阅读课教案(Book_4__Module_6_Unexplained_Mysteries_of_the_Natural_World)_滕州七中__高歌

1、【阅读课课教案】滕州七中高歌【授课时间】2013/06/24【授课内容】Book4 Module6 Un explai ned Mysteries of the Natural WorldRead ing and Vocabulary【一、教学目标、方法和手段概述】课题N：rdMySterieS of庇课型 |Reading &Vocabulary知识 目标To lear n:1. Key words:mon ster, attack, footpri nt, hairy, frighte ning, creature, exist, sharp, jo urn al, sight ing,

2、mysterious, claim.2. Key phrases:be back in the n ews, jump out of, on the surface of, dive in to, repeat the action, close up, too far away, be skeptical about, be un likely to, cover an area of.3. Key senten ces:1) . He claims to have see n a round black creature movingquickly through the water.2)

3、 . They also thi nk that there might be similar creature in otherlakes around the world.3) . It covers an area of about ten square kilometers.4) . They say that the low-temperature lake is unlikely to be ableto support such large liv ing creatures.力标 能目1. Improve the students ading skills, such as s

4、kimming, scanning, careful reading and finding correct information.2. Help the students grasp the main article and have a better un dersta nding of the text.3. Improve the students ol English by retelling the text andtalking aboutUnexplained Mysteries of the NaturalWorld”.情感态度1. En courage the stude

5、 nts to study hard and enl arge theirkno wledge actively to solve the remai ning mysteries for ourhuman beings in the natural world.价值观2. En able stude nts to be active and work cooperatively with others.教学重难占八、1. Help the students understand the main information of the text and describe The Mon ste

6、r of Lake Tian ch”.2. Enable the students to describe some unexplained mysterie of the n ature.教学方法自主互助、合作探究(Task-based teachi ng approach; Group work.)教学手段Multi-media; Guid ing paper教学流程设计】Before reading:Stepl. Lead ing in（设计意图：利用幻灯片 呈现大自然未解之谜-天池湖及其怪物的图片并提出 问题 How much do you know about Lake Tian c

7、hi? Where is it? How big / deep is it? 直奔主题The Monster of Lake Tianchi。迅速引起学生 的共鸣,鼓励学生have a discussi on about someth ing of the Lake Tian chi and the mon ster in order to arouse their interest in learning about mysterious things.为整堂课奠定良好的感 情基调。)T: Class beg ins!Ss: Good morning. Miss Gao.T: Good mo

8、rning, boys and girls. Sit dow n, please!Ss: Thank you!T: Yesterday we talked about some unexplained mysteries in the natural world such as The Bigfoot, The Yeti, The Loch Ness Mon ster and The Grey Man.To beg in with our class today, please look at some pictures aboutthe Lake Tian chi and the mon s

9、ter(展 示天池湖及其怪物的图片幻灯片)How much do you know about Lake Tianchi? Where is it? How big / deep is it?(板书: How much do you know about Lake Tian chi? Where is it? How big / deep is it? ) You can discuss in your groups for 2 minu tes to get some in formati on.T :( 2 mi nu tes later) Which group would like t

10、o share your in formati on?S1: The Lake Tian chi is located in the n orth-easterin Jili n province in Chi na.S2: It is 2,183 meters high an dcovers an area of 9.82 square kilometers.S3: On average, lake Tian chi is 204 meters deep. The deepestpo int is 373 meters where is the deepest in Tian chi. La

11、ke Tian chi is the deepest of all the lakes in China.S4: As far as I know, the n orth and south of the Lake Tian chi is 4.85 kilometers long and the east and west is 3.35 kilometers wide.S5 :T: Sounds great! You did a very good job, boys and girls! It reported that there have bee n more tha n 30 rep

12、orted sight ings by tourists from home and abroad in th last20 years. They said that they saw the great mon ster in the_ake Tian chi. There many pictures and videos of this creature, but none is clear eno ugh. Today, we II learn The Mon ster of Lake Tian ch” And I thi nk youlbe in terested in it.(板书

