book2 unit1全单元[上学期]

课件40张PPT。 Unit 3 Tales of the unexplainedWelcome to the unit
to cultivate students’ prior knowledge
to train students’ ability of finding information , collecting and reorganizing it
to provide students with sufficient chances to communicate with the teacher and with each other
to help students enlarge their vocabulary, especially those related to the topicsThe topics we are going to deal with in our next period are not
only very interesting and attractive, but a bit mysterious as well.
They are beyond our knowledge. Even the advanced science and
technology of today cannot offer satisfactory answers, so I
recommend if we’d like to discuss these topics, it is best for all of
us to make preparations first, either by searching for information
on the Internet or looking up background information in some
books. Besides collecting information, you have to note down your
answers. It’ll be more convenient for you to report back your
answers if you do so.Preparations for Welcome to the unit What kinds of programs do you prefer to watch in your spare time?
programsentertainment and recreationfun and amusementexcitement and thrilling ……? Welcome to the unit programs about science and technologybroadcast the latest news at home and abroadreport and analyze the current situationscomment on the global economy and financesrelated to sports and musicintroduce different local customs…… Are you interested in a program called ‘Discovery”?Are you curious about mysteries?Have you ever thought of exploring some of the mysteries?Teacher: What information have you got about UFO?
Student A: ... … …
Teacher: Do you think student A’s introduction interesting? What about the information you’ve got? Is there something different?
Student B: ……… (Picture 1) Have you ever read some reports about UFO in Chinese? Are you interested in it?
Is it really from another planet? What does UFO stand for?
For what reasons do you think UFO visits our planet?UFOs are unidentified flying objects, but no one really knows what they are. The chances for seeing a UFO are greater for those people who live in small towns or in the country and are outside late at night. UFOs come in all shapes and sizes. Some are only small spots of light that move in strange patterns across the night sky. Some can be seen in the daytime are often disk- or saucer-shaped.(Picture 2) Where is Himalayas? What’s the weather like there?
Why do some people make great efforts to climb it?
Yeti is reported to be half-man and half-beast, have you
heard of it?
Do you think some climbers’ disappearance have some
connections with Yeti?The yeti is a humanlike monster who is supposed to live in the Himalayas, the highest
mountain range in the world. Several sightings, mainly of footprints, have been
reported by westerner explorers throughout the years. Yet none of them have been
supported with evidence in any way. (Pictures3, 4 and 6) Stonehenge and the pyramids of Egypt are
both cultural relics.
Where are the pyramids built, on the east coast of the Nile
or on the west of it? What are their reasons?
Do you think the Great Pyramid a wonder in the human
history?
I haven’t heard of Stonehenge or the Ness Monster. They
are a bit new to me. What about you? Would you be
interested in discovering more about them some day?On the 21st December 1933, the Daily Mail carried the following headline: "Monster of
Loch Ness is not a Legend but a Fact." The hunter, M A Wetherall, a member of the
Royal Geographical Society and the London Zoological Society said: "It is a four
fingered beast and it has feet or pads of eight inches across. I judge it to be a powerful
soft footed animal about 20 feet in length....... I am sure that it can breathe like a
crocodile with just one nostril out of the water." Not much is known about Khufu. The tomb had been robbed long before archeologists
came upon it. Any information about Khufu was taken with the objects inside the tomb.
He is thought to have been the ruler of a highly structured society and he must have
been very wealthy. He was buried alone in this massive tomb. His wives may have
been buried nearby in smaller mastabas. How did these stones stand upright? The truth is nobody really knows. It required
sheer muscle power and hundreds of men to move one of these megaliths, the
heaviest of them weighing probably about 45 tons.
There are some wonderful myths and legends and you can hear them on the audio
tour at Stonehenge in nine different languages, English, French, German, Dutch,
Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Russian and Japanese. Reading1 to help students comprehend the whole article and successfully complete all the relevant exercises
2 to enhance students’ reading ability
3 to help them equip with the following skills, such as learning how to predict the context, getting the main idea from the passage, identifying and locating detailed information, identifying which statements are facts and which are opinions, guessing the word meanings from the context, learning how to make inferences etc.
4 to teach students some useful teaching strategy by a combination of explicit explanations and concrete pracitice.
Reading title
‘Boy missing, police puzzled’?A boy is missing and the police are puzzled. Questions related to the title:
Are you curious about why the writer uses an incomplete sentence as the title?
Do you know it’s a feature of a news title?
