Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教案和课堂实录

人教版高中英语选修11 Unit4 Legends of ancient Greece Warming、pre-reading and reading 学校：吉林省松原市实验高级中学

英语教师：李公博

Learning aims（学习目标）: By the end of the class, the students will be able to: 1. Know about the three stories of the passage. 2. Distinguish between facts and opinions. 3. Analyze the structure of the passage and the character of Odysseus. 4. Use reading skills, such as predicting, inferring, analyzing and summarizing to get the specific information. Important points (学习重点)：

1. Get the main idea of each story. 2. Summarize the character of Odysseus. Difficult points (学习难点)：

To act one story out using their imagination and creation. Teaching methods (学习方法) Task-based language learning and discussion. Teaching procedure: Lead in and prediction Skimming 1. The writing’s genre of the passage is ____.

A. an exposition writing B. a narration writing C. an argumentation writing D. an persuasion writing 2. The passage is about:_______________ 3. Structure Story 1 (Para.？) Story 2 (Para.？) Story 3 (Para.？)

meeting with the Cyclops

meeting with Athene

meeting with Circe Scanning 1. How many characters are there in the reading text? 2. What are the relationships among the characters? 3. Why did Telemachus go to look for his father? 4. Why did Telemachus go to visit the Goddess Athene? 5. Who was the leader of Ithaca while Odysseus was at war? •

What did Athene speak to Telemachus?

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What did Penelope speak to Telemachus? Detailed reading 1. Was the Cyclops’anger justified?

2. Was Circe right to transform the men into pigs? 3. What is the character of Odysseus? Comprehension

Cyclops

His bad behaviour: Circe Her bad behaviour: Reaction of Odysseus’ men:

Reactions of Odysseus’ men:

Reactions of Odyssues: Reactions of Odysseus:

Character From the Cyclop’s or Your opinion Circe’s point of view

The Cyclops Circe Odysseus Discussion

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How do you think the story continues? Discuss in groups what you think will happen? In your group prepare to act your story in front of the class. Homework

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After class, you make a story as exciting as possible. Remember to use interesting and lively adjectives and sentence patterns to describe your characters.