Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学设计(第一课时)

Unit 2 Sailing the oceans The First Period

Warming up, pre-reading and reading Teaching Aims:

a. Talk about sailing the oceans. b. Learn and master the key words and expressions

c. Train the students’ reading ability. Let the students have some knowledge of early navigational methods. Explain 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 Methods: a.

Discussion to arouse the students’ interest in sailing and exploring the oceans.

b.

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

Carefully reading to finish the Comprehending exercises on page 14. d.

Discussion after reading to make the students understand the text better. Teaching Aids: The multimedia; the blackboard Teaching Procedures: Step1 Greetings Greet the whole class as usual.

Step2

Revision

Check the homework exercises. Step 3 Presentation Present the students a map of the world and tell them “Today we are going to learn a new unit “Sailing the oceans”. Then ask them to turn to page 11 and give them a few minutes to have a discussion. Step 4 Discussion

In pairs discuss the questions on page11.This discussion is intended for students to explore the difference between a navigator and an explorer. This difference is important to establish because it encourages students to appreciate shades of meaning in the definitions f words and also because it establishes the idea of categories. After a few minutes, ask some pairs to speak out their result of the discussion. Then sum up

and check the answers.21*cnjy*com

A navigator explores new routes across the sea. An explorer discovers new places on land. Step 4 Pre-reading Show the students some pictures to see if they can identify the early navigational instruments seamen used and explain how they used.21教育网

Step 5 Listening and comprehending After listening to the contents of the text do the comprehending exercises on page 14&15. Step 6 Discussion about the structure of the reading passage Part 1

Introduction Part 2 Using nature to help(celestial bodies, wildlife, the weather, the sea) Part 3 Using navigational instruments to help (finding longitude and latitude) Step 7 Summary

This reading explains how seamen explored the oceans and what kind of navigational instruments were used to sailors before the seventeenth century when they were navigating the open seas without seeing the land.21*

Step 8 Homework Finish the exercises about using words and expression on page61.