Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教案板书设计

Unit 3 Australia

Ⅰ. Teaching aims: Knowledge aim: Learn some words and expressions: associate

barrier

brochure

adequate

ecology

autonomous

federal

defense

policy

tax

taxation

nation

citizen

citizenship

celebration

birthplace tolerate

tolerance

migrant

homeland

via

superb

rust

rusty

tropical

splendor

heritage

aboriginal

fortnight

reservation

highway

cradle

rainfall

agriculture

sow

bachelor

correspond

owe

enclosure

authority

desperate

shrink

barbecue

paralyze

sickness

recover

funnel

snatch

vinegar

unconscious associate with

Great Barrier Reef

out of respect

correspond with

owe … to

talk …into …

Skill aim: Train the students’ reading ability(skimming, detail reading, distinguishing different styles of articles) Emotional aim: Enable the students to learn some information about Australia

Ⅱ. Teaching important points:

Get some information of Australia in the text

Ⅲ. Teaching difficult points:

Enable the students to distinguish different styles of extract articles Ⅳ. Teaching methods: Cooperative learning, task-based learning Ⅴ. Teaching aids:

A computer, a blackboard, a tape-record Ⅵ. Teaching procedures:

StepⅠ Lead-in 1.

Greet the whole class as usual. 2.

Ask Ss to guess the country we are going to talk about---“Today we are going to learn about a

country. It is a country and also a continent. It is surrounded by oceans. While many other countries are having winter, it is in summer. In this country, you will see many plants and animals that cannot be found anywhere else, such as the kangaroo, koala bear, ect. Do you know which country it is?”

3.

Ask Ss to say something about each picture and distinguish what city does each picture associates with. “Have you ever been to Australia? What places do you know in Australia? (Well-known cities, famous scenic spots, etc.) Look at the pictures. What do you see in each picture? Can you recognize them? Why?”

I will show the pictures of Sydney, Perth, Kakadu, Canberra,Uluru,Great Barrier Reef. 4.

Ask Ss to match the picture and its name. 5.

Ask Ss to answer this question and then find these places on the map. 6.

Illustrate these places one by one.

Sydney: Opera House and Harbor Bridge, the capital of New South Wales. The bridge and the Opera house are two world famous landmarks of Sydney and often appear on souvenirs and on travel brochure. Perth:

the capital of Western Australia, Australia’s largest state in area.

Kakadu:

a national park in the Northern Territory. It is a popular destination for tourists interested in Australia's tropical north and its wildlife, including crocodiles. Canberra: The Federal capital of Australia. Parliament House for the Commonwealth of Australia is built here. Uluru: formerly known as Ayers Rock, is a huge pink rock in the middle of flat, desert in Northern territory. It is sacred to the Aboriginal people of the area. It is another popular tourist destination. Great Barrier Reef: a chain of coral reefs stretching about 2,000 kilometers along the coast

of Queensland. This is a world heritage area, famous for its abundant tropical fish and corals.

Let the students get a better understanding of Australia. Step Ⅱ Pre-reading 1.

Ask students to quickly glance at the passage and find the main ideas of each paragraph.After reading the passage, let them match the main idea with the paragraph on the PPT. Get the students know some reading strategies: skimming, detail reading and paying attention to the words that frequently appeared in the text and equally important, their relative words. Step Ⅲ Reading 1.

Ask the students to skim the five short passages and find the answers to the questions in Exercise 1, Comprehending part.

Q1:Where do most Australians live?

A1:The south-eastern costal area of Australia.

Q2:In what city do federal politicians work?

A2:Canberra Q3:How many people live in Australia?

A3:20 million Q4:When is Australia day?

A4:26th January Q5:How far is it from Perth to Sydney? A5:4,352 kilometers Q6:How many World heritage Sites are there in Australia? A6:14 Q7:Which part of Australia get the most rainfall? A7:A few coastal areas.

Q8:Why do most people choose not to climb Uluru?

A8: Most people do not climb Ayers Rock out of respect for the Aboriginal people who consider the rock to be sacred. Q9:What two Worlds Heritage Sites are named in these texts?

A9: Cradle Mountain National Park &Uluru

2.

Ask the students to read the text in detail, underline the information they didn’t know before and write down five facts that they consider to be the most interesting and exchange information in groups’ work. Step Ⅳ Discussion

Ask the students to work in groups to discuss the following questions. 1.

What kind of people do you think make Australia their home? 2.

Each year large numbers of people became Australian citizens. Why do you think they choose to become citizens? 3.

When do you think traveling by train across Australia would be appropriate and when do you think traveling by plane would be most suitable? Give more than one reasons. 4.

In what part of Australia do you think most agriculture takes place? Give reasons. 5.

Why do you think the population of Australia is so small when it is such a large country? 6.

Choose five words or phrases to describe Australia. Step Ⅴ Language points Explain some difficult points as listed in the PPT. Step Ⅵ Homework

1. Finish Ex.1, 2, 3, Page24-25. 2. Write an article about the reasons why people want to travel in Australia