外研版九年级上册Module 1 Wonders of the world 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.
I. Teaching aims
To understand the passage about the trip to the Grand Canyon.
To know how to write about what you see and your feelings when travelling.
II.Teaching Objectives
1. Key vocabulary: below, shine – shone - shone; shine – shined - shined, sign, silent, sky, grey, go through, beside, reply, clear, fall away, nearly, on top of, remain, by
2. Keys structure: Sentence structure.
III. Teaching Steps
Step 1 New words
1. Introduce the new words.
2. Read the words after the teacher.
Step 2 Lead-in
Have you ever visited a wonder of the world What impressed you in the trip
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 silver
2. Watch the video about the Grand Canyon. What do you think is the most amazing
3. read for main ideas.
What will the writer write in the passage
A. The interesting facts about the Grand Canyon.
B. The traveling experience of the writer to the Grand Canyon.
C. The description (描述) of the Grand Canyon.
4. Read the passage and fill in the blanks.
5. 本文是记叙文，介绍了“我”游览美国科罗拉多大峡谷的经历以及大峡谷的壮观景色。
Step 4 Reading.
1. Play the recording and listen to the tape carefully.
2. Ask the students to read through the passage.
3. Complete the table.
The Grand Canyon
How deep
How wide
How long
4. 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 three miles below me.
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.
5. Read the passage and discuss the questions.
What did the writer think of the Grand Canyon
Step 5 Learning to learn
Some adjectives tell you facts, such as wide, deep, high and tall; dome 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.
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 nothing to see
a) Because there was nothing. b) Because it was too dark.
c) 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 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 7 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 8 Retell the passage
Step 9 Writing
1. Complete the table with facts about a natural or man-made wonder of the world.
Name
Location
Interesting facts
One possible answer:
2. Imagine 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 is…
Say what interesting facts you know.
It is famous for…
Say what happened when you visited it.
It was raining when we were…
Say how you felt.
I thought it was the most wonderful sight.
3. Now write a passage. Use the sentences you have written to help you.
写作指导
体裁：记叙文
时态：以一般过去时为主
人称：以第一人称为主
I visited the Three Gorges Dam last week. It is on the Yangtze River, in Hubei Province. It is about 2300 metres long and 185 metres high. It is famous for being the world’s largest power station. It was sunny when we were there. I thought it was amazing. It is incredible that people can build such things!
Step 10 Language points
1. I got out of the car, went through 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 穿过，强调从物体内部空间穿过。
e.g. We went through the city centre in our car.
我们乘小汽车穿过市中心。
辨析through, across, over与past
中考链接
The bright sunlight comes into the room ________ the window.
A. through B. across C. past
(青海中考)
Key: A
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；争取得到
【语境应用】完成句子
1) 刚才几辆汽车穿过了学校大门。
Just now a few cars ________ ________ the school gate.
2) 你横穿马路的时候一定要小心。
You must be careful when you ________ ________ the road.
Keys: 1) went through 2) go across
2. After about a mile, a stranger appeared beside the path.
大约走了一英里，小路边出现了一个陌生人。
beside prep. 在……旁边；在……附近 后面一般跟名词或代词。
e.g. There is a bank beside our school.
He is sitting beside her.
拓展：
besides 除……之外(还)，后面可跟名词、代词或动词的-ing形式。
e.g. What other sports do you like besides football
He had other people to meet besides me.
What has he done, besides reading the newspaper
【语境应用】根据句意，选用beside或besides填空。
1) We have lots of things in common ________ music.
2) Mary came up and sat ________ me.
3) I don’t like the new dictionary. ________, it’s too expensive
Keys: 1) besides 2) beside 3) Besides
3. “Yes,” he replied, “you’ll get there in five minutes.”
“对，”他回答道：“你五分钟就能到那里。”
reply v. 回答；答复
用作及物动词时，通常用于引出直接引语，也可接宾语从句；
用作不及物动词时，如后面需要接宾语，要加介词to。
e.g. Mary replied that she loved collecting stamps.
David replied to his mother’s letter this morning.
reply n. 回答；答复
其后跟介词to，表示“对……的答复”。常见短语有：
get / have / receive a reply (to ...) 收到(……的)回复
give / make a reply (to ...) (对……)进行回复
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) 请对我的问题进行回复。
Please __________ _______ _______ _______ my question.
2) 他儿子没有给他回信。
His son didn’t _______ _______ his letter.
3) 她回复说她很忙。
She _______ _______ she was very busy.
Keys: 1) give / make a reply to 2) reply to 3) replied that
辨析 answer, reply
【语境应用】请用answer或reply的适当形式填空。
1) Jack is afraid to ________ to Mrs Smith's questions.
2) I knocked at the door, but there was no ________.
3) Why didn't you ________ my question, Linda
4) I can’t find the ________ to this question.
Keys: 1) reply 2) answer 3) answer 4) answer
4. 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, a silver stream nearly one mile below me.
我俯视着我一英里之遥的银色的科罗拉多河。
Finally, I looked to my left and to my right.
