Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学设计

Unit 3

Australia Reading（Period 1）

Teaching aims and demands

1.Let the students to know some information about Australia 2.To learn some basic reading skills Step 1 Warming up Work with a partner to answer the questions about Australia. 1.Which of the pictures do you associate with the places in

Australia? Write the number of the picture beside the place. 2.On the map of Australia, find the places listed in question 1. Then write the numbers of the photos in the blanks on the map. (P.21) 3.Discuss with others in your class what you know about these places. Step 2 Pre-reading

Glance quickly at the five texts below and then answer the questions. P.22 1. What topic is common to all five texts? 2. What aspect of the topic is discussed in each text?

3.Match each reading passage with a description below. Step 3 Skimming

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Skimming the five short passages and find the answers to the questions in Exercise 1, Comprehending part. (P.24) 1.Where do most Australians live?

2. In what city do federal politicians work?

3. How many people live in Australia? 4. When is Australia day?

5. How far is it from Perth to Sydney? 6. How many World heritage Sites are there in Australia? Step 4 Careful reading Now read the five texts again more carefully and fill in the form with the information about Australia in the texts. Official name Capital

Population

Area

___ million, approximately 80% live in the ___________________________

________ square kilometers, the ___________ country in the world The number of states

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Two cities

largest Famous for

Australia Day On __________, many people who come from overseas will become___________ Travel from View_______________, Sydney to Perth _____________________ and_________________ Travel from Observe ______________,

Adelaide

to ________________________________ Darwin

Uluru Rock and_____________________ ___________. It appears to ___________, from _________________ to __________________.

Cradle Mountain It is famous for _________________, _____ and ____________ .

There is a _______ track and

National Park _____________________.

Step 5 Find out the phrases and expressions

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Step 6 Homework

1. Review this passage. 2. Preview learning about language.

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