Using LanguageⅠ课件配套优秀获奖教案

The fourth period

Using language：

Reading and writing Knowledge aims：get the students to learn some useful new words and expressions in this part ：trail,

consider,

opinion,

evidence,

rove,

pretend,

more than, even though Important points: develop students` reading skills by extensive reading ;train students` speaking ability by telling the difference between fact and opinion and talking about something which interests them ad about which they are familiar with. Difficult points: Enable the students to learn to use reading strategies such as skimming and scanning. Get them to learn how to tell facts from opinions.

Step 1 revision

Check the homework Ask some students to review the restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clauses.

Step 2 Warming up by asking some questions

We often say, “we must respect facts and can`t wholly depend on one`s opinions”.

①

what does it mean when you say, “It is a fact”?

②what does it mean when you say, “It is an opinion”?

A fact must be real, objective and without any personal judgment. So it can be proved.

An opinion always expresses one`s own ideas. It is always subjective.

So it has not been proved.

Step 3 Reading this passage A Fact or An Opinion? Reading and defining: read the passage fast and make the following definitions: what is fact / opinion / evidence? Listen and read the passage to underline the useful expressions.

Step 4 Reading a man`s story. Read and decide whether it is a fact or an opinion, then give some

reasons.

Step 5 Talking Tell the students something about Abu Simbel and ask them to answer the question:

Do you think it was worth spending so much money to move a cultural relic as Abu Simbel?

Step 6 Reading task Read the text quickly and try to retell it.

Step 7 Closing down by discussing Question: Do you think China should save all of its cultural relics?

Step 8 Homework Finish off the workbook exercises. Learn all the useful new words and expressions in this part by heart.

The Fifth Period:

Using Language: Listening and speaking

Difficult points: get the students to listen and understand different listening materials and to develop their speaking ability. Important points: develop the students` listening and speaking abilities. Enable them to master different listening skills. Let them learn how to ask for opinions and give opinions.

Step 1 Revision Check the homework. Ask some students to talk about Feng Jicai`s story.

Step 2 warming up Warm them up by asking them some questions: what is fact / opinion / evidence?

Can you imagine the fate of the Amber Room?

Step 3 listening (Page 5-6)

Step 4 Speaking (page 6)

Some useful expressions:

Do / Don`t you think that…….?

Would you consider …. ? Why / Why not…? Do you have any idea about…..? Are you sure that …….? What would you say….? How do you feel about …. ? What are your opinions / reasons for saying that? I don`t believe …… because …….. I think …… is telling the truth because ……. Suggested answer:

Hans Braun is less believable because he is working for a company trying to find the ship which carried the treasures in the Baltic Sea. Of the three eyewitnesses, only Anna Pettov has no selfish reason for saying what she has said. In particular, she is not involved in any current effort to find the treasure. Therefore, she is the most believable.

Step 6 listening (page 41) Something about the Aswan Dam.

Step 7 listening task

(page 44)

Step 8 Homework. Finish off the Workbook exercises Preview the next part: Reading and writing