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Module 8 unit5 Using language

Reading: The feast: 18,000 BC

河北宁晋中学

侯玉凤

教材分析：The feast: 18,000 BC是人教版选修八unit5 using language.主要讲述了公元前18000年的北京人的生活，其中体现了男女在原始社会中的不同分工。

学情分析：本课面向高二文科学生，具备一定的英语知识及技能素养，且文科学生在历史书上也学过类似内容，较为熟悉此话题。

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 process Step1 lead-in

Assume you will have a feast, what will you prepare? Step2 Fast reading 1.Number the main idea of each paragraph. The description of Dahu. Lala and her families made preparationsfor the feast How did Dahu make tools Lala worried about the preparations for the feast and she hoped the feast could be as good as the one last year. 2.

In pairs work out which jobs Dahu did and which Lala did. Dahu

catching fish

preparing food Lala

making and repairing stone tools

collecting fruit and nuts

Step 3.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

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Hunting animals

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Looking after children

(2)

Fill in the blanks.

Men’s tasks 1. 2. Fishing 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. Preparing food 5. Women’s tasks 2.Which was the most dangerous work? A. Fishing by men B. Hunting animals by men C. Making clothes by women D. Looking after children by women 3.What does the underlined word “arrested”

in paragraph 2 mean? A. caught

B. continued

C. stopped

D. attracted

Step4

summary Not having looked ahead ①_______ planned better, Lala felt very worried ②_______ the preparations for her feast. So she turned for home ③________ (quick) with her collection of nuts and fruit. When she was near home, a delicious smell arrested her progress and she

④_________ (become) dizzy with hunger. She saw her mother and the old children

⑤__________ (prepare) the deer and pig meat over the fire. Just then Dahu, her husband, as well as the best toolmaker, came back with several ⑥_______ (fish). Later he began

⑦_______ (he) task: he sharpened his scrapers until they were sharp enough ⑧________ (cut) up the meat and scrape the fish. Soon, ⑨_______ first of the guests began to arrive. Lala hoped the feast was going to be just as ⑩___________ (wonder) as last year. Step 5. Discussion Some people say: “It is women that should stay at home and take care of the family.” Do you agree or not? Please give your reasons. The expressions may help you.

In my opinion,…

I (don’t) agree because…

I support … because …

No, I can’t agree with …because…

No, that’s not reasonable because…