Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending设计意图

1教学目标

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1. Knowledge Aims

students can get a thourough understanding of the whole text .

students can learn some basic information of Australia. 

2. Ability Aims 

To improve the students reading ability such as skimming and scanning 

To improe the students listening ability by finish the exercises designed for them. 

3.Emotional Aims 

To arouse the students' great interest in the different countries in the world, and by learning this text , they may

broaden their horizens, and

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the teacher can encourage them to look for more information after class.

2学情分析

The students are all from grade three so they have learned some basic grammars .So the teacher don't need to teach them word by word . What the teacher needs to do is to provide them more backgroud information about Australia as most of them have never been there before.Australia is such a different country, so it must have many special features. the teacher can also encourage the students to look for more information if possible. 3重点难点

As most of them have never been to Australia before, so it is very important for the teacher to make sure they have a good knowledge of the

country. so the teacher should can draw a map of Australia, and use some pictures and video the help them understand the text better. The

students should not only know the facts, but also they have to use them freely, so the most important thing is to encourage them to use what

they have learned into practice. The teacher may design some proper activies for the students to achieve the aim.

4教学过程

4.1第一学时

warmingup

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reading

4.1.1教学活动

活动1【导入】book9

unit3

Teaching procedures : StepⅠLead-in

1.The teacher draws a map of Australia on the blackboard. Then the students will easily know what they will learn later.

Do you know which country it is that i draw here on the blackboard? 2.Play the national song of Australia, and thus may arouse their interest and keep them in high spirits.

How do you feel after listening to the national song?

Can you feel somehting powful in the song? 3.Encourage the students to talk about some animals in Australia. Teacher can show them some vivid pictures.

can you name some famous animals that live in Austrailia? 4.By using the map drawn on the blackboard, the teacher and encourage the students to talk about the geographic features and the location of Austraila.

How many states are there in Austraila?

Can you locate them on the map? 5.Encourage the students to discuss the big cities in Australia, and ask some students to mark the cities on the map.

Please locate the big cities on the map. and you can discuss with your deskmates. (Through these activities, the students may have a better understanding about the location and features of Australia, which may be very helpful for them to understand the text. ) 活动2【活动】step

II

fast

reading

StepⅡFast reading

Students are asked to read the title and subtitles of the text and match each part with a proper description.(By doing this, the students can learn to grasp the key words and then get the main idea and the structure of the whole text.) 活动3【活动】stepIII

careful

reading

StepⅢ Careful reading

1.Ask the students to read the first part carefully, noting that they should try to remember as much information as they can. Then the students have to listen to this part again and then try to finish the excises without referring to the text. (In this way , the students may be stimulated to remember as much information as they can .) Australia is the only country that is also a ________. It is the ______ largest country in the world Only a few ____ _______have adequate rainfall. Australia is famous for its huge, open ________, bright _________ and large number of _______ and ______ and its unusual _______. Australia is made up of ____ states and it has a _______ government. 2.Ask only one student to read part two, and then all the students have to finish the exercise True Or False. T or F

Australia Day falls on 26th February .

During the citizenship ceremonies, some people who come from different cultural and social backgrounds will become Australian citizens on that day . People could sing ,dance and taste the food from all over the world during the ceremony . 3.Listen to part three and then students are asked to discuss with each other about the two different routes mentioned in this part and what they see on the way . Then the teacher should use the map again to show them the route. Thus the students may better understand it. On board the Indian-Pacific

Travel from ________ to _______ via_______

See: On board the Ghan

Travel from ________ to ______ via_______ See: 4.Students are asked to read part five themselves and then they should answer the questions :

why is the rock so amazing? Why do most people choose not to climb the rock?

( By answering all these questions, students can have a better understanding about the Rock.) 5.For the last part, one student is asked to read it , and then the students may listen to some of the key sentence again and then asked to repeat the sentenc

es. In this way , we can train the students listening ability as well. This park is famous for its mountain _________, _______ and ancient ________.

A popular attraction for ______tourists is the 80 –km walking ________ that joins the __________ and ___________ ends of the park. 6.After the five parts, the teacher should summarize the whole text. Text 1: Some physical features and ecology of Australia and its political organization

Text 2: A citizenship ceremony on Australia Day

Text 3: Two rail journeys across Australia

Text 4 : Uluru

Text 5 : Cradle Mountain National Park 活动4【导入】stepIV

discussion

StepⅣ Discussion

The students are asked to discuss with their partners and try to choose five words or phrases to describe Australia. (This activity may reflect what they have learned and help them to form their own thoughts. ) large spacious spectacular diverse multicultural full of wonder …. 活动5【导入】step

v

making

a

diologue

StepⅤ Group work Two or four students a group .They should make a dialogue . Suppose Mary is an exchange student from Australia, and her classmates are very interested in the country, so they ask Mary a lot of questions. (this activity not only help the students to remember the contents of the text but also train the students speaking ability. It successfully make students to put what they have learned into practice. ) Example : Classmate1 : Can I ask you some questions about Australia? I am very interested in it. Mary: Sure, go ahead! Classmate1 : What’s the population of Australia? Mary: About 20 million.

Classmate 2: Where do most Australians live?

…

Classmate 2: Thank you very much Mary. I think Australia is really worth visiting.

Mary: Yes, of course! Welcome to our county and I’m very glad to be your tour guide! 活动6【讲授】homework

StepⅥ Homework Write a letter to your friend Lily. △Tell her something about Australia.

△Invite her to visit Australia together with you next summer holiday.