外研社九年级上册Module 1 Wonders of the world Unit 2 课件 (共18张PPT)

(共18张PPT)
一、Teaching content：Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big.
二、Teaching model：Reading and writing
Teaching objectives:
1、能使用本单元的单词和短语: natural, light, reply, rock, clear, rise –rose-risen,
ground, below, edge, bottom , canyon, top, disappear, get out of; look over, on the
edge of, at the bottom of 。
2、能读懂关于世界奇迹景观介绍的简单文章，进行简单的阅读技能训练。
3、能运用不同英语常用时态句型写出简短的关于世界奇迹景观介绍的句子。
Difficult points:
1、能够运用所学句型结构向他人介绍世界奇迹景观.
2、使用地道的英语介绍世界奇迹景观.
Module 1
Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big.
Target:
1. To understand the passage about the trip to the Grand Canyon.
2. To know how to write about what you see and your feelings when travelling.
Have you ever visited it
What do you think of it
I have / haven't...
In my opinion, it is not just long. It is __________.
wonderful
fantastic
grand(宏伟的)
splendid(壮观的)
huge
Fast reading -- Skim the passage and choose the correct answer.
1. Which wonder did the writer visit
A. The Victoria Falls
B. The Giant's Causeway
C. The Grand Canyon
D. The Three Gorges Dam
2. Where does the passage most probably come from
A. A magazine
B. A grammar book.
C. A dictionary
D. A storybook
Q2: What did he do next
The Grand Canyon When did the writer get there in the early morning
How did the writer get there drive a car
What was the weather like at first rainy
Careful reading -- Read the passage and answer the questions.
Q1: Why was there nothing to see
Because it was raining and the sky was grey. It was too dark to see
anything.
He asked a stranger for help.
Q1: What did he ask the stranger
He asked whether he was going the right way.
Careful reading -- Read the passage and answer the questions.
Q3: Why did the stranger know where the writer was
going though he didn't mention the name
Because every visitor comes here in order to visit the
Grand Canyon. It is the only destination for everyone.
Q2: Did the stranger know where the writer was going
He replied the writer would get there in five minutes.
Yes.
Q4: Did the writer see the Grand Canyon
No.
Q5: How might the writer feel at that time
A. Excited B. Confused (困惑的)
C. Worried D. Afraid
answer
It was silent and there was no sign of it.
Careful reading -- Read the passage and choose the correct answer.
1. What was the weather like then
A.Rainy
B. Cloudy
C. Sunny
D. Stormy
2. Which direction(方向) was the writer facing while he was looking over the Grand Canyon
A.South
B. North
C. East
D. West
Careful reading -- Read the passage and answer the questions.
Q1: What did the writer do
(Circle the words which show his action in Para.4)
Q2: How deep/wide/long is the Grand Canyon
Q3: How did the writer describe that the Grand
Canyon was really deep
Q4: What does he think of the Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon how deep nearly one mile
how wide about fifteen miles
how long more than 200 miles
Use number --- nearly one mile
Use comparison (对比) --- compare the two tallest
buildings in the world with the Grand Canyon.
It was not just big. It was huge.
Learning to learn
Some adjectives tell you facts, such as wide, deep, high and tall; some adjectives tell you the opinion, like wonderful, huge, and great. Learn to use them to talk about facts and give your opinion.
Careful reading -- Read the passage and answer the questions.
Q1: How long did he remain by the canyon
For about half an hour.
Yes. In his opinion, it is the greatest wonder of the natural world.
It is attractive (吸引人的).
It can attract(吸引) people to find the answer after
visiting it by themselves.
Q2: What's his answer
Q3: Why did the writer ask the reader "What
do you think "
Thinking
1. 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.
2. What do you think of the Grand Canyon
In your opinion, is it the greatest wonder
I looked down to the Colorado River, a silver stream
nearly one mile (deep) below me.
2. It was about fifteen miles (wide) away, maybe more.
3. …and on both sides the canyon went away for more
than 200 miles (long).
The Grand Canyon was not just big. It was huge.
Facts
How does the writer tell the facts of the Grand Canyon
How does the writer tell the opinion of the Grand Canyon .
2. The Grand Canyon was the greatest wonder
of the natural world.
opinion
1. There are about 40,000 rocks, most of them with six sides.
2. They’ re about 1,700 metres wide and 100 metres high.
3. Natural wonders are more interesting than man-made ones.
4. It’s more than 2,000 years old.
5. Man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones.
6. The Three Gorges Dam is fantastic, too.
Tell the following sentences are facts or opinions.
fact
fact
opinion
fact
opinion
opinion
Post reading --- Find out the phrases.
1. 往东看
2. 穿过大门
3. 从（物体上方）看过去
4. 没有...的迹象
5. 乌云消散
6. 太阳升起
7. 照耀在岩石上
8. 突然向下倾斜
9. 眺望
10. 一条银色的河流
11. 叠在一起
12. 逗留在峡谷边
13. 在两边
1. look to the east
2. go through a gate
3. look over
4. no sign of
5. the clouds clear
6. sun rises
7. shine on the rocks
8. fall away
9. look across
10. a silver stream
11. on top of each other
12. remain by the canyon
13. on both sides
Post reading --- 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
sign
Go travelling to broaden our horizons.
去旅行来开拓眼界。
Love and revere the nature and human civilization.
热爱和崇敬大自然和人类文明。
Homework
Write about a place of interest. Use adjectives to talk about facts and adjectives to give your opinion. Share it with class tomorrow.
Writing --- Write a passage of a wonder of the world you have visited.
Step One: Complete the table with facts about a natural or man-made wonder of the world.
Writing --- Write a passage of a wonder of the world you have visited.
Step Two: Imagine you have just visited one of the natural or man-made wonders.Write sentences and describe your experience.
Say when you visited it. Say where it is.
Describe its size. Say what interesting facts you know.
Say what happened when you visited it.
Say how you felt.