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Module 8 unit5 Using language

Reading: The feast: 18,000 BC Teaching aims:

1. get students know about the wok divisions in primitive society. 2. improve students’ reading ability by scanning and skimming. 3.

let students express their views about the work divisions in modern society. Important points:

Know about general idea and detailed information of the passage. Difficult points:

Work out the questions related to the passage. Teaching aids:

Blackboard and projector. Teaching methods:

Pair work and group work. Teaching procedure: Step 1. Lead-in: Who

do you think do more housework in a family, the husband or the wife? What is the possible work division (分工) between them? Step 2.Fast-reading questions: In pairs work out which jobs Dahu did and Lala did. Dahu

catching fish

preparing food Lala

making and repairing stone tools

collecting fruit and nuts

Step 3.Careful-reading questions:

(1) In groups discuss whether they were men’s tasks or women’s tasks at that time .

______1

Making and repairing tools

2

Collecting nuts, fruit and water

3

Protecting the group from harm

4

Cutting down trees

5

Cutting up meat and fish for cooking

6

Preparing skins to make clothes

7

Hunting animals

8

Looking after children

(2) Fill in the blanks.

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2. Fishing 3. 4. 5. 2. 3. 4. Preparing food 5. (3) Discuss which adjectives best describe men’s tasks and women’s tasks.

caring

tough

protective

dangerous

safe

useful

co-operative

patient

individual

exhausting

skilful men’s tasks:1._______ 2. _________.3.__________

4.__________ 5. __________ 6. _________ women’s tasks:1._______ 2. _________.3.__________

4.__________ 5. _____________ Step 4. Consolidation (1).Which was the most dangerous work? A. Fishing by men

B. Hunting animals by men C. Making clothes by women D. Looking after children by women (2). What does the underlined word “arrested” in paragraph 2 mean?

A. caught

B. continued

C. stopped

D. attracted

(3). Which of the following is NOT TRUE? A. When men went hunting, they worked co-operatively. B. When men made or repaired tools, they worked alone. C. When women cooked and prepared food, they worked alone. D. When women collected fruit and nuts, they worked alone. (4). What can we infer from the passage? A. The danger came from wild animals living near the caves. B. Men and women did not have clearly divided tasks. C. Hunting animals needed to be done everyday.

D. Both men’s and women’s tasks were done everyday.

(5). What is the main idea of the passage? A. The marriage life of Lala and Dahu. B. The separate responsibility of men and women. C. The difference between early life and modern life.

D. The preparation work for a feast. Step 5. Summary Not having looked ahead ①_______ planned better, Lala felt very worried ②_______ the preparations for her feast. So she turned for home ③________ (quick) with her collection of nuts and fruit. When she was near home, a delicious smell arrested her progress and she

④_________ (become) dizzy with hunger. She saw her mother and the old children

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⑤__________ (prepare) the deer and pig meat over the fire. Just then Dahu, her husband, as well as the best toolmaker, came back with several ⑥_______ (fish). Later he began

⑦_______ (he) task: he sharpened his scrapers until they were sharp enough ⑧________ (cut) up the meat and scrape the fish. Soon, ⑨_______ first of the guests began to arrive. Lala hoped the feast was going to be just as ⑩___________ (wonder) as last year. Step 6. Discussion Some people say: “It is women that should stay at home and take care of the family.” Do you agree or not? Please give your reasons. The expressions may help you.

In my opinion,…

I (don’t) agree because…

I support … because …

No, I can’t agree with …because…

No, that’s not reasonable because…