Using LanguageⅠ课堂实录【2】

The First Period

Reading

( 教学设计

) Learning goals 学习目标

1.

Students are able to remember the key words and phrases: trial, eyewitness, consider, prove, tell the truth, pretend, think highly of, besides

2.

Students are able to tell a fact from an opinion.

Teaching procedures

教学过程

Step I : Learn by yourself

( 定向自学一

) Look at the sentences and tell us whether they are facts or opinions.

1. A VW Passat (大众帕萨特) can go faster than 100 Kms an hour. 2. I think it’s the best car for a family.

3. I think driving a car is wrong because it causes damage to the environment. 4. I don’t like public transport because it’s so crowded. 5. I know that driving a car spoils the air in Beijing. 6. The Beijing Olympic Games will be the best ever. 7. It will be very hot when the Olympic Games are being held. 8. More countries than ever before will be coming to take part in the Olympic Games.

Step II : 精讲精练

T: Yesterday we learned something about Amber Room and we know that the one that we now can see is a rebuilt one. Till today, many people are haunting for the lost one, which is now still a mystery. Where is it now? How did it disappear? Is there anyone know the mystery? Is there any eyewitnesses? Today we will read a man’s story about what happened to the Amber Room, and find if the story is a fact or just an opinion. Before doing this, we should know what a fact is and what an opinion 1.

Read this passage A FACT OR AN OPINION? to find out what is a fact and what is an opinion.

A fact is anything that can be proved.

An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved.

2.

Summary: Verbal clues to identifying a fact:

What I told you is true because …

I know that you are wrong because …

They did it last year/month/week.

They didn’t do it if …

Verbal clues to identifying an opinion:

I think that …

It is my opinion that …

My view is …

I understand that …

He was very unkind/nasty/cruel/mean.

She is very kind/thoughtful/considerate.

I don’t like …

Some people say …

3.

Read the story again and fill in the table.

(P5 Ex.3)

NAME PLACE Jan Hasek Job A miner April, 1945 A mine in Czech Time Republic What he heard What he saw Something exploded He saw some German soldiers putting boxes in the mine; and a week later he saw the entrance to the mine was closed.

What he believes

The Amber Room and some gold are buried in the mine. Step III. 当堂检测：

Now imagine that you are a judge; you have to make a decision whether a story is a fact or it’s just an opinion. Now read a man’s story about what happened to the Amber Room quickly. And according to what they have known about a fact and an opinion to decide what the story is and give their reason, using the

structure:

I think it is a______________ because_____________________. Suggested answer: I think it is an opinion because the man didn’t see the Amber Room with his own eyes. He just saw some German soldiers putting wooden boxes in the mine. He heard about the news that the Amber Room and some gold were buried in the mine. But that may be a rumour.

Homework: 1.Review what we have learned in this lesson. 2. Preview Listening &Writing.