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新课标人教版选修7 Unit3 Old Tom the killer whale第一篇课文

教学背景

本篇课文选自人教版新课标教材的选修模块7，为第一课时，阅读课故事发生于20世纪初期，一个名叫“Old Tom”的虎鲸帮助捕鲸人捕鲸以及营救遇难者的事情。通过对文章的整体认知和把握，教师给学生创设情境，让学生和自己的搭档自主地学习、思考和讨论，从而激发学生对动物的关注，鼓励学生去了解动物，爱护动物。

学情分析

本课是高二年级下学期的课程，学生已经具备一定的知识储备和运用能力，但由于授课的对象的英语基础比较差，水平参差不齐，为了激发全部学生的好奇心和求知欲，课堂采用了创设情境，采用老师扮演鲸鱼，以猜谜的形式引导学生进入本节课。通过对阅读的整体理解后，由学生扮演课文中出现的不同角色，来活跃课堂气氛，引发学生对动物保护的意识。同时，在阅读课中教师要渗透阅读的方法和答题的技巧，培养学生阅读的综合能力。

教学目标

一、知识与技能

1.Train the students reading ability, for example, skimming scanning.

2.Learn and master the following:

Words: anecdote, annual, witness, accommodation, shore, opposite, yell, pause, telescope, teamwork, diving, flee, drag, depth, urge, abandon

Phrases: be about to do, ahead of, even though, stop…from…, help out,

二、过程与方法

1.Task- based teaching

2..Cooperation

3.Discussion

三、情感态度与价值观

1.The students’

confidence and interest can be stimulated.

2.Arouse the students to protect animals.

教学重点

Improve the students’

reading ability

教学难点

1.How to make the students understand the reading text better.

2.Make the students realize the importance of protecting animals.

Teaching Steps :（教学步骤）

Step 1 ：Revision(复习上个导学案易错点）

Step2：I. Fast Reading：Get the main ideas of the two anecdotes.

The first anecdote：__________________________________________________

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The second anecdote:

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II.Scan the text, and fill in the blanks with names mentioned in the text

1. ___________was 16 years of age when he went to work at the whaling station

2.__________orderd Clancy to go to the boat as there was a whale out there in the bay

3. _________was swimming by the boat showing the whalers the way

4.___ told Clancy that they would return the next day to bring in the body of the whale

5._________was carried by the waves further and further away from the whalers.

6. __________knew that Old Tom would protect James.

III. Skimming the text and put the following sentences into a right order.

( )George started beating the water with his oar

( ) Clancy grabbed his boots and raced after George to the boat

( ) Clancy arrived at the whaling station

( ) The killers started racing between our boat and the whale

( ) Clancy heard a huge noise coming from the bay

( ) Clancy was sorting out his accommodation

( ) Clancy ran down to the shore

( ) The man in the bow of the boat aimed the harpoon at the whale

IV. scanning the text and answer the following questions

1. When did Clancy begin to believe that the killers would help the whalers catch the huge whales?

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2. How did the killers help the whalers catch the whale?

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3. what other animals did the author compare the killer whales with?

_________________________________________________________________ 4. “The killers started racing between our boat and the whale just like a pack of excited dogs.” why do you think the killer whales behave like this?

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5.Why did the whalers return home without the whale’s body?

________________________________________________________________ 6.How did Old Tom help James? Why do you think he did this? __________________________________________________________

V.Discussion

Although the killers were ________ hunters , they never _______ or _______ people. In fact , they __________ them.

Discuss the relationship between Old Tom and the whalers.

Whales are now an endangered species ,do you think we should protect them ?

VI. Homework（作业）

巩固本页学案