英语：Unit8 Adventure-communication workshop教案

1、Unit8 Adventure -Communication Workshop教案Objectives To speak about a chosen holiday. To show interest when interacting orally. To write an informal letter. To use informal linking words in a letter. To listen to a radio programme and extract the main information.Resources used Cassette, Writing Help

2、 2. Possible problem If some students in the class do not interact confidently in their own language, they may feel awkward using interactive strategies in English. Background There is spectacular white-water rafting on the Colorado River, the river which runs through the Grand Canyon. Greenland is

3、covered by a vast ice cap and lies mostly within the Arctic Circle. It is inhabited by a population of about 50,000, mostly Inuit. The Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides, a group of islands off the west coast of Scotland. The features of informal written styl

4、e in the letter are commonly used nowadays in personal letters and in e-mails. Routes through the material . If you are short of time, omit the Talkback stage of the Speaking and the Writing Workshops. . If you have two lessons for this unit, a suitable natural break is after the Speaking activity.

5、Language Power: pages 74-75. Speaking: Choosing a Holiday Before you start Exercise 1 Useful vocabulary: ancient ruins, rafting, reserve, snowmobile, vehicle Do not pre-teach this vocabulary, but encourage students to guess the meaning of the words after they have done the exercise and listened to t

6、he dialogue. Students read the advertisements to extract the main information about the holidays. Then they listen to the dialogue to find out which holiday Ricky and Shulah choose. Answer White-Water ExperienceTapescript Shulah: Which holiday would you like to go on, Ricky? Ricky: I dont know. They

7、 all look very interesting. Er,I think Id like to go on the wildlife safari. Shulah: Really? Ricky: I prefer hot places, you know. Like South Africa. Shulah: Mm. I think the most exciting one is the trip to Greenland. Ricky: Yes? Shulah: I mean you can really explore somewhere which isnt full of peo

8、ple, especially other tourists. It would be great cos you can go skiing and mountaineering as well. Ricky: Right. Shulah: I wouldnt like to go on the safari. You know, sitting around watching giraffes. You can see them in the zoo, cant you? Ricky: Yes, but the weathers terrible in Greenland. Its wor

9、se than the weather here! Shulah: Thats true. Ricky: And the Greenland trip sounds quite uncomfortable. Shulah: But they do everything for you. Tents, snowmobiles. Wouldnt you like to go on a snowmobile? Ricky: No, not really. I dont like snow. Id prefer to go to Africa. Shulah: Well, lets have a lo

10、ok at one of the others. What about canoeing and rafting in the States? Ricky: Mm. I wouldnt like to go rafting. Its really dangerous. Shulah: Oh come on, Ricky. Youd love it in Colorado. Its hot there. You cant complain about that! Ricky: No, and at least theyve got cabins. I hate camping. Shulah:

11、Yeah, I know! Ricky: And Id like to try canoeing. Shulah: Right. And you could go to Los Angeles and San Francisco. You love watching American police films. Ricky: OK , lets go there! Pronunciation: Showing Interest Exercise 2 Students listen to the extracts from the dialogue. Draw students attentio

12、n to the intonation of the expressions. Students listen and repeat the words and sounds. Stages 1-3 Key Words boring, cheap, clean, comfortable, dangerous, difficult, dirty, educational, exciting, expensive, interesting, safe, tiring, well-organised Read through the stages with the class and go thro

13、ugh the notes about the Turkish trip and the example dialogue about Greenland so that students understand exactly what to do. Students make notes about the trip they want to go on and the one they dont want to go on and rehearse privately what they are going to say before talking to each other about

14、 their holidays. Talkback The pairs report back to the class so that the class can find out which are the most popular and least popular holidays. Writing: A Brochure Before you start Exercise 1 Have students look at the Camp Xoreme brochure. Read through the paragraph topics (a-d) with the class an

15、d ask students to predict which topic will be first and which will be last in the brochure. Students read the brochure and match the paragraphs to the topics. Answers 1 a 2 b 3 d 4 c Exercise 2 As a whole-class activity, go through the brochure and elicit examples of brochure style. Ask students wha

16、t similar expressions they use in Chinese when writing a brochure. Stages 1-3 Elicit information of an adventure camp from the class and write a list on the board for students to refer to. Refer students to Writing Help 2 on page 90. Look at the page with the class if you think it will help. Student

17、s go through each stage, making notes before they write their brochure in stage 3. If you wish, weaker students can work in pairs rather than individually. Check the writing. Remind students to pay attention to the brochure style, the language and the beginning of sentences. Talkback Students work i

18、n groups reading each others brochures. Encourage them to use peer correction and help each other correct any mistakes. Each group can then decide which was the most attractive adventure camp. Listening: A Radio Programme Read through the questions with the class. Students then listen to the cassett

19、e and answer the questions. Check students answers by playing the cassette again and pausing after each answer. Answers 1 1995 2 In the first expedition, there were two Polish explorers; in the second there was only one. 3 high winds and low temperatures 4 He has many other interests. 5 He wants to

20、test the limits of what humans can do. 6 your intelligence and your dreams Tapescript Presenter: Good evening and welcome to Adventure. Today were going to talk about modern explorers. Lets begin with a profile of Marek Kamin.ski. In the studio we have Matt Thomas who has recently interviewed the Po

21、lish explorer. Matt: Hi. Presenter: Marek Kamin.skis two most famous expeditions so far were in 1995, werent they? Matt: Thats right. In the first one to the North Pole he travelled on skis with Wojtek Moskal and got to the Pole on the 23rd of May 1995. He called the expedition Poles to the Pole. Pr

22、esenter: Thats a good name. Matt: Yes. And his second one was a solo expedition to the South Pole. He travelled 1400 km and got to the Pole on the 26th of December ?C in the same year. He called the second expedition A Pole to the Poles. Presenter: And did he have any problems on this one? Matt: Mmm

23、. His biggest problem was wind, blowing with speeds up to 330 km per hour. And there were temperatures of minus 60 degrees C. Antarcticas a tough place, you know. Presenter: So, could you give us some background on Marek. What kind of person is he? Matt: In some ways hes not a typical explorer. He studied philosophy at university and he speaks six languages. He likes reading books on his expeditions. One of his favourite authors is Tolkien. He also writes a lot himself. He always uses pencils because they dont freeze! Presenter: Right. And this is the que