外研版英语九年级上册 Module 1 Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big. 教案

Module 1 Wonders of the world
Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big.
一. Teaching aims 教学目标
1. 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.
二. Teaching Objectives 教学内容
Key words: below, shine – shone - shone; shine – shined - shined, sign, silent, silver, sky, grey, beside, reply, clear, , stream, nearly, canyon, remain, by
Useful phrases: go through, fall away ,on top of, at the bottom of, get out of,
more than, look to the east, look to one’s left/right, look down to, look across to, look over them, on both sides
Key sentences: (1) .I looked to the east-the sky was becoming grey.
(2) .He knew where I was going.
(3).You’ll get there in five minutes.
(4).Am I going the right way
(5).The Grand Canyon was not just big. It was huge.
3. Grammar: Comparison of past simple, present simple, future simple,
present continuous and past continuous.
三．Teaching emphasis教学重点
The useful phrases and the key sentences.
四．Teaching difficult points教学难点
Comparison of past simple, present simple, future simple, present continuous
and past continuous.
五．Teaching aids教具
electronic whiteboard, PPT, video and pictures.
六．教学过程
Step 1 .Free talk
Show some pictures of great wonders with PPT , including The Terracotta Army, The Three Gorges Dam, The Giants Causeway and Victoria Falls. Ask the questions:
which two are natural wonders
Which two are man-made wonders
Which is an ancient wonder
Which is a modern wonder
What do you think of them
Step 2 . Lead-in.
Play the video about “The Grand Canyon”, lead-in the new wonder. Show the picture of The Grand Canyon, introduce the new words and useful expressions. Then
read the useful expressions after the teacher.
Step 3. Fast reading.
Give the students two minutes, read the passage quickly, then find the answer to the question. Where does the passage possibly come from
A magazine. b) A grammar book. C) A dictionary. D) A storybook.
Step 4..Read in details
Read paragraph 1 carefully, answer the questions:
1).What was the weather like when the writer got to The Grand Canyon
2). How did the writer got there
Read paragraph 2 carefully, answer the questions:
1).What happened to the writer
2).Could he see the Grand Canyon Why
3. Read paragraph 3 carefully, choose the correct answer
Which direction was the writer facing while he was looking over the Grand Canyon a) South. b) North. c) East. d) West.
4.Read paragraph 4 carefully,complete the table.
The Grand Canyon
How deep Nearly one mile (look down to )
How wide About fifteen miles (look across to the other side)
How long More than 200 miles (look to my left and to my right)
5 .Read paragraph 5 carefully, then answer the questions:
How long did the writer remain by the canyon
What did the writer think of the canyon
Step 5 Listen and read
Play the recording and the students listen to the tape carefully. Ask the students to read through the passage. Then 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)____________.
Step 6. Retell
According to the expressions, ask the students to try to retell the passage in groups.
Then ask one group to retell in class.
1.The Grand Canyon—America—by car—rainy—sunny.
2.one mile deep—at the bottom of---fifteen miles wide---more than 200 miles long
3.not just big-huge-the greatest wonder
Step 7. Practice
Choose the correct answer
1. I have ______ my watch everywhere. But I cannot find it.
A. look at B. looked up C. looked for
2. The Xiamen-Shenzhen high speed railroad will run ______ eight cities.
A. across B. through C. over
3. —Please drive ______ when you pass a school.
—OK.
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 her.
A. clearly B. more clearly C. most clearly D. the most clearly
6. 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 8. Writing (Homework)
Complete the table with facts about a natural or man-made wonder of the world.
Imagine you have just visited one of the wonders. Write a passage and describe how you felt when you visited the wonder after class.
Name
Location
Interesting facts