Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending第二课时教学设计

Book9 Unit3

Australia

Period 1 Reading

Ⅰ. Teaching aims: 1.

Enable the students to learn some information about Australia 2.

Train the students’ reading ability(skimming, detail reading, distinguishing different styles of articles) Ⅱ. Teaching important points:

Get some information of Australia in the text

Ⅲ. Teaching difficult points:

Enable the students to distinguish different styles of extract articles Ⅳ. Teaching methods: Cooperative learning, task-based learning[来源]

Ⅴ. Teaching aids:

A computer, a blackboard, a tape-record Ⅵ. Teaching procedures:

StepⅠ Lead-in 1.

Greeting 2.

Play a video about Australia to Ss, ask them to answer the question :Do you know which country it is?

3.

Ask Ss to do a quiz: show some pictures about Australia and let them find the answers.

1.

Which of the following flags is the national flag of Australia?

2.Which is the capital of Australia?

A. Sydney

B. Canberra

C. Perth 3.What are their names?

4.

What do people call the native Australian?

Aboriginal Australians Step ⅡReading

Skimming 1.

Ask Ss to quickly glance at the five text and find the main idea of each part. 2.

Get the Ss know some reading strategies: skimming, detail reading and paying attention to the words that frequently appeared in the text and equally important, their relative words.

Scanning 1.

Ask the Ss to read the first part quickly and fill in the form.源

Official name

Commonwealth of Australia Capital

Canberra

Population

_20__ million, approximately 80% live in _the south-eastern coastal area

Area

7, 686,850 square kilometers, the sixth largest country in the world

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Detailed Reading

six 1.When is Australia Day? What is the purpose of the

Australia Day ? A. On 26 January

To sing and dance B. On 25 January

To taste the food from all over the word. C. On 24 January

To celebrate becoming Australian citizens.

D.On 26 January

To celebrate becoming Australian citizens. 2.How far is it from Perth to Sydney? 4,352 kilometers. 3.Why do most people choose not to climb Uluru ?

Out of respect for the Aboriginal people who consider the rock to be sacred. 4.If you are an active tourist , what is your popular attraction? The 80-km walking track /

The 80 kilometers’

walking track

Step III post-reading Retelling & Words Filling Australia is the only country that is also a continent. It is a mainly dry country with only a few __________ (coast) areas that have adequate rainfall. _______________ (approximate) 80% of Australians live in the south-eastern coastal area, __________ (include) Australia’s two largest cities- Melbourne and Sydney. Its federal parliament is ________ (locate) in Canberra. Australia is also a popular destination _____ tourists from all over the world who come to experience its unique ecology. If you want to view some of Australia’s unique scenery, you can board the Indian-Pacific train from Sydney to Perth_____ Adelaide. Along the way you will spot a fascinating _________ (various) of

wildlife. In Australia, there is one special day, Australia Day, on 26 January. Australia Day celebrations are an excellent way ____________ (encourage) tolerance, respect and friendship among all the people of Australia. The ____________ (amaze) rock, the Ayers Rock, is part of one of Australia’s 14 World Heritage Sites. At different times of the day it __________ (appear) to change colour, from grey-red at sunrise, to golden and finally to burning red at dusk.

Answers:

coastal

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Step Ⅳ Discussion

Ask the Ss to work in groups to discuss the following questions. 1.What do you think of Australia? 2. Each year large numbers of people become Australian citizens. Why do you think they choose to become citizens? 3. What’s the writing purpose of the

Step Ⅵ Homework

Write an article about the reasons why people want to travel in Australia