Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending第二课时教案

Unit 3

Australia

Ⅰ. Teaching aims: 1.

Enable the students to learn some information about Australia 2.

Train the students’ reading ability(skimming, detail reading, distinguishing different styles of articles) Ⅱ. Teaching important points:

Get some information of Australia in the text

Ⅲ. Teaching difficult points:

Enable the students to distinguish different styles of extract articles Ⅳ. Teaching methods: Cooperative learning, task-based learning Ⅴ. Teaching aids:

A computer, a blackboard, a tape-record Ⅵ. Teaching procedures:

StepⅠ

Lead-in 1.

Greeting 2.

Ask Ss to guess the country we are going to talk about---“Today we are going to learn about a country. It is a country and also a continent. It is surrounded by oceans. While many other countries are having winter, it is in summer. In this country, you will see many plants and animals that cannot be found anywhere else, such as the kangaroo, koala bear, ect. Do you know which country it is?”

3.

Ask Ss to say something about each picture and distinguish what city does each picture associates with. “Have you ever been to Australia? What places do you know in Australia? (Well-known cities, famous scenic spots, etc.) Look at the pictures. What do you see in each picture? Can you recognize them? Why?”

4.

Ask Ss to find the places listed in Question 1 on the map 5.

Ask Ss to work in groups and discuss what they know about these places. Step Ⅱ

Pre-reading Glance quickly at the five texts below and then answer the questions 1.

What topic is common to all five texts? The five texts are about some aspects of Australia. 2. What does Text 1 “Glimpses of Australia” mainly tell us?

A general description of the physical features and ecology of Australia and its political organization. 3. On Australia Day,________.

A. people sing and dance together

B. people enjoy Australia food

C. some people from overseas were accepted as the citizens in Australia

D. people can travel all over Australia

4. If you trip from Sydney to Perth, you can see ___________.

A. mountains and trees

B. mountains and plains

C. mountains, plains and wildlife

D. plains, trees and wildlife

5. The rock in Uluru is amazing because _______.

A. it is very high

B. it is very large

C. it is sacred

D. it can change color 6. How many World Heritage is mentioned in the five texts?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

4. 14 Step Ⅲ

Reading 1.

Where do most Australians live?

2. In what city do federal politicians work?

3. How many people live in Australia?

4. When is Australia Day?

5. How far is it from Perth to Sydney? 6. How many World Heritage Sites are there in Australia? 7. Which part of Australia gets the most rainfall? 8. Why do most people choose not to climb Uluru?

9. What two Worlds Heritage Sites are named in these texts?

Reading Official name Capital

Population

___ million, approximately 80% live in the __________ _________________ Area

________ square kilometers, the ___________ country in the world The number of states

Two largest cities

Famous for

Australia Day On __________, many people who come from overseas will become___________ Travel from Sydney to View_______________,

Perth _____________________ and_________________ Travel from Adelaide Observe ______________,

to Darwin ________________________________ and _____________________ ___________.

Uluru Rock It appears to ___________, from _________________ to __________________.

It is famous for _________________, _____ and Cradle Mountain ____________ .

National Park There is a _______ track and

_____________________. Homework

Write an article about the reasons why people want to travel in Australia.