Using LanguageⅠ教学内容

Unit 5

Using language The Feast: 18,000 BC

Teaching aims: Knowledge aims: 1.

Students will be able to master the following useful new words and expressions. look ahead, accelerate, arrest, dizzy, relief, eyebrow, cheekbone, arrowhead, gaily,applaud,spear,wrinkle 2. Students will be able to know about the life in the past. Ability aims: 1.

Enable the students to describe the life of early people. 2.Train Students’ reading ability—skimming and scanning. Emotional aims: 1.

Students should learn to build a harmonious society, love our motherland, love our family, love our friends, enjoy life and cherish life. 2.Students will be able to learn how to cooperate with others by discussion. Teaching important points:

Master the usages of the useful words and expressions . Teaching difficult points:

How to train the students’ reading ability and strengthen their awareness of

cooperation. Teaching methods: Task-based approach & Communicative teaching method Teaching Aids:

A computer , a video and ppt Teaching procedures: Step 1. Lead-in Ask the students to turn to page 43 and look at the picture, then try to describe what are these early people are doing. And imagine what their life was like.

Step 2. Fast reading Play the tape for the students to listen. At the same time, the students are asked to find the answers to the following question.

Q: What is the main idea of the passage? (D) A: The marriage life of Lala and Dahu.

B: The separate responsibility of men and women. C: The different between early life and modern life.

D: The preparation work for a feast. Step 3. careful reading

1.

Which jobs did Dahu do? ( to make tools, catch fish, cut up meat, scraper the fish and welcome guests) 2.

Which jobs did Lala do?(to collect nuts and fruit, to prepare the meat over

the fire) 3.

Who works cooperatively and who does tasks alone? (Both men and women work cooperatively. For example, Lala’s mother and aunts were preparing the meat of deer and pig over the fire. Men do tasks alone) 4.

Who does the most dangerous tasks?( men do the most dangerous tasks) 5.

Where does the danger come from? ( The danger comes from the wild animals) Step 4. Post Reading Discuss in groups which adjectives best describe Lala and Dahu Suggested answers: Dahu: co-operative，patient, skilful,brave, friendly

Lala: caring, affectionate, safe, co-operative Step 5 .Homework Practicing using two or more adjectives to describe the Sanxingdui Ruins objects on page44.