Using LanguageⅠ第二课时教学设计

book 9

unit 3 Australia Period 4 Using language: Australia’s dangerous creature Ⅰ. Teaching aims: 1.

Enable the Ss to get some basic knowledge about dangerous creatures in Australia 2.

Help Ss learn how to protect themselves from the dangerous creatures in Australia Ⅱ. Teaching important points:

Enable the Ss to know what attention should be paid while camping in Australia to protect themselves totally safe from the dangerous creatures Ⅲ. Teaching difficult points:

Teach the Ss how to figure out the best ways to stay safe while camping outside Ⅳ. Teaching methods: Task-based learning and cooperative learning Ⅴ. Teaching aids:

A computer, a blackboard, a recorder Ⅵ. Teaching procedures:

StepⅠLead-in 1.

Greetings. 2.

Ask some students to talk about what they know about wildlife in Australia and what they should pay attention to if they are

offered a chance to travel around Australia. Thus lead to today’s topic.

StepⅡ Lead in :Ask questions 1. What’s the name of this country ? 2. What do you know about it? List three things that interest you. (List something famous) Animals:Kangaroos, Koala-bears,Duckbill ,Wombat,Dingo Scenery:The Opera House in Sydney,with the famous Harbour Bridge,floodlit behind Travel Customs 1.Which of the places would you like to visit? 2.Why? 3 .What would you do there? Step ⅢGeneral introduction of Australia It includes the UK flag and a

large star and some small stars. It was once a colony of England. Australians speak English . The large star has six

of the points standing for six states of Australia and the seventh for the

territories.

StepⅣ

Read the passage carefully and answerthose true or false quasetions(skimming): 1.Snakes

usually attack when they weren't disturbed (F )

2.There are 2,000 different kinds of spider in

Australia.(F

)

3.The seas around Australia contain 160 different kinds of shark.

( F )

4. Most kinds of poisonous jellyfish can cause severe pain to anyone.

（

T）

5.The saltwater crocodile moves very slowly when it sees something it considers to be food.

( F )

6. when an anti-venom treatment for redback spider bites was developed, there have been a lot of deaths from redbacks.

( F) StepⅤ Extensive Reading 1.

Pre-reading ( Ask Ss just read the title and look at the picture to predict what they expect to read in the text) 2.

Ask Ss to read the whole text and check whether what their predictions are right and tell the main idea of the text 3.

Ask Ss to read the whole text for specific information, that is, to

answer questions listed in Exercise 2. (1)How many poisonous snakes and how many poisonous spiders are there in Australia?

Are they all capable of killing humans? 115 different kinds of snakes and most of the 2,000 different kinds of spiders. Only a few kinds of spiders and snakes are capable of killing humans. (2) What effect do most jellyfish have on humans? What about box jellyfish?

Most jellyfish can cause severe pain to anyone who touches them but only the box jellyfish can kill a human. (3) How many kinds of sharks are there in Australian waters? How many kinds are likely attack humans?

160 different kinds of sharks but only 2 or 3 kinds are likely to attack humans. (4)What kind of crocodile has occasionally attacked a human?

The saltwater crocodile. StepⅥ

Discussing How to protect yourself from these dangerous animals?

StepⅦ Homework There are a large number of wild animals in Australia. Please collect enough information of other animals in Australia and write a report.