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英语：Unit2《Sailing the oceans》教案（2）（新人教版选修9）

Part One: Teaching Design Period 1: A sample lesson plan for reading (SAILING THE OCEANS) Aims To help students read about sailing the oceans

To help students learn about the predicate Procedures ■Warming up by leaning about the difference between a navigator and an explorer What is a navigator? Navigator is somebody who finds the position and plots the course of a ship using

maps and instruments

What is explorer? Explorer is somebody who travels into or through a place in order to learn about it.Very often

navigators are also explorers. ■Warming up by talking about Zheng He's Seven Voyage

He led a large fleet to explore Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East in the Ming Dynasty. Altogether he made 7 voyages in the 15th century.

■Warming up by talking about Marco Polo and James Cook Marco Polo is the most famous westerner to travel the Silk Road. While in prison, he told the story of his travels to a fellow prisoner who wrote his adventures down. When the book the travels of Marco Polo was published, it became a best-seller. James Cook (1728-1779) was the greatest

Britain navigator. On this voyage he discovered the Hawaiian Islands, and sailed up the coast of North America through the Bering Straits to the Arctic Ocean. On his return he was killed by Hawaiian islanders. I. Pre-reading

What are Early navigational instruments? compass - navigational instrument for finding directions Astrolabe

Sextant(六分仪）/'sekstent/ Sea/Nautical Chart（航海图）

II. Reading

■Fast reading 1.Read the text SAILING THE OCEANS on page 12 choose the right answer. 1.What is the type of writing of the passage? A. Narration(记叙文)

B. exposition (说明文)

C. argumentation (议论文)

2. How many instruments are used to find latitude? A. 3

B. 4

C. 2

D. 5 2.make a mind map

SAILING THE OCEANS ■Using nature to help keeping alongside the ■Using navigational instruments to help

coastline ●Using celestial bodies: North Star; Sun; ●finding longitude

Clouds ●Using wildlife: Seaweed; Birds ●Finding latitude: The Bearing Circle; The Astrolabe; The Quadrant; The sextant ●Using the weather: Fog; Winds

●Using the sea

■Careful reading

Read the passage again and fill in the blank Using nature 1. To find the ship’s position at sea a sailor used the North Star and the sun. 2. A sailor knew that land was nearby if he saw _________________________________

3. Sailors used

to increase their speed.

Using instruments

4. There were two methods to find longitude:

1)_______________________

2)__________________________________

■post reading Additional Materials Complete the summary of the story with one word in each blank. We may want to know (1)____seamen explored the oceans(2)_______ latitude appeared. (3)_______they didn’t have the modern navigational help, seamen could still control the sea by using some skills to explore seas and discover the new lands. (4)______ (use) nature is the first and most useful form of (5)_________(explore), such as using celestial bodies, using wildlife, using the weather, and using the sea. Because of these skill, sailors increased the ability(6)__

navigate new seas

when they used

instruments, (7)______

(include) longitude

and latitude. (Key: 1.how 2.before 3.Though 4.using 5.exploration 6.to 7.including

■Discussion Work in pairs to deal with the situations. 1.

Assume that you are lost in the sea in the day, how can you tell directions? 2.

Assume that you are lost in the sea at night, how can you tell directions?