Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学活动设计方案

人教版新课标高中英语教学设计

选修10Unit 1

Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained

Period1 Warming-up，prereading & Reading

河北省唐县第一中学

李亚光

2019.6.20

教材分析：

本单元以perseverance 为话题，旨在通过单元教学，使学生了解一些古今中外有关意志品质的故事，学会描述人物性格和品质能够在讨论中分析形势，做出判断，阐述和论证个人观点了解和掌握不同形式的定语，重点在于引导学生从故事中得到教益，使他们在生活中具有顽强的意志，决不轻言放弃，去努力追求人生中的成功。

Warming up 通过Robert the Bruce, Hellen Keller和越王勾践的故事引出本单元话题，学生在阅读思考探讨中得出自己的结论，即意志品质、顽强的毅力（great determination and perseverance）在人生成功中的意义，由此进入阅读环节。

Teaching plan 1.

Skill goals:

Learn about perseverance Describe people’s characters or qualities 2. Emotional learning: Ss should get to know the thorough meaning of the saying “ Nothing ventured, nothing gained”, learn about the spirit of determination and perseverance in face of challenges and

meanwhile, put their effort

into the practice of pursuing high goals and a further success

in life. 2. Teaching Important Points: 1) Above all, Ss’

s reading comprehension is based on their familiarity with the expressions and the usage of the words. Thus, teaching the words and expressions is an

important task before reading.

2) The language material also contains many long sentences and definitely cause great difficulty to some slower students., making them another important point. 3. Teaching Difficulty: 1)

How to use the expressions and how to consolidate the knowledge after reading. 2)

How to help the Ss to read smoothly while reading and dig out the indicated theme of the text. 3)

How to help Ss to describe people’s characters and qualities with the words and expressions learned in the unit and know the use of attributes. 4.Teaching methods:

Word-study

learning guide exercises(导学案) 5.Teaching aids:

multimedia

computer

Teaching Procedures: Step I . Warming Up 1).Words and expressions in the text:

Check with the whole class to make sure they are familiar with all the words and expressions. Give some explanation if necessary. venture

seasickness Scottish

suffering

strengthen

endurance

hut

stove

blacken

rotten hoarse

bless

selfish

unbearable

cosy

breathless

circumstance hook

aboard

web anyhow steward

mourn

urgent

bedding

vital

cheerful

persevere

perseverance

framework

swear

advocate faith rank morale

select block out

give way to

give off

blast

crush

booming

2). Explain “ Nothing ventured, nothing gained”

T:

(slide show) Do you know “不入虎穴，焉得虎子” in Chinese? How can we say it in English? Let’s read these sayings first:

Ss : Nothing brave, nothing have.

(slide show)

Nothing seek, nothing find.

Nothing stake, nothing draw.

No pains, no gains.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

T: Pay attention to the last sentence. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

＝

“If nothing is ventured, nothing will be gained.”

Other similar sayings in English：(can be done accordingly) Nothing venture, nothing win (or have or gain).

Sow nothing, reap nothing.

He who risks nothing gains nothing.

If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.

Hardship first，success last.// bitter first, sweet last.//storm first , rainbow last Tasks: (Slide show with the three pictures of King the Bruce, Hellen Keller and Gou jian)

Ss read and complete the three stories on the learning guide paper. (见导学案)

Try to find out the characters they have in common. What do you think helped them out and achieve success in life?

1.

Robert the Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a hole on a hill from the English_______ he saw a spider (蜘蛛) making a web. Bruce is said ____________ (get) confidence from this and to have gone on to beat the English. 2.

Helen Keller was born a normal little girl, but in 1880, she had a fever ______made her blind and deaf at the age of only 19 months. She and her family was ___ despair until they met Anne Sullivan. Her work with Helen was very successful. After college, Helen gave lecture tours speaking about her experiences and her ______(blief). They worked very hard to raise money to encourage people to educate blind and deaf children.

3.

Gou Jian was the ruler of the kingdom of Yue, ________(conquer) by the neighboring kingdom of Wu. He was made _____ slave and suffered many hardships. But his tolerance earned the trust of the King of Wu and_________ (eventual) he was set free. But he never forgot his suffering, slept on firewood and straw every night, and tasted bitter gall-bladder ______his kingdom was strong enough and he attacked the King of Wu and killed him.

Complete the information about something in common in the heroes above:

1.

They had very bad luck at first.

(Robert Bruce and Gou Jian were defeated and Helen Keller was disabled.) 2. They never gave up. 3. They succeeded at last. 4. All of them were people of great determination. They showed great perseverance in the face of difficulty.What helped them to achieve success?

1. Their strong characters helped them most. They never gave in to difficulties in life and

always continued struggling.

2. They showed great determination and perseverance in the face of difficulty, which

had an important effect on their life and finally led to success.

