Using LanguageⅠ教学实录及点评

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Using Langue(I)

THE FEAST:18000 BC

BOOK 8 Unit 5 Teaching goals

1. Target language a. Key words and phrases look ahead, accelerate, arrest, dizzy, relief, eyebrow, cheekbone arrowhead, axe, division, affection, affectionate, patient, skilful, exhausting b. Key sentence patterns If only she had looked ahead and planned better! She could see her mother and aunts preparing the meat of deer and pig over the five. 2. Ability goals

Enable the students to describe the life of early people. 3. Learning ability goals

Help the students learn how to describe early people’s life.

Teaching important & difficult points

Enable the students to know more about the early people’s life and describe it.

Teaching methods

Task-based teaching method, reading and discussion. Teaching aids

A recorder, a projector and a computer. Teaching procedures & ways

Step Ⅰ Revision Check the homework. Ask the students to recite some useful words and expressions. Step Ⅱ Lead-in

T: In the previous period, we learned something about the life of Peking man. Peking Man life is part of our ancient ancestors. What about the general ancestors’ life? Now turn to page 43 and look at the pictures and think what these early people are doing? S1: Some are preparing food. S2: One is making tools by sharpened stone tools and scraper. T: Good. From the picture, we can learn something about early people’s life. Now

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read the passage and find out what the life was like. Step Ⅲ Reading Give the students 2 minutes to read the passage quickly and amswer the following question: What kind of food did Lala’s family prepare for the feast? Play the tape for the students to listen. At the same time, the students are asked to find the answers to the following questions. 1. Which jobs did Dahu do? 2. Which jobs did Lala do? 3. Who does the most dangerous tasks? 4. Where does the danger come from? After listening to the tape, the students discuss the above questions in groups and then try to find the answers to the above questions.

Sample answers: 1. To make tools, to catch fish, to cut up the meat, to scrape the fish, to welcome the guests. 2. To collect nuts and fruit, to prepare the meat over the fire.

3. Men do the most dangerous tasks. 4. The danger comes from the wild animals. Give the students the following 4 statements and ask them to decide whether the statements are TURE or False and correct the false ones. 1. Lala’s family groups usually lived together.

2. Dahu was good at making tools. 3. The family groups lived on hunting. 4. Dahu went out to sharpen the scrapers to kill an enemy. Ask students work in groups to find out the work division between men.After a few minutes, check the answers.

Sample answers:

Men’s tasks: making tools, fishing, making fire, protecting

the family from wild animals, cutting up meat.

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Women’s tasks: collecting nuts and fruit, making and sewing clothes, looking after baby, preparing food, doing housework. T: Now look closely at the tasks above and discuss which adjectives best describe each of them. Give your reasons. Sample answers:

adjectives best describe the women: caring, affectionate, safe, co-operative adjectives best describe the men: protective, dangerous, patient, individual, exhausting S1: The fact that when Lala sat down abruptly, she was scooped up by her sister shows women were caring. Women were safe because they usually stayed inside the caves preparing food over the fire.

S2: When men went out fishing and hunting, women stayed inside preparing food. So they were both co-operative.

S3: When Dahu went back with fish over his shoulder, and took the stone scrapers from Lala, he smiled and went outside the cave. From Dahu’s behavior, we can infer men were affectionate.

S4: From the descriptions about Dahu, such as “carried”, “smiled”, “looked carefully”, “went to a corner”, “pulled out more tools”, “chose one large stone”, “began to hit...”, we can see men were patient, and often did individual work. They did so many things and their work was dangerous and exhausting.

..... T: Well done! Step Ⅳ Post-reading Conclude the passage with a blanks filling exercise.(the whole class) T.

Class, some people say: “It is women that should stay at home and take care of the family.” Do you agree or not? Now discuss with your partners and give your reasons.

The following suggested expression will be shown on the PPT. In my opinion,…

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I (don’t) agree because…

I support …

because …

No, I can’t agree with …because…

No, that’s not reasonable because…

Step Ⅴ Homework Remember the new words and expressions. Preview the next lesson.