Using LanguageⅠ教案及板书设计

The Story of Atalanta

（Book2 Unit2 Using Language）

锣圩高级中学

执教者：黄慧萍

Teaching Goals:

1. To learn more about the ancient Olympic Games. 2. To learn to imagine and write an ending of an unfinished passage. Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Lead in Show the story of Liu Xiang.(To stimulate students’ interest in sports.) T: Do you know Liu Xiang? S: Yes.

T: Do you like him?

S: Yes. T: Let’s see some pictures of him.

3 minutes later. T:What can we learn from him? S:Never give up... T:Today,we will learn a love story about running. Step 2. Fast reading Read the text quickly and find out the basic information.(To get a brief understanding of the passage.) 1.When

2.Where 3.Who

4.What Suggested Answers:

1.In ancient times

2.In Greece 3.Atalanta, the king, Hippomenes, Goddess of Love 4.Hippomenes wanted to marry Atlanta and would run against her. Step 3. Careful reading

(To get Ss to have some details in the text.) I.Read the text again and then answer the questions below. 1.

Who was Atlanta?

2.

What was she good at and her glory? 3.

What bargain did Atlanta make? 4.

What did Hippomenes think of the men who competed against Atlanta at first?

5.

What did the Greek Goddess of Love advise Hippomenes to do?

Suggested Answers: (1)Atalanta was a beautiful Greek princess. (2)She was good at running. (3)When a man says he wants to marry me, I will run against him. If he cannot run as fast as me, he will be killed. No one will be pardoned. (4) He thought that these men were so foolish. (5) Throw an apple in front of Atalanta when she is running past. When she stops to pick it up, you will be able to run past her and win.

II. True or False . (P14) 1.She practised running to compete in the Olympic Games. (

) 2. At first Hippomenes understood why men ran against Atlanta. (

) 3. Atlanta was not confident she would win. (

) 4. She was so angry that she could not run in the Olympics. (

) 5. She made as many men as she could share

her pain. (

) 6. Her father did not understand her wish to compete in the Olympics. (

) 7. He didn’t refuse her wish to choose a husband in a race. (

)

Suggested Answers: T T T F F F F Step 4. Post-reading Fill in the blank.(To make Students further understand the two main characters.) Something about Atlanta Atalanta, a very beautiful Greek ________, ran the fastest in Greece, but she was not _______ to take part in the Olympic Games. She was angry and decided not to ______ anyone who could not run faster than her. She made a _______with her father and made her _____that if a man wanted to ______ her, she would run against him. If he could not run as ____ as her,

he would be _____.

Suggested Answers:

princess

allowed

marry

bargain

rules

marry

fast

killed Something about Hippomenes Hippomenes decided to marry Atlanta after he saw her. And he went to ask the Greek Goddess of Love for ____. She promised to help him and ____ him three golden apples. She told him to _____ an apple in front of Atalanta when she

was _______ fast.When she stopped to ____ it up, he would be able to run ____her and win. Hippomenes took the apples, went to the King and told him that he wanted to marry Atlanta. Suggested Answers:

help

gave

throw

running

pick

past

Step 5. Homework

What do you think would happen to Hippomenes?Write the ending of the story.