Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending国家获奖教案

Reading and Comprehending New Zealand: Land of The Long White Cloud Teaching aims: 1.To encourage the students to get to know some information about New Iealand. 2.To cultivate the students ability of reading comprehending:skimming, scanning, generalization , reference and so on. 3.To train the students’

listening and speaking ability. Teaching Important and Difficult Points: 1.The learning about some information about NewZealand. 2.The obtaining of ability of reading comprehending: Skimming scanning, generalization, reference and so on. Teaching Procedures: I. leading in. 1.Ask the students whether they know a lot about English-speaking countries. 2.Travelling is very interesting.New I will Show you some beautiful pictures. Try to guess where these pictures are from. Ⅱ. Warming up Ask the students what they know about New Zealand . Work with a partner and decide whether the statements below are True or False. (

)①New Zealand is in the Pacific Ocean to the west of Australia. (

)②The capital of New Zealand is Auckland. (

)③New Zealand is approximately the same size as the uk. (

)④There are nearly 40 million sheep in New Zealand. (

)⑤There are more people living in NewZealand than in the uk. (

)⑥About 10% of NewZealanders are Maori. (

)⑦New Zealanders are often called “kiwis” after the kiwi bind that lives only in New Zealand. (

)⑧Kiwi birds are strong flyers. (

)⑨There have been humans living in New Iealand for about 10,000 years. (

)⑩New Zealand has many high mouatains. Ⅲ. Pre-reading Look at the map of New Iealand and discuss what you can learn about New Zealand form it. Discuss especially: ·Seas surrounding the country: ·Islands that make up New Zealand: ·Mountains and mountain ranges: ·Lowest and highest areas: ·Possible areas for farming: ·Major cities: Ⅳ. Reading: 1.Skimming and listening. Get the students to listen to the tape, while listening, the students need to pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation; After listening, quickly look through the passage again and get the main ideas of the paragraphs. Para1:

Para2: Para3: Para4: Para5: Para6: Para7: Para8: 2.Scanning: Get the Students to read through the first part of the passage—geography, then answer the questions of each paragraph. Paragraph1: What information about New Zealand can you infer from this paragraph? Paragraph2: If you want to visit some hot springs in New Zealand, which island should you go?Give reasons. Para3: ①which New Zealand island has the most mountains? ②On which part of the South Island are you most likely to find Sheep farms? Give reasons. ③Which part of the South Island has the most rainfall? ④Do you know more about the South Island? Ⅴ. Further reading: Get the students to read through the second part of the passage—History, after reading, put the following historic events in order. (

)A.Many Maori died from disease or war. (

)B.Maori tribes began moving to the North Island and started to grow crops. (

)C.After the Land Wars, more and more Europeans began arriving. (

)D.The British government and the Maori signed a treaty, which made New Iealand the property of Great Britain, but give the land to the Maori people. (

)E.The first humans settled in New Zealand. (

)F.Sealers and whalers from Euope came to New Zealand. (

)G.Forests began disappearing and some animals and plants became extinct. (

)H.War between Maori and pakeha(欧裔白种人)ended with loss of much Maori land. (

)I.Wars began between tribes. Ⅵ.Comprehending and summary. Get the students to look through the passage again, then try to get what they have learned about New Zealand, eg: ·New Zealand lies in the South—west Pacific Ocean.