Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending公开课教案

A Teaching Design for Module9 Unit3 Australia Reading

Glimpses of Australia

Teaching Aims a. Enable the students to learn some information about Australia b. Train the students’ reading ability (skimming, detail reading, distinguish different styles of articles) Teaching Keys Points Get some information of Australia in the text Teaching Difficult Points Enable the students to distinguish different styles of extract articles Teaching methods

Cooperative learning, Task-based teaching and learning

Teaching Procedures Step 1 Warming up 1. Ask Ss to guess the country we are going to talk about——“Today we are going to learn about a country. It is a country and also a continent. It is surrounded by oceans. While many other countries are in winter, it is in summer. In this country, you will see many plants and animals that cannot be found anywhere else, such as the kangaroo, koala bear, etc. Do you know which country it is?”

2. Ask Ss to say something about each picture and distinguish what city does each

picture associates with.——“Have you ever been there? What places do you know in

Australia? (well-known cities, famous scenic spots, etc. ) Look at the pictures. What

do you see in the pictures? Can you recognize them?”

3. Ask Ss to find the places listed in Question 1 on the map. 4. Ask Ss to work in groups and discuss what they know about these places. Step 2 Pre-reading Ask Ss to glance quickly at the five texts and then answer the questions. 1. What topic is common to all five texts? 2. What aspect of the topic is discussed in each text?

3. Match each reading passage with a description below. Step 3 Skimming Ask the Ss to read the text quickly and answer questions listed in Exercise 1,

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comprehending part. 1. Where do most Australians live?

2. In what city do federal politicians work? 3. How many people live in Australia?

4. When is Australia Day?

5. How far is it from Perth to Sydney? 6. How many World Heritage Sites are there in Australia? 7. Which part of Australia gets the most rainfall? 8. Why do most people choose not to climb Uluru?

9. What two Worlds Heritage Sites are named in these texts?

Step 4 Careful reading

Ask the students to read the text carefully and have a discussion with their partners, then fill in the form. Something about Australia Official name

Capital

____million, approximately 80% live in the _____________________________ __________ square kilometers, the ___________ country in the world

The number of states Two largest cities

Famous for

Population

Area

Travel from Observe ______________, ______________________ Adelaide to Darwin and _________________________________.

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Uluru Rock It appears to _______________,

from ________________ to _________________. Cradle Mountain It is famous for _________________, _____ and National Park ______________.

There is a _______ track and ___________________. Step 5 Consolidation（Retelling）

Fill in the blanks according to the texts. Glimpses of Australia:

It’s the sixth largest country in the world and a mainly ____ country; famous for its huge, open spaces, bright ________, enormous number of sheep and cattle and its ______________; made up of ____ states. Citizenship Ceremonies:

On 26 ________, Australia Day, in over 200 locations across the nation, more than 9, 000 people will become Australian citizens. Tours:

3 nights on board the _____________; 2 nights on board the Ghan; tours outside Hobart. Step6 Discussion 1. What kind of people do you think make Australia their home? 2. Each year large numbers of people become Australian citizens. Why do you think they choose to become citizens? 3. Why do you think the population of Australia is so small when it is such a large country? 4. Choose five words or phrases to describe Australia. Step7 Homework Write an article about the reasons why people want to travel in Australia.

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