Using LanguageⅠ课堂实录【1】

Unit 1 Cultural relics

Using language 知识目标

1.Get students to learn some useful new words and expressions in this part: trial, consider, opinion, evidence. prove. pretend. more than, even though 2.Let students know what a fact is, what an opinion is and the difference between

them. 能力目标

1. Develop students' reading skills by extensive reading and enable them to learn how to use different reading skills to read different rending materials. 2. Train students' speaking ability and enable them to tell the difference between facts and opinions. 情感目标

1. Enable students to be aware of protecting cultural relics in their home town. 2. Develop students' sense of group cooperation and teamwork. 教学重点

1. Develop students' reading skills by extensive reading. 2. Train students' speaking ability by telling the difference between facts and opinions and talking about something which interests them. 教学难点

1.Enable students to learn to use reading strategies such as skimming and scanning. 2.Get students to learn how to tell facts from opinions. 教学过程

Step1

Warming up by questions We always say, We must respect facts and can't wholly depend on one’s opinions. 1.What does it mean when you say, "It is a fact"? 2.What does it mean when you say, 't is an opinion"? Keys for reference: 1.A fact must be real, objective and without any personal judgment. So it can be proved. 1

2.An opinion always expresses one's own ideas. It is always subjective So it has

not been proved. Step2

Reading this passage A Fact or an Opinion? 1. Reading and defining Ask students to read the passage fast and make the following definitions What is a fact? What is an opinion? What is evidence? Step3

Reading a man's story 1. Ask students to read the story about what happened to the Amber Room and then decide whether it is a fact or an opinion. Let them give their reasons in group. Can you imagine the fate of the Amber Room? What is it? Invite some groups to present. Step4 Listening on pages 5-6 1. Now you are going to hear another two people talk about what happened to the Amber Room. As you listen, pretend you are a judge. 2. Go through the two forms with the students. Play the tape for them to listen and get the general meaning. 3. Play the tape again. When listening, they work in groups of four to six; one student present, the rest of them take notes 4. They exchange the information and listen to the tape again for checking.

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