Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending名师教学设计2

Unit 2 Sailing the oceans I. 单元教学目标

技能目标Goals Talk about early navigation

Talk about discovery and exploration of an unknown land Learn about some famous navigators and explorers Learn to express the cause and effect Learn to use the Predicate Write a report about a navigator or an adventurous story

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复习谓语(The Predicate) Cause & effect

Why are you...?

How could you...? Why did you...?

Because of.... It was because....

The reason is that.... As he....

Since she.... Now that....

Therefore,... He was due to....

It is ..., so I’m afraid....

That's why....

He.... so he is ill with fever after the voyage. Minimum, pole, overhead,offshore, outward, secure, magnetic, awkward ,reference, precise,simplify, portable, shortcoming, updated, tendency, reliable

at the mercy of

nautical mile

set loose

jaws of death

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So how did they navigate so well? As you can see from the map we kept to straight course pretty well. The tension in the boat got worse as the supply of food and water gradually disappear

So accomplished navigators were able to use it to plot their position. Captain Cook had led three great Pacific voyages during his life. I’ll go and get ready to begin work.

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You may well wonder…(p12)

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… show that they were not at the mercy of the sea even though…(p12)

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Sea birds could be used to show the way to land when it was nowhere to be seen. (p12) 4.

There was no secure method of measuring longitude until the 17th century when the British solved this theoretical problem. (p13) 5.

Its shortcoming was that it still used the moving ship as one of the fixed points of reference. (p13) 6.

I am proud to have sailed with Captain Bligh on his journey of…(p17)

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You could not imagine a more disturbing sight than what we looked like when arriving in Timor over forty days after being set loose in…(p17)

The First Period

warming-up Teaching Aims:

a. Key words and expressions

navigate, navigator, navigation, navigational; explore, explorer, exploration b. Talk about sailing the oceans. Teaching Methods: Compare the difference between “navigator”and “explorer”

and talk about Zheng He, Marco Polo, James Cook in pair or group work to make every student work in class. Teaching Aids: The blackboard; the multimedia; a tape recorder;

Teaching Procedures: Step1 Greetings Greet the whole class as usual.

Step 2 Presentation Show the students one word “navigator”and ask “Do you know what is navigator?”

“What is the difference between navigator and explorer”, then give them a few minutes to have a discussion.

Step 3 Discussion

In groups discuss the two questions in ten minutes. This discussion is made to students to explore the difference between a navigator and an explorer. This task is really important for students to set up a right idea about navigator. Times up, ask some groups to speak out their result of the discussion. Then sum up and check the answers. ①A navigator explores new routes across the sea. ②An navigator explores the sea and an explorer discovers new places on land. Step 4 Pre-speaking Show the students three pictures and ask them.”Look at these famous people. Are they navigators or explorers? What do you know about them?”

then, present some information about these famous people. 1.

About Zheng He. 2.

About Marco Polo 3.

About James Cook Step 5 Speaking

After showing the students the pictures and their background information, ask the students to think about the question: How do you think navigators and explorers found their way before in the old times? What can they use when they are sailing the ocean?

Step 6 Homework 1. Read the new words and have a dictation.. 2. Preview Reading SAILING THE OCEANS on page 12.

The Second Period Reading Teaching Aims:

a. Learn and master the key words and expressions

Minimum, pole, overhead,offshore, outward, secure, magnetic, awkward ,reference, precise,simplify, portable, shortcoming, updated, tendency, reliable at the mercy of, even though, work out, be used to, in relation to, aim to , …

b. Train the students’ reading ability. Make the students have some knowledge of early navigational tools. Explain how navigators and explorers explored the oceans and what kind of navigational instruments were used to sailors before the 17th century. Teaching Difficult Points: a.

To understand the reading passage. b.

To improve the students’ 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 blackboard; the multimedia; a tape recorder;

Teaching procedures

Step1 Greetings Greet the whole class as usual.

Step2 Revision

Have a dictation about the words Step3 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 4 Comprehending

1 Read the passage and answer the following questions.

What is the use of a bearing circle, astrolabe, quadrant or sextant? (

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What is the use of a compass? (

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to set the course of the ship

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to measure the position of the ship

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to measure the speed of the ship

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to tell the time Step5 Discussion What would you do if you came across the following problems during your

voyage? Read the chart below and fill in your plans of action to deal with them. T: What would you do if you were far from land and a storm arose. S: Plan of action: wait till the storm is over, and then find your new position and return to your original course

Step6 Summary

This reading explains what you would do and what kinds of navigational instruments you can use if you came across the problems during you voyage. Step7 Homework Finish the exercises about using words and expression on page61.

The Third Period

Extensive Reading Teaching Aims:

a. Learn and master the key words and expressions

incident departure crew deposit dilemma drawback dusk routine pretty starvation extreme psychologically tension gradually foresee thirst hardship b. Train the students’ reading ability.

Teaching Difficult Points: a. How to help the students understand the reading passage better. b. How to improve the students’ reading ability.

Teaching Methods: a.

Scanning the text to get the general idea of it and do some other comprehending exercises. b.

Discussion after reading to make the students understand the text better. Teaching Aids:

The multimedia; a tape recorder; the blackboard Teaching procedures & ways

Step1 Greetings Greet the whole class as usual.

Step2 Revision

Check the homework exercises. Step3 Reading a.

Read the passage again and use the information to analyse the navigational skills.

Write the answers in your own words.

1.Using nature to find the ship’s position at sea a sailor used the North Star and the sun. 2. A sailor knew that land was nearby if he saw fresh seaweed, nesting birds returning

3. Sailors used sea currents or tides and to increase their speed. b. Write down the working principles of the following instruments: Beating circle: to compare the height of the sun now

with the position of the 'sun at midday Astrolabe: to compare the position of the ship in relation to some stars or the sun. Step4 Discussion Make a special situation for students and tell them to discuss. “Imagine you are on a boat with twenty-nine other people. You have a small box for your personal things but it can only hold ten items. What would you need for a week's journey across the North Sea to England?”

Games

Books

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Clothes

Hygiene

Bedding

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Shoes

Tools

Medicines

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Step5 Homework

Finish exercises in workbook. After class write a story about my exploration in the ocean and tell the story in front of all the class.