13、：The Mon ster of Lake Tian chi ) Before we lear n the new less on, 16s revise the vocabulary together. Please look at the words on the scree n.(学习每个模块前已经集中识词) Can you remember the following words?(展示幻灯片)Step2.6cabulary （设计意图：此处通过小组展示课前自主学习情况， 复习巩固与阅读相关的词汇: 一、三、五组各指派一名同学在前黑板听写相同的词汇，二、四、六组完成另一个词汇任务，其余

14、同学在导学案中听写全部词汇。为下一步的阅读扫清障碍。）T: I want to ask 6 Ss to dictate the words and phrases on the blackboard. The stude ntsin Groupl, 2 and 3 go to the front and the stude nts in group 4, 5 and 6 go to theback. The rest of you write them on your guiding paper. Then check thevocabulary together and read one m

15、ore times. Guide the stude nts to pay atte ntio nto the pronun ciati on of each one and the relati on ship betwee n the pronun ciati on and its spelling.(老师领读一词三遍)Review the words and phrases :1).怪物 n. monster4).脚印 n. footprint2).袭击 vt. attack5)多毛的 adj. hairy3).存在 vi. exist6).吓人的 adj. frightening7).

16、动物 n. creature8).锋利的 adj. sharp9).杂志 n. journal1510)目击 n. sighting11).神秘的 adj. mysterious 12)声称 vt. claim13).再次成为新闻be back in the news14).对持怀疑态度 be skeptical abou14).15).在的表面 on the surface of 16.潜入 dive into 17).不可能 be unlikely to 18).重复这个动作 repeat the action 19).距离太远 too far away 20）.从跳出 jump out

17、of 21）.靠近 close up22）.占地面积 cover an area ofWhile reading:Step 1: Inferring（设计意图:此环节既是导入和阅读间的过渡衔接，又培养学生阅读前的预测能 力、发散思维能力和推理判断能力。同时，吸引学生注意力，调动学生主动学习 的积极性，激发学生想说愿说乐说的强烈愿望，为后面的阅读活动做好充分的准 备和铺垫。）T: I m very glad that you have a good effoNow read the beg inning of the passage and decide where it comes from(

18、展示幻灯片) a tourist guide a n ewspaper a dictio nary a scie ntific journalYou can discuss this questio n for 1 minute in your groups. Thenask some of you to report your idea. Are you clear?Ss: Yes.T: (1 minute later) Now who like to tell us where it comes from? Volun teer? S1: From the beg inning of th

19、e passage, I think it comes from a n ewspaper.An swer: a newspaper.Step 2: Skimmi ng (399 words, 5 minu tes ).略读方法指导：1. 浏览标题2.读首段，抓中心。3.浏览其他段首、末句。4.最后读结尾段。 (设计意图：主要操练学生整体把握文章脉络，搜取有用的信息点，初步认识天 池水怪的能力。引导学生在快速阅读的过程中使用Skimming这种方法来找寻文章的主旨大意，借助于抓每一自然段的中心论点或中心句来判断一篇文章的大 意，形成对语篇的把握，提高阅读技能。)T: Thank you for

20、 your good inference. Now letsread the text as quickly as possible to find the structure of the passage.5 minu tes for you. Do not read word by word, just find the ma in in formati on. Are you clear?(展示幻灯片)Task： Read the passagequickly and get the main idea of the passage and each paragragh.SS: Yes.

21、Read the passagequickly and try to get the main idea of the passage and each paragragh.The topic sentence of the passage:paragraph 1The in formati on about the Lake Tian chiparagraph 2The latest sight ing of the Tian chi mon sterparagraph 3Ano ther rece nt sight ing of the Tian chi mon sterparagraph

22、 4A third sighti ng of the Tian chi mon sterparagraph 5More in formatio n about the Tian chi mon sterT: (5 minu tes later) Time is up, class. Turn around and excha nge your ideas in groups.Ss: Discuss in groups for 1 minu te.(设计意图:小组讨论活动能充分体现学生为主体，教师为主导的新课程理念。培养学生分析信息，处理信息以及合作探究的能力。)T: Which group w

23、ould like to share your answers? Which sentence is the topic sentence of the passage?S1: The first sentence is the topic sentence of the passage. The Fnonster of Lake Tian chi ” in the Chan gbai Mountains in JiL in provin ce, no rtheast Chin a, is back in the n ews after several rece nt sight in gs.

