Reading and vocabulary教案设计（一等奖）

Module 5 Cloning Jurassic Park Teaching goals 1.

Target language a. 重点词汇

prehistoric mosquitoes, scientifically, fiction, eccentric, preserved, previous,intact

Ethical, Amusement b. 重点句子

As far as we know, mosquitoes that old do not exist.

Second, although it is possible to find the mosquitoes, only females can absorb the DNA of another creature.

Even if it was possible to bring dinosaurs back to life they could not survive in the present day environment.

2. Ability goals

Enable the students to understand the text. 3. Teaching important & difficult points

Help the students learn about the film and cloning. Teaching methods

Task-based activities.

Teaching procedures & ways Step I Warming Up Talk about Jurassic Park and the director with the students. Step II Reading

Task 1: Ask the students to read the text first and then finish the Exercises 3.

Listen & choose

the best main idea. The passage is about___. a. the story the film Jurassic Park b. the scientific truth behind dinosaur cloning in Jurassic Park c. the principles of DNA and cloning d. why dinosaurs died out Task 2: Ask the students to read the text again and then finish Exercises 5.

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Choose the best answers. 1.The story of Jurassic Park is based on the idea that mosquitoes preserved since prehistoric times ___. (a) can be used to create living dinosaurs (b) can be found in Costa Rica (c) can be cloned (d) contain dinosaur blood which contains dinosaur DAN 2. In fact, dinosaurs died out before mosquitoes existed, so___. (a) the basic story of Jurassic Park is fiction (b) mosquitoes need to be older (c) dinosaurs are at least 60 million years old (d) it’s possible to clone dinosaurs 3. Although preserved mosquitoes have been found, ___. (a)female mosquitoes cannot absorb DNA (b)it’s not possible to confirm that the DNA it contains is from a dinosaur (c)no dinosaur DNA from an earlier period has been discovered (d)DNA breaks down after a long period of time 4. The questions which arise from the cloning of dinosaurs___. (a) prove that Jurassic Park is fiction (b) do not prove that Jurassic Park is fiction (c) mean we can clone them successfully (d) are easy for scientists to answer 5. A suitable environment where dinosaurs might survive___. (a) can be found in Hollywood, USA (b) is scientifically impossible (c) probably doesn’t exist today (d) would be different from the environment dinosaurs are used to Task 4: Fill in the blanks with the correct form. Jurassic Park is a __________（succeed）

sci-fi adventure film, ___________ is directed by steven spielberg. In this film, ______ eccentric millionaire has created

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living dinosaurs for ______(he) new Jurassic Park

by_______(clone) DNA

taken from prehisoric mosquitoes. But the dinosaurs get out of control. It's now a race for_________ (survive) with everyone _________ ((locate）all over the island. But it is ____________(science) possible to clone dinosaurs. Dinosaurs DNA would not be intact since their ____________ (extinct). Even if it was possible, dinosaurs would find great difficulty ______（live）here. Task 5: Text analyzing and fill in. In fact, it is impossible to clone dinosaurs. First, dinosaurs are ____ ____60 million years old, but___ ___ ____ ___ ___, mosquitoes that old do not exist.

Second, although it is possible to find the mosquitoes, only females can _____the DNA of another creature. Also there is no _____ __ ____________if the DNA was from a dinosaur or not. Thirdly, when life ends, DNA ________________and does not reapair itself. What’s more,

even if it was possible to ______ dinosaurs _____ _____ _____they could not survive in the present day environment. Step III Homework 1. Find more about the information and retell the story.

2. Prepare for the next period: Find some information about cloning.

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