Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending名师教学设计2

Period 1 Warming up

PLANT EXPLORATION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES Introduction

In this period, after warming up, students will first be introduced to gardening. Then they will be helped to read an exposition about plants exploration. While reading the form of the language is stressed. Three “Warming Up” designs are presented in this book for teachers’ reference. Computer and overhead projector may be used to aid the teaching and learning.

Objectives ■

To help students learn to express emotions (wonder, disgust) ■

To help students learn to read an exposition about plants exploration ■

To help students better understand “plants”

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To help students learn to use some important words and expressions ■

To help students identify examples of the direct object and indirect object in the text Focus Words Expressions

Patterns

Pollinate, anchor, seal, shave, appear, lower, postpone, rot, evolve, attach,

Date back to, appear to, give out In 1833, Ward shipped two cases of British plants to Sydney, Australia.

Collecting “exotic” plants，as they are called，dates back to the earliest times．

However，it was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that the exploration of the botanical world began on a large scale．

Large numbers of seeds failed to grow after long sea voyages or trips across land between Asia and Europe.

Ward shipped two cases of British plants to Sydney，Australia．

He made several trips to China between 1843 and 1859.

Not only did Fortune introduce over 120 species of plants to Western gardens but he also shipped 20,000 tea plants from Shanghai to India，where a successful tea industry was established．

Aids Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams

Procedures 1Warming up

⑴Warming up by defining plants

We see plants every day. But what are they? Plants are a major group of living things (about 300,000 species), including familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, and ferns. Aristotle divided all living things between plants, which generally do not move or have sensory organs, and animals.

⑵Warming up by talking about different gardens Gardens vary in

forms and functions. How many can you see in your area? Gardens may function in a particular manner Botanical garden, Community garden, Forest garden, Raised

bed gardening, Residential garden, Roof garden, Vertical garden, Water or soil-less gardening (hydroponics) , Walled garden, Windowbox, Zoological garden[来源学科网]

⑶Warming up by discussing plant exploration Plant Exploration is the search for new, undiscovered plants. The principal objective of most plant exploration expeditions is to provide germplasm resources for existing breeding programs, biotechnology, and conservation. Insight must also be used to identify new species or those that have not been evaluated on this continent.

2. Pre-reading by getting to know what a garden is A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment

of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form is known as a residential garden. Western gardens are almost universally based around plants. Zoos, which display wild animals in simulated natural habitats,

were formerly called zoölogical gardens. Some traditional types of eastern gardens, such as Zen gardens, use plants sparsely or not at all.

Gardening is the activity of growing and maintaining the garden. This work is done by an amateur or professional gardener. A gardener might also work in a non-garden setting, such as a park, a roadside embankment, or other public space.