Learning about Language多媒体教学设计及其点评

Unit2

Sailing the oceans I. 单元教学目标

Talk about early navigation

Talk about discovery and exploration of an unknown land Learn about some famous navigators and explorers Learn to express the cause and effect Learn to use the Predicate Write a report about a navigator or an adventurous story Ⅱ.目标语言

词汇

voyage mercy encyclopedia alongside exploration minimum celestial pole equator horizon overhead seaweed nowhere offshore accelerate outward tide secure log knot nautical magnetic random awkward reference precise simplify portable shortcoming update tendency reliable swoop parcel peck cliff expedition compulsory survival incident departure crew deposit dilemma drawback dusk routine reckon reckoning starvation psychology psychologically tension gradual gradually foresee thirst tear hardship jaw background roar 句式结构

at the mercy of

nautical mile

set loose

jaws of death

Cause & effect

Why are you...?

How could you...?

Why did you...?

Because of.... It was because....

The reason is that.... As he....

Since she.... Now that....

Therefore,... He was due to....

It is ..., so I’m afraid....

That's why....

He.... so he is ill with fever after the voyage.

复习谓语(The Predicate) So how did they navigate so well?

As you can see from the map we kept to straight course pretty well. The tension in the boat got worse as the supply of food and water gradually disappear

So accomplished navigators were able to use it to plot their position. Captain Cook had led three great Pacific voyages during his life. I’ll go and get ready to begin work.

1.

You may well wonder…(p12)

2.

… show that they were not at the mercy of the sea even though…(p12)

3.

Sea birds could be used to show the way to land when it was nowhere to be seen. (p12) 4.

There was no secure method of measuring longitude until the 17th century when the British solved this theoretical problem. (p13) 5.

Its shortcoming was that it still used the moving ship as one of the fixed points of reference. (p13) 6.

I am proud to have sailed with Captain Bligh on his journey of…(p17)

7.

You could not imagine a more disturbing sight than what we looked like when arriving in Timor over forty days after being set loose in…(p17)

分课时教案

The First Period

warming up & reading Teaching Aims:

Teaching Aims:

a. Learn and master the key words and expressions

voyage mercy minimum nowhere pole overhead offshore accelerate outward longitude latitude precise simplify portable shortcoming updated tendency reliable at the mercy of, even though, work out, be used to, in relation to, aim to , …

b. 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 Difficult Points:

a.

How to help the students understand the reading passage better. b.

How to improve the students’ reading ability.

Teaching Methods: a.

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

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

Discussion after reading to make the students understand the text better. Teaching Aids: The multimedia; a tape recorder; the blackboard Teaching procedures & ways

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. A navigator explores new routes across the sea. An explorer discovers new places on land. A navigator is somebody who finds the position and plots the course of a ship, an aircraft, a car, etc, using maps and instruments. An explorer is somebody who travels into or through a place in order to learn about it. Very often navigators are also explorers. In history there are four famous voyage explorers in the world, including Zheng He in China,

James Cook in England, Christopher Columbus in Spain and Abel Tasman in Holland. In this unit we’ll talk about Zheng He, James Cook and some other explorers like Marco Polo and Captain Bligh. Reading Step1 Greetings Greet the whole class as usual.

Step2 Revision

Check the homework exercises. Step3 Pre-reading Show the students some pictures to see if they can identify the early navigational instruments seamen used and explain how they used. Step 4 Discussion Discuss the questions on page11. Step 5 Listening and comprehending After listening to the contents of the text do the comprehending exercises on page 14&15. Step 6 Explanation After comprehending, it is a good time to deal with the new words and language points in this part, esp. the following: voyage mercy minimum nowhere pole overhead offshore accelerate outward longitude latitude precise simplify portable shortcoming updated tendency reliable at the mercy of, even though, work out, be used to, in relation to, aim to ,

Step7 Discussion Let’s the students have a discussion by working in pairs or in groups.

Topic: Imagine you are on a boat with twenty-nine other people. You have a small box for your personal things but it can only hole ten items. What would you need for a week’s journey across the North Sea to England? Suggested Answer: Category Clothes Items shirt, trousers Category Shoes Items waterproof

boots

Hygiene Bedding soap blanket Tools Medicines knife,

scissors

sea-sick

tablets, cold

medicine

Games cards, chess Books novels, collections

essay Step8 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. Step9 Homework Finish the exercises about using words and expression on page61.

The Second Period

Grammar The Predicate and Agreement Teaching Aims:

1.

Revise one of the sentence elements ---the Predicate and do plenty of exercises to consolidate what we have revise. 2.

Study Agreement to improve the students’ ability to use the English language.

Teaching Important Points: 1.

How to choose the proper form of the Predicative in order to express what we want to say. 2.

Help the students to make a summary of the usage of agreement. Teaching Difficult Points: How to choose a proper predicate according to its subject. Teaching Methods: 1.

Discussion method to let the students have a clear understanding. 2.

Pair work or group work to make every student engaged in all the activities in class. Teaching Aids: 1. a computer;

2. courseware Teaching procedures

Step1 Greetings Greet the whole class as usual.

Step2 Revision

Step2

Revision

Translate the following sentences into English: 1.

我对杰夫真是搞不明白，他忽而对我友好，忽而对我视若路人。

I can’t work out Geoff out; one day he’s friendly, the next day he ignores me completely.

2.