24、T: Well, is there any differe nt an swer?Ss: No.T: Good! Reas on able un dersta ndin g!You ve got itW/hat about the main idea of each paragragh?S2: Paragraph 1 tells us the latest sighti ng of the Tian chi mon ster; Paragraph 2 is about a no ther rece nt sight ing of the Tian chi mon ster; The third

25、 paragragh is about a third sighti ng of the Tian chi mon ster; Paragraph 4 tells us more in formatio n about the Tian chi mon ster and the last paragragh is about the in formati on about the Lake Tian chi.T: Do you agree with her?Ss: Yes!T:Well don eWhat should we do whe n we want to get the struct

26、ure of the passage or the main idea of a passage?（引导学生思考怎样抓文章的框架结构或主旨大意 ） Ss: We can read the first senten ce.T: Yes. We can readhe title, the first sentence or the last sentence very quickly to get the mai n idea. But not all the main ideas are give n in the first or last sen ten ce. It may be in t

27、he middle of the passage or it n eeds us to summarize the main idea.Now look at the structure of this passage please（ 展示幻灯片，让学生 大声读 每段的 mai n idea.） An swers:The topic sentence of the passage:The mon ster of Lake Tian chi ” in the Chan gbai Mountains in JiLi n provin ce, northeast Chin a, is back in

28、 the n ews after several rece nt sightings. paragraph 1声 The in formati on about the Lake Tian chi paragraph 2The latest sighti ng of the Tian chi mon sterparagraph 3/ *A no ther rece nt sight ing of the Tian chi mon sterparagraph 4 JA 也问 sighting of the Tianchi monster paragraph 5 /More in formatio

29、 n about the Tian chi mon sterT: You did a very good job! Well, so much for the main idea of the passageNow let s do scanning and finish the following tasks by yourselves on your guiding paper（展示 幻灯片）This is a readi ng skill used to look for importa nt details.Step 3: Scannin g（10 mi nutes）查读方法指导：1.

30、先看题，明确查询信息的特点。2.快速阅读，找到关键词。3. 停下细读，理清答案。（设计意图：为了让学生加深理解文中的重点信息,设计了 Seanning这一环节I think it can help students to improve their seanning skills and develop their ability to find and analyze some key information quickly.) Task 1: Read the whole passage and say if the followi ng sen ten ces are true(T) o

31、r false(F).1. The director of a local tourist office, Meng Fanying happened to see a monster in the “ Mon ster of Lake Tian chi ” in the Chan gbai Mountains in Jili n pnorViiessst Chi na.2. In another recent sighting, a group of soldiers claim they saw an animal jumped out of the water like a seal.3

32、. A third report came from Li Xiaohe, who claims to have seen a round black creature movi ng quickly through the water.4. Not being skeptical scientists say that the low-temperature lake is likely to be able to support such large liv ing creatures.5. _Lake_Tia nchi_is_the_highest_volca nic lake_in_t

33、he_world.Suggested an swers: T F T F T Task 2: Find out the answers to the following questions.(设计意图：wh- question and how question训练学生在具体语篇中分析问题， 理解问题，判断问题和推理问题的能力和用英语组织句子的阅读表达能力。同 时也为高考卷二中的阅读表达 准备应对策略。)1. Who saw the mon ster clearly, and why?2. How long was the history of reports of mon sters in L

34、ake Tian chi?3. What do many people think?4. What is special about Lake Tian chi?Suggested an swers:1. Li Xiao he and his family saw the monster clearly, because the weather was fine and the lake was calm.2. There have bee n reports of mon sters in Lake Tian chi since the beg inning of the la cen tu

