Reading and vocabulary教案设计（一等奖）

A teaching plan for The Cat That Vanished Chengdu No. 8 Middle School

Liu Mingyou Teaching content

Reading And Vocabulary :

The Cat That Vanished

Teaching important points

1 be familiar with many new words

2 be clear about the content Teaching process Step 1 check the Ss’s homework Step 2 read the text fast and underline the new words

The text involves at least 30 new words , which is a big study barrier. Listing the new words is helpful to further study. Step 3 fast reading

1 Read the material fast and put the sentences in the correct order. A Will decides not to return to his world B The cat vanishes

C The cat comes up to Will D Will climbs through a hole E The cat behaves in a strange way 2 Read the passage again and choose the best answers . (1)

The cat vanishes through

(a)

Something Will can’t see

(b)

an empty patch of grass

(c)

some bushes

(2)

Will blinks because _____. (a)

He can’t see clearly (b)

His eyes hurt

(c)

He can’t believe what he saw (3)

It is _____.

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(a)

Easy to see the patch in the air from some positions (b)

Impossible to see the path (c)

Difficult to see the patch (4)

Will looks through the hole in the air______ (a)

Because he is frightened (b)

Because he knows there is a different world on the other side

(c)

Because it is alien (5)

Will does not go back to his world because _____ (a)

Life is difficult in his world (b)

He wants to learn about this new world

(c)

It is difficult to see the old world

Step4 careful reading

Choose the best meaning for the expressions from the passage

1 ..the cat came up to rub her head against his knuckles... (a)

The cat wanted Will to touch her head with the back of his hand (b)

The cat came up to bite Will’s hand 2 She padded across the road and towards the bushes ... (a)

She walked quietly across the road (b)

She ran across the road 3 ..keeping his eyes on the spot where the cat had been investigating

(a)

He looked once at the place where the cat had been sleeping

(b)

He watched the place that the cat had been looking at and touching

4 if you were level with the patch so that it was edge-on , it was nearly invisible .. (a)

If yo were looking at the grass you could see it (b)

If you were standing next to the area of grass you could not see it

5 he was looking at something profoundly alien (a)

He was looking at something very different and strange (b)

He was looking at something very exciting 6 he turned away with a shudder (a)

He laughed nervously

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(b)

His body shook slightly because he was afraid. Step5 read the text aloud

Step 6 leave 5 minutes for the students to read and understand the text and raise questions as well. Step 6 Homework

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