Unit 5 Literature
Lesson 14 The Dark Room
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本课是北师大版初中英语九年级教材第5单元的第14课，话题为文学。本课主要通过听来学习故事中5位官员对于所触摸的大象肢体的不同部分的描述，评价和判断。为学生最终进行本单元的综合语言输出奠定初步的语言基础。
【知识目标】
运用本课所学词汇，口头简单的描述大象的身体部位。 【能力目标】
通过听获取信息，分析推断出国王让5位官员摸象的意图。
【情感目标】
初步建立团队合作意识。
【教学重点】
词汇：ear, leg, tail, trunk, tusk, flat, heavy, hose, iron, long, mat, rope, round, solid, thick, thin, once upon a time, king, guard, officer, cloth, obviously, hole
【教学难点】
听前预测故事发展以及听中通过关键词获取主要信息。
1. 课前准备：调试光盘与课件、给学生分组、为学生布置预习作业等；
2. 教具学具：光盘、大卡片等。
Step1. Warm-up
1. Let students make a discussion about fairy tales and choose several students to tell the fables they have read.
2. Take a look at the pictures of fairy tales and let students make up a story according to the pictures.
Step2. Reading
1. Talk about the story, The Blind Men and the Elephant, and answer the related questions.
What was special about the men?
Which part of the elephant did they touch?
What did they think the elephant was like?
2. Teach key words appearing in the story and explain their meaning and collocation to students.
3. After teaching new words, let students retell the story in their own language.
Example:
The men in the story were blind. One of them touched the trunk of the elephant. It was long and had holes at the end. He thought the elephant was like a hose.
Step3. Listening
1. Read the beginning part of the story and answer the following questions.
2. Listen to the rest of the play. Order the pictures according to the officers’ answers.
3. Listen again and complete the table.
4. Look at the details in Exercise 4. Which part of the elephant did each officer touch? Write numbers.
5. Underline the stating words and talk about the specific orders given by the king.
6. Look at the transcripts. Try to read it loudly and remember the details.
7. Take a look at the picture of elephant and indicate the English names of each body parts.
Step4. Language points
1. braid N-COUNT. 发辫； 辫子； 穗带； 编织物
2. argue vt.坚决主张； 提出理由证明； 说服，劝告； 表明，证明
vi.争论，辩论； 提出理由
Few would argue that this team has experience and proven ability.
She always argued about prices in shops.
argue about/on sth. 议论
Argue with sb. 与…议论
3. it’s the way that+句子 就是这样
It’s not the way that they rumor at all.
Step5. Speaking
1. Listen and read these sentences. Pay attention to the highlighted words.
2. Teach more expression related to evaluation and judgement.
3. Take turns closing your eyes and guessing objects by touch alone.
4. Act out the play in your class in pairs.
Step6. Discussion
1. Let students introduce the fairy tales they know.
2. Let students narrate the stories in publicly.
Step7. Homework
1.完成练习册Lesson 14。
2.模仿本课的小故事，用英语写你知道的小故事。
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课件33张PPT。Unit 5 Lesson 14The Dark RoomDo you like reading fables?
Can you list their names?
The Arabian Nights Lang, AndrewPublished:1898
Talk about one story that you like best.Warm-upthe fisherman and the fishthe empire’s new clothesthe farmer and the snakeYu Gong Moves The?MountainsThe Hare and the TortoiseThe Eagle and the Arrow Have you read the story The Blind Men and the Elephant? Can you answer these questions? What was special about the men?
Which part of the elephant did they touch?
What did they think the elephant was like?ReadingWhat was special about the men?Which parts of the elephant did they touch?taillegeartusktrunkWhat did they think the elephant was like?Key Words: Animals
ear, leg, tail, trunk, tuskKey Words: Describing objects
flat, heavy, hose, iron, long, mat, rope, round, solid, thick, thin, treeThe men in the story were blind. One of them touched the trunk of the elephant. It was long and had holes at the end. He thought the elephant was like a hose.ExampleRead the beginning of the play.
Why did the king ask the officers to come to the palace?
What did he do?
The officers argued about many
things, even about small things.
He covered the officers’ eyes with
cloth and led them into a dark room.
ListeningListen to the rest of the play. Order the pictures according to the officers’ answers.Officer 1 _______
Officer 2 _______
Officer 3 _______
Officer 4 _______
Officer 5 _______cedbaListen again and complete the table.ropethicktreeflatpieceheavyhosethickroundlongroundLook at the details in Exercise 4. Which part of the elephant did each officer touch? Write numbers.12345Not one of you listened to the others and not one of you knew that it was an elephant. If you had listened to each other and worked together, instead of trying to be right, you could know what it was. I hope you’ve learned your lesson.What lesson did the king want the officers to learn?
Think and Share
What can you learn from the play? Learn to listen,
trust our teammates
and work together.Read aloud.Look at the tapescripts.
Try to remember the details. long, thinthick, heavyflat,
roundlong,
round,
solidlong, thick, heavy13452trunktaillegeartuskWhat did they think the elephant was like?1. argue vt.坚决主张； 提出理由证明； 说服，劝告； 表明，证明
vi.争论，辩论； 提出理由
Few would argue that this team has experience and proven ability.
She always argued about prices in shops.
argue about/on sth. 议论
Argue with sb. 与…议论Language points2. it’s the way that+句子 就是这样
It’s not the way that they rumor at all.Listen and read these sentences. Pay attention to the blue parts.It’s obviously a rope.
It’s quite clearly a tree.
Interesting!
They’re both wrong, sir.
It’s not the way they say at all.SpeakingMore sentences about judgement and evaluation. It’s really right.
Yes, that’s true.
No, it’s not the same thing.
They’re all useful in the end.
...Take turns closing your eyes and guessing objects by touch alone.SpeakingIt’s soft and it’s made of cloth. It’s clearly your jacket.No. You’re wrong. It’s long and soft. It’s quite clearly a rope.Act out the play in your class.Narrator: Once upon a time, there was a king. …The king: Now cover your eyes and the guards will lead you into a dark room.Officer: It’s … It’s clearly a …Can you list any more stories like this?
What will the story tell us?DiscussionThe Frogs and the WellLook before you leap.Home work1.完成练习册 Lesson 14。
2.模仿本课的小故事，用英语写你知道的小故事。Homework