35、ry.3. The mon ster may be a dista nt cous in of the Loch Ness mon ster in Scotla nd and there might be similar creatures in other lakes around the world4. It sthe highest volcanic lake in the world.Ss: Read the whole passage and do the two tasks by themselves on their guid ing paper.T: You can share

36、 your ideas with your partner if you neec(.学会分享共同提高。) T: I heard you re very/acWonderful! Have you finished?Ss: Yes.T: Who d like answer the first sentence in task 1?S1: The first sentence is true.T: Can you tell us the in formati on you sca nned from the text?S1: The information is from sentence 1

37、and 2 in paragraph1 .【原句 】The “ Monster of Lake Tian chi ” in the Chan gbai Mountains in Jili n provin ceortheast Chin a, is back in the n ews after several rece nt sighti ngs. The director of a local tourist office, MengFanying, said the monster, which seemed to be black in color, was ten meters fr

38、om the edge of the lake duri ng the most rece nt sighti ng.T: Just it! Thank you! What are the meanings of the senten ces?Ss:在最近几次露面后，中国东北吉林省长白山的“天池怪兽”又成了新闻。据 当地的旅游办公室主任孟凡迎介绍，最近有人看见怪物就在离湖边十米的地方， 怪物的颜色似乎是黑色的。T: You are right! Very good translation! What about the second one?S2: The second is false. T

39、he information is from the first sentence in paragraph2【原 句】In another recent sighting, a group of soldiers claim they saw an animal moving on the surface of the water.T: Do you agree with him, class?Ss: Yes.T: Good judgement! You got the answer! Please pay attention to the usage ollaim ”. Claim vt.

40、宣称，声称，后跟动词不定式或 that从句。Eg:他们声称已经发现治疗 的一种药物。They claimed to have discovered/that they have discovered a cure for the disease. How about sentence 3?S3: Sentence 3 is true. The helpful information is in sentence 3 and 4 in paragraph4.【原句】 Many people think that the monster may be a distant cousin of the

41、 Loch Ness mon ster i n Scotla nd. They also th ink that there might be similar creatures in other lakes around the worldT: Good understanding! Nothing is difficult in the world if you put your heart into it.It a very in teresti ng senten ce. Wh the meaning of it?S4:许多人认为，天池怪物或许是苏格兰尼斯湖怪物的远亲。他们还认为，在世

42、 界其他地方的湖泊中可能也有类似的怪物。T: You did well enough! “there might be ”表示猜测，“可能有”、“或许有”的意思。Look at sentence 4. In your opinion, is it true or false?S5: In my opin io n, it is false.The in formatio n is from the last 2 senten ces in paragraph4.【原句】Scientists, however, are skeptical. They say that the low-tempe

43、rature lake is un likely to be able to support such large livi ng creatures.T: Better un dersta nding! Whafsthe meaning of this senten ce, class?Ss然而，科学家们表示怀疑。他们说，温度低的湖中不可能存活如此大的生物。T: Good translation! It seems that nothing is difficult for you. be (un)likely to do ” (不)可能做eg:今天晚上可能要变冷。It is likely

44、to be cold tonight.【拓展】It slikely that 有可能 eg: 他可能会赢。 He is likely to win.=lt likely that he will win. Come on, class! What about the last one? Is it true or false?S6: I think it is true. The information is from the first sentence in paragraph5. Lake Tian chi is the highest volca nic lake in the wor

45、ld.T: Right an swer! What is the area of the Lake Tian chi?Ss: It covers an area of about ten square kilometers.T: You did a very good job. It is 2,189 meters high and covers an area of about ten square kilometers. Can you tran slate?Ss天池海拔2189米，面积有大约10平方公里。Cover an area of意为“占有 空间”，也可以只用cover来表示。T:

46、 I appreciate your good ideas.cover an area of 意为 “占有空间”，也可以只用 cover 表示此意。Letcome to task 2. Who saw the mon ster clearly, and why?S7： Li Xiao he and his family saw the monster clearly, because the weather was fine and the lake was calm.T: Quite right! How long was the history of reports of mon ster

