Unit3 Under the sea
Period 7 Using Language (Reading &Writing)
1. Teaching aims
1) Knowledge aims
A. Important words such reflect on, upside down
B. important sentence: …but where the reef ended, there was a sharp drop to the sandy ocean floor.
2) Ability aims
Improve students’ ability of guessing new words from the context.
Develop students’ ability of analyzing difficult sentences in the reading passage
Improve students’ ability of reading and writing
3) Emotional aims
Make students realize the beauty of life under the sea and establish their sense of protection
2. Teaching important points
Make students grasp the main idea of this passage
Make students improve their ability of getting key information from a context.
3. Anticipated difficulties
How to guide students in the process of writing a passage by imitating.
4. Teaching methods
Task based method, individual work combined with group work
5. Teaching procedures
Step1 lead in
T: Since we’ve talked a lot about sea animals, let’s check if you can name the following creatures or not, ok?
S: …..
Picture1 coral
Picture2 sea anemone( poisonous tentacles )
Picture3 Shark(scared to death)
Picture4 Angel fish (Blue-striped)
Picture5 sea-slug 海蛞蝓(yellow-spotted)
Picture6 lettuce(莴苣;生菜)
T: Are they beautiful? Where do you think we can find them?
S:
T: yes, you can find them at an aquarium or at the bottom of oceans. Then how can we go down to the bottom of oceans?
S: We can go snorkeling
T: When you go snorkeling, what can you see?
S:
T: that means, you will see the beauty of the sea, you will see the danger of the sea, you will discover A New Dimension of Life
What would it be like? Can you imagine? Let’s enjoy the writer’s experience down into the depths of the sea.
Step2 Reading
1. Fast reading
T: Read the text fast and try to number the paragraph topics in the correct order.
Topic
Paragraph number
colors and shapes
?2
dangers
?4
reflecting
?1
the reef’s edge
5
a final thought
?6
some sea creatures
?3
2. Detailed reading
T: from these topics, we can infer that the writer had a special day. Then what is the first thing he became aware of under the sea?
S: vivid colors
T: what are these colors?
S: purples, reds, oranges, yellows, blues, greens.
T: what about the corals? What did the shapes of corals look like?
S: The corals were fantastic. They were shaped like fans, plates, brains, lace, mushrooms, lettuces, and the branches of trees and the horns of deer.
T: Besides corals, what other creatures did he find? Let’s go to para.3
S: Sea anemone, Sea-slug, Parrotfish, Anemone fish, Sea-star, Turtle, Angelfish
T: Now try to guess the names of the following creatures according to the descriptions in para3.
Picture1 anemone fish, little orange and white
Picture2 parrotfish yellow and green ,hard bird-like mouth
Picture3 a yellow-spotted red sea-slug
Picture4 sea star, star-shaped
Picture5 an orange and blue-striped angelfish
Picture6 a large wise-looking turtle
T: so it is very interesting under the sea, but were there anything that made him feel frightened? What were they? (Para4)
S: Yes，there were. He didn’t want to get close to the eel, the giant clam and the grey reef shark made him scared to death.
T: Therefore, there are dangers as well as delights under the sea.
Discuss and list the delights and dangers when snorkeling.
Delights:
1. Seeing such extraordinary beauty under the sea
2. Seeing so many different kinds of fish
3. Exploring small caves under the sea
Dangers:
1. poisonous creatures.
2. Getting lost in small caves
3. Being attacked by sharks
3. Appreciation
1.充满魔力的一天a day of pure magic
2.奇特的美景extraordinary beauty
3.这是我所做的最奇妙的事It was the most fantastic thing I have ever done.
4.心跳得厉害My heart was beating wildly.
5.全身的细胞都被唤醒了Every cell in my body woke up.
6.我觉得吓得要命I felt scared to death.
7.犹如发现了生活中崭新的一面It was like discovering a whole new dimension of life．
Step3 Writing
1. Fill in blanks
Last week, I went to visit Disneyland with my parents. It was the most fantastic thing I have ever done. Disneyland is named after Walt Disney, the famous film maker. It is so different from other parks that it seems like a place of pure magic. Seeing such extraordinary beauty, I think every cell in my body woke up. It was like discovering a new dimension of life.
We enjoyed ourselves very much in Disneyland. The first thing we became aware of was all the vivid life-size cartoon figures, such as Snow White , Winnie, Alice and so on. I even took a photo with Mickey Mouse. Then we went on some exciting rides like roller-coaster ride and merry-go-round. Besides, we watched a horror film named Jurassic Park.. Seeing the terrible sight, my heart beat wildly. I felt scared to death when seeing the dinosaurs attacking people who wanted to steal them.
What a wonderful, limitless world Disneyland was! And what a good time I had had in it . Disneyland was really a good combination of fun and learning.
2. Writing (create your own composition)
Suppose you visited Changbaishan today. Write a diary about your experience by using the beautiful words and expressions.
1. Give a brief introduction to Changbaishan.
2. Talk about what you have seen and done.
3. Tell us your feeling after visiting it.
Step4 Homework
1. Improve your passage
2.导与练
课件34张PPT。Unit3 Using Language A New
Dimension of LifeLead-in Can you name the following creatures?
coralsea anemonepoisonous tentacles Shark 鲨鱼scared to death Angel fishBlue-stripedsea-slug 海蛞蝓yellow-spotted lettuce
(莴苣;生菜)Are they beautiful?
