Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、ComprehendingPPT专用课堂实录内容

Book9 unit2Reading (the Second Period) Teaching Aims:

a. Learn and master the key words and expressions

voyage mercy minimum nowhere pole overhead offshore accelerate outward longitude latitude precise simplify portable shortcoming updated tendency reliable at the mercy of, even though, work out, be used to, in relation to, aim to , …

b. Train the students’ reading ability.

Let the students have some knowledge of early navigational methods. Explain how seamen explored the oceans and what kind of navigational instruments were used to sailors before the 17th

century when they were navigating the open seas without seeing the land. Teaching Difficult Points:

a.

How to help the students understand the reading passage better. b.

How to improve the students’ reading ability. Teaching Methods:

a.

Scanning the text to get the general idea of it. b.

Carefully reading to finish the Comprehending exercises on page 14. c.

Discussion after reading to make the students understand the text better. Teaching Aids

The multimedia; a tape recorder; the blackboard Teaching procedures & ways

Step1 Greetings Greet the whole class as usual.

Step2 Revision

Check the homework exercises. Step3 Pre-reading Show the students some pictures to see if they can identify the early navigational instruments seamen used and explain how they used. Step 4 Discussion

Discuss the questions on page11. Step 5 Listening and comprehending After listening to the contents of the text do the comprehending exercises on page 14&15. Step 6 Explanation After comprehending, it is a good time to deal with the new words and language points in this part, esp. the following: voyage mercy minimum nowhere pole overhead offshore accelerate outward longitude latitude precise simplify portable shortcoming updated tendency reliable at the mercy of, even though, work out, be used to, in relation to, aim to ,

Step7 Discussion Let’s the students have a discussion by working in pairs or in groups.

Topic: Imagine you are on a boat with twenty-nine other people. You have a small box for your personal things but it can only hole ten items. What would you need for a week’s journey across the North Sea to England?

Suggested Answer: Category Clothes Hygiene Bedding Items shirt, trousers soap blanket Category Shoes Tools Medicines Items waterproof

boots knife,

scissors

sea-sick

tablets, cold

medicine

Games cards, chess Books novels, collections

Step8 Summary

This reading explains how seamen explored the oceans and what kind of navigational instruments were used to sailors before the seventeenth century when they were navigating the open seas without seeing the land. Step9 Homework Finish the exercises about using words and expression on page61 essay