Using LanguageⅠ第一课时教学设计

Period 3 A lesson plan for using language (THE STORY OF ATLANTA) Introduction Language is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the students read, listen, speak and write in English, focusing on the Olympic Games and making use of the words, expressions, structures and topic ideas covered in this unit.

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To help the students read, listen and write about “friendship”

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To help students design and speak on a questionnaire about friendship ■

To help students describe a friend by writing based on the given example

Procedures 1. Warming up by talking about Greek Gods and Goddesses We have come to page 14. Look at the pictures. They are Greek Gods and Goddesses. Is there anybody who can tell us something about Greek Gods and Goddesses. Prometeus 普罗米修斯

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a son of the former chief God Sphinx斯芬克斯

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a being with a human face but a lion body Pandora 潘多拉——

a beautiful girl with every ill and evil thought and deed Zeus宙斯——

the chief God who governed the world Hera 天后——

the wife of Zeus who governed the love 2. Reading and answering Read the text and answer the following questions: A. What was Atlanta’s problem? B. What were Atlanta’s rules? C. What was Hippomenes’ amazement? D. What made Hippomenes change his mind? E. Whom did Hippomenes turn to for help? F. Can you guess what the ending was? A. Atlanta could run faster than any men in Greece. But she was not allowed to run in the Olympic Games.

B. She promised to be married to a man who could run faster than her. If he could not run as fast as her, he would be killed. C. Hipppomenes could not understand why so many young men wanted to risk their lives. D. Atlanta’s beauty made him understand his amazement and change his mind. E. He turned to the Goddess of love for help. F. Hippomenes was killed because of losing his race. G. He ran faster than Atlanta and married her. 3. Reading and underlining Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework. Collocations from THE STORY OF ATLANA be allowed to, run against…, will be pardoned, hear of…,be amazed, as fast as…, change one’s mind, ask… for help from…, promise to, will be relaxed, pick up, be confident about…,share one’s pain, run past…,compete with…, cheap to marry 4. Listening and doing tasks For listening turn to page 15 and be ready to do exercises 3, 4 and 5. First read the questions carefully and imagine what is the listening about. 5. Acting out a text play Next we are going to put the text A STORY OF ATLANTA on stage. You know there are four charactors in the story. Who would like to be them? Who will be Alanta’s father, the old king? Who will be the Goddess of Love? Ok. Li Li, you are the Greek princess. Zhang Qiang, you are the brave young man Hippomenes. Lucy, you are the Goddess of Love. Zhou Gang, you are the princess’s father. The rest of class, please prepare it in groups of four. Then act your play before class. A text play of THE STORY OF ATIANTA Time: one morning in spring Place: at the palace People: the old king (K), the princess (A), the young man (H),

the Goddess of love (L). F:

My dear daughter, you see how beautiful the spring is! You are just like the spring flowers.

Why don’t you marry? So many young kings and princess want to marry you, and they are all so rich, smart and nice. A:

Oh, dear father. I have promised that I will only be married to a man who can run faster than me. I will run against him. If he cannot run as fast as me, he will be killed. No one will be pardoned. F:

But, my dear daughter. No man has won you. They all sent themselves to death. When will you get married? A:

I won’t marry unless I am allowed to run in the Olympic Games. (Hippomenes is allowed to come in) H:

Oh, my kindest king and my prettiest princess!

I’ll marry the princess. I’ll compete with you. A:

Do you know the rules? H:

Yes, princess! F:

Oh, young man! Go away! You can’t win her. You are only losing your life! H:

No, I want a try! F:

Foolish thing! Go away! Don’t go to die! (Hippomenes was pushed away and felt sad, crying. The Goddess of Love is watching everything above him in the sky and pities him) L:

Oh, young man, what’s the matter? Why are you so sad? H:

Oh, my Goddess, can you help me? Can you help me to win the princess and marry her? L:

Ok, young man. Do you really want to marry her and love her? H:

Of course. She is so beautiful. L:

Ok, it is easy. Take these three golden apples.

Throw apples in front of Atlanta when she is running past and she will be relaxed. When she stops to pick it up, you will be able to run on and win. H:

Oh, thank you, my Goddess!

(Hippomenes returns to the palace) K:

Well, young man, why are you here again? H:

My kindest king. I want to marry her and run against her! K:

Well, young man. I repeat. Don’t be silly! Go away!

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No. I love her. I will marry her －

or die! 6. Interviewing people

Now, class, let’s go on to carry out a survey of the interests in the class and write down the names of the classmates who have the same interests. Ask such questions as: Which do you like, sport, music or collection? Which of the sports do you like best? What is your favorite sport? Are you interested in table tennis? After the survey, the ones who have the same interests sit together and please work in groups of four to talk about their interest.

Why do you like this sport / music / collection? When do you begin to like it? What’s enjoyable about the hobby? What have you learned from the hobby? 7. Closing down by writing a description Turn to page 15 and follow the direction to write a description of your favorite hobby. Here is an example: Swimming is my favorite sport. I like it because it can bring me much fan. The process of learning swimming is very interesting. You can try different ways of swimming, such as breakstroke and backstroke. You can swim at any time of the year if you like. In hot summer, if you jump into the river or the sea to have a swim, you’ll feel cool and comfortable. Even in cold winter, you can swim if you are brave enough. It’s a healthy sport and it can build up your body. If you are a beginner, you must be careful. You’ll better not swim alone and bring life buoy with you in case of danger. If you want to be a good swimmer, you must have a lot of practice and have great determination.