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课 题 Module 1 Wonders of the world.Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big.
课时安排 1 课 型 Reading
教学目标 1. The students will be able to understand the passage about the trip to the Grand Canyon;2. The students will be able to know the way of writing about what you see and your feelings when travelling.
重难点 1. The students will be able to use the key words shine, sign, silent, sky, grey, beside, reply, clear, nearly, remain in real situations.2. The students will be able to understand the structures:I looked to the east--the sky was becoming grey.Far below me, the ground fell away and down to a river.
教具准备 Multi-media
师生活动过程 设计意图
Step 1 warming-up Free talk.Step 2 RevisionRevise what we learned yesterday.Talk about the four wonders in Unit 1.Present learning to learn.Some adjectives tell you _________________, such as wide, deep, high and tall; some adjectives tell you _________________ of the author, like wonderful, huge and great. Learn to use them to talk about facts and give your opinion.Step 3 Reading Pre-readingPrediction: T: When we read the title of the passage, can we guess what we can know about the Great Canyon Maybe we’ll know where it is.Perhaps we’ll know what’s in it.Maybe we’ll know how deep it is.…2. While- reading 1. Fast-readingRead the passage and complete the table below. (A2)Show the some wonderful views of the Grand Canyon.Ask Ss to describe them using the words given in A1.2. careful- readingRead Para 1 and answer some questions.What was the weather like on that day Why was there nothing to see “…but I knew it was there.” What does “it” mean here Read Para 2 and answer some questions.Who did the writer meet Why does the writer say “He knew where I was going. ” Read Para 3 and answer some questions.Did the weather stay the same Which direction (方向) was the writer facing while the writer was looking over the Grand Canyon South. b) North. c) East. d) West.Read Para 4 and answer some questions.What’s at the bottom of the canyon What’s the Chinese meaning of this sentence “If you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of each other at the bottom of Canyon, they still would not reach the top.” Read Para 5 and answer some questions.How long did the writer remain there Why did the writer remain there for so long What’s the writer’s answer to his question What’s your opinion 3. Intensive readingRead the passage again and choose the correct answer. (A3)1). Where does the passage most probably come from a) A magazine. b) A grammar book. c) A dictionary. d) A storybook.2). What is the writer’s purpose in writing 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 3 Post readingSummarize what we learned today.Complete the passage with the words in the box. (A4)Step 4 Enjoying the videoStep 5 Homework 1. Read the passage for several times to get more information.2. Finish off the exercises in WB-M1U2-1. Lead- inPresent some new words and phrases while talking.Let them think andrevise.Get the main idea of thepassage.Present more new Words.Read carefully and catch the details.Read and think.Think twice.Check.Homework
板书设计 Module 1Wonders of the worldUnit 2The Grand Canyon was not just big.canyon reply silent beside/ by stream clear grey below sign silver fall away shine go through remain
教学反思(共27张PPT)
Wonders of the world
The Giant’s Causeway
Victoria Falls
The Terracotta Army
The Three Gorges Dam
Revision
About 40,000 rocks,
most of them with six sides,
on the eastern coast of Northern Ireland
in Africa, 1,700 meters wide,
100 meters high
more than 2000 years old
2,300 meters long, 185 meters high,
meters wide, produce electricity
for millions of people
fantastic, great, silent, exciting, wonderful…
Some adjectives tell you _________________, such as wide, deep, high and tall;
some adjectives tell you _________________ of the author, like wonderful, huge and great.
Learn to use them to talk about facts and give your opinion.
Facts or the opinion ？
facts
the opinion
Unit 2
The Grand Canyon was not just big.
pre-reading
When we read the title of the passage,
can we guess what we can know about
the Great Canyon
Maybe we’ll know where it is.
Perhaps we’ll know what’s in it.
Maybe we’ll know how deep it is.
…
Read the passage and complete the table below.
The Grand Canyon
How deep
How wide
How long
nearly one mile
Nearly1600 meters
about fifteen miles
About 24 kilometers
more than 200 miles
More than 320 kilometers
Fast reading
Some wonderful views of the Grand Canyon.
Careful reading
Read Para 1 and answer some questions.
1. What was the weather like on that day
2.Why was there nothing to see
3. “…but I knew it was there.”
