Using LanguageⅠ教案1

Unit１Book2 Cultural Relics Using language I. Analysis of the teaching material:

This teaching material is the fourth part of Unit1, Book2 Cultural Relics, the topic of which is cultural relics protection. It is made up of two short reading passages and a listening task. This period is aimed at improving students’ judgment on people’s statements; deciding what to believe or not and listening for specific words. II. Teaching aims: Knowledge aims: 1.

Get the students to tell the difference between a fact and an opinion. 2.

Enable the students to understand the listening material and make notes quickly. Ability aims: After the class, the students will be able to 1. understand the difference between a fact and an opinion. 2. find out clues to identify a fact or an opinion. 3. listen for key words and specific information. Emotional aims: 1. Arouse the students’ interest in making judgment on a story.

2. Cultivate the students’ good habits of predicting before listening according to what they know in the incomplete sentences. III. Teaching important points: 1.

Help the students to find out how to make judgment on whether a story is a fact or an opinion. 2.

Get the students to focus on some specific information while listening (who, where, what). 3.

Lead the students to make notes quickly while listening, using abbreviation. IV. Teaching difficult points: 1. Help students learn how to tell a fact from an opinion.

2. How to predict the whole story with incomplete sentences, thus lessening their anxiety. V. Teaching aids:

Multi-media, a projector and a blackboard. VI. Teaching methods:

Task-based learning; Pair & group work; Practicing through activities

VII. Teaching procedures: Step 1

Lead-in

Talk freely about the disappearance of the Amber Room.

Many people are curious about the Amber Room. Till today, many people are hunting for the lost one, which is now still a mystery. Where is it now? How did it disappear? Today we will read or listen to 3 stories about what happened to the Amber Room, and find if a story is a fact or just an opinion. Before doing this, we should know what a fact is and what an opinion is. 【Purpose: to review what the students have known about the Amber Room and to lead in new topic.】

特别提示：为了增加课堂趣味性，设置活动，调动大家的气氛，引出黑面包公，回答问题好的同学可以获得包先生称号，或者包小姐称号。

Step 2

Scanning

Read this passage A FACT OR AN OPINION? and answer the following questions:

What is a fact? What is an opinion?

What is evidence?

(individual work)

【Purpose: to grasp the definitions of a fact and an opinion.】

Step 3

Comprehending (10 minutes) Show some sentences to check whether the students understand the difference between a fact and an opinion.

1. Sanya, the Oriental Hawaii, is the second largest city in Hainan.

2. Diaoyu Islands belong to China.

3. Everything is nothing. 4. Mr. Tian is a handsome man.

Ask the students to compare their ideas and discuss the sentences when they disagree. Then help them to conclude. (group work) 【Purpose: to help the students grasp the general guide for deciding if a statement is this: To see is to believe. A fact can be checked; an opinion cannot.】

Step 4

Reading Tasks

Task 1:

Skim the passage and find out the two opinions in Jan Hasek’s story.

Two Opinions in Jan Hasek’s Story:

1. Some people say that the Amber Room and some gold were buried in the mine. 2. I think it might be so, as the Amber Room has never been found. Task 2: Read the story again and fill in the table.

Step 5

Listening Tasks

1. Listen to another two stories about the Amber Room. Where was the Amber Room lost?

Listen to Part A:

A.

On the sea

B.

On the mountain Listen to Part B: Listening (Part A)

Hans Braun / a sailor / Konigsberg Facts in the story: 1). The ship went out to sea, and was attacked and sank.

2). The heavy boxes were full of treasure.

3). Almost everyone died, but I was saved by a German ship. 4). I helped the soldiers put some big wooden boxes onto my ship.

5). Nobody had time to save the boxes.

Reordered (重新排序): _________________________ Opinion in the story: The boxes must still be buried in the sand. Hans Braun’s Story (Part A)

Anna Petrov / a maid / Konigsberg Facts in the story: 1). One night in 1941 many trucks came to the castle with large boxes.

2). The next morning I found some melted pieces of something that looked like amber.

3). Later a special art treasure in the castle was shown to important visitors. 4). The German soldiers took the boxes into the castle.

5). Then at the end of August, 1944, I heard something explode and saw the

castle was on fire.

Reordered (重新排序): ______________________ Opinion in the story: Perhaps it was the Amber Room but I never saw it. Anna Petrov’s Story (Part B)

Facts in the Story

•

One night in 1941 many trucks came to the castle with large boxes. •

The German soldiers took the boxes into the castle. •

Later a special art treasure in the castle was shown to important visitors. •

Then at the end of August, 1944, I heard something explode and saw the castle was on fire. •

The next morning I found some melted pieces of something that looked like amber.

Opinion in the Story Perhaps it was the Amber Room but I never saw it. 2. Ultimate Trial 终极审判

Who gave the best evidence?

three eyewitnesses

three stories

the best evidence

三位证人

三个故事

最佳证词



Jan Hasek 简·哈兹克

（miner 矿工

/ in the mine）



Hans Braun 汉斯·布朗

（sailor 水手

/ in the sand）



Anna Petrov 安娜·帕特罗夫

（maid 女仆

/ in the castle）

Bao Gong

in the Ultimate Trial 包公断案

终极审判

3. 模拟法庭小组表演PK赛

three eyewitnesses

three stories

the best evidence

三位证人

三个故事

最佳证词

Who gave the best evidence? 4. Award and Speech 颁发证书

获奖感言

新版包公：

How to be a good judge? 5. How to be a good judge? Impartial and disinterested Learned and knowledgeable A good decision maker Objective with respect for facts A strong sense of justice and fairness Step 6

Assignment 1. Do the play “Mr. Bao in the Ultimate Trial” in the following class. (teamwork) 2.

Prepare a speech titled “How to Be a Good Judge？”. (individual work) Step 7

Students’ Self-assessment学生自我评价

Can you tell the differences between facts and opinions? Are you able to give or ask for opinions in English?

Did you have fun with today’s English class?