Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending公开课教案（教学设计）

Unit 3 Australia Warming up、Pre-reading and Reading 1.

Teaching aims (1)

Knowledge and skill: at the end of this lesson, students can learn how to get information which they want to know through fast reading and careful reading. (2)

Process and method: by pre-reading, careful reading and post-reading these five texts, students will be able to learn Australia. (3)

Emotion, value & attitude: at the end of the class, students can learn how to introduce a place. Meanwhile students can broaden their horizons and know the world better. 2.

Teaching key points and difficult points (1)

Key points: Teacher leads students to get useful information when reading. After reading teacher leads students to retell the passage. (2)

Difficult points: teacher leads the students to introduce a place. Students may have difficulties in organizing their thoughts. 3.

Teaching and learning methods

(1)

Task-based English teaching;

(2)

Group work, cooperative learning 4.

Teaching aids Tapes and PPT 5.

Student analysis

It is the first term of the students of senior three. Up to now, they have learned a lot of basic words and they can use these words in their reading. However, they cannot use these words in their spoken English properly and fluently. English is a communicating tool, so their oral English needed to be improved and trained. 6.

Teaching procedure

Part 1 Warming up

Task 1 please complete the cinquain.

Australia

Vast, Natural,

Empty, Rich, Multicultural,

Country of the kangaroos,

Welcome! Task 2 please watch the video and learn some information of Australia. Part 2 Pre-reading

In this part, the teacher will briefly introduce how to describe a place. The following aspects of Australia will be briefly introduced: (1)

Location: Australia locates to the south of China (2)

History:

From 1788 to1900, Australia is the British colony. On January 1st, 1901, Australia became a new country, the Common Wealth of Australia.

(3)

Population: It has a population over 20 million, and most people live in the south-eastern coastal area.

(4)

Scenery: Kakadu、Urulu、the pinnacles、Gold Coast, etc.

(5)

Cities: Australia is made up of 6 states. The capital city of Australia is Canberra.

(6)

Climate: the climate in the central part of Australia is mainly deserts and dry, but the coastal areas of the Australia is warm and wet. (7)

Wild animals: introduce the animals that are particular to Australia. Part 3 while-reading І. Fast reading

Task 1: What topic is common to all five texts? All five texts are about some aspect of Australia. Task 2: Match each reading passage with a description below. Text 1

a postcard from someone on holiday

Text 2

part of a text in an encyclopedia

Text 3

part of a tourist brochure Text 4

a newspaper article

Text 5

an advertisement Task 3: What aspect of the topic is discussed in each text? Text 1

World Heritage site: Uluru

Text 2

A general description of Australia Text 3

Cradle Mountain National Park

Text 4

Citizenship Ceremonies on 26 January

Text 5

Two rail journeys across Australia

П. Careful reading

Task 1:True or False (read text 1 carefully) 1. Sydney is the capital city of Australia. 2. Most Australians live in the central area of Australia. 3. The central of the Australia is mainly desert and dry grassland. 4. The federal parliament is located in Melbourne. Task 2:Read text 2 carefully and choose the best answer. On Australia day, ______. A. people sing and dance together. B. people enjoy Australia food. C. some people from overseas are accepted as the citizens in Australia. D. people can travel all over Australia. Task 3:Read text 3 carefully and try to find out the two railways on the map below.

Task 4:Read text 4 carefully and choose the best answer. The rock in Uluru is amazing because , ______. A. it is very high B. it is very large C. it is scared D. it can change color

Task 5:Read text 5 carefully and then try to write a cinquain about the Cradle Mountain National Park.

Ш. Post reading

Task 1:Read the 5 texts again and fill the blanks. Australia is in the smallest continent－Oceania. 1._____

is a mainly dry country with only a few coastal area having adequate rainfall. Most Australians live in the south­eastern 2._________ (coast) area.The centre of the continent has few 3. _________(settle)．

Australia is 4. ______ popular destination with many tourists coming to experience 5.________(it) unique ecology. 6.______

Australian states are autonomous, it has a federal government responsible 7.________ matters that affect people all over the country.The federal parliament is 8.___________(locate) in Canberra. 9.______Australia Day，in over 200 locations across the nation，over 9,000 people will become Australian 10. ______ (citizen)．

Part 4. Homework

Please write an introduction of Australia.