What does “it” mean here
It was raining.
Because it was early morning and it was raining.
It means the Grand Canyon.
Read Para 2 and answer some questions.
Who did the writer meet
Why does the writer say “He knew where I was going. ”
The writer met a stranger.
Because the Grand Canyon is famous.
Read Para 3 and answer some questions.
Did the weather stay the same
Which direction (方向) was the writer facing while the writer was looking over the Grand Canyon
South. b) North. c) East. d) West.
No, it didn’t.
Read Para 4 and answer some questions.
1. What’s at the bottom of the canyon
2. What’s the Chinese meaning of this sentence “If you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of each other at the bottom of Canyon, they still would not reach the top.”
It’s the Colorado River, a silver stream.
Read Para 5 and answer some questions.
How long did the writer remain there
Why did the writer remain there for so long
What’s the writer’s answer to his question
What’s your opinion
The writer remained there for about half an hour.
The writer was shocked/thinking…
Of course “yes”.
Think and choose the correct answer.
Where does the passage most probably
come from
a) A magazine. b) A grammar book.
c) A dictionary. d) A storybook.
Intensive reading
4. What is the writer’s purpose in writing 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.
Complete the passage with the words in the box.
below mile remain reply sign silent sky stream through
In 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 someone asks you whether the Grand Canyon is the greatest wonder of the natural world, it may be easy to (9) ________.
sign
silent
remain
sky
mile
below
stream
through
reply
Post-reading
Homework
1. Read the passage for several times to get more information.
2. Finish off the exercises in WB-M1U2-1.
1. have ______(没事) to say about the decision.
2.The street is ______ (安静的) at night.
3.Your name comes just ______ (在……下面) mine.
4.At last Lucy ______ (逗留) with us in the village.
5.You can find my telephone number at the ______ (在底部)
of the list.
6. As soon as the firemen arrived, the heavy smoke ______
(散去).
7.Walk along the ______ (小路), you’ll find it on your left.
8.We can see many mountain ______ (小溪) there.
9.I often ask ______ (我自己), “Do I need it ”
10. ______ (也许) she’s the best student in our class.
nothing
silent
below
remained
bottom
当堂检测
cleared
path
streams
myself
Maybe
1. I got out of the car, went through a gate and…
我下了车，穿过一个门……
go through有三个意思比较常见：
a. 通过、穿过
b. 仔细查看、检查
c. 经历或遭受(不好的事情)
If you put the two tallest buildings
in the world on top of each other
at the bottom of Canyon, they still
would not reach the top.
若世界上两座最高的建筑叠放在峡谷底部，他们仍顶不到头。
把……放在……底部
一个在另一个上面的，一个挨一个的
仔细观察以下例句，推断go through在本句中的意思。
1. The heavy rain has gone through my overcoat.
2. You’d better go through your handbag again. I think the key must be in it.
3. The two brothers went through a hard time as their parents had died in an accident.
通过、穿过
经历或遭受(不好的事情)
仔细查看、检查
2. 本课出现了四个使用look短语的句子.
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，我向左右遥远……
look over 从……上方看过去
look across 眺望；向对面看
look down 向下看
look to one’s left/ right 朝某人的左侧
/右侧看
Observe the following sentences and try to find the differences between them.
It was about fifteen miles away, maybe more.
The canyon went far away for more than 200 miles.
The Grand Canyon was not just big. It was huge.
Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder of the natural world
facts
opinion
Some adjectives tell you facts, such as wide, deep, high and tall; some adjectives tell you the opinion of the author, like wonderful, huge and great. Learn to use them to talk about facts and give your opinion.
5
P5
Complete the table with facts about a natural or man-made wonder of the world.
Name
Location
Interesting facts
Name
Location
Interesting facts
1) It is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
2) It is the longest man-made wonder in the world.
3) The main wall is around 2,145 miles (3460km) long.
4) The most visited section of the Great Wall is in Badaling, close to Beijing.
5) It has often been compared to a dragon.
6) A popular legend about the Great Wall is the story of Meng Jiangnv.
7) Reportedly, it cost the lives of more than one million people.
the Great Wall of China
in the north of China
One possible answer:
6
P5
Imagine you have just visited one of the natural or man-made wonders. Write sentences and describe your experience.
