Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending课时教案

M9U2 Sailing the oceans

Reading Teaching Aims:

a. Learn the following key words and expressions

voyage, mercy, minimum ,pole, overhead, offshore,accelerate, latitude, precise, portable

at the mercy of, even though, work out, be used to, in relation to, aim to , …

b. tell 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.

to understand the reading passage better. b.

to improve the 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;

the blackboard Teaching procedures

Step1 Greetings Greet the whole class as usual.

Step2 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 3 Discussion Discuss the questions on page11. Step 4 Listening and comprehending After listening to the contents of the text do the comprehending exercises on page 14&15. Step 5Explanation 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 ,pole, overhead, offshore,accelerate, latitude, precise, portable

at the mercy of, even though, work out, be used to, in relation to, aim to , …

Step6 Discussion Let’s the students have a discussion by working in groups of four. 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 Hygiene Bedding Games Items shirt, trousers soap blanket cards, chess Category Shoes Tools Medicines Books Items waterproof

boots knife,

scissors

sea-sick

tablets, cold

medicine

novels, essay

collections

Step7 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. Step8 Homework Finish the exercises about using words and expression on page61.