Reading and vocabulary第二课时教学设计

Module2 Fantasy Literature

Period Reading and Vocabulary1

Step One fast reading -1. Skimming

Read the passage and number the sentences in the correct order.

Will decides not to return to his world.

The cat vanishes. The cat comes up to Will. Will climbs through a hole. The cat behaves in a strange way. -2. Scanning

Read the following sentences and then decide whether they are true or false.

•

1. It was very late at night when all this happened. •

2. Will was excited because he had done some shopping. •

3. The cat was a pet kept by Will.

•

4. The cat behaved strangely in order to attract Will’s attention.

•

5. Finally the cat disappeared into the bushes. •

6. Will had been to the other world before. Match the words from the passage with their meanings

1. to do things in a particular way 2. someone who shows you which direction to go in 3. to jump high into the air or over something

4. to wait before you do or say something because you are not sure 5. to make someone feel afraid 6. without any doubt 7. a small tree 8. to suddenly disappear Steptwo：Careful reading

1)

Ask

students to find the Main idea of the passage

The passage is about Will and a cat. The cat is a strange creature, who acts as Will’s guide. She goes to another world through the patch in the air. And Will follows her without hesitation 2) 1…the cat came up to rub her head against his knuckles…____

a. The cat wanted Will to touch her head

with the back of his hand. b. The cat came up to bite Will’s hand.

2. She padded across the road and towards the bushes.____ a. She walked quietly across the road. b. She ran across the road. 3…keeping his eyes on the spot where the cat had been investigating._____

a. He looked once at the place where the cat had been sleeping. b. He watched the place that the cat had been looking at and touching.

4. If you were level with the patch so that it was edge-on, it was nearly invisible…__

a. If you were looking at the grass you could see it. b. If you were standing next to the area of grass you could not see it. 5. He was looking at something profoundly alien.___ a. He was looking at something very different and strange. b. He was looking at something very exciting. 6. He turned away with a shudder…___

a. He laughed nervously. b. His body shook slightly because he was afraid. 3)Read the passage again andchoose the best answers.

1. The cat vanishes through _______. a.

something Will can’t see

b.

an empty patch of grass c.

some bushes 2.Will

blinks because ____________. a.

he can’t see clearly.

b.

his eyes hurt. c.

he can’t believe what he saw. 3. It is ________. a. easy to see the patch in the air from some positions b. impossible to see the patch c. difficult to see the patch 4. Will looks through the hole in the air___. a. because he is frightened b. because he knows there is a different world on the other side. c. because it is alien. 5. Will does not go back to his world because ___. a. life is difficult in his world b. he wants to learn about this new world c. it is difficult to see the old world step there

after reading 1．Read the text and fill in the blanks. The cat that _______

At this time of night there was very little______ on the road. Will was too tired to think clearly when he saw a cat. She ____________ a garden_______ Will was standing. ____________his shopping bag, Will ________his hand and the cat _________him. Suddenly she___________ and ___________the

road and stopped there. She __________ a paw to pat something that was_________ to Will. She patted it twice and then stepped forward, vanishing.

Will_________________ the place where the cat had vanished. It was a patch square _________.But Will knew_________________________ the patch

was in a different world, and very alien. Only for _____ _____, he bent down and______________. What he saw frightened him, but he didn’t _____. He climbed through the hole in the walls of this world and into another. Feeling that he was___________________ _____________, he stood up and_______________ the cat, his guide Step Four：Summary

Will was standing alone in the quiet street at night stupefied with 1.________ when he saw a cat.Putting down his shopping bag，Will 2.________his hand；the cat came up to 3.________her head against his knuckles，but then turned away and 4.________across the road and towards the bushes，in front of which she stopped.There，Will saw her 5.________curiously；

she 6.________a paw to pat something in the air but leapt back with her back arched and fur 7.________.In a while she 8.________the place again to pat the air once more，and leapt back again.Finally she stepped forward and 9.________. Will went across the road to find out it was a patch in the air that the cat disappeared into.Wondering what it was on the other side of the 10.________，he 11.________through the hole，there he found amazing scenery which fascinated Will so much that he decided not to go back to his own world and began to 12.________the cat. - Step Four . Discussion

1.How do you understand “ He turned away with a shudder: whatever this new world was, it had to be better than what he’d just left.”? (Pair work.)

2.“He stood up and looked around for the cat, his guide.” Do you think he can find his guide? What will happen next? Use your imagination to continue the story. Step Five：Homework-Finish Part2-4