Unit 7 THE SEA
Lesson 1 The Spirit of Explorers
教学设计
Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Target language语言目标
a. 重点词汇和短语
spirit explorer voyage originate t sail murder direction in arch of persuade northeastern unknown deed
b. 重点句子
The Vikings were a group of people who ancestors came from Scandinavia.
高大楼 According to the old stories of Iceland and Norway, Eric the Red was forced to leave Icelan
d becau he had committed a murder, for which he got into trouble.
He persuaded some people to go back with him to Greenland.
Biarni was hoping to join his father who was with Eric, but he was blown off cour and found himlf in an unknown land, from where he eventually reached Greenland.
2. Ability goals能力目标
Enable students to generalize the structure of a historical event.
3. Learning ability goals学能目标
Help students learn how to generalize the structure of a historical event.
地质环境4. The moral goals 道德目标
Strengthen the students’ awareness of protecting the environment.
Teaching important points教学重点
Help students follow the procedure to get to know the content, structure and purpo of the text.
Teaching difficult points教学难点
Teach students how to generalize the main idea and its structure.
Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式
Step I Warm-up
Activity one: match the sounds
T: In this lesson we will start a new topic —the Sea. First, plea listen to the tape and distinguish what sounds they are. Then match the four a sounds with the pictures on page 7.
Let the Ss listen and tell what the sounds are about. Then match the sounds with the four pictures of A. B. C. D.
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Activity two: State preferences to the water sports
T: Look at the water sports in the box and then ask your desk-mate the following questions. After that, plea state your own preference of the water sports to your desk-mate.
Questions:
1. Do you like the sports?
2. Which sport do you prefer?
3. Where would you like to go to do your favorite sport?
Let the Ss do pair question-answer practice and then state their own preferences. Possible statement:山西晋祠
S: 贪吃的小熊I know some of the a sports. Among the sports I prefer surfing. I like to do the sport in Hainan Province becau the waves there are challenging.
Activity three: Listen and find the topic
T: Listen to the tape and find what activities they are talking about. Match the speakers with the a sports above.
Let the Ss listen to the tape and understand the major topic of the four speakers. Distinguish and match the sports they are talking about.
Activity four: Note making
T: Listen to the tape again and try to make notes by referring to the words in the box. You can follow the example on page 7.
Let the Ss listen and make notes to describe the comments of the speakers about the a sports.
Step II Pre-reading
Activity one: Introduction
T: We have known a lot about a sports. But in the early days in 900 AD, the a was not as exciting as it ems today. At that time, the a was frightening and full of challenge. For sailors the a ems mysterious, but full of possibilities. Thus curiosity sometimes may win over fear. Some sailors risked their lives to explore the unknown lands. Vikings were people who were curious and wanted to explore the a. Now let’s read the text to e how Vikings overcame their fear to find America. Turn to page 8 and look at the topic of the lecture.
Activity two: Predict the content of the text
T: Look at the title and the world map on page 8 and predict the content of the text by using the following questions as a clue.
Let the Ss look at the title and answer the questions to get a general understanding of the text.
Questions:
1. Which of the following people do you think arrived in America first?
A. Christopher Columbus B. Ancient Greeks C. Chine sailors D. Vikings
Note: The answer is open.
2. What was the early sailors’ purpo of exploration?
A. To satisfy curiosity B. To ek wealth C. To ek excitement
Note: The answer is open.
3. Vikings were people living in northern Europe, which ocean did they cross to reach America?
A. The Indian Ocean B. The Atlantic Ocean
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C. The Arctic Ocean D. The Pacific Ocean
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Key: B and C
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Activity three: Predict the structure of the text
