Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending名师教学设计2

Book9 Unit 3

Australia

Warming up and Reading

Ⅰ. Teaching aims: 1.

Arouse the students’ interest in Australia, and know some general information

about the country.

2.

Improve the students’ reading ability by using skimming and scanning skills. 3.

Familiarize the students with different writing styles. Ⅱ. Teaching important points:

Get some information of Australia in the text

Ⅲ. Teaching difficult points:

1.

Express the ideas freely in English

2.

Enable the students to distinguish different styles of extract articles

Ⅳ.Teaching methods:

Cooperative learning, watch-and listen activities, task-based learning, group work

Ⅴ. Teaching aids:

Multimedia, a blackboard,

Ⅵ. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Lead-in Firstly, Ask the students to answer two multiple questions which are geographically related. Then list some amazing facts about this country.

Step 2. Warming up Play a short video about Australia and let the students will get a glimpse of its charm. Then give a map of Australia which shows how its wildlife spread. Suppose I were a guide, and the students are visitors, and the teacher lead them to tour around the country by visiting some of its major cities and attractions. Sydney. Canberra. Perth. The Great Barrier reef. Uluru. Kakadu.

Step3. Pre-reading (skimming) Ask Ss to quickly glance at the five text and answer the questions designed for this part. Then match each text with a proper description.

★Text 1

part of a text in an encyclopedia

★Text 2

a newspaper article

★Text 3

an advertisement

★Text 4

a postcard from someone on holiday

★Text 5

part of a tourist brochure

StepⅣ Reading Read the text quickly and answer the questions below. 1)

Where do most Australians live?

2)

In what city do federal politicians

work?

3)

How many people live in Australia?

4)

Which part of Australia gets the most rainfall?

5)

When is Australia Day?

6)

How far is it from Perth to Sydney?

7)

How many World Heritage Sites are

there in Australia?

Scan text 1 for detailed information

Official name

Capital

Population

____ million, approximately 80% live in the ______________

The number of states

Two largest cities

Famous for

its huge, open _______, bright _______,enormous sheep and cattle and its_____________.

Text 2 Scan text 2 to tell TRUE or FLASE.

On 26 January, the Australian Day, citizenship ceremonies will take place only in Sydney. (

) There will be no singing and dancing on this day. (

) Text 3 Listen to text 3 to tell TRUE or FLASE.

If you travel from Sydney to Perth via Alice Spring , you will view Blue mountains and the plains. (

) Text 4&5 Scan text 4 and 5 to tell TRUE or FLASE.

Uluru Rock is amazing because it appears to change colour at different times of the day. (

) You can not walk in the Cradle Mountain National Park since there is no walking track in the area. (

)

StepⅤ retell the text

Ask the students to reread the text and try do Cloze as a review of the texts.

1)________ (locate) in the 2)_______ continent—Oceania, Australia is the 3) _____ (six) largest country in the world. It 4)_______(cover) a total area of 7,686,850 square kilometers with a 5)________ of about 20 million.

It is a mainly dry country 6)

____ only a few coastal areas that have adequate rainfall. It is made up of 6 states, in 7)______ Melbourne and Sydney are the largest cities. Because it is famous 8)____ its open spaces, bright sunshine, 9)________ number of sheep and cattle and its unusual wildlife, the tourists from all over the world come to enjoy its scenery.

Step Ⅵ a.Discussion 1. What do you find attractive about Australia? Share your ideas.

(cities, climate, wildlife,

places of interest)

2. Why do so many people in the world want to become

Australian citizens?

B.Writing 假如你是李华，你的朋友暑假想去澳大利亚旅游，请你给他推荐一些好玩的地方，并给出理由。

eg: The place I would strongly recommend is_______ , because__________. eg: If you want to _________, you can visit _________.