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Module 8 unit5 Using language

Reading: The feast: 18,000 BC Teaching aims:

1. get students know about the wok divisions in primitive society. 2. improve students’ reading ability by scanning and skimming. 3. let students express their views about the work divisions in modern society.

Important points:

Know about general idea and detailed information of the passage.

Difficult points:

Work out the questions related to the passage.

Teaching aids:

Blackboard and projector.

Teaching methods:

Pair work and group work.

Teaching procedure: Step 1. Lead-in: We are starting a new journey back to the ancient times Are you ready? Assume you will have a feast, what will you prepare?

Step 2.

Scanning Number the main idea of each paragraph. Para 3.The description of Dahu. Para 2.Lala and her families made preparationsfor the feast. Para 4. How did Dahu make tools. Para 1.Lala worried about the preparations for the feast and she hoped the feast could be as good as the one last year.

Step 3. Skimming

(1).Which was the most dangerous work? A. Fishing by men[来源:Zxxk.Com]

B. Hunting animals by men

C. Making clothes by women D. Looking after children by women (2). What does the underlined word “arrested” in paragraph 2 mean?

A. caught

B. continued

C. stopped

D. attracted

(3). Which of the following is NOT TRUE? A. When men went hunting, they worked cooperatively. B. When men made or repaired tools, they worked alone. C. When women cooked and prepared food, they worked alone. D. When women collected fruit and nuts, they worked alone. (4). What can we infer from the passage? A. The danger came from wild animals living near the caves. B. Men and women did not have clearly divided tasks. C. Hunting animals needed to be done everyday.[来源:学_科_网]

D. Both men’s and women’s tasks were done everyday.

(5). What is the main idea of the passage? A. The marriage life of Lala and Dahu. B. The separate responsibility of men and women. C. The difference between early life and modern life.[来源:学+科+网]

D. The preparation work for a feast.

Step 4. Careful-reading questions:

(1) In groups discuss whether they were men’s tasks or women’s tasks at that time . ______1

Making and repairing tools

2

Collecting nuts, fruit and water

3

Protecting the group from harm

4

Cutting down trees

5

Cutting up meat and fish for cooking

6

Preparing skins to make clothes

7

Hunting animals

8

Looking after children

(2) Fill in the blanks. Men’s tasks Women’s tasks 1. 1. 2. Fishing 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. Preparing food 5. 5.

(3) Discuss which adjectives best describe men’s tasks and women’s tasks.

caring

tough

protective

dangerous

safe

useful

co-operative

patient

individual

exhausting

skilful men’s tasks:1._______ 2. _________.3.__________

4.__________ 5. __________ 6. _________ women’s tasks:1._______ 2. _________.3.__________

4.__________ 5. _____________ (4) In pairs work out which jobs Dahu did and Lala did. Dahu

catching fish

preparing food Lala

making and repairing stone tools[来源:Zxxk.Com]

collecting fruit and nuts[来源:Zxxk.Com]

Step 5.writing exercise 假设你是李华。上周末你参加了国家博物馆，并对山顶洞人的生活有所了解。请你根据以下提示，写一篇英文短文在英语课上给同学们介绍一下

内容：山顶洞人的生活

发现地：周口店

时期：公元前18000 年

描述：男女分工合作，男人负责制造器具，捕猎，砍树，保护群体等等，女人负责收集烹饪食物，制作衣物，照看孩子等等，说明男女分工的特点

意义：说明研究人类发展历史给现代人带来的意义

注意：1.词数100左右；

2．开头已给出，可适当增加细节。