Module 7 Unit 3 Under the sea
Old Tom the killer whale
reading
Teaching Objectives 教学目标
I. Knowledge objectives:
★To know how human work with killer whales to catch a baleen whale.
II. Ability objectives:
★To improve reading skills of skimming and scanning.
III. Emotional objective:
★To realize the fact that animals are our friends and we should protect them.
Teaching important and difficult points教学重难点
To enable students to understand the structure of the passage.
To help students understand how old Tom helped and protected the whalers.
Teaching methods教学方法
Task-based method；discussing and speaking.
Teaching aids教学工具
(1)A blackboard (2)A projector and a computer.
Teaching procedures教学过程
Step 1 Pre-reading (读前预热)
Watch some pictures about some sea creatures.
Show students the difference between killer whales and baleen whales.
Watch some pictures about whale hunting from the movie Under the sea.
(设计意图：通过观看海洋生物的图片，激发学生的学习兴趣。同时展示虎鲸与须鲸的区别，为虎鲸捕食须鲸埋下伏笔。用电影中捕鲸场面的截图让学生了解20世纪初期的捕鲸情景，从而引出本篇课文的捕鲸话题。)
Step 3 While-reading （读中活动）
Read for background information, main idea and structure.
★Background information.
writer
vocation
style(文体)
time
place
characters
2. Main idea:
The text includes ________ parts.
Anecdote one: Old Tom ______________ the whalers to hunt the whales.
Anecdote two: Old Tom ______________ the whalers from the shark.
(设计意图：学生通过了解时间、地点、人物，文体等信息会对文章有一个整体上的印象。再通过主旨大意的设置，让学生对对课文结构和内容有了总体的把握。)
Reading Tip 1（阅读技巧提示1）
pay attention to the time.
(设计意图：本文是一片记叙文，按照时间顺序发生的，提示学生按照时间脉络来得出文章的大意。）
II. Read for details
1. The passage can be divided into three parts:
Before the hunt (Para ________)
During the hunt (Para ________)
After the hunt (Para _________)
(设计意图：将文章分为三部分，通过对文章段落的划分，让学生更好地了解文章的结构。)
What did Old Tom do?
The killer ______ itself out of the water and then ____________.
Old Tom swam _____ the boat to ______________________.
_________ back to the boat, _____________ the hunt again.
Before the hunt
( ) What did the whalers do?
One whaler______ out. George _____________ me.
We____________ the boat and____________ into the bay.
George started ___________________with its oar.
What did the killers do?
The killers were working as a ______. Some were throwing themselves on ___ of the whaler’s blow-hole to ___________________. Others were stopping it ___________________ out to sea.
The killers started racing like ________ excited dogs. Within a moment or two, the killers ______ the dead body swiftly down into the _______ of the sea, having a good ________ on its lips and tongue.
What did the whalers do?
The man in the bow of the boat ______ the harpoon _____ the whale, _____________ and _______________.
（设计意图：通过对文章中细节信息的查找和读写，让学生对文章内容有更好更深层的理解，从而具体了解捕鲸的过程。）
Read the text again, then put the following sentences in the right order
George started beating the water with his oar.
Clancy grabbed his boots and raced after George to the boat.
Clancy arrived at the whaling station.
The killers started racing between our boat and the whale.
Clancy heard a huge noise coming from the bay.
Clancy was sorting out his accommodation.
Clancy ran down to the shore.
The man in the bow of the boat aimed the harpoon at the whale.
___________________________________________________________________
（设计意图：在学生掌握了文章中的细节信息后，通过排序题让学生再次对文章进行整体的建构，此处要将难度提升，学生在排出正确的顺序后要进行背诵，即复述课文。）
Anecdote 2
Accident
James was ___________ the boat.
Situation
1. The sea was _______ that day and it was difficult to _______ the boat. The ______ were carrying James further and further away.
2. Suddenly there was a ________ over there.
Feeling
James was ________ of being abandoned by us.
Help
1. Old Tom won’t let it _______ James.
2. James was firmly ____________ in the water by Old Tom.
Result
James was ___________ into the boat.
（设计意图：通过对第二个故事细节信息的查找与读写，让学生对文章内容有更好的理解，了解old Tom 是如何救了James的。）
Reading Tip 3（阅读技巧提示3）
Focus on the verbs to get a summary.
（设计意图：本篇课文中作者运用了大量动词来对捕鲸以及虎鲸是如何救了捕鲸人的场景进行描写，提示学生注意动词，一方面有助于其准确答题另一方面能体会文章写作的生动性。）
Step 4 Post-reading （读后活动）
Group work（小组合作）
There’re lots of sea animals and plants in the seas and oceans, so man can kill or use as many sea creatures as we want. Do you think so? Why? What can we do?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
（设计意图：该环节为课文内容的提升和情感教育。通过学生的思考和讨论，引导学生意识到动物是我们的朋友，我们保护他们。拒绝食用或购买由珍惜动物制成的食物或商品。没有买卖就没有杀害。）
Task 5: Homework :
★★ Surf the internet to find more useful information about killer whales and other sea creatures.
