Using LanguageⅡ教案3

Reading two of unit 5 in Book 8

The Feast: 18,000 BC

By–Liao Qin Learning aims 1.

To analyse the passage, let ss grasp the important points, the difficult points and the meaning of the passage,know some reading skills . 2.

As Lala did, we should build a harmonious society, love our motherland, love our family, love our friends, enjoy life and cherish life. Learning tasks Task one: Learning procedures

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Lead-in: play a game just for fun and enjoy a short video to get some information about primitive society including their lifestyle, daily activities, eating habits etc. Ⅱ

Skimming (Tips on skimming) : Run your eyes over the text quickly. Don’t read every word or sentence. Pay attention to topic sentences. 1.

Read the passage fast to find when ,where, who and what

(18,000BC), (the caves), (Lala and Dahu), (the preparation work for a feast) 2 . Read the text quickly to find the main idea of it.

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. Ⅲ

Scanning(Tips on scanning): Move your eyes quickly to find the information you need. Scan the passage and get the general idea of each paragraph, then match column A with column B Column A

Column B Para1:

. how did Dahu make tools. Para2:

the description of Dahu.. Para3:

Lala and her family made preparations for the feast. Para4:

Lala worried about the preparations for the feast and she hoped the feast could be as good as the last year.

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Read the passage more carefully. Make the sentences true or false according to your careful reading. If not true, correct them. 1. Lala’s family groups usually lived together. (F) 2. Dahu was good at making tools.(T) 3. The family groups lived on hunting .(T) 4. Dahu went out to sharpen the scrapers to kill an enemy.(F)

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Group work 1 : design mind map (practice ss’ ability of expressing oral English as well as teamwork spirit )

1.

Read the passage and find out what the possible work division was between men and women in primitive societies and fill in the chat below.

Men’s tasks 1 2

Fishing 3 4 5

Women’s tasks 1 2 3 4

Preparing food 5

2.

Group work 2: Discuss which adjectives best describe Lala and Dahu’s tasks.

caring,

tough,

protective , dangerous, safe,

useful, co-operative(合作的)，patient,

individual, exhausting（很疲惫的）, skilful

brave, friendly, harmonious , enthusiastic…

Suggested answers: Dahu: patient (tool making)…

Lala: patient(collecting food)…

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Summary (enable ss to deepen their understanding of the passage)

Fill in the blanks with words from the passage.

Not having looked ahead and planned better, Lala felt very worried about the preparations for her feast. So she turned for home quickly with her collection of nuts and fruit.

When she was near home, a delicious smell arrested her progress and she became dizzy with hunger, .She saw her mother and the older children preparing the deer and pig meat over the fire. Just then Dahu, her husband as well as the best toolmaker, came back with several fish . Later he began his task: he sharpened his scarpers until they were sharp enough to cut

up the meat and scrape

the fish. Soon, the first of the guests began to arrive. Lala hoped it was to be just as wonderful as last year.

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Homework : Try to write a short passage to describe the life of the primitive people. Task Two: love our motherland, love our family, create life, enjoy life Thanks to the hard work of archaeologists, we saw the ruins of ancient civilization in our country, the ancient people created their life, in spite of the bad living environment, they were also trying to live again, and enjoy life, enjoy the happy family relationships. Living in the modern civilization, we should love our motherland, create a better life, enjoy life, cherish family love and

friendship!

Difficulties arise in the lives of us all. What is most important is dealing with the hard times, coping with the changes, and getting through to the other side where the sun is still shining just for you.( 生活中困难在所难免，最重要的是要挺过艰难的时刻，积极应对种种变故，冲破黎明前的黑暗，你终会看到只属于自己的灿烂阳光。) Life needs gratefulness. Gratefulness is not only confined to love, but also to friendship, family bonds, mutual cherishing as well as constant missing each other. (生活是需要感动的，这样的感动不仅仅是爱情，更来自于友情，来自亲情，来自彼此关爱和时时刻刻的牵挂。)