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Module 6 War and Peace Period two Reading and Writing The D-Day Landings

--Book 6 (Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press)

--杨

甜

（四川省北川中学）

1.Analysis of textbook

The text is the first passage of module 6 in Book 6 (Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press) and it helps the students know some important historical information about the D-day landings and lets them understand the importance of the peace in our country. And let the students learn the lessons from the war and write down some useful and practical suggestions to keep the peace.

2.Teaching Content

The main content of this period is to learn the three passages of Vocabulary And Reading of module 6 in Book 6 (Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press) and know the importance of the peace and how to keep the peace and prevent the war. 3.Teaching Goals

a. Knowledge and skills

1) To improve students’ reading ability and writing skills. 2) To learn some useful and important words and expressions. 3) To learn some information about the D-day landings.

b. Process and methods

1) To make students know more about the famous battle---the D-day landings.

2) To encourage them to learn something from these historical affairs.

c. Emotion and attitude

1) To improve their understanding of the importance of peace and the cruelty of the war.

2) To help the students understand how to keep the peace and prevent the war after learning this passage. 4.Teaching Important Points

a. To help students to understand the content of the passage better. b. To learn and master some important words and phrases in this period．

c. To improve the students’

understanding of war and peace after learning the D-day landings. 5.Teaching Difficult Points

a. How to help the students understand the text better.

b. How to let the students master important words and expressions.

c. How to help the students understand the importance of the peace of our country and how to keep the peace through learning the text. 6.Teaching Methodology

a. Task-based teaching method.

b. Group work

c. Situational teaching method 7.Teaching Procedures Step 1 Lead-in Show the students two pictures and discuss what great effects the war bring us, especially the kids.

And think about what we can do to help solve the questions. Let some students share their answers and offer their opinions about these questions. Step 2 Questions 1. Do you believe that the Third World War will happen soon? 2. If the Third World War really happens, what will the world be like?

Teacher: we can not predict whether the third world war will happen, but we can learn some lessons from what happened in the history to keep the peace and prevent the war. In particular, the famous battle----the D-day landings is important battle in the second world war. Step 3 read three passages again and match the main idea with each passage. Passage 3: Survivors of the D-day landings returned to France to remember their lost comrades. Passage 2:The contributions to the D-day landings which were made by Able Company. Passage 1: The brief intorduction of the D-day landings. Step 4 explain some military items to help the students understand the passage better before they read it. The D-Day landings

D-Day : in the military, the terms D-Day is used for the day on which an combat

（战斗）attack or operation is to be initiated（开始）.

D-Day landings: D-Day Invasion or Invasion of Normandy. Operation Overlord: code name for the military operation in 1944 to invade France.

霸主行动

Step 5 read passage 1 and answer the questions on page 73. 1.

What event started the Second World War?

Germany’s invasion of Poland.

2.

What was the purpose of Operation Overlord?

To invade France.

3.

What nationality were the troops taking part in the landing?

British, American and Canadian.

4.

Where was the most dangerous place to land?

Omaha Beach. 5.

Was Operation Overlord successful?

Yes, it was. Check their answers and explain some important points. declare war on

be known/famous as/for

be full of/be filled with

take part in/join in/ participate in

attempt to do sth

make a breakthrough Step 6 show the students a map of military operation of the D-day landings. Step 7 Read passage 2 and choose the correct endings to the sentences.

1. When the Germans started firing at the boats, ______.

A. the boats were so far from the beach that they weren’t hit.

B. the boats were one kilometer from the beach. 2.

When Boat 5 was hit by a shell, ___.

A. everyone was killed.

B. most of the men were rescued from the water. 3. The men from Boat 3 had problems in the water because______.

A. their backpacks were too heavy.

B. the water was too deep.

4.

Six men tried to climb up the cliff and ______.

A. some of them managed to reach the top.

B. all of them reached the top. 5.

Two of the soldiers from Able Company_______.

A. stayed on the beach.

B. met some other soldiers. 6. The sentence “Two men. Two rifles. This was Able Company's contribution to D-Day.” gives us a suggestion that_________.

A. Able Company lost few soldiers during the landings

B. Able Company hadn't made much contributions to the landings

C. Able Company had made great contributions to the landings

D. Able Company managed to land with only two men and two rifles lost Check their answers and explain some difficult questions. Step 8

show them some pictures about the war memorials and commemorative activities.

Read Passage 3 and answer the questions.

1. Why was 6 June 2004 an important date for the survivors?

It was the 60th anniversary of the landings.

2. Why do you think so many soldiers were never found?

They were drowned or blown up.

3. In your own words, what does the poem say about the lost soldiers?

It says that they are not really lost because we will always remembers them. Step 9 appreciate the poem written by Lawrence Binyon. For the fallen They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning

we will remember them. 《致倒下的战士》

他们永远不会变老，

当我们活着的人都已老朽；

年华不能使他们厌倦；

岁月也不会让他们愧疚；

日落日出，

我们缅怀他们直到永久。

Let the students share the opinions about the feelings which the writer wanted to express. Those lost heroes would never be forgotten, because they would be remembered by everyone living in the world. Step 10 Writing What great effects do the war bring us, especially the kids? What we can do to help solve the problems?

Step 11 Homework 1. Filling in the blanks in the short passages on page 71. 2. Write down some suggestions about how to keep the peace of our country and prevent the war. 8. Blackboard Layout

Module 6 War and Peace

The D-day Landings

Important points

Passage one: declare war on

be known/famous as/for

be full of/be filled with take part in/join in/ participate in

attempt to do sth

make a breakthrough Passage two: on the morning of 6 June 1944

pick up/out

as a result/consequence either...or...

neither...nor...

make a contribution to sth Passage three: remember their lost comrades

be situated/located on/at /in

9.Self-reflection

The main goals of this period have been completed and the teacher help the students understand the passages better and the importance of the peace. The students could find the details and summarize the main idea of each passage according to the content. They could also finish different questions types in the limited time. But the teacher should pay attention to developing the active learning atmosphere and enlarge their knowledge capacity.