Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教案公开课一等奖

Book 9 Unit 4 Exploring plants Reading Teaching aims: 1. Read “Exploring plants” and improve our ability of fast reading and summarizing.

2. Devote ourselves to the learning, enjoy the pleasure of reading and improve our consciousness of protecting our unique species.

Teaching key points: 1. To have a good understanding of the reading passage. 2. To learn more about plants Teaching difficult points: 1. Help students to understand the passage well in a limited time. 2. To get some detailed information.

Teaching methods: Task-based teaching & learning Teaching aids: The multi-media Teaching procedures: Step1 Warming up

Some background information about plant exploration in the 18th and 19th centuries :

Until the middle of the 19th century , China was completely closed to Europeans and to foreign travel. Thus it was impossible for early collectors from Europe and elsewhere to explore the country. There were several collectors during the early period.. It should be stated that during the hazardous journeys and at the risk of their lives , all these collectors ,amateurs, missionaries and travelers , who have collected extensively in western China, have enriched our gardens with fine collections of plants. Step 2 Fast reading

1). The text is written in the order of___________.

A. The importance of plant exploration

B. The timeline of plant exploration

C. The collection of plants

D. The age of collectors

2) Structure:

Part I

(Para.1---2 )

The ____________ of plant collecting

Part II

(Para.3---4)

_______________ of plants in the 18th century

Part III

(Para.5---7 )

The invention and use of____________________

Part IV

(Para.8---9 )

The exploration of Plants ___________________ Step 3 Scanning Task : T or F Questions:

1. The American Middle Classes took great interest in collecting new plants during the 18th and 19th centuries.(

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2. French Catholic missionaries were beginning to set themselves up in China by the middle of the 18th century. (

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3. After Father d’ Incarville died, some Tree of Heaven seeds were sent to England.(

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4. Banks, together with James Cook, collected many examples of plants in Australia.(

) Stap4 Careful reading

Please find out the answers to the following questions in the quickest way.

Task1.

1) The word “ exotic” in the first paragragh probably means______ .

A. familiar

B. foreign

C. faraway

D. various

（词义猜测题）

2) Who first sent seeds of the Dove Tree to Europe?

（细节题）

A. Robert Fortune

B. E.H.Wilson C. Father Farges

D. Father d’Incarville

3) What is the most probable reason for collecting new plants in the 18th and 19th century? （推断题）

A. New plants could be used for scientific research

B. The plant collectors took great interest in the expeditions

C. The plant collectors were eager to enrich their experiences

D. The plant collectors wanted to introduce new species to their native country. Task2 : Answer more questions.

1. Why was there a lot of plant collecting in the 18th and 19th century?

2.Transplanting plants over long distances was a big problem. Why was this?

Step 5: Play a game.

Choose a picture from the five and finish the tasks. Step 6.【Group discussion】

Do you think plant exploration is meaningful?

Why ?

(At least two reasons) Step 7. Consolidation

Please fill the blankets according to the passage

（语法填空题）

The plants look so familiar__________ we often don’t know that many of them are from countries far away, which dates ___________ the earliest time. Many plant collectors realized the value of plants from distant lands. ____________, the exploration of the botanical world didn’t begin on ___________large scale___________the18 and 19th centuries. Of course ,they had many difficulties in the trips, ____________ (face) many dangers including disease, near-starvation, severe environment and conflicts _____________the local people. The missionaries collected large _________________ (quantity) of specimens, but there were not enough in Western gardens. However, the botanists were very _______________ (excite) with the knowledge that China had many kinds of plants, so the collectors _______________(send) to China to collect more kinds. 【设计意图】将课文内容改编成高考题型---语法填空，在把握文章内容的基础上提高学生对高考题型的适应能力。在学生回答、展示的基础上，教师进行点拨并拓展。并给于学生当堂诵读的时间，抓好课堂落实。

VI.【Reflection】

1.What reading skills have you learned this class?

2. What should we do to protect the variety of plants? VII.【Homework】

1. Retell the story to your partner.

2. Learn the languages in the passage.