Using LanguageⅡ主要内容及教案内容

Reading two of unit 5 in Book 8

The Feast: 18,000 BC

Learning aims 1.

To analyse the passage , let Ss grasp the important points , the difficult points and the meaning of the passage ,know some reading skills . 2.

As Lala did , we should build a harmonious society, love our motherland, love our family, love our friends, enjoy life and cherish life. Learning tasks Task one: Learning procedure StepⅠ

Revision and Lead-in

Show some pictures about The Feast: 18,000 BC to Ss.

Guessing: Can you guess what would be eaten on the feast in 18,000 BC? StepⅡ

Skimming (Tips on skimming) : Run your eyes over the text quickly. Don’t read every word or sentence. Pay attention to topic sentences.

1.

Read the passage fast to find when(18,000BC),

where(the caves),

who(Lala and Dahu) and what(the preparation work for a feast)

2 . Read the text quickly to find the main idea of it.

Q: What is the main idea of the passage? (D)

A: The marriage life of Lala and Dahu.

B: The separate responsibility of men and women.

C: The different between early life and modern life.

D: The preparation work for a feast. 3. Skim the passage and get the general idea of each paragraph, then match column A with column B Column A

Column B Para1:

. how did Dahu make tools. Para2:

the description of Dahu.. Para3:

Lala and her family made preparations for the feast. Para4:

Lala worried about the preparations for the feast and she hoped the feast could be as good as the last year.

StepⅢ

Scanning(Tips on scanning): Move your eyes quickly to find the information you need. Read that part more carefully. Choose the best answer 1. From the first paragraph, we can learn

that the family groups lived on _____.(C)

A. fish

B. crops

C. hunting

D. farming 2. Lala’s guests came to ____.(C)

A. dance

B. talk about an important thing

C. enjoy a feast

D. see Lala

3. Dahu went out to sharpen the scrapers

to ______.(C)

A. kill an enemy

B. use them as weapons

C. scrape the fish

D. cut stones

4. From the text we can infer that family

groups _____.

A. lived together

B. lived far away

C. lived in the same cave

D. lived separately StepⅣ

Make the sentences true or false according to your careful reading., If not true, correct them.

1.

It was a great honour for Lala to be chosen as Dahu’s wife.( T ) 2.

Lala was frightened because she had Dahu with his spear to protect her on her way home.( T ) 3.

Lala stopped her walk because she was too hungry to walk any further.(

F). 4.

Lala saw her mother making clothes with animal skins.(F

) StepⅤ

Discussion: (practice Ss’

ability of expressing oral English and courage as well as teamwork spirit ) 1.

Read the passage and find out what the possible work division was between men and women in primitive societies and fill in the chat below.

Men’s tasks 1 2 3 4 5

Women’s tasks 1 2 3 4 5

2.

Discuss which adjectives best describe Lala and Dahu

caring,

tough,

protective , dangerous, safe,

useful, co-operative(合作的)，patient,

individual, exhausting（很疲惫的）, skilful

brave, friendly, harmonious , enthusiastic…

Suggested answers: Dahu: patient (tool making)…

Lala: patient(collecting food)…

StepⅥ

Summary (enable ss to deepen their understanding of the passage)

1.Fill in the blanks with words from the passage.

Not having looked ahead and planned better, Lala felt very worried about the preparations for her feast. So she turned for home quickly with her collection of nuts and fruit.

When she was near home, a delicious smell arrested her progress and she became dizzy with hunger, .She saw her mother and the older children preparing the deer and pig meat over the fire. Just then Dahu, her husband as well as the best toolmaker, came back with several fish . Later he began his task: he sharpened his scarpers until they were sharp enough to cut

up the meat and scrape

the fish. Soon, the first of the guests began to arrive. Lala hoped it was to be just as wonderful as last year. 2.Comparison

Compare

primitive life with modern life

StepⅦ

Homework :