Unit 3 Plants教案（名师）

Date Period Objectives Apr 4,2018 Unit 3 Reading

Students should get the general idea of this passage. Should get do some exercises to know some details about this text. Focus&difficulties Some long and difficult sentences that students need to understand. New words and expressions. Procedures Teacher’s activity

I, Skimming ·Ask students to skim the transcript by reading the first sentence of each paragraph, and looking at the pictures. Emphasize that we skim to get the general idea of a passage. ·Ask them to do the exercise, and then let them check each other's answers. Answers 1b2a3a4c II. Scanning ·Students may not be familiar with the Chinese names of the plants described in the transcript, so teacher needs to tell students the names of these plants, both in English and Chinese, before they do the rest of the exercises. Q: How many plants are mentioned in the passage? ·Ask students to read the five descriptions and locate the plant names in the transcript within a given period of time. Students’ activity

Students should skim the transcript by reading the first sentence of each paragraph, and looking at the pictures. Emphasize that we skim to get the general idea of a passage.

Students should do the exercise, and then let them check each other's answers.

Students to read the five descriptions and locate the plant names in the transcript within a given period of time.

Description Plant name

1 In Asia, part of it are often The lotus

eaten. 2 It is one of the oldest of all The bristlecone

trees. pine tree 3 It can have very large flowers. the Victoria lily

4 It can cover a large area. the banyan tree

5 It is called the ‘longevity tree’

the gingko tree

in China. ·Teacher will ask students some questions when they go Students should answer the questions posed by teacher. through the passage.

1.Where are water lilies found floating in China?

2.Where does a huge Victoria lily grow?

3.On which part of the Victoria lily can people stand?

4.How large can the leaves of the Victoria lily get to be? 5.What is the relationship between lotuses and water

lilies?

6.What do lotuses look like?

7.How can we use them? 8.Can you use a sentence to describe the banyan tree? 9.Where can the largest banyan tree be found? 10.The banyan tree can cover an enormous area.

Can you give us an example? 11.What was recently discovered in Hebei Province, China? 12.What are they known as? 13.Are they the oldest trees? ·The transcript is informative. It is important for students to be able to categorize the information, like this:

Victoria lily Details

Interesting facts Huge pads-2 metres a person can wide; stand on the The largest water lily pad. in the world; 45 centimetres across. Long white root with Cooked and holes. served in meals Roots growing from its branches; South China and other parts of Asia. The largest one covers an area larger than a football pitch

Lotus Banyan tree Gingko tree Many more than one in Hebei is 1,000 years old; over 2,800 years longevity trees. old. ·After students have become familiar with the passage, introduce the Strategy, and help them find the topic sentence and examples in each paragraph. ' ·Students should identify the topic sentence of each paragraph and recognize the fact that all other sentences are related to the topic sentence. Topic sentences Para. 1:This is a Victoria lily the largest kind of water lily in the world. Para. 2: The lotus, a near relative of the water lily is such a plant. Para. 3: The banyan tree is an interesting tree with many roots growing down from its branches. Para. 4: Many gingko trees have been around for more than 1,000 years. ·Ask students to go through the first Read and think exercise quickly. For E2,

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Students should finish the table.

Students should identify the topic sentence of each paragraph and recognize the fact that all other sentences are related to the topic sentence.

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