Using LanguageⅠ公开课教案

人教版第二册第一单元

Unit 1 Cultural relics

The Third Period Integrating skills

(Reading,listening, speaking)

Introduction Language is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the students read a passage about opinions and evidences first. Then they listen to a tape about the missing Amber Room, taking notes at the same time. Third, students practice speaking based on the listening and making use of the expressions and idioms learned in their speaking. Finally they are to act as Bao Gong and evidences. Objectives

I. 教学目标(teaching aims) 1.

能力目标(ability aim)

1. To help the students read, listen, speak the missing Amber Room

2.Have the students master the way to ask for and give opinions of their own.

3.Make sure that they can make a judgment with the help of their own

analyses.

2. 语言目标(language aim)

Enable the students to use the following sentence freely.

1.Are you sure he / she was telling the truth? How do you know that?

2.How can you be sure he / she was telling the truth?

3.Why / why not?

4.I (don’t) believe. Because….

5.I (don’t) agree with you.

I (don’t) agree that ….

6 It can be proved.

7 The truth is (not) easy to know.

8 I think they have said useful things.

9

has no reason to lie. II．教学重难点(Teaching important points)

1.Make notes while listening to the tape.

2.Be able to state opinions or evidence in English.

III．教学方法(Teaching method)

1.Asking-and-answering activity.

2.Individual, pair work

3.Group discussion IV. 教学准备(teaching aids) A recorder, a computer and a projector

Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式

Step I Reading and listening T: Yesterday we learned something about the Amber Room and we know that the one that we now can see is a rebuilt one. Till today, many people are haunting for the lost one, which is now still a mystery. Where is it now? How did it disappear? Is there anyone know the mystery? Is there any eyewitnesses? Today we will learn three persons’

stories about what happened to the Amber Room.I want you to be Bao Gong and find if their stories are a fact or just an opinion. Before doing this, we should know what a fact is and what an opinion is. 1）理论学习

Ask the students to read this passage A FACT OR AN OPINION? to learn what is a fact and what is an opinion. T: Now who can tell us what is a fact? S1: A fact is anything that can be proved. T: How about an opinion?

S2: An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved. 2）培训上岗

T: Now judge whether the sentences on the slide are facts or opinions. Show the following on the slide. 1. Mr. Jones has two sons and one daughter. 2. That picture is by Rembrandt. 3. Her house is really beautiful. 4. My friend has six fingers on one hand. 5. That boy is the nicest person in the school. 6. The group will stop in Denver overnight. 7. L. Frank Baum wrote "The Wizard of Oz". 8. I will finish before the rest of the class. 9. The Bulls are better than the Knicks. 10. Nine plus one equals ten.

3）庭审现场：眼观六路

T: Now imagine that you are a judge; you have to make a decision whether a story is a fact or it’s just an opinion. Look at Exercise 2.

Let them read a man’s story about what happened to the Amber Room quickly. And according to what they have known about a fact and an opinion to decide what the story is and give their reason, using the structure:

I think it is a______________ because_____________________. Suggested answer: I think it is an opinion because the man didn’t see the Amber Room with his own eyes. He just saw some German soldiers putting wooden boxes in the mine. He heard about the news that the Amber Room and some gold were buried in the mine. But that may be a rumour.

Then let students complete the table in Exercise 3. NAME PLACE Jan Hasek Job A miner April, 1945 A mine in Czech Time Republic What he heard What he saw Something exploded He saw some German soldiers putting boxes in the mine; and a week later he saw the entrance to the mine was closed.

What he believes

The Amber Room and some gold are buried in the mine. T: In fact, till now many theories have been put forth about the fate of the Amber Room and it has been the subject of short films and books. Even now, several teams of treasure hunters continue to search for it. So the so called eyewitnesses are very important. Now we will hear another two people talk about what happened to the Amber Room. 4）耳听八方

Play the tape, and ask the students to pay attention to the two questions:

For Part A: Where was the Amber Room lost?

For Part B: How was the Amber Room lost?

And then finish the two blanks in Exercise 4. This is a good time to train the students to listen and catch the key information in the passages. Exercise 5 gets students to listen for specific information. Play the tape again. Stop after each part and fill in the blanks. Facts in the story（part A) 1.The ship went out to sea and was attacked and sank. 2. The heavy boxes were full of treasure 3.Almost everyone died, but I was saved by a German ship. 4.I helped the soldiers put some big wooden boxes onto my ship. 5. Nobody had time to save the boxes. Reordered(重新排序）：

Opinion in the story: Facts in the story (PART B) 1.One night in 1941 many trucks came to the castle with

large boxes. 2.The next morning I found some melted pieces of everything that looked like honey. 3.Later a special art treasure in the castle was shown to important visitors. 4. The German soldiers took the boxes into the castle. 5. At the end of August,1944, I heard something explode and saw the castle was on fire Reordered: Opinion in the story: Step II Speaking

Ultimate Trial 终极审判

Who gave the best evidence? Asking for opinions and giving opinions three eyewitnesses

three stories

the best evidence Jan Hasek

简.哈兹克

(miner

矿工/ in the mine)

Hans Braun

汉斯.布朗

(sailor

水手/

in the sand) Anne Petrov

安娜.帕特罗夫

(maid

女仆/ in the castle) Divide students into several groups.Four students in one group,of them one student acts as Bao Gong, and the other three students act as three evidences. T: Now we will use the information in the former section, and discuss in groups which person gave the best evidence. While discussing, make use of the expressions given. Now read the expressions and tell me which are used to ask for opinion and which give opinions.

Give the students some time to do this and get familiar with the expressions, and then do the next task: T: What is the best evidence? S1: The best evidence is factual and is given by a person who is believable. T: Right. But how can we know which eyewitness is most believable? S2: In my opinion, the most believable eyewitness is the one who has nothing to gain from telling a lie. T: That’s quite right .Now, let’s have a discussion in pairs and decide which person gave the best evidence. A Sample discussion: A: Do you have any idea about which person gave the best evidence? B: I’m not sure, but in my opinion, I think Anna Petrov gave the best evidence. A: How do you know that?

B: I think she is telling the truth. A: Are you sure that? B: Yes. It can be proved that she gave the best evidence because she has no selfish reason for saying what she has said. Then deal with Exercise 2.

T: Now you all have your own choice. Write down a short list of reasons for your choice. Begin with this:

It can be proved that _______ because _________. After finishing the two exercises, teacher can ask the students to share their ideas with another group and choose the answer with the best reasons. At last present the discussion to the class.

Suggested answer: 1) Jan Hasek is less believable because he owns a little restaurant near the mine. If the search stopped, his business would suffer. Hans Braun is also less believable because he is working for a company trying to find the ship which carried the treasures in the Baltic Sea. Of the three eyewitnesses, only Anna Petrov has no selfish reason for saying what she has said. In particular, she is not involved in any current effort to find the treasure. Therefore, she is the most believable. 2) The truth is not easy to know, especially when all the facts are not known. Most of these events also happened a long time ago. Perhaps people cannot remember things so clearly either. I think that all of these eyewitnesses have said useful things. However, only Anna Petrov has no reason to lie. She is not getting anything from those who are searching now for the Amber Room. In my opinion, she is the most believable. Step IV Students’ assessment and homework 1.Can you tell the differences between facts and opinions?

2. Are you able to give or ask for opinions in English? 3.Did you have fun with today’s English class? Homework: Write a report based on the debate, using the guidance given.