What are some other features of a news title? Focusing on the article the first time reading ----- finish Part ADo you think all the relevant and important information is in the first paragraph?Part A
What is the article about ?Who is missing?Do the police know what happened to Justin?The article is about a missing boy / UFOs and aliens.Justin Foster is missing.No. the second time reading ------ locate detailed and specific information Part C1Where does Justin Foster live?Why did Justin’s mother go to bed early?What sports does Justin play?What time did the witnesses see Justin walking home?He lives in Dover, New Hampshire.Because of a headache.He plays baseball.At 10.45 p.m.Does Justin have any brothers and sisters?What colour were the aliens?Who else has been taken by the aliens?Who is in charge of the case?He has a sister.They were white.Mavis Wood has been taken by the aliens.Detective Sam Peterson is in charge of it.photos of aliens diagram for self-evaluation of the reading comprehension
Justin Fosterstrange objectsAt 8 p.m. ______________________At 10.45 p.m. _________________________At 11 p.m. _________________________After 11 p.m. , he was heard ______________The next morning, he was found __________its appearance its insideshapecoloursize post-reading activities 1 Ask students to retell the story according to the diagram on Page 8.
2 Ask students to give an ending to the story. Though the police have made efforts to investigate the case, how Justin was missing remained a mystery. Was he really seized by aliens or were there any other reasons? If time doesn’t permit, the teacher can assign this activity as homework.
All the endings are acceptable.
3 Ask students to turn their attention to the questions in F. Let students do some speaking practice according to the sample. Reading strategy‘how to read a newspaper article’?title
the first paragraphthe first sentence in the first paragraphthe following paragraphstitle ‘Boy missing, police puzzled’key words in the first paragraph
the most important information from the first sentencethe less important information in the following paragraphsWord power1 to enlarge students’ vocabulary with the help of the context, pictures or by teaching them some rules of word formation
2 to provide students with chances of applying some new words to practical use
3 to build up an easy and comfortable atmosphere and help students to alleviate the burden and pressure of vocabulary accumulation

Word powerspace explorationspace exploration words related to space:universe star planet ( Earth Mars Jupiter …) solar / lunar system galaxy… words related to exploration: spaceship man-made satellite astronaut rocket space station How can a satellite be sent into space?
Is it easy to become an astronaut?
How much do you know about space exploration?
…… the process of space explorationThe first artificial satellite was launched.People could orbit the Earth in 1961.Photos are taken and samples are collected from the planet.Grammar and usage1 to explain to the students basic rules and structures of grammar items
2 to make students fully understand the essences of grammar items with the simple English explanations
3 to help students strengthen grammar knowledge with the aid of making comparisons between some grammar items and applying them to practical use
Grammar and usageAre you familiar with the present perfect tense?
Can you make sentences using present perfect tense?
Try to invent a real situation in which present perfect tense can be fit in.
If you are asked to explain or teach the tense to your fellow classmates, what kinds of tips will you give to them?
Do you know about the differences between present perfect tense and past tense?
Do you know about the differences between present perfect tense and present perfect continuous tense?Task 1 to teach and instruct students some specific procedures when trying to achieve a goal
2 to make students be aware of the appropriate ways of performing each individual procedure and master the skills
3 to make sure students have opportunities to combine the skills they have learned with reality
4 to aid students to choose and organize the information they have got and help them complete their products
5 to enhance students’ overall abilities and improve their integrated skills Task Conducting a surveyIn order to conduct a survey, what kinds of things should we take into consideration?
How do we collect information, by surfing the net or by making a questionnaire?
Can you tell me how to construct a questionnaire? Are there any rules for us to follow?
When a questionnaire is completed, what should we do with it?
Do you know how to conduct an interview?
Do you think it important to interview persons in appropriate ways?
I’m at a loss about all the information I’ve got from the interview, can you give me some suggestions?
What’s the purpose of analyzing statistics?
……project1 to provide students with some other information related to the main theme of the unit
and train students to identify the relationships between the title and the paragraphs, the cohesions between paragraphs.
2 to familiarize students with the outline of the article
3 to make every student realize the importance of his/ her responsibility after they are assigned with different tasks
4 to encourage students to find and collect information, discuss it with their team members, analyze and solve their common task
5 to teach students how to co-operate with each other
6 to instruct students the basic rules of how to write a story, a report or etc. reported sightings of yetievidences about yeti’s appearances provided by witnessesdiscoveries about yeti’s footprints different viewpointsforagainst Yeti: myth or reality? Projectconclusions drawn by the students themselves on how to write a story:tips given by the teacher on how to write a story: specific things you’ve done in the course of learning Unit 3specific skills you’ve mastered while doing these thingssurf the net, locate and collect some informationpractise spoken English read a newspaper articleknow how to read a newspaper articleread part of a speech and finish the relevant exercisesguess meanings of some news words from the context and the picturesstrengthen the usages of the two grammars by reviewing, exercising and comparingidentify the differences between the two grammars
Self-assessmenttaskthings to do in Step 1skills to learn in Step 1things to do in Step 2skills to learn in Step 2things to do in Step 3skills to learn in Step 3