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NEW SENIOR ENGLISH FOR CHINA STUDENT’S BOOK 9

Unit 2 Sailing the oceans Reading SAILING THE OECANS Teaching contents: Sailing the oceans Class style: New lesson Teaching goals:

Knowledge goal: To enable Ss to have a good understanding of how seamen explored the oceans before latitude and longitude made it possible to plot a ship’s position on a map.

Ability goal: To well develop Ss’ abilities of reading , such as summarizing,

scanning details, guessing words and inferring.

Emotion goal: To arouse Ss’ interest and curiosity about exploring the mystery of nature as well as using the precious knowledge passed down from ancestors. Teaching focus: 1. To help Ss to fully understand the reading material. 2. To instruct Ss to frame a successful mind map of the reading material. Teaching difficulties: To skillfully use reading strategies. Teaching approaches: 1. Content-based & Task-based teaching and learning

2.Individual learning and Cooperative learning 3. Exploring learning Teaching procedure: I. Warming up activities:

Teacher offers some flash words and asks Ss to write down the words related to navigation. Cut off some unconnected ones. Then asks Ss to classify the words picked up.

navigation

sail, sailor, voyage, latitude, longitude,

equator, horizon, captain, pirate, land

island, nautical middles, explore,

exploration…

ocean

seaman, seaweed, seafood,

shore, offshore, onshore, beach,

beach-ball, seabed, sea-bird,

seagull, sea shell, seaside, sea

water, seasick, coast, coastline,

tide, wave, current…

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II. Leading-in:

To ask Ss to talk about the hot movie directed by Huang Bo. In the movie there is a plot in which Huang Bo is eager to survive the sea. In the vast ocean, what can help Huang Bo decide the direction. Ss list many items that can be of great help. the sun

the moon the stars

nature the wind the sea plant…

a watch with a compass

instruments a red coat…. III. Pre-reading

Ask Ss to talk about the pictures on page 11. To prepare them for the reading material. IV. Reading: 1. Page 1: Skimming the contents of page 1 and get the general idea of the part. Reading skill reference: As for an exposition, the beginning or the end can easily help Ss find the main idea.

2. Question: How many items of nature can help explore the seas and discover new lands.

Reading skill reference: the sub-titles can help find the corresponding information needed.

3. Page 2: Skimming the contents of page 2 and summarize the general idea of this part.

4. Question: What instruments can help increase the ability to navigate new seas.

5. Ask Ss to conduct a team job to form a framework of the whole passage.

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celestial bodies---- North Star, Sun, Clouds

wildlife

-----Seaweed, Birds

nature

the weather

----Fog, Winds

the sea what can people use

to help sail?

instruments

knot

compass

bearing circle

astrolabe

quadrant

sextant

6. Scanning for specific information:

Reading skill reference: the mind map can help find the details in the corresponding part.

plot their position

use the height of the sun to work out the latitude

a special cloud information indicates there is land close by

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If seaweed was fresh and smelled strongly, the ship was close to land.

Sea birds could be used to show the way to land when it was nowhere to be seen.

To help identify the position of a stream or river when…

To direct their sailing

Use the information to analyze the navigational skills and write the answers in

your own words. a. To find the ship’s position at sea a sailor used _______________________.

b. A sailor knew that land was nearby if he

saw____________________________________________________. c. Sailors used ____________________

______ to increase their speed.

7. Page 2---using instruments a. Finding

longitude

--- compass b. Finding latitude

the bearing circle

(方位圆) the astrolabe

(星盘) the quadrant

(象限仪,四分仪) the sextant

(六分仪) 8. Best choices for detailed information. a. What is the use of a bearing circle, astrolabe, quadrant or sextant?

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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 b. There were two methods to find longitude:

1). __________________________

2).___________________________ c.Write down the working principles of the following instruments:

Bearing circle:___________ Astrolabe:_____________ Quadrant:______________ Sextant:_______________ d.Why are speed and time important in working out the longitude of a ship?

Why is the position of the sun and various stars useful for working out latitude?

V. Group discussion:

What would you do if you came across the following problems during your voyage? a. You were far from land and a storm arose. b. You knew your latitude but didn’t know your longitude

c. You were blown off-course. d. You were offshore but you needed more food and water. e. You wanted to keep a straight course. f. You were lost with no land in sight.

This part helps Ss to practice the knowledge that they learned in the passage. VI. Further imporoving: What spirits do we need besides the nature and the instruments? curiosity courage bravery calmness optimism……

VII. Homework

1. Try to finish a detailed mind-map individually, including all the information mentioned in the text.

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