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新人教版高中英语M9 Unit2 Sailing the oceans The Second Period Reading Teaching Aims: a.

Learn and master the key words and expressions b.

Train the students’

reading ability. Let the students have some knowledge of early navigational methods. Learn about how seamen explored the oceans and what kind of navigational instruments were used to sailors before the 17th century when they were navigating the open seas without seeing the land. Teaching Difficult Points: a.

How to help the students understand and reading passage better b.

How to improve the students’

reading ability Teaching Methods:

a.

Scanning the text to get the general idea of it b.

Carefully reading to finish the exercises c.

Discussion Teaching Aids: the multimedia, the blackboard Teaching procedures: Step1. Greetings Greet the whole class as usual Step2. Revision and lead-in Show the students some pictures about sailing Let the students watch a short video about sailing Sept3.Scanning (listen to the tape and read the passage) Page1 How did seamen explore the oceans before latitude and longitude made it possible to plot a ship’s position?

What did the seamen use in order to keep alongside the coastline? And how did they use them? celestial bodies

wildlife

the weather

the sea Page2

What skills did seamen use to explore the seas and discover new lands? The compass

the bearing circle

the astrolabe

the quadrant

the sextant Ask some student to show the functions of some instruments. Step4 Detailed reading Task1 Read the question and give their plan of action. What would you do if you were offshore but you needed more food and water? Task2 (discussion) Topic1. Why are speed and time important in working out the longitude of a ship? Topic2. why is the position of sun and various stars useful for working out latitude? Step5 Summary Skim the text and fill in the blanks Homework: a.

Review this passage. b.

Suppose you were a sea captain aiming to sail round Africa. 1)

What skills wold you seek in your sailors? 2)

What problems would you anticipate for this journey? Blackboard Design Using nature:

Using instruments: celestial bodies

Compass wildlife

The Bearing Circle weather

The Astrolabe sea

The Quadrant

The Sextant