Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending优质课教案设计

Unit 3 Australia

The First Period

Aims: Motivate is to know about Australia by conversation and prepare the is for the listening and speaking activities that follow. Contents: 1. Warning up: The students are given a map of Australia and asked to think about what they know about the country and which places they would like to visit. Where is Australia Name the famous cities in Australia Here is a map of a world give the names of the oceans and continents. 4 Oceans: Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean 7 continents Africa Asia Antarctic Oceania Europe North America and South America 2. Listening and Discussing:

Listen to the conversation and answer the questions. (1) What is Wei Ping worried about? (2) Does Bob share his worry? (3) Do you think by the end of the conversation Bob has talked Wei Ping into going camping? Listen again and then discuss and complete the poster on the right of page 27. 3. Writing a reply: Read the mail on page 29 then write a reply you need to list all the reasons for and against the trip decide on your point of view with reasons. Tell what you suggest. Give each of your reasons in one paragraph. Starting: I hop you will find my advice useful……..

The Second Period

Aims: A brief introduction of Australia. Contents: 1. Glance quickly at the five texts below and answer the questions. (1)What topic is common to all five texts? (2)What aspect of the topic is discussed in each text.(Scenery animals politics customs places of interest.) (3)Match each reading passage with a description below.

2. Comprehending The questions help you practice skimming for information .You should try to answer them in the shortest possible time. You do not need to read every word of all five reading passages in order to answer them. (1) Where do most Australians live? (2) In what city do federal politicians work? (3) How many people live in Australia. (4) When is Australia Day? (5) How far is it from Perth to Sydney (6) How many World Heritage Sites are there in Australia? (7) Which part of Australia get the most rainfall? (8) Why do most people choose not to climb Uluru? (9) What two World Heritage sites are named in these texts? 3. Discussion: Discuss these questions with others in your class each of 4 groups has topic to discuss Group1: Each year large numbers of people become Australian citizens.Why do you think they choose to become citizens? Group2: When do you think traveling by train across Australia would be appropriate and when do you think traveling by plane would be more suitable? Give more than one reason. Group3: In what part of Australia do you think most agriculture takes place? Give reasons. Group4: Choose five words or phrases to describe Australia.