Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending第二课时教案

Content Theme Unit 12Lesson 4 The New Australians 1.To identify facts and opinions in a reading text Teaching 2.To practise using words with negative and positive objectives connotations. Difficulty To practise using words with negative and positive and connotations. Importance Teaching Dictionary、computer and cassette aids Teaching procedures: Ⅰ. Warming up T: What do you know about Australia? S: T: Australia lies on the southern hemisphere. Australia is the sixth biggest country in the world and the only country covering the whole continent. Australia is also one of the

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S: T: But today we talk the topic “the New Australia”. Can you guess what does the text talk about? S: T: Now let’s read the text and see if your prediction is right. Ⅱ Reading ⑴Before reading the text can you write two questions about things you’d like to know about life in Australia? Then ask

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students to hand in their notes to the teacher. After reading the article teacher can ask these questions students write. ⑵read the article again, do the exercise 3 and make if the statements are true, false or no information is given. When checking students’ answers, have them read out the section of the text which gives the answer and have them correct the false statements. Listen to the cassette and do the exercise 4 Do the first two with the whole class. Then students work in pairs, reading the sentences and discussing who said them When checking students’ answers have them give reasons for their choice. Ⅲ Further understanding Now, go into the text for detail information What can we do at night in Sydney ? a wide choice of opera classical concert Shakespearean drama Aboriginal culture rock concert Broadway musicals comedy cabaret Why Australia is a marvelous mixture of many different culture? early Anglo-Irish cosmopolitan immigrants from Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Vietnam, and Cambodia. These lead to: influence in modern Australian cooking --fusion food ---

A brilliant mixture of : delicious Mediterranean flavors, Southeast Asian spices, native Australian food during the time teachers can show some picture of famous people to make students interested. Do the exercise 5 Read the Strategies with the class and find the sentences that are quoted in the text. Students then look back at the sentences in Exercise 4and, as a whole class discuss if each sentence is fact or opinion. Do the exercise 6 Students work individually , referring to the text and matching the expressions with the definitions Ⅳ Vocabulary: Connotations Do the exercise 7 Students work in pairs, finding the words in the text and discussing whether they express positive or negative feelings Do the exercise 8 Students work in groups of four or five. They take turns to make a sentence about the things using adjectives from Exercise 7. Ⅴ Speaking. Students work in pairs. Each student turns to page 91to find their Australian factfile. They take turns to ask and answer questions to find out more about Australia. Allow students to discuss the test and see who can know these questions most.

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