Using LanguageⅠ优秀公开课教案

选修8 unit5 using language 教学设计

Period 1

Warming up and Reading Learning process(学习过程) Learning aims （学习目的）

Step1. Preparing lessons &self-study and exploring the problems

(预习自学，探究问题)

Task1. Warming up In pairs, try to identify these objects, discuss what they were made of and explain their use , and fill in the chart below: Its name What it was made of Its use

Today’s alternatives

1. Oil lamp Bronze

2. Bianzhong Bronze Play music

3. Stone axe Stone Scrape and cut up things

4.Pharaoh mask Gold

Nothing

Pre-reading Look at the picture on page 37, and guess what it is. S: It is a skullcap. Can you guess whose skullcap it may be? S: Peking man’s skullcap.

Discuss and imagine what Peking Man might have done and used thousands of years ago. Then compare it with the life of modern people. Fill in the chart below:

Modern people Peking man Accuracy Place for living

Modern architecture, which is huge, like boxes with flat roofs, sharp corners and glass walls.

Very accurate

Furniture

Accurate Entertainment

Watching TV, surfing the Internet and traveling. Enjoy the nature or family get-together.

Inaccurate

Food

A good variety of cooked food, which tastes delicious. Natural food, such as nuts and fruits.

Accurate

Clothing Clothes made from special material, such as cotton and wood.

Accurate

To look through Warming-up and Pre-reading to do some exercises.（浏览Warming-up and Pre-reading，完成作业。）

Step2.Finishing

plan & asking questions（完成学案，提出问题）

Task2. Choose the best answers from A,B,C or D in the following exercises after reading the passage---- A VISIT TO THE ZHOUKOUDIAIN CAVES. 1.What did they find in the caves? ___________. A. Only human bones and fires

B. Just animal bones

C. Modern tools and ornaments

D. Bones, tools and ornaments, as well as fireplaces 2. Which of the following about fire is NOT TRUE?____________. A. Keeping warm

B. Cooking food

C. Frightening the animals D. Making iron 3. From the needle, we can infer the earliest people in Zhoukoudian________. A. were able to do the same thing as tigers or bears

B. were more clever than tigers or bears

C. were trained how to use needles

D. could make clothes like we have today 4. From “ but others are made of shells “ , we can’t infer that ______. A. the sea was not far away at that time

B. they ran to the sea for the shells

C. the shells could be sold and bought

D. they could make necklaces by machines 5. Which of the following is TRUE?_____________. A. This passage is an explanation about the earliest people

B. This passage shows that the students are being shown around the cave

C. This passage is a part of an interview at TV station D. This passage tells us the earliest people would not be our ancestors

To scan or read the passage to get the useful information to do with the problems. （浏览短文，获得有用信息，解决有关问题。）

Period 2 Learning about

Important language points Step1. Preparing lessons &self-study and exploring the problems

(预习自学，探究问题) Finish the tasks in the first period in time. Step2.Finishing

plan & asking questions（完成学案，提出问题）

Report the answers to the class and the teacher. Listen to the tape of the text and underline the new words in the text; Learn the new words and phrases after the teacher . Ask for help if necessary. Step3.Researching cooperatively& answering questions(合作探究, 解决问题) Learn the usages of the following language points and answer some questions in groups. Period 3

Learning about language: Grammar Step1. Preparing lessons &self-study and exploring the problems

(预习自学，探究问题)

Finish the task given in the last period. Step2.Finishing

plan & asking questions（完成学案，提出问题）

Report the answers to the class and teacher. Point out the sentences including

the Present Perfect Continuous Tense in the text. Step1. Preparing lessons &self-study and exploring the problems Step2.Finishing

plan & asking questions（完成学案，提出问题）

Task 1. Warming up Turn to Page 42 and we are going to the part Listening and speaking in the passage on Page 42. Look through the three pictures and guess what has happened and the correct order of the pictures, and then write their guesses. Step3.Researching cooperatively& answering questions(合作探究, 解决问题)

Task 2.

Listening(on page 42)

1. Read the requirements quickly and look through the three pictures to find out the key points for listening.

2. Pay attention to the important points. Write down the actions while listening.

Now, tell

what you have learnt from the tape? S1: I’ve known the methods that archaeologists use to date bones. They’re layers in the ground and radiocarbon dating. S2: Besides, each layer looks different as they are uncovered, so we can tell where one layer starts and another finishes. S3: All living things have carbon in their bodies. When they die, the carbon will relive at a certain rate. Archaeologists can use radioactivity to tell how old the remains are. Step4.Summing &chewing, summarizing knowledge（总结反刍

，知识梳理）

Task 3. Speaking

Talk about Sanxingdui Ruins with the students.

What do you know about Sanxingdui Ruins? Step5.Testing in class & improving skills（随堂检测，落实考点）

Task4. SPEAKING TASK.

Above are objects in ancient China. Now let’s turn to a picture of ancient Egypt. Turn to page 84. Read the instructions and discuss the painting and then fill in the chart in Part 1.

A sample dialogue: S1: What can you find in the painting? S2: I can find some people are sitting on low stools, served by someone.

S1: Yes. In the lower part of the picture, someone is holding a plate with meat of poultry. And on the table there are other kinds of food. S2: Look. There hang some clothes on the wall. They had to take off clothes when having dinner. S1: I agree. And we can see that their meals are arranged well. Maybe the soup must be first served, and then comes the meat. S2: Do you find someone dancing?

S1: Yes. Maybe they are watching the dancing while eating.

…

Ask the students to read their answers.

Evidence from the wall painting Food

Period 4

Using language: Listening and speaking

Arrangements for the meal

Clothes Hygiene

Entertainment People Someone is holding a plate with goose meat in it Something like soup are served first, then another one presents the meat ... Clothes are hanging on the wall The room is clean and they took off clothes when eating.

Someone is dancing

Some are sitting on the tools and served by others who dress differently. Period 5

Using language: Extensive reading Period 6

Using language: Speaking and writing