Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending课时教学实录

高中英语教学设计

Unit3

Under the sea

Reading ：Old Tom the Killer Whale 一、教学对象分析

本节课的教学对象是高二文科重点班的学生。经过高一的学习，他们已经掌握一定的阅读技巧，加上基础扎实，学习兴趣浓厚，具备了较强的听说读写能力，思维活跃，对问题有独特的见解，善于表达个人观点。本篇文章是记叙文，学生阅读起来困难应该不大,但考虑到学生对虎鲸的生活习性可能了解不多，所以在阅读前要给他们提供一些相关的信息，以缩短他们与文本的距离。

二、教材内容分析

这是一篇题为“Old Tom the Killer Whale”的文章，讲述两个关于虎鲸的奇闻轶事。第一篇讲的是虎鲸如何帮、捕鲸人捕捉须鲸，过程奇妙有趣。第二篇讲述虎鲸如何从鲨鱼群中救出捕鲸人，情节惊险感人。学生通过对课文的阅读理解，会由衷地感激和喜爱这些给与人类以友善和帮助的海洋动物，在习得阅读故事的技能的同时，能够加强环境保护意识和海洋生物保护意识。

三、教学目标

1.引导学生通过上下文理解生词的含义：

anecdotes, annual, witness, accommodation, shore, yell, pack, flee, drag, depth, lip, tongue, abandon, relationship, help out 2. 帮助学生掌握文中一些描述事物和情景的生动手法，从而体会作

者的思想情感，把握文章的精髓。

3 帮助学生通过两个故事，对生活在大洋的虎鲸能有更多的了解，同时对虎鲸给予我们人类忠实的帮助产生由衷的感激，从而加强动物保护和环境保护意识。

四、教学过程

Step1 Lead –in &Warming-up（5mins）

问题导入——教师呈现问题和图片

T: Have you seen plants and animals that live under the sea? Where did you see them? What’s this?

Yes, they’re killer whales. How much do you know about them? I’ll show you a short video.

【意图说明】

在读前这个环节，通过几个问题，激发学生原有的对海洋生物的知识储备，再展示一些相关的图片，认识一些常见海底动物的英文名称。最后出现虎鲸的形象，以抛出问题What’s this? How much do you know about them? 来引出今天阅读的主角——虎鲸。先播放一段视频——“虎鲸捕猎”的场面。

Step2

Pre-reading （Predicting）(2mins) T: Now please look at the title “ Is Old Tom an old man?”

Right, it’s not an old man. It’s the name of a killer whale. Here are two pictures of the killer whale. Can you guess what happened to him?

【意图说明】标题导读是指导英语阅读的重要方法。通过解读题目，观察文中的插图，让学生预测故事的内容，这样更能激起他们的阅读兴趣。

Step3 While-reading (28mins) Task 1

Fast-reading (3mins) What’s the main idea of the

passage? Read the passage quickly and complete the following sentences.

The text consists of two ________written by Clancy. They are mainly about how Old Tom helped the whalers ________a whale and saved James from the _______. Explain new words: anecdote: short, usually amusing story about a real person or event 【意图说明】采用完成句子的形式来给出文章的大意，这样很大程度上降低了难度，可以让更多的学生能够完成，从而产生成就感

。

Task 2

Careful-reading(3mins) Read the first story again and finish the chart. Fill in the blanks. A whale Before the hunt hunt 

The killer whale threw itself out of the ______ and then _______ down again.



It swam by the _____, showing the whalers the way. During the hunt 

The killers were working as a

_____.

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Some were throwing themselves on ____ of the whale’s blow-hole to stop it _________. Others were stopping it

_______ out to sea. After the hunt The killers ________ the dead body down into the ______ of the sea, having a good feed on its lips and _______. 【意图说明】训练学生寻找细节信息的阅读技能，同时突出本课的生词和短语。要求学生不看书来完成，这样更具有挑战性。

Task 3 Discussing and Speaking(5mins) Discuss in pairs and answer the following questions.

What’s the relationship between Old Tom and the whalers? 【意图说明】活动2的填表活动只是帮助学生对故事主要情节有大概的了解，而这个环节的提问是为了帮助学生进一步读懂文章, 对文章有更深的理解和思考，培养他们的批判性思维，使他们能够正确对待动物与人类之间的关系。

Task 4 Read the second story again and finish the chart.(2mins) Fill in the blanks.

A rescue

During a hunt, James was _________ the boat.

He was carried further and further by the waves and terrified of being_________ and then suddenly a _________ appeared.

After over half an hour when other whalers drew close to James, they found he was firmly ________up in the water by Old Tom.

Task 5 Discussing and Speaking(15mins) Read the second story and answer the following questions: 1. How did Old Tom help James? 2. As far as you know,

what other animals ever help out human beings in history? 【意图说明】这里给学生时间去交流他们所知道的动物救人的奇闻轶事，然后请个别小组来汇报讨论结果，与全班同学来分享故事。如果学生知道的不多，教师可让他们阅读以下三个小故事。

3. What conclusion can we come to after we share these stories? 【意图说明】通过交流几个动物救人的感人故事，学生会由衷地产生对动物的喜爱和感激之情，会认识到大自然的一切，我们都要感恩，都要爱护，我们与动物要和谐相处，世界才会更美好。

Step4

Language appreciation(10mins) 【意图说明】接下来这个环节是要引导学生学会鉴赏文章中语言的美，这也是本节课的一个重点部分。学生可根据自己的真实想法，给出他们认为写的精彩的句子，以及给他们留下最深印象的场面。

In the first story, which sentences do you think best describe the scene of the whale hunt and the actions of Old Tom? In the second story, what

scene impresses you most? 在学生各抒己见之后，教师可着重分析以下几个句子。

We ran down to the shore in time to see an enormous animal opposite us throwing itself out of the water and then crashing down again. 我们及时赶到岸边，看到对面有一个庞大的动物猛力跃出水面，然后又坠落到水里。

throwing itself out of the water 形象地表现了鲸跃出水面的动作。throw 的用法很灵活，能表达出丰富的含义。如：

I felt discouraged when he threw cold water on my idea. 他给我的想法泼冷水时，我感到很沮丧。

She threw herself into a chair and began to cry. 她倒在椅子上，哭了起来。

The fire threw hundreds of workers out of work. 大火使几百个工人失业。

…when we approached him, I saw James being firmly held up in the water by Old Tom. 当我们靠近他的时候，我看到老汤姆在水中正稳稳地托着詹姆斯。

Step4 Homework 1. Surf the Internet and learn more about the killer whale and other marine animals. 2. Try to retell the story using your own words.

【意图说明】要求学生通过上网搜索相关信息，有助于他们了解虎鲸

和其它的海洋生物，从而增强动物环保意识。要求复述课文，巩固本节课中出现的重要的词汇和短语的用法，达到学以致用的目的。