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

The Second Period Reading Teaching Aims: After the class , students should be able to a. master the key words and expressions: voyage mercy minimum nowhere pole overhead offshore accelerate outward longitude latitude precise simplify portable shortcoming updated tendency reliable at the mercy of, even though, work out, be used to, in relation to, aim to , ... b. have some knowledge of early navigational methods. Explain how seamen explored the oceans and what kind of navigational instruments were used to sailors before the 17th century when they were navigating the open seas without seeing the land. Teaching Difficult Points: a. How to help the students understand the reading passage better. b. How to improve the students' reading ability. Teaching Methods: a. Scanning the text to get the general idea of it. b. Carefully reading to finish the Comprehending exercises on page 14. c. Discussion after reading to make the students understand the text better. Teaching Aids:

The multimedia; a tape recorder; the blackboard Teaching procedures & ways Step1 Greetings : Greet the whole class as usual. Step2 Revision : Check the homework exercises. Step3 Pre-reading: Show the students some pictures to see if they can identify the early navigational instruments seamen used and explain how they used. Step 4 Discussion

Discuss the questions on page11. Step 5 Listening and comprehending After listening to the contents of the text do the comprehending exercises on page 14&15. Step 6 Explanation After comprehending, it is a good time to deal with the new words and language points in this part, esp. the following: voyage mercy minimum nowhere pole overhead offshore accelerate outward longitude latitude precise simplify portable shortcoming updated tendency reliable at the mercy of, even though, work out, be used to, in relation to, aim to , Step7 Discussion Let's the students have a discussion by working in pairs or in groups. Topic: Imagine you are on a boat with twenty-nine other people. You have a small box for your personal things but it can only hole ten items. What would you need for a week's journey across the North Sea to England? Suggested Answer: Category Items Clothes shirt, trousers Shoes waterproof

boots Hygiene soap Tools knife scissors Bedding blanket Medicines sea-sick tablets, cold

medicine Games cards chess Books novels

essay collections Step8 Summary

This reading explains how seamen explored the oceans and what kind of navigational instruments were used to sailors before the seventeenth century when they were navigating the open seas without seeing the land. Step9 Homework Finish the exercises about using words and expression on page61.