新外研社版高中英语选择性必修一
Unit5 Revealing nature
Developing Ideas教学设计
教学目标:
By the end of this period,students will be able to:
1.Understand the text,master the key vocabulary related to the topic and describe the communication modes between natural plants;
2.Analyse an event in different ways and find out the positive and negative effects of it;
3.Use the words and expressions to help you show your opinions.
教学重难点:
Organise information from the text.
Present collected information, and retell the passage with the help of the mind map.
教学方法:
W-P教学法,Task-based teaching method
教学资源:
教材、多媒体课件、学案、黑板和粉笔。
教学设计:
Step Ⅰ Lead-in
Look at the pictures and tick what plants can do.
Suggested answers:Students’ own answers.
Step Ⅱ While -reading
Activity 1 Skim for information
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1.What’s the genre of the passage
A.Exposition.
B.Argumentation.
C.Narration.
2.Read the passage and find out the ways in which plants communicate.
Suggested answers:
1.A
2.They may communicate with each other by using chemicals,sound and “wood wide web”.
Activity 2 Read for detailed information
Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.
Suggested answers:
1.communicate with each other 2.from the leaves 3.release its own,different chemicals 4.with their roots 5.tell if a neighbouring plant is helpful,or unfriendly
6.clicking noises when there is not enough water,indicating drought is arriving 7.the roots of different plants to each other 8.share information and even food 9.steal food from each other,or spread poisons
Step Ⅲ Post-reading
Think and share
Go through the four questions and think about them individually,then discuss the questions in groups.
Questions:
1.What figure of speech is being used when the plants are described as calling for help What is its function
2.What does “wood wide web” mean
3.What do you think are the benefits of studying plant communication
4.What discoveries are described in the two reading passages in this unit and what do their meanings have in common
Suggested answers:
1.Personification.
It can make descriptions more vivid.
2.“Wood wide web” means an amazing system of communication that can link nearly every plant in a forest.It is linked underground by fungi and this fungal network links the roots of different plants to each other.Using the wood wide web,plants can share information and even food with each other.
3.Students’ own answers.
4.Passage 1 reveals the discovery of evolution and Passage 2 reveals the discovery of communication between plants.They all reflect that there are numerous secrets in nature that remain to be explored.
Step Ⅳ Homework
翻译句子。
1.Many cultures have stories of talking trees that give advice as well as warnings to people.
2.With us long believing that talking plants are fantasy,new research has revealed something amazing:it appears that plants can communicate after all.
3.Scientists hope to learn more about this plant warning system,so that we can use it to grow crops without pesticides.
4.Some trees make clicking noises when there is not enough water,indicating drought is arriving.
Suggested answers:
1.在许多种文化中流传下来的故事里,会说话的树给予人们忠告和警示。
2.我们一直认为会说话的植物只存在于幻想之中,但新研究有了令人惊奇的发现:植物间似乎确实可以交流。
3.科学家希望能进一步了解这种植物警报系统,从而将其应用于种植不用使用农药的农作物。
4.还有些树木在缺水时会发出咔嗒声,以示干旱就要来了。
评价量规
学习目标 目标达成评价等级
A B C D
Understand the text,master the key vocabulary related to the topic and describe the communication modes between natural plants.
Analyse an event in different ways and find out the positive and negative effects of it.
Use the words and expressions to help you show your opinions.
教学反思:
本节课以植物界语言的奥秘为题,具体介绍了自然界中不同植物之间不同的交流方式,从而使学生了解神奇的大自然,不仅增长了自然知识,而且还激发了他们对自然的好奇心。使学生加深对自然界的理解和认识,进一步走进自然、探索自然、了解自然、欣赏自然,学会与自然和谐相处。