Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学设计一等奖

Unit 2 Sailing the Oceans Teaching aims: 1.

Help students to practice reading skills. 2.

Develop students’ problem solving ability.

3.

Develop student the ability of study. Teaching important and difficult points: 1.

Develop student’s language ability, thinking ability, cultural awareness and learning ability 2.

How to develop student’s language ability, thinking ability, cultural awareness

and learning ability Teaching method: Task based teaching method

Teaching aids:

Blackboard and multimedia Teaching procedure: Step 1 lead in

Use a picture of the earth to lead in the topic of sailing the Oceans. Step 2 review

Review the important and difficult words and phrases of reading part. voyage

encyclopedia

exploration

celestial

equator plot a ship’s position

at the mercy of

celestial bodies

modern navigational aids

carry the minimum amount of risk Step 3 pre-reading With the following questions scaning the reading material

1. How did seamen found their way before the longitude and latitude were found?

2. What navigational instruments were used after the longitude and latitude were found? 3. Can you identify these early navigational instruments seamen used and explain how they are used? Step 4 while-reading (1) Gap filling 1. To find the ship’s position at sea a sailor used ___________________

2. A sailor knew that land was nearby if he saw ___________________

3. Sailors used ________________________ to increase their speed. 4. There were two methods to find longitude:

1)_______________________

2)________________________________

(2) Read the passage and answer the following questions.

What is the use of a bearing circle, astrolabe, quadrant or sextant? (

)

What is the use of a compass?

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)

A. To set the course of the ship

B. To measure the position of the ship

C. To measure the speed of the ship

D. To tell the time

(3) Read the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. An early method of calculating longitude was to use a knotted rope tied to a log. 2. The astrolabe was the first instrument to measure the sun’s position.

3. The quadrant was more precise and simplified than the astrolabe, but still had its shortcoming. 4. Up till now, the most accurate and reliable navigational instrument is the sextant.

(4) Read page 1 quickly and then fill the blank

We may want to know _____ seamen explored the oceans _____

latitude and longitude appeared. __________ they didn’t have the modern navigational helps, seamen _______ still control the sea by using some skills to explore seas ______ discover the new lands. ________ (use) nature is the first and most useful form of __________(explore) keeping the ship ________(sail) alongside the coastline, such as celestial bodies, wildlife, weather, and the sea. Because of these skills, sailors increased the ability_____ navigate new seas when they used__________ (instrument), including longitude and latitude. Step 4 Post-reading

Suppose you were a sea captain aiming to sail round Australia.

Read the chart below and fill in your plans of action to deal with them.

Step 5 Optional activities Summarize the structure of the passage

Part 1

Introduction Part 2

Using nature to help (celestial bodies, wildlife, the weather, the sea) Part 3

Using navigational instruments to help (finding longitude and latitude)

Step 6 Homework 1. Review what we learned today and find out your own difficult sentences. 2. Prepare a talk about sailing the oceans. Step 7 Design on the blackboard

Unit 2 sailing the oceans Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Using nature to help (celestial bodies, wildlife, the weather, the sea ) Part 3 Using navigational instruments to help (finding longitude and latitude) Step 7 Reflection after teaching