Using LanguageⅡ教学内容概述

Book 8 Unit 5 Using Language Reading Section

The Feast: 18000 BC 一、Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

look ahead, accelerate, arrest, dizzy, relief, eyebrow, cheekbone arrowhead, axe, division, affection, affectionate, patient, skilful, exhausting b. 重点句型

If only she had looked ahead and planned better! She could see her mother and aunts preparing the meat of deer and pig over the five. 2. Ability goals 能力目标

Enable the students to describe the life of early people, discuss the different work between woman and man in ancient time. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Help the students learn how to describe early people’s life.

二、Teaching important & difficult points 教学重难点

Enable the students to know more about the early people’s life and describe it. 三、Teaching methods 教学方法

Task-based teaching method, reading and discussion. 四、Teaching aids 教具准备

a computer and ppt.slide 五、Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式

Step Ⅰ Revision

Ask the students to recite some useful words and expressions. Step Ⅱ Lead-in

1、Teacher ask students to talk something about the question: “Can you guess what would be eaten on the feast in 18,000 BC?”

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Background information of Peking man. Step Ⅲ Reading

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Ask students to read the passage quickly, finish the following tasks by using scanning and skimming skills.

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Scanning:

What kind of food did Lala’s family prepare for the feast?

Answer: Nuts, fruit, fish, the deer and pig meat.

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Skimming: Please decide whether the statements are true or false. (1). Lala’s family groups usually lived together. (2). Dahu was good at making tools. (3). The family groups lived on hunting. (4). Dahu went out to sharpen the scrapers to kill an enemy. Answers: FTTF

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Careful reading

Play the tape for the students to listen. At the same time, the students are asked to find the answers to the following questions. (1). Which jobs did Dahu do? (2). Which jobs did Lala do? (3). Who works cooperatively and who does tasks alone? (4). Who does the most dangerous tasks? (5). Where does the danger come from? After listening to the tape, the students discuss the above questions in groups and then try to find the answers to the above questions.

Sample answers: (1). To make tools, to catch fish, to cut up the meat, to scrape the fish, to welcome the guests. (2). To collect nuts and fruit, to prepare the meat over the fire.

(3). Both men and women work cooperatively. For example, Lala’s mother and aunts were preparing the meat of deer and pig over the fire. Men do tasks alone. (4). Men do the most dangerous tasks. (5). The danger comes from the wild animals.

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Comprehension: choose the best answers

(1).Lala had collected some nuts and fruit for_____.

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A. her husband

B. her sister

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a feast

D. her family (2). At that time, it was a custom for family groups to___. A.Separate and then gather together again as they followed the animal herds across the grassland B. Choose someone as his future wife or her future husband C. Invite their friends and neighbours to have a dinner with them D. To live in the cave to provent themselves from being attacked by wild animal. (3). From the passage we can infer that men living in the 18,ooo BC always_____.

A. hunted animals, fished and made or repaired tools

B. cut down trees

C. choose women as their wives

D. brought fish home for dinner (4). From the passage we can infer that women living in the 18,ooo BC always_____.

A. hunted animals

B. fished

C. collected melons and fruit, prepared the meals and raised children

D. brought fish home for dinner (5). Which of the following can be used to describe Lala?

A. Impatient

B. Caring, patient, skillful

C. Dangerous

D. Unskillful Answers: CAACB

Step Ⅳ Post-reading Ask students to discuss in groups and write down their opinions, then ask a group member to represent.

Discussion: Some people say: “It is women that should stay at home and take care of the family.” Do you agree or not? Please give your reasons.

The expressions may help you.

In my opinion,…

I (don’t) agree because…

I support … because …

No, I can’t agree with …because…

No, that’s not reasonable because…

Step Ⅴ Homework 1.

Ask students to find out some important phrases from the text on Page 43. 2.

Ask students to learn the usage of some words and expressions by themselves, do the related exercises, which will be checked next period.

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