Reading and vocabulary特级教师教学实录

Module 5: Cloning Reading and Vocabulary Teaching Goals: To introduce the topic“Cloning”to students．

To get students to master the vocabulary and some reading skills．

To enable students to talk about the novel and the film Frankenstein．

Teaching Procedures：

1．Skimming

(1)Ask Ss to read the passage and try to answer the following questions．

①Why does the scientist chase the creature to the Arctic?

②Did the scientist regret creating the monster? Why? Suggested Answers：

①

Because the monster murdered 3 people：the scientist’s brother．best friend and his wife．

②Yes，he did．Because the monster created by him Was very disgusting．

(2)Look at the words in the box in Activity 3 on P42 and try to match the meanings of them．

(3)Ask Ss to find words in the passage which mean：

①a terrifying dream

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②your blood moves through these in your body

③the most northern part of the world

④the thing that everything is made of

⑤to compare SO that differences are made clear

⑥

saying that you will not do sth that sb has asked you to do

⑦very small in size or amount

⑧a very high degree ⑨able to understand and learn things 2．Scanning

(1)Read Part 1 carefully，and answer the following questions．

①In what ways is the monster like a human being?

②How did Frankenstein create the monster? ②

Why does Frankenstein decide to destroy the monster?

(2)Read Part 2 carefully，and answer the following questions．

①What do we learn about the monster’S appearance?

②Why WaS the young scientist SO disgusted when he first saw the monster?

③What had Frankenstein wanted more than anything in the world?

④Why did Frankenstein wake shaking with fear?

⑤Why did the monster come to Frankenstein’S bedroom?

⑥What did Frankenstein do after running out of the room for the second time?

⑦Why did Frankenstein regTet creating the monster?

(3)Read P'm't 2 again and choose the best answers．

①The first paragraph tells US_____．

A．the birth of the monster

B．the terrifying emotion of Frankenstein

C．the scene where the monster WaS bern

D．the cold ni【ght when the monster was born

②Frankenstein saw this monster moved as a human being，he felt_____．

A．happy

B．excited

C．worried D．frightened

③Frankenstein wished he had not created the monster because he thought___________．

A．the monster looked very ugly

B．he would bring people nightmares

C．he would bring the world disaster

D．the monster would kill him

④The passage tells US___．

A．Frankenstein regretted creating such ugly monster

B．Frankenstein’S creation is successful．but it’s a nightmare for him．

C．as a scientist。Frankenstein must have some creations

D．the monster can’t be given life

3．Post-reading

Ask Ss to fill in the blanks according to the passage．

Frankenstein is a scientist．While studying at university，he ____the secret of how to __________ matter．He creates a

_____ that ______a human by using ________from dead bodies．The creature is very ________and ______all people．However，the monster is intelligent and has human______．As he was lonely and_________，he asked Frank to create a wife for him．But Frank _______to do SO．To his surprised，the monster ________three people who are important to him，especially his ________ 一

Elizabeth．So Frank decided to__________(复仇)the monster．He ______the monster to the _____in order to _____him．Unluckily，he dies there．__________0fthe story，the monster_______ into the ice and snow to______．

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