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

(A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE) Introduction

In this period, after the warming up, students will first be guided to define expedition, and learn about Antarctica. Then they will be helped to read a diary about a 1914 expedition to Antarctica.

Examples of “Warming Up”

designs are presented in this book for teachers’

reference. Computer and overhead projector may be used to aid the teaching and learning.

Objectives ■

To help students learn to express opinion and argument

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To help students learn to read a diary about expedition

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To help students better understand “Antarctica”

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To help students learn to use some important words and expressions

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To help students identify examples of the attribute （words, phrases and nonfinites, clauses）in the text

Focus Words venture, blacken , strengthen, bless, hook, crush, mourn, persevere, select, swear, advocate, delay, discourage, grasp Expressions

Patterns

Block out, give way to, give off …I remember my rotten toes that had to be removed…

Bless Frank Wild, the kindest man there is, after our leader, Ernest Shackleton. I secretly hid aboard the ship, Endurance, in a small cupboard.

I

will never forget watching the little boat disappear through the booming waves into the stormy ocean.

Aids Multimedia facilities, tape-recorder, photos, diagrams

Procedures [来源:Z*xx*k.Com]

1．Warming up

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Warming up by reading for forms On page 1 there are three short texts. Now read the texts to cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicative, darken the connectives and underline all the useful expressions.

Useful expressions make its web, try again and again, fix its thread, teach sb. be inspired to do, gain independence for, struggle in a world of silence, communicate with sb., live as a slave, return to one’s homeland, recover one’s lost land, sleep on firewood, remind sb. of sth., at bedtime,

strengthen one’s determination ⑵Warming up by brain storming encouraging proverbs Good morning, class. Today is your first day of this term. And I believe you will have lots of work to do. Just as the saying goes Nothing ventures, nothing gained, you have to work still harder so that you might gain success in your studies.

What other encouraging sayings do you know?

Sayings which encourage you

1.All things in their being are good for something.天生我才必有用。

2.Difficult circumstances serve as a textbook of life for people.困难坎坷是人们的生活教科书。

3..Failure is the mother of success. -- Thomas Paine失败乃成功之母。

3. For man is man and master of his fate.人就是人，是自己命运的主人。

4. The unexamined life is not worth living. -- Socrates混混噩噩的生活不值得过。--苏格拉底

5. Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. -- John Ruskin生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。--罗斯金

6. What makes life dreary is the want of motive. -- George Eliot没有了目的，生活便郁闷无光。--乔治·埃略特

7. Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored. -- Lincoln卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。

8. There is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power. -- Balzac没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。--巴尔扎克

9. The good seaman is known in bad weather.惊涛骇浪，方显英雄本色。

10. An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. -- Robert Louis Stevenson生活的目标，是唯一值得寻找的财富。--史蒂文森

⑶Warming up by discussing Oxymoron (矛盾修辞) Today we shall read an article entitled A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE. What do you think of this title? Is there anything unusual about it? Yes, Oxymoron is used in the title. But what is Oxymoron?

Oxymoron (or oxymora) are literary figures of speech usually composed of a pair of neighbouring contradictory words (often within a sentence). However this is not always the case. The Webster Dictionary defines oxymoron as "a combination of contradictory or incongruous words". Oxymorons can be used for dramatic effect, for example: Hell's Angels and deafening silence. They can also be comical, such as in civil engineer. Clearly this is not an oxymoron in the true and strict sense, but the suggestion that it is oxymoronic is humorous. Examples of Oxymoron "O miserable abundance, O beggarly riches!" John Donne, Devotions on Emergent Occasions

"It was the best of times, It was the worst of times." Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities

"You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap." Dolly Parton

"I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught." Winston Churchill

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." Mark Twain

"I am a deeply superficial person." Andy Warhol

"The only new thing in this world, is the history you did not know." Harry Truman

"A joke is a very serious thing." Winston Churchill

"The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep." W.C. Fields

"To lead the people, walk behind them." Lao-Tzu [来源:Zxxk.Com]

[来源学科网Z.X.X.K]"I'm so tired, I can't sleep." Kurt Cobain "Pennyroyal Tea"2. Pre-reading by getting to know facts and defining

Before we read the text, let’s first get to know some facts about Australia.