他认为美与善是一致的。

He identifies beauty with goodness．

3.

到周末你很可能会发现你需要更多东西。

You might well find that you’ll need more by the weekend.

4.

他们在海上迷失的方向,任凭风和天气的摆布。

They were lost at sea, at the mercy of wind and weather. 5.

即便他能通过考试，以后找工作也成问题。

He will have problems in finding a job even if he can pass the exam. 6.

他把车沿着围墙停放。

He parked his car alongside the fence. . Step3 Grammar: the Predicate A. Show the students some sentences and ask them to discuss and tell what member of the sentence each underlined part is. ① What nationality is he? ② That’s something we have always to keep in mind. ③ John is the second to learn about it. ④ Diamonds are precious. ⑤ The play we saw last Saturday is moving and we were all moved. ⑥ All we can do is to go and meet him. ⑦ He has been away for 3 years. ⑧ She is not what she used to be. B. Something about the predicate:

谓语

谓语用来说明主语的动作或状态，由动词或动词词组担任。有四个要点，举例归纳如下：

1. 动词可分为及物动词、不及物动词和连系动词。

1)需要跟有宾语的动词叫及物动词，及物动词后可跟一个宾语、直接宾语和间接宾语或一个宾语带宾语补足语。例如：

直接宾语

Children seek independence.

The trial raised a number of questions.

He has always liked Mr. Philips.

He made the shortest speech I have ever heard.

A couple were having a drink at a table by the window

He took photographs of Vita in her summer house

直接宾语和间接宾语

They gave us a wonderfully warm welcome.

Mr Schell wrote a letter the other day to the New York Times.(… wrote the New York Times a letter.)

I took out the black box and handed it to her. (…handed her the box.)

l had lent my apartment to a friend for the weekend.

He left the note for he r on the table.

一个宾语带宾语补足语

Willis’s jokes made her uneasy.

Last year they made him captain of the Team

The people named the place “Turbo Kutu”.

I thought it right to go there without delay.

Have you found it difficult to speak?

2)不需要跟有宾语的动词叫不及物动词。例如：

Her whole body ached.

Donald was lying on the bed.

Bob coughed all night.

All the leaves have fallen and winter is coming.

I will travel south this summer and won’t come back to my office until the end of August.

有几个不及物动词后可以跟有与之同形的名词，这叫同源宾语。例如：

They are living a peaceful life. (=They are living peacefully.)

He died a heroic death . (=He died heroically.)

The girl laughed a merry laugh. (=The girl laughed merrily.)

He sighed a deep sigh. (=He sighed deeply.)

许多动词往往既是不及物动词又是及物动词。例如：

Gus asked me whether I’d like to have dinner with him. I accepted.(vi.) I accepted the invitation. (vt.) He painted every day. (vi.) He paints vivid portraits of friends and acquaintances. (vt.) He ran as fast as he could. (vi.) She ran a hotel in the centre of the city. (vt.) Father never smoked or drank all his life. (vi.) He drank a good deal of coffee. (vt.) At last she thanked them and left. (vi.) A11 I know is that Michael and I never left the house. (vt.) 3 ) 连系动词虽具有词汇意义，但需要带有表语才能构成动词谓语。例如：

The station seems a very small one.

They haven’t remained loyal to the government.

Their hall was larger than his whole flat.

The task of inspecting it proved to be exciting and interesting.

It sounds unnatural to us.

My memories of a London childhood are happy ones.

His body was the color of bronze.

2动词词组或称短语动词，可以扩展或改变动词的意义，它们的构成是：

·动词+副词

Mary went away for a few days.

·动词+介词

The other day I came across a letter from Brunei written in the last year of his life.

·动词+副词+介词

You may have come up against unexpected difficulties.

3情态动词与动词连用构成的谓语。例如：

I must leave very soon.

The rich ought to pay tuition fees for their children.

You may have heard of him.

You should not have done so. Step 5

Grammar: Agreement Show the students something about agreement: 主谓一致

1.

并列结构作主语谓语用复数

2.

主谓一致中的就近原则

3.

谓语动词与前面的主语一致

4.

谓语需用单数

5.

指代意义决定谓语的单复数

6.

与后接名词或代词保持一致

Step 6

Practice 1. More than one person _______ killed in the accident. ( be )

2.

More questions than one ______ been asked.

( have)

3.

Part of

part of the meat _______spoilt. ( be ) 4.

Most of the books _________ missing. ( be ) 5. The number of errors ______ surprising. 6. Jane and Mary ______ alike. 7. The crowd ______running for their lives. 8. The iron works _____ hidden behind the trees. 9. Either your students or Mr. Wang ______ this. 10. His family ____ going to have a long journey. 11. The whole family_____ watching TV. 12. The population of China ____ very large, and eighty percent of the population in China _____ farmers.

13. The police _____ searching for him. 14. A sheep ____ over there. 15. Some sheep _____ over there. 16. The doctor’s _____ on the side of the street.

17. My uncle’s _____ not far from here.

18. Richardson’s _____ a lot of imported goods to sell. Ask the students to finish the exercises. Suggested answers:

1. was

2. have

3. was

4. were

5. was

6. look

7. were 9. knows

10. is

11. are

12. is , are

13. are

14. is

15 are 17. is

18. are

Step 7

Summary and Homework 1.

Do what we learn today. 2.

Do the exercise about Using Structures on page 62.

8. was

16. is