Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending优质课一等奖

Unit 2 Sailing the oceans(新课标版高三英语选修九教案教学设计) 一、. Teaching Aims: a. Learn and 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. Train the students’ reading ability. Let the students 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

二、教材分析

本单元的中心话题是“Sailing the oceans”，内容涉及海洋航行、人类早期的航海技术、中国历史上最著名的航海家郑和、辛巴达的第一次冒险航行等。本单元的语言技能和语言知识都是依据“航海、发现探索未知的大陆”这个中心话题设计的。

1.1 “热身”(Warming up)部分提出了三个问题：航海家的含义；航海家与探险家的不同之处。看图对中外历史上的三个著名人物郑和、马可波罗、詹姆斯库克进行

讨论，谁是航海家，谁是探险家。通过讨论使学生的言语技能和语言知识得到充分运用。

1.2 “读前”(Pre-reading)部分要求学生看图回答问题。通过这项任务的完成，可以激起学生了解早期航海情况的兴趣。

1.3“阅读”(Reading)部分是一篇说明文，用百科全书的形式呈现出的内容是让学生了解在现代化的航海仪器发明之前人们是怎样航海的。阅读的内容分为两部分，首先介绍古代航海者怎样借助自然环境的帮助进行航海。然后介绍早期的航海者怎样利用航海仪器来确定经度和纬度。1.4 “理解”(Comprehending)部分设置了五个练习。这些练习能帮助学生更好地理解阅读内容。这部分的练习1和练习4主要用以消化阅读的细节内容，只要学生理解了课文，不难回答。练习2、3、5设置了几个不同的情景，要求学生利用课文内容进行讨论与回答。这些练习能帮助学生更好地理解课文内容。

三、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 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.