★★ Retell the reading story.
（设计意图：通过课后自己查阅资料了解更多关于海洋生物的知识；通过复述课文，对课文有了更深层次的理解。）
【自我评价】
Self-evaluation
Evaluate your study
Yes
No
I’ve learned some useful expressions.
I’ve understood the reading passage.
I’ve known the process of whale hunting .
I can retell the story with my own words.
课件29张PPT。 Reading Unit 3 Under the sea
Learning aimsTo know how human work with killer whales to catch a baleen whale.
To improve reading skills of skimming and scanning.
To realize the fact that animals are our friends and we should protect them.★★★Dolphins 海豚
Shark 鲨鱼Angel fish
天使鱼sea-turtle 海龟sea horse 海马Clown fish 小丑鱼Sea Star海星Coral 珊瑚 jellyfish 水母Pre-readingDo you know about whales ?such asthe baleen whalesthe killer whalesThere are two types of whales alive today:toothed whales (齿鲸类) and baleen whales (须鲸类). Toothed whales have teeth and a single blowhole. They feed on eating fish and other sea mammals. Baleen whales are
larger than toothed whales. They are filter feeders (滤食者) that use baleen to sieve (过滤) food, and have two blowholes. Classification of whales baleen
whalekiller whales blow-holewhalersPeople who hunt whalesWhat is happening in the picture ?Fast reading 1. Background information(read the passage quickly and fill in the chart)Clancy
a Whaler
anecdotes
at the beginning of the 20th century
Australia
Old Tom(a killer whale), Clancy(writer),
George, Jack, Red, James(whalers)
2. Main idea
The text includes________ parts.2Old Tom ________ the whalers to hunt the whales.Old Tom __________ the whalers from the shark.helped protectedFast readingReading Tip: pay attention to the time.Anecdote 1
How Old Tom helped the whalers to hunt the whales?Before the huntDuring the huntAfter the huntWhat did Old Tom do?
what did the whalers do?Detailed reading(Para 1-5)(Para 6-10)(Para 11-12)How Old Tom helped the whalers to hunt the whales?Before the hunt (Para 1-5)What did Old Tom do?What did the whalers do?The killer ______ itself out of the water and then __________.
Old Tom swam _____ the boat to _____________.
_________ back to the boat, _____________ the hunt again.One whaler______ out. George _____________ me.
We____________ the boat and____________ into the bay.
George started ___________________with its oar.threwcrashed downbyshow us the wayCircleleading us toyelledran ahead ofTo give whalers information jumped intoheaded outbeating the waterWhy George beat the water with his oar? Reading Tip: pay attention to the verbs.How Old Tom helped the whalers to hunt the whales?During and after the hunt (Para 6-12)What did the killers do?What did the whalers do?The killers were working as a ______.Some were throwing themselves on ___ of the whaler’s blow-hole to __________ _________. Others were stopping it ___________________ out to sea.
The killers started racing like ________ excited dogs.
Within a moment or two, the killers ______ the dead body swiftly down into the _______ of the sea, having a good ________ on its lips and tongue.
teamtopstop itbreathingdiving or fleeingdraggeddepthsfeeda pack ofThe man in the bow of the boat ______ the harpoon _____ the whale, _____________ and _______________.aimedatlet it gohit the spotWho killed the whale? a. George started beating the water with his oar.
b. Clancy grabbed his boots and raced after George to the boat.
c. Clancy arrived at the whaling station.
d. The killers started racing between our boat and the whale.
e. Clancy heard a huge noise coming from the bay.
f. Clancy was sorting out his accommodation.
g. Clancy ran down to the shore.
h. The man in the bow of the boat aimed the harpoon at the whale.324865171.Clancy arrived at the whaling station.3. Clancy heard a huge noise coming from the bay .2.Clancy was sorting out his accommodation.4.Clancy ran down to the shore.5.Clancy grabbed his boots and raced after George to the boat.6. George started beating the water with his oar.7.the killers started racing between our boat and the whale.8. The man in the bow of the boat aimed the harpoon at the whale.What may happen to the man ?Anecdote 2: Old Tom protected the whalers from the shark.washed offroughhandlewavessharkterrifiednearheld uppulled back★ ★ Group work There’re lots of sea animals and plants in the seas and oceans, so man can kill or use as many sea creatures as we want. Do you think so? Why? What can we do?
When the buying stops,
the killing can too.3Thank you!
