Using LanguageⅠ课程导入

Book9 Unit3 Using language Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

sickness, recover, vinegar, unconscious b. 重点句子

A few varieties, however, can kill humans, so it is just as well that snakes are very shy and usually attack only if they are disturbed and feel threatened. While a small number of Australians are bitten by spiders each year, most recover without any medical treatment. However, although they look dangerous because of their wide mouths and sharp teeth, all but two or three kinds are harmless to humans. 2. Ability goals 能力目标

Enable the students to talk about some dangerous animals in Australia. Enable the students to talk about the different opinions about “Who discovered Australia”.

3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Enable the students to talk about how to protect themselves from some dangerous animals in Australia. Get the students to talk about the different opinions about “Who discovered Australia”.

Teaching important points 教学重点

Talk about some dangerous animals and some ways to protect oneself from these animals.

Teaching difficult points 教学难点

Try to understand the different opinions about “Who discovered Australia”.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Reading as a whole, predicting, scanning, and discussing. Teaching aids 教具准备

A computer and a projector. Teaching procedures && ways 教学过程与方式

Step Ⅰ

Homework checking T: Have you designed some flags for our school? Ss: Yes.

T: Who volunteers to show your design to us and explain it? You may show your design on the screen. S1: Look at our design of a flag on the screen (The one on the left). The tree in the middle stands for us students while the green part stands for our school atmosphere. We will grow up healthy and sound in a friendly and harmonious environment. S2: This is our design. The blue stands for the sea of knowledge. In the middle is a summit. We are expected to climb up the scientific summit.

T: Wonderful flags and explanations!

Step Ⅱ

Lead-in Show the pictures to arouse the students’ reading interest.

T: As to Australia, I think most of you have learned a lot, no matter from our text,

your collection or the media. However, as long as people refer to Australia, what is the first thing that appears in their mind? Ss: Kangaroos! T: That’s it. Look at the screen and tell me what they are. Ss: They are kangaroos, koalas and a wallaby. T: You are quite right. But do you know anything more about the creatures? Ss: Yes. T: Please tell me. Ss: They are famous as marsupials. T: Why you say so? Ss: Marsupials are mammals that each have pouches to carry their young. T: But do you know any dangerous animals in Australia? Ss: We are not sure. T: OK. Today we are going to learn more about animals in Australia.

Step Ⅲ

Pre-reading Get the students to predict the content of the text. T: Now turn to Page 27 and read the title and look at the pictures to expect the content of the passage. Have you got an idea?

Ss: Yes.

T: What do you guess you’ll read about?

Ss: Possible answers：

It’s about the nature of the animals.

It tells us where they live. It tells us how dangerous they are. It tells us how we protect ourselves from them. Maybe it tells us some of them can cure some diseases.

T: Good!All your predictions seem reasonable.

Step Ⅳ

Reading Get the students to go through the questions in Task 2 and then read the passage to find the answers. T: Let’s go through the questions in Task 2 and then read the passage to find out the answers and see if your prediction is right. (Allow them enough time) Get the students to do Task 3 and then ask some of them to present theirs. T: Now do Task 3 according to the instructions. (Allow them enough time) Which groups want to present yours? Group 1: If we are visiting the far north of Australia near rivers and waterholes, we should pay special attention to the signs which warn us that the crocodile are in the area. when we see the signs we should not dive deeply in the water nor walk on the land near the water. Group 2: When we are visiting beaches, try to keep ourselves away from shark nets and when we hear an alarm is sounded, try to get out of the water quickly. Group 3: Since spiders are usually found in dark, dry places, under stones or amongst rubbish, we should avoid going to these places. If we are bitten by a spider, we should get to a hospital. But never panic. Because the poison is slow acting, and we have plenty of time.

Group 4: When we find a few dead jellyfish on the beach, it means that there are some jellyfish nearby. So we should get out of the place. If we do visit the beach where there are jellyfish we should bring some vinegar, because it can relieve the sting. But if we have trouble breathing or become unconscious, we should be taken to hospital immediately.

