Learning about Language公开课教案

Unit5 Meeting your ancestors

Teaching material: Book 8---Unit 5 Teaching Aims: 1.

To arouse the students interest in archaeology. 2.

To experience the progress of human civilization. 3.

To know the basic knowledge of archaeology and the history of human development. Teaching important and difficult points: 1.

To know some related new words and expressions. 2.

To know how to describe goods. Teaching aids: Multimedia, some paper Teaching procedure: Step 1 Leading in 1.

Read the new word and expressions together. 2.

Know the definition of ancestor. Step 2 Warming up Look at the pictures on page 37, discuss in pairs. 1.

What were they made of? 2.

What were they used for? Step 3 Pre-reading

From the skull bone of early Peking man, what information can we get? Step 4 Fast reading

Please turn to page 38 look at the pictures carefully and answer the following questions. Picture1 what were they doing? Why did they hunt ? For entertainment? Picture2 what did they use needle for?

What is the difference between the needle we use today and this needle? Picture3 what is it? Do you have a similar thing like it? Step 5 Scanning Read the dialogue quickly and fill in the blanks on page 37.

Modern peoplePeking manPlace for livingstone, wooden or brick housewooden, special for each roomTV, sport, films, hobbies, education, jobFruit, vegetables, meat and fish, etccaveFurniturea fireplacemeals togetherEntertainmentFood meat, fish, berries and fruit in seasonsskins, leavesClothing natural and man-made fibresStep 6 Careful reading Read the dialogue carefully and answer the following questions. 1.

Why have the English students come to the Zhoukoudian caves? 2.

Where did early people live? 3.

How did early people keep warm? 4.

What did they use for doors? 5.

What were the wild animals they faced with?

6.

They had needles. What did they use it for? 7.

They even had clothes. Were their clothes the same as what we wear today? 8.

What did they eat? Step7 Homework Please write a summary of the dialogue. Useful expressions We think that we should…because…

we must…

I suggest we…

Perhaps we should /could…

Could you please…? Would you mind…? If there is a chance, you could…? How about…？

It is OK to…

Why don’t you…? May I make a suggestion?