Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学教案设计

Unit 2 Sailing the Oceans 教学设计

Warming up & pre-reading & Reading Teaching goals a.Knowledge goals:

1.enable the students to master new word, phrases and sentence-patterns of this passage. 2.Master the content arrangements of this passage. b.emotional goals and attitude: encourage students to be confident in themselves and make them try their best to finish their tasks. Important points 1.

master the feature of narrative texts 2.

Practice some reading skills such as skimming, scanning, careful reading and so on. 3.

Appreciate the beauty of the passage and deepen their understanding of some details. Difficult points: practice reading skills Teaching procedure: Step 1 Warming up Task one

How many oceans are there in the world?

Task two

Brainstorm—Think of words related to navigation and sea.

navigation: sail sailor voyage latitude longitude equator horizon captain exploration explore sea: water endless seafood beach sand coast coastline tide wave current

Step 2 Pre_reading

early navigational tools

compass ['kʌmpəs]

astrolabe [ˈæstrəleɪb]

nautical [ˈnɔ:tɪkl] chart 航海图

1. What is a navigator? A navigator explores new routes across the sea.

2. What is the difference between a navigator and an explorer? A navigator explores the sea

An explorer discovers new places on land.

Step 3 Reading

Task 1Read the passage and answer the questions. 1. What is the text mainly about? A. How seamen explored the oceans and the instruments they used. B. How seamen sailed around the oceans. C. What kinds of navigational instruments the navigators used. D. How to explore the oceans. 2. How many navigational instruments are mentioned in search of longitude and latitude? A. Four.

B. Five. C. Six.

D. Seven. 3. What does the word “random” in “Finding latitude” stand for?

A. Organized.

B. Intentional. C. Arbitrary.

D. Planned. 4. Without secure method of measuring longitude before the 17th century, the British sailors really knew ____ . A. how to estimate longitude using speed and time B. how to measure speed involved throwing a knotted rope C. how to count the knots as a ship advanced through the water D. what to do deal with the compass to calculate longitude 5. We can infer from the passage that ___ . A. earliest seamen explored the oceans since latitude and longitude made it possible to plot a ship’s position

B. earliest sailors only used celestial bodies, the weather, and tides and currents to navigate C. the first seamen began to use navigational instruments to find longitude instead of using nature D. in history of sailing the oceans, man mainly used mature to sail before navigational instruments were made

Task 2. Read te passage again and use the information to analyse the navigational skills. Write the answers in your own words. using nature 1.To find the ship's position at sea, a sailor used

_________________ 2. A sailor knew that land was nearby if he saw _________________________________________ 3.Sailors used ____________________________ to increase their speed. Answers:1.the North Star and the sun 2.fresh seaweed, nesting birds returning home in evening or fog

3.sea currents or tides and winds

using instruments 4. There are two methods to find longitude. 1.____________________________________ 2._____________________________________ Answers:1.measuring time and speed 2.compass and comlicated mathematical tables

Task 3.摘要导写. What is the passage about? [One possible version] This passge introduces the discoveries that many brave sailors spent much time and energy trying to explore these unknown areas of our planet by using nature and various navigational instruments to help.

Step 4 After reading 1. 以约30个词概括Passage 2 “A Lesson In Survival”的内容要点。

2. 以约120个词就“毅力”这个话题发表看法, 内容包括：

⑴

你对Captain Bligh的故事有何感受；

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举例说明只要有坚强的毅力就能成功；

⑶

你的体会或感受。

[写作要求] 可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点, 也可以参照课文的内容, 但不得直接引用课文中的句子。

Captain Bligh’s journey across the Pacific Oceans lasted over 40 days. Despite lack of food and water, he kept his followers occupied to take their minds off troubles. Finally they arrived at Timor successfully and they were honored as heroes.

I was moved by the story of Captain Bligh, which shows that one man’s spirit, and his determination should not be defeated by circumstances. Personally, I think hardships cannot defeat us if we never give up.

Hardship is a necessary part of our daily life. Perseverance can help us out of our hardships and difficulties. Take me as an example, when I was in Senior One, I failed to learn English well. My English teacher encouraged me never to lose heart and give up my English. And later, with the help of my English teacher and my persistent efforts, I made great progress in English.

In fact, everyone must face up to some hardships and pains because life, as it really is, is always filled with sorrows and joys. Don’t lose heart when meeting with difficulties. Just take it easy and try every means to work them out. Life will eventually give you much in return for a big heart.