Step Ⅴ

Making posters Get the students to do Task 4 in groups. T: Read the instruction in Task 4 and make posters in groups. (Allow them enough time) Have you finished your task? Ss: Yes. T: OK. Which groups want to present yours?(Some groups will present theirs)

Sample posters

How to avoid sharks’ bites

When visiting a beach, 

don’t go to the beach alone;

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bring your cell-phone; 

tell you relatives or friends where you are going; 

don’t swim near or inside the sharks’ net;

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When an alarm is sounded, get out of the water at once. If some one is unlucky to be bitten. 

don’t panic; 

calm down him; 

cover the wound with a piece of cloth; 

take him to hospital immediately;

2.

How to avoid jellyfish’ sting

When visiting a beach, 

don’t go to the beach alone;

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bring your cell-phone; 

tell you relatives or friends where you are going; 

bring some vinegar; 

when seeing some dead ones on the beach, get out the place quickly;

If some one is unlucky to be stung, 

Help him to stay calm and tell him not to move; 

apply some vinegar on the wound;

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if breathing hard or unconscious, take him to hospital at once. 3.

How to avoid Crocodiles’ bite

When visiting the far north of Australia, 

be careful when walking on the land close to water; 

don’t swim alone in rivers;

If some one is unlucky to be bite, 

help him to keep calm; 

cover the wound and press on the bleeding point; 

get him to hospital as soon as possible. 4. How to avoid spiders’ bite

When visiting cities or the centre of the continent, 

don’t stay in dark, dry places too long;

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don’t rest on stones;

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keep away from rubbish ; If some one is unlucky to be bite, 

remain calm; 

help him not to panic.

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get him to hospital if necessary.

T: Well done!

Step Ⅵ

Reading (Workbook on Page 72）

Get the student to finish the tasks by reading and discussing. T: Now turn to Page 72 and read the instruction in Task 1 to complete the timeline on the screen. (After finishing reading) Who want to complete the timeline? Sample answers: Time 40,000 years ago 1421 Between1421-1424, ships from the great Chinese fleet led by Zheng He sailed to Australia. 1606 It was a Dutch captain who first mapped part of the north coast.

1644 A Dutchman called Abel Tasman made a map on which he drew all the land they knew about at the time and guessed the rest. 1770 Captain Cook was probably the first European to sail up the coast of Australia and was the first to produce a map of the east coast. 1820 Between 1802 and 1803, another English man, called Mathew Flinders, sailed right around Australia for the first time. T: You’ve got it. Now discuss the questions according to the instruction in Task 3 in groups. Allow them enough time. T: Which groups want to tell the class your point of view? Group 1: Because Captain Cook was probably the first European to sail up the coast of Australia and the first to produce a map of the east coast. Group 2: Because European explorers didn’t know they reached a continent. They just Discovery of Australia The first people to discover Australia came from Asia.

saw small pieces of land and mapped them on the map of the ocean. Then in 1644, a Dutchman called Abel Tasman made a map on which he drew all the land they knew about at the time and guessed the rest. Group 3: Because some people believe Chinese sailors regularly journeyed to Australia to dig copper as early as the ninth century and later between 1421-1424, ships from the great Chinese fleet led by Zheng He sailed to Australia. Group 4: Because 10,000 years ago, at the end of the Ice Age, the Asian and Australia Continents were joined together as one continent. Group 5: We agree with Nick Chance’s answer. First of all, 10,000

years ago, at the end of the Ice Age, the Asian and Australia Continents are joined together as one continent, we think it was after the end of Ice Age that Australia became a separate continent. Next Chinese sailors regularly journeyed to Australia to dig copper as early as the ninth century and later between 1421-1424, ships from the great Chinese fleet led by Zheng He sailed to Australia. It was much earlier for the Chinese to sail to Australia than the Europeans. T: A good job!

Step Ⅶ

Homework 1. Make sure you know how to protect yourselves from the dangerous animals mentioned in the reading passage. 2. Review debating on Page 29. 3. Find the details of the things that interest you most.