Unit3 Auatralia’s dangerous creatures教学设计
Teaching aims：
Knowledge goals:
to check whether Ss have got the hang of some useful words and expressions
Ability goals:
to train Ss’ ability of speaking;
to help Ss improve the ability of learning English through reading
Emotion goals:
to encourage Ss to show interest in Australia and its culture
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Warming-up
What animals in Austrilia do you know?
Step 2 Fast Reading:
1. What dangerous creatures are mentioned in the passage?
What do they use to attack others? Please match the animals with the right answer.
snake
spider venom/poison
Shark
Jellyfish wide mouths and sharp teeth
Crocodile
Step 3 Careful-reading
Choose the correct answer
1).How many kinds of dangerous creatures are mentioned in the passage?
A.4. B.5.
C.6. D.7.
2).Which one of the following is probably the most poisonous animal in the world according to the passage?
A.The brown snake.
B.The funnelweb spider.
C.The box jellyfish.
D.The saltwater crocodile.
3).Why don’t we say Australia is an unsafe place to live in or visit?
A.Because most of the dangerous animals are far from people.
B.Because most of the dangerous animals are kept in special places.
C.Because there are only a few deaths from the dangerous creatures every year.
D.Because the Australia government tries hard to protect people from being killed.
4).Which of the following statements is WRONG?
A.Most of the spiders have no effect on humans.
B.Most of the sharks are harmless to humans.
C.There are 115 different kinds of snake that can kill people.
D.There are two types of crocodile living in Australia.
Step 4 Detailed-reading:
Read the passage carefully and fill in the following table.
name
Total nimber
number of poisonous /dangerous
kinds
Possible results caused by
the majority
worst results
recent reported deaths
snake
Kill humans
spider
most
none
shark
2 or 3
Kill humans
jellyfish
Not mentioned
crocodile
Kill humans
Step 5 Post-reading (Discussion)
In your group discuss the best ways to protect yourself from each of the dangerous animals in the reading passage.
Step 6 Consolidation
listen to the text and then read it aloud. Then fill in the blanks.
Australia is home ____ more than 170 different kinds of snake and 115 of these are _______(poison). ____(luck), the poison of most snakes can kill ___ paralyze only small _______. It is just ____ well that snakes are very shy and usually attack only if they are_______ (disturb) and feel __________ (threaten).
Most spiders have a poisonous bite. _________, the majority have no effect ___ humans or cause only mild sickness.
The sharks vary ___ size ____ just 20 centimetres ___ over 14 metres. All ____ two or three kinds are _________ (harm) to humans.
Another ________ (potential) dangerous sea animal is the jellyfish. It is probably the most poisonous animal in the world.
There is one ________ dangerous animal in Australia worth _________ (mention). From time ___ time a crocodile has _________ (snatch) someone before he or she is even aware ______ the crocodile is there.
You might think that ______ all these dangerous animals Australia is an unsafe place to live ____ or visit. However, this is far ______ the truth. There are no more than a ________ (hand) of shark attacks each year and only three deaths ________________ (report) in the last five years.
Step 7 Homework:
Retell the text.
Australia’s Dangerous Creatures评测练习
山东省临朐第一中学 董慧
根据课文填空：
listen to the text and then read it aloud. Then fill in the blanks.
Australia is home ____ more than 170 different kinds of snake and 115 of these are _______(poison). ____(luck), the poison of most snakes can kill ___ paralyze only small _______. It is just ____ well that snakes are very shy and usually attack only if they are_______ (disturb) and feel __________ (threaten).
Most spiders have a poisonous bite. _________, the majority have no effect ___ humans or cause only mild sickness.
The sharks vary ___ size ____ just 20 centimetres ___ over 14 metres. All ____ two or three kinds are _________ (harm) to humans.
Another ________ (potential) dangerous sea animal is the jellyfish. It is probably the most poisonous animal in the world.
There is one ________ dangerous animal in Australia worth _________ (mention). From time ___ time a crocodile has _________ (snatch) someone before he or she is even aware ______ the crocodile is there.
You might think that ______ all these dangerous animals Australia is an unsafe place to live ____ or visit. However, this is far ______ the truth. There are no more than a ________ (hand) of shark attacks each year and only three deaths ________________ (report) in the last five years.
summary： What’s the main idea of the passage?
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评测结果及分析
在当堂检测中，学生较好的回答了评测练习题，从细节和整体上都很好的把握了整篇文章的内容，基本上达到了预期目标。
