2014-2015学年高中英语Unit2Period3AsamplelessonplanforUsingLanguage教学设计新人教版选修8

1、Period 3 A sample lesson plan for Using Language(THE RETURN OF THE DINOSAURS)IntroductionLanguage is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the students read, listen, write and speak in English, making use of the focused words, collocations, structures and topic

2、 ideas covered in this unit. The teacher may take the following steps in teaching: warming up by reading aloud the text on page 11 to the tape；Reading for forms；discussing about extinct animals；listening and talking about cloning and closing by looking and saying.ObjectivesTo help students read the

3、passage THE RETURN OF THE DINOSAURSTo help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writingProcedures1. Warming up by reading aloud the text on page 11 to the tape. Why read aloud? Because reading aloud: Is great fun, and it benefits our growth as readers and learners. Nurtur

4、es our love of both the written and spoken word. Gives us a chance to rediscover favorite stories and find new ones. Helps us develop important language skills that will help us learn to read on our own. 2. Reading for forms Read the text THE RETURN OF THE DINOSAURS on page 15: cut/ the sentence int

5、o thought groups, blacken the predicates, darken the connectives and underline all the useful collocations. 3. Discussing about extinct animalsSome animals have gone for ever. Some animals are endangered. Tigers in Asia are endangered. Now in groups of four make a list of endangered animals and have

6、 a discussion of them. Endangered tigerThe tiger lives in the jungles and canebrakes of Asia. Its body markings provide excellent camouflage in long grass. This large carnivore usually hunts at night, spending the greater part of the daylight hours resting in shaded areas to escape the heat. It eats

7、 a variety of other creatures, from frogs and turtles, to cattle, monkeys, deer, buffalo, and even the occasional young elephant. Tigers are the largest existing members of the Felidae and are, on average, larger than lions, ranging in weight up to 267 kg. 4. Listening and talking about cloningCloni

8、ng is something which will change the direction of the world development. Now lets listen to more cloning. Is cloning an organism the same as cloning a gene?Youve heard about cloning animals - sheep, mice, even house pets - in the news. From time to time, you may have also heard about researchers cl

9、oning, or identifying, genes that are responsible for various medical conditions or traits. What is the difference?Cloning an animal, or any other organism, refers to making an exact genetic copy of that organism. The techniques used to clone organisms are described on this page. Cloning a gene mean

10、s isolating an exact copy of a single gene from the entire genome of an organism. Usually this involves copying the DNA sequence of that gene into a smaller, more accessible piece of DNA, such as a plasmid. This makes it easier to study the function of the individual gene in the laboratory.Now you may work in pai