Unit 3 Under the sea 教案

Unit 3 Under the sea
Teaching aims:
1. Topic
Nature: animals and plants under the sea; legends of the sea
2. Useful words and expressions:
Anecdote, annual, witness, accommodation, shore, yell, pack, flee, drag, depth, lip, tongue, abandon, relationship, rent, seaside, net, dimension, reflect, pure, magic, cell, aware, vivid, poisonous, cave, narrow, upside down, sharp, tasty, scare, shallow, entry, Antarctic, awesome, pension, pensioner
Expressions: ahead of, in the meantime, help out, be/become aware of, be scared to death
3. Functional items:
Blame and Complaint
Why didn’t you do…
What do you mean by doing so
I’d like to talk to the manager.
Perhaps/ Maybe they should/ ought to do…
They shouldn’t have done it.
They are to blame. Why don’t you do something about it
I’m sorry to bring this up, but….
I’m sorry to have to say this, but…
Grammar
Revise the Passive Voice (Including the –ing form)
复习动词-ing的被动式
I had already heard that George didn’t like being kept waiting…
As we drew closer, I could see a whale being attacked by a pack of about six other killer.
Being badly wounded, the whale soon died.
I could see he was terrified of being abandoned by us.
When we approached him, I saw James being held up in the water by Old Tom.
Teaching procedures
Period 1 Reading
Step 1. Warming up
Talk about plants and animals that live under the sea, and then introduce the anecdotes.
Step 2. Reading
Task 1: Ask the students to get the main idea and then discuss and answer the questions listed on p21:
The passage is mainly about how the killer whales helped the whalers catch the huge whales and protected the whalers.
Task 2: Ss read the passage and finish Ex 2 and 3 on page 21.
Task 3: Read the passage once again and then finish the following exercises:
1. ________ killed the whale at last
A. Old Tom B. The killer whales C. The author D. The whalers
2. After the whale died, the whalers turned the boat around and went home because ________.
A. they know it would float up tomorrow
B. they abandoned it
C. the killer whales would drag it back soon
D. a dead whale is useless
3. The killer whale protected James by ________.
A. fighting the shark
B. killing the shark
C. preventing the shark going closer
D. dragging him back
4. We can learn from the passage that __________.
A. the whalers needn’t train the killer whales
B. the whalers may train the killer whales
C. the killer whales lived on other whales
D. the author worked in the whale station for a long time
(参考答案: DACB)
Period 2. Language learning
Step 1. Revision
Ss retell the text.
Step 2. Language points
1. witness n. 目击者, 证人, 证据; vt. 当场见到, 目击
a witness to… …的目击者
give witness 证明，作证
2． Abandon vt.放弃，遗弃，抛弃
abandon to 使．．．．任凭摆布
abandon oneself to 沉湎于
abandon n. 放任，放纵， 无拘无束
with abandon 放肆地
abandoned adj. 被抛弃的，废弃的
abandonment n.离弃；放弃； 抛弃
Step 3 Learning about language
Ss do Ex 1-3 on P21-22.
Step 4. Practice
Ask the Ss to do Ex. 1 –3 on page 63.
Period 3. Listening and speaking
Step 1. Revision
1. Go over the language points with the Ss together.
2. Check Ss’ homework.
Step 2. Listening
Task 1: Ss listen to the tape and finish ex 1-5 in p 25--26
Step 3. talking
Task 2: Practice exercises on p26.
The following expressions may be of help to the students:
I suppose….
Supposing…
You may easily suppose that …
I suppose so.
As is generally supposed…
I believe…
I’m convinced that…
I have no doubt about it.
I have great belief in…
I don’t believe that…
I wonder…
Step 4. Listening (on page 59)
Task 3:Ss listen to the tape twice and finish Wb Ex 1-2 on page 65.
Step 5. Speaking
Task 4: Ss in pairs practice talking on p 66.
Period 4. Grammar: 复习动词-ing的被动式
Step 1. Warm up
Find out sentences which contain the Infinitive in the reading passage, and tell the function of each infinitive:
Step 2. Explanations (重点讲解)
Revise the Passive Voice (Including the –ing form)
复习动词-ing的被动式
I had already heard that George didn’t like being kept waiting…
As we drew closer, I could see a whale being attacked by a pack of about six other killer.
Being badly wounded, the whale soon died.
I could see he was terrified of being abandoned by us.
When we approached him, I saw James being held up in the water by Old Tom.
Step 3 Finish Ex 1-2 on p22 orally in class, and make sure everyone knows the passive voice.
Step 4. Exercise 1-2 on p64-65.
Period 5. Reading (A New Dimension Life)
Step 1. Pre-reading
Ss talk about under-sea animals and plants they know.
Step 2. Reading :
Task 1: Ss read the diary and try to get the main idea:
Task 2: Ss read the passage again and finish Ex 1-4 on p24
Step 3. Language focus
Explain some language points if necessary:
Aware adj. 意识到的，　知道的
be/become aware of 知道．．．，明白／意识到．．．
make sb aware of sth　　让某人明白某事
so/as far as I am aware　　据我所知
awareness n. 意识，　兴趣，　知识
awareness of 　对．．．的感悟能力
Period 6. Writing
Step 1. Pre-writing
Read the passage on p67
Task 1: Ss gather information that they need and plan what they want to write according to the Writing Task on p68.
Step 2. While-writing
Task 2: Ss select and organize what they want to write and begin their writing.
1. Ss choose the information that they can use;
2. Ss begin to write;
3. Ss check their mistakes in the writings;
4. Ss in pairs check the mistakes;
5. Ss rewrite their passage again.
Step 3. After-writing
Ss show their writings in class.