●Facts of Antarctica: Antarctica, the fifth largest continent, c.5,500,000 sq mi (14,245,000 sq

km), asymmetrically centered on the South Pole and almost entirely within the Antarctic Circle. ●Define expedition: In tourism, a journey with few amenities, usually to a remote area, sometimes for a scientific purpose. 3. Reading

On page 2 there is an article entitled "A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE " You are going to read it to the recording.

Now read the text again to cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken

the predicative, darken the connectives and underline all the useful expressions.

4. Copying the expressions from the text join an expedition with sb., consider…a great honour, put one’s head out of…, appear grey, cross the continent of Antarctica, block out, feel breathless, return alive, a blast of, tear through, yell in a hoarse voice, hardly recognize as my own, hold on, struggle out of, dreamed of adventure, want for a dangerous journey, hide aboard the ship, in a small cupboard, suffer from seasickness, make sb. a steward, stick in pack ice, floating pieces of ice, waste time on…, make an urgent announcement, save supplies, show one’s determination, describe… as…, keep sb cheerful, win one’s complete faith in sb., give way to disappointment, keep busy, contribute to…, save one’s lives. settle on Elephant Island, remain optimistic, recover one’s health, return to rescue sb.

5. Transferring information Read the text again to complete the table with information from the text. Time August 29th, 1916 Location Who Events Blackborow,

On January 18th, 1915 the Endurance In an expedition Perce to Antarctica on Sir Ernest Shackleton became stuck in pack ice (which can be the Endurance

ship and others solid or broken into huge floating pieces of ice) as they approached Antarctica.

6. Reading to discover type of writing and idea of each paragraph type 1st para. A short story Our circumstances are so desperate that it is uncertain whether we will ever return alive.

2nd para. Just as I am about to become self-pitying, the door to our shelter opens and a blast of cold air tears through the hut. 3rd para. When the expedition was announced, I was only twenty and I had always dreamed of adventure. 4th para. An expedition with the great Sir Ernest Shackleton to the South Pole ---- I was hooked! 5th para. On January 18th, 1915 the Endurance became stuck in pack ice (which can be solid or broken into huge floating pieces of ice) as we approached Antarctica. 6th para. 7th para. The team-spirit contributed to the morale of the crew and saved our lives. We who remained on Elephant Island swore that we would do as he advocated: remain optimistic and recover our health before he returned to rescue us. 7. Reading to make a diagram of A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE

A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE ↓

circumstances so desperate Para 1

the door opened and a blast of cold air tearing through Para 2

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always dreamed of adventure Para 3 An expedition to the South Pole

Para 4 ↓

Endurance becoming stuck in pack ice

Para 5 The team-spirit saving our lives

Para 6

remain optimistic and recover our health

Para 7

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Closing down by taking a quiz

Complete the summary of the text with one word in each blank.

"We didn't expect a feather bed down here." Shackleton, __1___ Ernest Henry (1874-1922), Irish __2___, born in Kilkee. In 1901 he sailed ___3__ his first expedition __4___ Antarctica, __5___ British explorer Robert Falcon Scott. __6___ 1907 Shackleton __7___ an attempt __8___ reach the South Pole. He came ___9__ 179 km (111 mi) of his goal __10___ January 9, 1909. From

1914 ___11__ 1916 he attempted __12___ to reach the Ross Sea __13___ the Weddell Sea __14___ crossing the Antarctic continent. ___15__ 1921 Shackleton undertook a __16___ 48,280-km (30,000-mi) voyage ___17__ the South Atlantic Ocean, __18___ he died before it was completed. (Keys: 1. Sir 2.explorer 3.on 4.to 5. with 6. In 7.commanded 8.to 9.within 10.on 11. to 12. unsuccessfully 13. from 14.by 15. In 16.final 17. in 18. but )

Reading comprehension questions 1.

The word “expedition” in this passage refers to_______. A. a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country B. an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose C. a journey organized for a particular purpose D. a journey taken for pleasure 2. The primary purpose of the passage is to ________. A. inform us of what expedition is B. teach us about the importance of being optimistic

C. describe perseverance in Shackleton D. tell about Perce B; ackborow’s expedition to Antarctica with Shackleton 3. “…I was hooked!” means that _______. A. “I was injured!” B. “I was caught!” C. “I was fascinated!” D. “I was moved!”

4. The tone of this passage might best be described as ___________. A. mocking

B. angry

C. approving

D. optimistic (Keys: CDCC)