最后，我向左右遥望。
look over 从……上方看过去
look across 眺望 look down 向下看
look down 向下看
look to one’s left/ right
朝某人的左侧/左侧看
拓展
【语境应用】根据语境用含look的短语的适当形式填空。
1) The girl ________________ her mother. They both have big eyes and a round face.
2) My mother says she’s ________________ meeting you.
3) Just ________________ this beautiful present. It’s from my mother.
4) “________________!” somebody shouted, as the bike started to fall.
5) You can ________________ the words in the dictionary.
6) They are ________________ the lost boy everywhere.
Keys: 1) looks like 2) looking forward to 3) look at 4) Look out
5) look up 6) looking for
5. 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。
behind, on, below, away和down几个介词和副词生动地描写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。
辨析 below& under
below指位置低于某物或在某物的下方，但不一定在正下方，其反义词为above
under指在某物的正下方，也可指覆盖于某物之下，其反义词为over
e.g. There is a small restaurant below the top of the hill.
My football is under my bed.
【语境应用】根据语境选用恰当的选项填空。
1) Two old men are playing chess ________(below / under) the tree.
2) Some parts of the country are ________(below / under) sea level.
3) We were able to raise just ________(below / under) 1,500 dollars.
4) In cold winter, the temperature in this area stays ________(below / under) zero all day.
Keys: 1) under 2) below 3) under 4) below
6. I looked down to the Colorado River, a silver stream nearly one mile below me.
我俯视着距我一英里之遥的银色的科罗拉多河。
nearly adv. 几乎；差不多
not nearly 远非；绝不是
e.g. I was nearly killed in the accident last week.
He has 500 yuan, but that is not nearly enough for the trip.
辨析 almost, nearly
【语境应用】选词填空 (almost/ nearly)。
1) Judy spoke so quietly that ________ nobody heard.
2) ________________ all the students have bikes in our class.
3) Jerry had a stomach ache, so he ate ________ nothing this morning.
Keys: 1) almost 2) Nearly / Almost 3) almost
7. I remained by the canyon for about half an hour, and I asked myself, “Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder of the natural world ”
我在峡谷边伫立半小时有余，问了自己一个问题：“大峡谷是自然景观中最壮观的吗？”
remain vi. 逗留；留下
e.g. How long are you going to remain here
They remained in Beijing until June.
remain vi. 留下；剩余
e.g. After the wind, only some leaves remained.
remain linking verbs 仍然 ，表示(继续)保持，后常接名词或形容词。
e.g. They remain friends.
The weather remained cold in April.
【语境应用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子。
1) 你准备待在乡下吗？
Are you going to ___________________________
2) 五个苹果，拿走三个，还剩下两个。
Take three apples from five apples and _________________.
3) 现在是晚上10点。那家商店仍然开门营业。
It’s 10 pm now. The shop ________________.
Keys: 1) remain in the countryside 2) two apples remain 3) remains open
Step 11 Summary
go through 穿过
fall away 突然向下倾斜
on top of ... 在……上面；盖住……
join in the discussion 加入讨论
man-made wonders 人造奇观
at the top 在顶部
produce electricity for ... 为……供电
get out of the car 下车
walk along ... 沿着……走
look across 眺望；向对面看
look down 向下看
at the bottom of ... 在……底部
look to one’s left / right 朝某人的左侧/右侧看
half an hour 半小时
would like to do sth. 想要做某事
I’m not sure I agree with you. 我不知道该不该同意你的看法。
Am I going the right way 我走得对吗？
What do you think 你怎么认为呢？
Step 12 Exercises
Ⅰ. 根据语境，从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，注意形式变化。
below, shine, silence, beside, remain, grey, clear, nearly
1. The rain has stopped and the sun is _______.
2. I usually keep a dictionary _______ me when I do my homework.
3. They waited a long time for good weather and when the clouds _______, they started out.
4. It's quite cold today. I think the temperature is _______ 0℃.
5. The house was _______ because everyone was sleeping.
6. Sam is _______ as tall as his father now.
7. I went to the library, but my brother _______ at home.
8. The sky looks _______. I think it's going to rain.
Ⅱ. 根据语境及所给汉语提示语写出所缺内容，每空一词。
1. From where we stood, the ground _______ _______(突然向下倾斜) to the river.
2. Put this box _______ _______ _______( 在……上面) the others. Then you can find it easily.
3. She _______ _______ _______ _______ _______(下了车) and said goodbye to me.
4. _______ _______ _______ _______(朝你的左侧看) and you will see a tower.
5. —_______ _______(多宽) is that new bridge
—About 35 metres.
Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空词数不限。
1. 他们穿过森林时看到了一头大象。
They saw an elephant when they _________________ the forest.
2. 我正沿着马路走着，这时开始下雨了。
I _________________ the road when it started to rain.
3. Helen还没有回复我的派对邀请。
Helen _________________ my invitation to the party.
4. 他眺望大海，看到太阳正在升起。
He _________________ the sea and saw the sun was rising.
5. 我找到了钥匙——它们在我书包的底部。
I found the keys — they were _________________ my schoolbag.
Step 13 Homework
1. Polish your passage about your experience of visiting a wonder.
2. Review the six tenses we have learned.