Where do you think we can find them?
You can find them at an aquarium or at the bottom of oceans.
How can we go down to the bottom of oceans? We can go s___________.snorkelingWhen you go snorkelling……You will see the beauty of the seaYou will see the danger of the seaA New Dimension of LifeYou will discoverLet’s enjoy the writer’s experience down into the depths of the sea.Read the text fast and try to number the paragraph topics in the correct order.241563Fast reading vivid colours redyellow purpleblue greenorange What is the first thing he became
aware of under the sea?What did the shapes of corals look like?fansplatesbrains, lacemushrooms, lettucestree branches , deer horns
Sea anemone
Sea-slug
Parrotfish
Anemone fish
Sea-star
Turtle
Angelfish
Then what other creatures did he find?Go to Paragraph 3Guessing timelittle orange and white anemone fish parrotfishhard bird-like mouthyellow and green a ___________ ___yellow-spotted redsea-slug sea starstar-shapedan ______ _____ ___________orangeand blue-stripedangelfisha _____ ___________largewise-lookingturtle Para.4 Were there anything that made him feel frightened? What were they?Yes，there were. He didn’t want to get close to the eel, the giant clam and the grey reef shark made him scared to death. Therefore, there are dangers as well as delights.beautycaves.p_______ creaturesharksDiscuss and list the delights and dangers when snorkeling.poisonous…………1.充满魔力的一天
2.奇特的美景
3.这是我所做的最奇妙的事
4.心跳得厉害
5.全身的细胞都被唤醒了
6.我觉得吓得要命
7.犹如发现了生活中崭新的一面 a day of pure magic extraordinary beautyMy heart was beating wildly.
Every cell in my body woke up.
I felt scared to death.
Beautiful Words and ExpressionsIt was like discovering a whole new dimension of life．
It was the most fantastic thing I have ever done. Last week, I went to visit Disneyland with my parents. It was the most _________ thing I have ever done. It is so different from other parks that it seems like a place of _____ ______.Seeing such extraordinary ______, I think every cell in my body ____ ____. It was like discovering a new_________ of life.
We enjoyed ourselves very much in Disneyland.The first thing we ______ ____ ____was all the vivid cartoon figures, such as Snow White , Winnie, Alice___ ___ ___. Besides, we watched a horror film named Jurassic. Park .Seeing the terrible sight ,my heart beat wildly. I felt ______ to death when seeing the dinosaurs attacking people who wanted to steal them.fantasticpure magicbeautywoke updimensionbecame aware ofand so onscaredWhat a wonderful ,limitless world Disneyland was! And what a good time I had had in it . Disneyland was really a good combination of fun and learning.writingTianchi (The Lake of Heaven)Suppose you visited Changbaishan today. Write a diary about your experience by using the beautiful words and expressions. 1.Give a brief introduction
to Changbaishan.
2.Talk about what you have
seen and done.
3.Tell us your feeling after
visiting it .Homework
1. Improve your passage
2.导与练See you!Unit3 Using Language (Reading &Writing)
Step 1 Lead in
Step 2 Reading
1. Fast reading: Read the text fast and try to number the paragraph topics in the correct order.
Topic
Paragraph number
colors and shapes
?
dangers
?
reflecting
?
the reef’s edge
?
a final thought
?
some sea creatures
?
2. Detailed reading
Para.2
Q1: What is the first thing he became aware of under the sea?
Q2: What did the shapes of corals look like?
Para3 Guessing game what other creatures did he find?
Para.4 Were there anything that made him feel frightened? What were they?
3. Discussion: Discuss and list the delights and dangers when snorkeling.
delights
dangers
1.seeing such extraordinary ________ under the sea
1. p_________creatures.
2. seeing so many different kinds of fish
2. getting lost in small caves
3. exploring small ______under the sea
3. being attacked by s________
4. Enjoy the beautiful words and expressions
1.充满魔力的一天
2.奇特的美景
3.这是我所做的最奇妙的事
4.心跳得厉害
5.全身的细胞都被唤醒了
6.我觉得吓得要命
7.犹如发现了生活中崭新的一面
Step3 Writing
1. Fill in the blanks with above words and expressions
Last week, I went to visit Disneyland with my parents. It was the most _________ thing I have ever done. It is so different from other parks that it seems like a place of _____ ______.Seeing such extraordinary ______, I think every cell in my body ____ ____. It was like discovering a new_________ of life.
We enjoyed ourselves very much in Disneyland. The first thing we ______ ____ ____was all the vivid life-size cartoon figures, such as Snow White , Winnie, Alice___ ___ ___(等等). Besides, we watched a horror film named Jurassic Park . Seeing the terrible sight , my heart _______ _______. I felt ______ to death when seeing the dinosaurs attacking people who wanted to steal them.
What a wonderful world Disneyland was! And what a good time I had had in it. Disneyland was really a good combination of fun and learning.
2. Writing
Suppose you visited Changbaishan today. Write a diary about your experience by using the beautiful words and expressions. You can use the above passage as a model.
Structure:
1. Give a brief introduction to Changbaishan.
2. Talk about what you have seen and done.
3. Tell us your feeling after visiting it.
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_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Step4 homework
1. Improve your passage
2.导与练
