the story happen
4. What effect did the terrible experience have on the storyteller
Fast-reading
Fast-reading
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Fast-reading
Careful-reading
Read the story again. Complete the information in the boxes. Then add the storyteller’s feelings during each situation.
The storyteller’s feelings:
________________ ______________ __________________ __________________
Careful-reading
Complete the illustration about how the storyteller overcame his fear and struggled to survive from the whirlpool. Then use the time words(when, suddenly, then, finally) to tell the story.
Post-reading
Griup Work. Think and share.
1. What were the three observations the storyteller made
2. Why did the storyteller survive while his elder brother didn’t
3. What does the storyteller mean by “it took only six hours to break my body and soul”
4. What lessons have you learnt from the story Give your reasons.
5. What is the story trying to say about the relationship between humans and nature
Post-reading
Pair work. In English you get words with similar meanings (synonyms) or words with opposite meanings (antonyms). Find more pairs of synonyms and antonyms in the story. Discuss why such words are used.
Post-reading
Complete the summary with the information from the story.
Focus on Language: Relative Clauses(2)
Read the sentences from the text. Underline the words that introduce relative clauses and circle the words that the relative clauses refer to.
Focus on Language: Relative Clauses(2)
Read the sentences below and compare them. Which choice (a or b) do you think is better Why
Focus on Language: Relative Clauses(2)
Complete the sentences about yourself using relative clauses.
Homework
Pair work. Prepare a story about something scary or unusual you experienced or you know and use relative clauses to tell it to your partner.
Example
My story happened on a dark night when...