47、s in Lake Tian chi?S8: There have bee n reports of mon sters in Lake Tian chi since the beg inning of the last cen tury.T: Yes. Since the beg inning of the last cen tury there have bee n reports of mon sters in Lake Tian chi. What do many people thi nk of the mon ster?S9: The mon ster may be a dista

48、 nt cous in of the Loch Ness mon ster in Scotla nd and there might be similar creatures in other lakes around the worldT: It sounds reas on able. Thank you. By now, we ve lear ned the main idaad some importa nt in formati on, but this is not eno ugh for us to un dersta nd the text better. Do you wan

49、t to get more detailed in formati on?Ss: Yes.Step4： Careful- reading and group work: (5 minutes)(设计意图：这个环节的任务是让学生 自主细读课文，填写表格，加深对课文的理解。小组互助，合作探究，帮助学生明了文中三次目击水怪露面，如何描述对水怪的印象。)T: So we should come to some details. Read the passage carefully and fill in the bla nks on your guid ing paper on your own fi

50、rst. Lear n to choose the key words to do this activity .In this part, if you have somethi ng not sure, you can excha nge your ideas with each other in your group.Go ahead, please.Ss: Read the textcarefully and fill in the blanks with their guiding paper. Then discuss in groups.Sight ingWit nessDesc

51、ripti onSight ingoneSight ing twoSight ing threeT: Well, Most of you have finished, lefe check your answersWhat about sighting one? I d like to know about your ideaAre you ready? Any volunteer?S1: Xue Junlin , the witness of sighting one, claimed that ifehead looked like a horse.T: An active boy! Yo

52、ur an swer is very comprehe nsive! Come on, class!Whod like to share your in formati on about sight ing two?S2: A group of soldiers claimed that they saw an ani mal moving on the surface of the water. It was greenish-black and had a round head with 10 cm horns.T: Do you agree with her?Ss: Yes.T: Goo

53、d voice! A beautiful girl and so beautiful answer! Thank you! Sit down, please! What aboutthe third sight in g?S3: Li Xiaohe claimed to have see n a round black creature moving quickly through the water. After three or four hundred meters it dived into the water. Ten minutes later the mon ster appea

54、red aga in and repeated the acti on.T: Great! Youve hit the nail on the head. Look at the screen, please. Here are myanswers. (Show the complete answers to the students and let them read it.)Sight ingWit nessDescripti onSight ingoneXue Jun li nIt head looked like a horse.Sight ing twoA group of sold

55、iersmoving on the surface of the water;Gree ni sh-black, round head with 10 cm horns.Sight ing threeLi XiaoheA round black creature movi ng quickly through the water; dive in to; appear aga in and repeat the acti on.T: Do you have any difficulties with the text or any other questions Ss: No.T: All o

56、f you have done well eno ugh in above activities! So far, we have lear ned much about the detailed in formatio n of the text.Whe n you have read a passage, try tosummarize it in your own Ianguage. Trying to use what you ve learnt is the mostefficie nt way of lear ning. Now lets fill in the bla nks a

57、nd try to recite the passage.Post reading: Task 1: Summary: Do a thorough reading and fill in the blanks. Try to recite the passage.(设计意图：展示课文的浓缩，让学生根据句子结构的语法性和上下文的连贯性， 在空格处填入适当的词或词的适当形式。引导学生通过短文信息复述课文，总 结运用文章中所学的知识和语言运用规律进行语言输出，对本课所学重点知识 进一步操练。这个过程中学习的主体始终是学生。学生用英语做事，在做中学，在做中用，在做中体验，提高学习英语的自信心，积极性和主动性。)Read the whole passage aga in and fill in the bla nks. (5ms)The Monster ” of LakeTia nchi, the highest_(1)_ lake in theworld, is _(2)_ after several recent sightings. But no one has ever got a dear look at the_(3)_ creature. I n one sighting, as is_(4)_ by the director of