Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学目标设计

Unit 3 Australia- Warming Up Pre-reading & Reading

Ⅰ. Teaching aims:

1.

Enable the students to learn some information about Australia 2.

Train the students’ reading ability(skimming, detail reading, distinguishing different styles of articles) Ⅱ. Teaching important points:

Get some information of Australia in the text Ⅲ. Teaching difficult points:

Enable the students to distinguish different styles of extract articles Ⅳ. Teaching methods:

Cooperative learning, task-based learning Ⅴ. Teaching aids:

A computer, a blackboard, a tape-record Ⅵ. Teaching procedures:

StepⅠ Lead-in 1.

Greeting 2.

Ask Ss to guess the country we are going to talk about---“Today we are going to learn about a country. It is a country and also a continent. It is surrounded by oceans. While many other countries are having winter, it is in summer. In this country, you will see many plants and animals that cannot be found anywhere else, such as the kangaroo, koala bear, ect. Do you know which country it is?”

3.

Ask Ss to say something about each picture and distinguish what city does each picture associates with. “Have you ever been to Australia? What places do you know in Australia? (Well-known cities, famous scenic spots, etc.) Look at the pictures. What do you see in each picture? Can you recognize them? Why?”

4.

Ask Ss to find the places listed in Question 1 on the map 5.

Ask Ss to work in groups and discuss what they know about these places. Step Ⅱ Pre-reading 1.

Ask Ss to quickly glance at the five text and answer the questions designed for this part. 2.

Get the Ss know some reading strategies: skimming, detail reading and paying attention to the words that frequently appeared in the text and equally important, their relative words. Step Ⅲ Reading

Skimming 1、Ask the Ss to read the text quickly and match the aspect of the topic discussed in each text. Text 1 Uluru Text 2 Cradle Mountain National Park Text 3 A citizenship ceremony on Australia Day Text 4 Two rail journeys across the length and breadth of Australia

Text 5 A general description of the physical features and ecology of Australia and its political organization 2. Match each reading passage with a description below using numbers from 1 to 5. A postcard from someone on holiday Text______ Part of a text in an encyclopedia Text______ Part of a tourist brochure Text______ A newspaper article Text______ An advertisement Text______ Scanning Text 1: Fill in the form. Official name Capital Population Area Commonwealth of Australia _____________ ___ million, approximately 80% live in the south-eastern coastal area 7,686,850 square kilometers, the _____ largest country in the world Melbourne and __________ its huge, open space, bright sunshine, enormous number of sheep and cattle and its unusual wildlife. The number of states _____________ Two largest cities Famous for

Australia Day Text 2: Australia Day is celebrated on January ____every year to encourage _______, _______ and _________ among all the people of Australia. During the ceremonies, singing and dancing from many of the migrants’ homeland will be ________ and food from all over the world will be _________. Text 3: Mark the travelling routes

Travel from Sydney to Perth: Text 4 Uluru Answer the following questions. How many World Heritage Sites are there in Australia?

Why do most people choose not to climb the rock?

Text 5:What is the Cradle Mountain National park is famous for?

Step Ⅳ Reading Comprehension Read the text again and tell the statements are True or False. 1. Australia is one of the countries that are also a continent. ( ) 2. Australia is made up of six states, and Australian states are autonomous in some areas of government. ( ) 3. The people from other countries in Australia are not well received. ( ) 4. The amazing rock is 335 metres above sea level. ( ) 5. The Aboriginal people like to climb the rock out of respect. ( ) Choose the best answer. 1.Most Australians live in the _______ coastal area. A. south-western B. south-eastern C. north-western D. north-eastern 2. On Australia Day,________. A. people sing and dance together B. people enjoy Australia food C. some people from overseas were accepted as the citizens in Australia D. people can travel all over Australia 3. If you trip from Sydney to Perth, you can see ___________. A. mountains and trees B. mountains and plains C. mountains, plains and wildlife D. plains, trees and wildlife 4. The rock in Uluru is amazing because _______. A. it is very high B. it is very large C. it is sacred D. it can change color 5. We can guess from the 4th passage that sacred has a closest meaning with ____ A. holy B. religious C. important D. aboriginal

Step V Discussion Ask the Ss to work in groups to discuss the following questions.

1.

What kind of people do you think make Australia their home? 2.

Each year large numbers of people became Australian citizens. Why do you think they choose to become citizens? 3.

When do you think traveling by train across Australia would be appropriate and when do you think traveling by plane would be most suitable? Give more than one reasons. 4.

In what part of Australia do you think most agriculture takes place? Give reasons. 5.

Why do you think the population of Australia is so small when it is such a large country? 6.

Choose five words or phrases to describe Australia. Step VI Summary Learn some basic information about Australia(eg. Scenery, animals, politics) by illustrating writing. Improve reading ability(especially skimming, detail reading, distinguishing different styles of articles). Collect more information.Widen our horizens. Love our country; love the world Step VII Homework Write an article to introduce Australia.