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Module 2 The Cat That Vanished Teaching goals

Enable the students to understand text organization. Enable the students to collect words to describe a cat. Teaching important & difficult points

Get the students to improve their reading skills. Learn how to understand narrative organization of the passage. Teaching methods

Skimming and task-based method.

Teaching aids

A recorder and a projector. Teaching procedures & ways Step I Lead in

A brief introduction to Philip Pullman

(show it on the screen) Step Ⅱ

Reading Tips 1. Ignore the new words, if they do not bother your understanding of the story. 2.Involve yourself in the story: Picture the story in your mind.

Predict what’s happening next.

3. Find out the“5ws” of an story

when: where: who:

what:

why: Step Ⅲ

Reading

Skimming Task 1: T: Now please skim the passage fast to obtain a general understanding of the whole passage. And number the sentences in the correct order.

Then check the answers.

Task 2: Study the structure of the story. Part 1 (Para1)

Will saw a cat. Part 2 (Para 2-7) What the cat did and how it vanished. Part 3 (Para 8—12) What Will found and how he entered another world . Part 4 (Para 13—15) What Will saw and how he felt after entering another world. Scanning: Task 1:Read the text again carefully and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). 1. The cat that vanished was called Moxie. 2. It was Will who had cut the patch out of the air. 3. The patch, which was completely invisible from most angels, was almost square and less than a metre wide. 4. Will walked into the new world with his shopping bag. 5. The new world was so frightening that Will went back to his own world. 1-5 FFTFF Task 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 _____.

(a) easy to see the patch in the air from some positions

(b) impossible to see the patch

(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 1-5

accba Task 3 :

Focus on the detailed description.

1) How does the cat behave? Collect words to describe cats. She reached out a paw to pat something.., …

The cat stepped forward, and vanished. pad out of a garden ,come up to rub her head against Will's knuckle,turn away, pad across the road, pad towards the bushes , reach out a paw to pat , leap backwards ,

back arched, fur on end, tail hold out stiffly, approach the spot again,leap backwards ,

step forward and vanish

2) How did Will feel and what did he do?

Collect the expressions.

He was stupefied with exhaustion.

Will held out his hand for a cat coming to him. A longing to turn for home Tears scalded his eyes Will blinked, and stood still. He cast about to look closely and kept an eye on the spot

which was invisible from most positions/angles. There was something profoundly alien

which enticed

him to stoop

and look further.What he saw made his head swim and his heart thump harder.

He scrambled through without hesitation.

He found himself standing under a row of trees. He was in the centre of a broad boulevard with a line of cafes and small shops at its sides.

Step Ⅳ: Post-reading

1.

Will can’t think clearly because ___.

A. He was very frightened in the dark at night

B. He was excited when he saw a cat.

C. He was worn out.

2. Why did the cat behave strangely?

A. Because the cat put out a paw to pat something invisible in the air in front of her.

B. Because the cat came up to Will when he held out his hand.

C. Because the cat approached the patch of grass and then left back. 3. Which of the following is TRUE about the patch according to the text?

A. Will had cut the patch out of air.

B. The patch was almost square in shape and less than a meter across.

C. From the most positions, the patch was completely visible.

4. According to the text, we can know that Moxie was ___________.

A. the cat that vanished

C. a tabby Will once fed

B. a friend of Will

D. a homeless cat 5. The phrase “be laden with” in the text means “___________”.

A. be burdened with

B. be full of

C. be covered with

D. be responsible for 1-5 CABCB Step Ⅴ: Discussion

1. Why does Will decide not return to his world? T: Now let’s try to understand why Will decides not return to his world. Let’s have a discussion: What’s the meaning of “Although he knew nothing at all about this world, it had to be better than the life he had just left.”?

S1: From the beginning of the passage, we know that Will had to work so hard that he was too tired to think clearly. Therefore, he would like to live a better life. S2: Because the cat behaved strangely, and it acted as his guide, he was determined to find out more about this new world.

S3: Perhaps Will was not really thinking clearly, so he came to the new world without knowing what will happen here. 2. Guess what happens next. Step Ⅵ

Homework 1. Retell the story in your own words. 2. Finish the exercises (课后练习)