Step II. Reading comprehension Lead-in: T: Life is not perfect and will be always full of all kind of difficulties, challenges, hardships or even dangers, if so, what should we do to get through the terrible situation?

Ss: may answer with the words and expressions listed above…) T: Good, let’s share another inspiring story that happened on Antarctica (南极洲) Reading：

1)

(project: Unit 1

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

A Successful Failure )

T:

1.Have you ever had a hardest experience or faced a greatest challenge? 2.How did you go through it? 3.What lessons have you learned from it? 2) Allow 3-5 minutes for students to skim through the passage and get the main ideas of each part. （见导学案）

Part 1 (Para.1-2):略

Part 2 (Para.3-4):略

Part 3 (Para.5-6):略

Part 4 (Para.7): 略

3) Scanning for detailed information（about 5minutes）before checking them with the whole class. (two or three students are asked to answer them)

1.Who kept the diary?

How did he join this expedition? 2. Who is Sir Earnest Shackleton? 3. What happened during their expedition to Antarctica? 4. When were they stuck in pack ice?

5. Why would Sir Earnest Shackleton go to South Georgia? 6. How many people were left on Elephant Island? 7. What were the people who remained on the island to do? 8. What does the title A Successful Failure mean? 4). Further comprehension (见导学案) Choose the correct answer to each question.

1. Why did Blackborow think that being "young, fit and energetic" would encourage Shackleton to take him on the trip?

A Shackleton liked young people who were fit and energetic.

B It would be cold and Shackleton would need young, energetic people to do difficult jobs

C Shackleton wanted people who were fit but not trained in useful skills.

D Blackborow would not have gone unless he was young and energetic. 2. Why did Shackleton accept Perce when he found him hiding in the ship after the voyage had started?

A He didn't have time to turn round and take him back to England.

B He admired his courage and encouraged him to stay.

C He felt angry but could not show it so he accepted the boy.

D He made the best of the situation. 3. Why did Shackleton not show how disappointed he was when the ship sank?

A He thought he could always organize another expedition.

B He knew it would be easier to cross Antarctica without the ship.

C He felt the men would need encouraging after this disaster.

D He had already taken all necessary supplies from the ship.

（Keys. B A A

Question 3 needs to be explained.）

5).

What qualities do you think Shackleton and Perce show? (见导学案) Names Shackleton Keys:

Qualities 1.perseverance/brave

2.unselfishness

3.calmness

4.concern and responsibility for others

Blackborow Keys: 1. determined

2. cheerful 3.adventurous/brave 4.optimistic 5. hard-working Check with the whole class. More information: (can be done accordingly) About Shackleton:

…never gave way to disappointment with ship sank and expedition failed;

…was always honest with his men; …no differences in rank or in social status;

…a fair division of food as well as work

…planned a rescue plan as soon as the ship sank

……

About Blackborrow: …when he thought he could not go he did aboard the ship;

…served 28 meals three times a day despite problems with food

……

StepⅢ. Summary 1.

Complete the summary of the story.(见导学案) . Check with the whole class. This is the true story of one young man, Perce Blackborow, who hid ______the ship that took Ernest Shackleton’s expedition to the South Pole. Once he was found, he was accepted by him and became a steward and cooked for the rest of the expedition.

When the ship was crushed by ice, Perce was one of those ____ were left behind on Elephant Island to wait for rescue. Shackleton and a few others set out through very _________(danger) seas to South Georgia Island to get help so that they could all be saved.

The conditions for those left on Elephant Island were very bad. With little food, other

than penguin or seal, they had difficulty keeping warm, ________(melt) the ice for water and protecting their fingers and toes from frostbite. Perce had to have his toes__________ because they had become affected by the cold.

_________, the small group remained loyal to their captain's__________ (instruction): to remain cheerful and optimistic despite all difficulties. Above all they worked to stay alive till Shackleton returned to rescue them.

(Keys:

aboard

who

dangerous

melting

removed

However

instructions) 2.

Let’s collect some words to describe qualities of people:

bad luck at first

be defeated

be disabled

never give up succeed at last

people of great determination

strong characters never give in to difficulties

always continue struggling

show great determination and perseverance

in the face of difficulty

have an important effect on their life

finally lead to success Confidence is important for one to be successful.

learn lessons from failure.

Can you think of some more expressions? (can be done accordingly) List them below:

never lose heart

never give up

not be discouraged by

keep positive

keep on trying.

keep going,

stick to do…

persevere with,

make up one’s mind to do…

be determined to do sth

……. patient,

persevering,

resourceful,

focused,

serious,

determined,

strong-willed

optimistic

devoted …..

Step IV. Homework 1. Review the passage and do some exercises on Workbook. 2. Try to grasp the words and expressions in the passage.