Using LanguageⅠ教学设计(第二课时)

Book8Unit5

Using Language Reading THE FEAST:

18, 000 BC Skimming

Could you imagine what

kind of food did Lala (our heroine)and her family prepare for the feast? Key:____________________________________________________________.

Match the main idea of each paragraph: Para 1.

The description of Dahu Para 2.

Lala worried about the preparations for the feast and she hoped the feast could be as good as the one last year. Para 3.

How did Dahu make tools. Para 4.

Lala and her families made preparations for the feast.

Careful Reading

Read the text “The feast：18000 BC” and choose the best answer.

1. Lala had collected some nuts and fruit for________．

A．her husband

B．her sister C．a feast

D. her family

2. At that time, people made it a rule to________．

A．separate and then gather together again as they followed the animal herds across the grassland

B．choose someone as his future wife or her future husband

C．invite their friends and neighbours to have a dinner with them

D．to live in the cave to prevent themselves from being attacked by wild animals

3. The underlined word in the sentence “Lala accelerated her walk up the path to the cave fearing that there might be wild animals” means“________”．

A. stopped

B. slowed down C. sped up

D. hesitated 4. From the passage we can infer that man living in the 18,000 BC always________．

A. made and repaired tools, fished and hunted animals

B. cut down trees C. choose women as their wives D. brought fish home for dinner

5. Which of the following can be used to describe Lala?

A．Impatient.

B．Caring, patient, skillful, affectionate and cooperative.

C．Dangerous.

D．Unskillful.

Post-reading

Discussion :

What were

the differences

between men’s and women’s responsibilities in 18,000 BC?

Men's tasks: __________________________________________________________________________ Women's tasks:__________________________________________________________________________

Further Discussion

Discuss and find out what the possible work division was between men and women at that time, then fill in the blank. Men's tasks Women's tasks 1.

1.

2. Fishing

2.

3.

3.

4.

4. Preparing food

5.

5.

Homework

Read the text again and try to use “If I had lived in the same time as Lala did, I would have done...” to make several sentences to describe your life in 18,000BC.