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BOOK9 Unit 2 Reading: Sailing the oceans Teaching plan

Tong aibiao Teaching Aims: 1. To grasp the following important words and phrases. 2. To learn about how seamen explored the oceans and what kind of navigational instruments were used to sailors before the seventeenth century when they were navigating the open seas without seeing land. Teaching Important Points: 1. To grasp the important words and phrases and use the language points correctly Verbs: knot, simplify, update

Nouns: latitude, voyage, mercy, encyclopedia, exploration, pole, equator, horizon, seaweed, tide, log, reference, shortcoming

Adj.&Adj.: minimum, celestial, overhead, offshore, outward, secure, nautical, magnetic, random, awkward, precise, portable, alongside

Phrases: at the mercy of, nautical mile Study Methods : Pair work, group work and discussion, class debate V.Teaching Method

The Task-based Method: Pre-task: Lead in the topic

Task-cycle: The process of finishing task

Post-task: The process of showing and making further Understanding. Teaching Procedures •Step 1. Greeting and revision •Step 2. lead-in

Purpose: Arouse the students’ interests of this unit and this lesson.

Methods: Ask questions, Pair-work, Show map. •Step 3.Skim the passage and get the main idea. How captain Blight led his followers to survive the long and tough journey in an open boat and

returned to England successfully.

Scan the passage: True or False 1. I was forced to join Captain Bligh in the small boat.

2. After the crew took over the ship “Bounty”, Captain Bligh was

allowed to take with him a chart , a compass and a quadrant. 3. It was very difficult for us to get a correct reading from the

quadrant as the boat moved constantly during the course.

4. Captain Bligh used a system called “dead reckoning” and he

knew there was land directly southwest of their original position. 5. Captain Bligh was as weak as the rest of

us but he was

determined not to give up.

6.

Captain Bligh kept us busy and tried to take our minds off

our stomachs and thirst all the way.

7.

We finally escaped the jaws of death and arrived in Timor

over fifty days after being set loose in our small boat. •Step 3.Group work: further reading When captain Blight returned home he was honored as a hero.

Discuss in groups whether he should receive a special medal or not. First, he showed his leadership qualities by sharing the food and water fairly with the men in the boat.Everyone was treated equally. he kept everyone in the boat cheerful by discussing what

they would do when they arrived safely. No one was allowed to think about what might happen if they did not arrive! Third, he kept them occupied by organizing the complicated

mathematical calculations and tried to take their minds off troubles. •Step 4.Affective education After learning the text, as senior three students, what can we learn from Captain Blight in our life? I’ll take Captain Blight as my role model because….

•Step 5.To my beloved boys and girls Life is full of ups and downs, peaks and valleys. Everyone may well encounter various setbacks. In reality，

we must face up to the hardships and pains because life, as it

really is，is always filled with sorrows and joys. Don’t lose

heart when encountering difficulties. Just take it easy and

do everything in your power to handle it. Life will eventually

give you much in return for a big heart.

Hardship is a necessary part of our daily life.

Perseverance can help us out of our hardships and difficulties. •Step 6.Summary I am _____ to have sailed with Captain Bligh on his journey of over 40 days through about 4,000 miles in an open boat ______ the Pacific Ocean in 1789.

In the beginning, on our ________(depart), some of the crew took _____the ship and the captain ___________(deposit) into a small boat. Thus we were caught _____a dilemma. We decided to stick with him

_______thick and thin

though we seemed to face _____uncertain death.

During the long and tough journey, we encountered many unexpected hardships. Despite _____(lack) of food and water, he kept us _______

(occupy) and cheerful to take our minds ____ troubles. All the way he

taught us how to cope _______various situations.

Finally they arrived at Timor __________(success) and they were

honored as _______(hero).

The story shows that one man’s spirit and his determination should not ________ (defeat) by circumstances.

•Step 7 Complex sentences

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 our small boat.

could not…more 是比较级放在否定句中表示最高级的含义。句中的when与after 均做时间状语。

你简直无法想象我们被放逐在小船上漂泊了40天后在帝汶岛登陆时的凄惨样子。

•Step 8.

Challenge yourself(Grammar Filling) 1.I’m proud to have sailed with Captain Blight ____his journey of

over 40 days _________about 4,000miles ____an open small boat

_______the Pacific Ocean.

2.On our _________(depart) from Tahiti, some crew took _____the

ship. And those of us on board ____________(catch) in a dilemma.

3.As you can see from the map we kept _____a straight course

pretty well.

4.The captain kept us busy________ (read) the tables to work out our

position.

5.It was the extreme lack of water that was hard to cope with

______________(psychology)

6.He kept us busy and tried to take our minds _____our __________

(stomach). •Step 9. Homework Now write a report to your leader explaining to him why

you think Captain Bligh should or should not receive the medal.

Follow these steps.

1. Write down your ideas in the order as they occur to you.

2. Number the ideas so that they are in a logical order.

3.Each paragraph should explain one of the reasons why Captain

Bligh should get the medal or not.

4.Your last paragraph should emphasize again the most important

reasons why you think Captain Bligh should or should not get the medal