高中英语选修七教案：Unit4+Sharing+reading+

1、英语学习讲义好好努力梦想终会实现 Unit4 SharingPeriod Two Reading 教案Teaching aims:Enable the S s to learn more information about Jo s job andthe conditions of her teaching.Know more about the customs of local people.Discuss how you would do if you were a volunteer workingin that area.Get more reading skills.Teaching

2、 procedure:Step 1: pre-reading:Give two questions:What was Jo s job in PNG?What kind of students were in her class?Step2: Fast readingJo_ is a young Australian women.Rosemary was dying to he ar all about Jo s life in Papua New Guinea.The boys walked a long way to get to the school.The boys and Jo di

3、dn t have any textbooks.Jo became a lot more imaginative when teaching.The boys started jumping out the windows during achemistry experiment.Jenny and Jo visited a village that was the home of one of the boys, Tombe.Kiak started crying “ ieee ieee ” to welcome themMucap led us to a low bamboo hut.Ki

4、ak was going to share the platform with Jenny and Jo.Tomb、s family softly talked to each other in their languageJo didn t understand.Step3. Do the judgement. (True or false according to the text)The classrooms are made of bricks and the roofs of grass .(F)It always takes the boys only a few minutest

5、o get to theschool.(F)Science is the most challenging subject for Jo.(T)When Jo and Jenny arrived at the village,they shook handswith all the villagers.(T)Tombe threw out the tin can because it s very dirty.(F)Step4. Skimming and then answer the following questions:Why did Jo send Rosemary some phot

6、os?It difficult for Rosemary to imagine how life was hard / different in Jo sWhy was the high school called a bush school?The classroom were madeof bamboo and the roofs were madeof grass.Were the boys and villagers friendly to Jo? How do you know?Lots of “good mornings ” ; cry “ ieee ieee ” ; shake

7、handsWhy was Science the most challenging subject for Jo?There was no equipment.Why did the boys start jumping out the window?The boy never came across something like bubbling mixtureWhy should it take Jo and Jenny two and a half hours to getto the village?They had to climb up a mountain to a ridge

8、first and then downa steep path to the valley.Step5. Scanning and then anylize the structure of the text.Try to give the right order according to the contents of the text.2A .The condition of the school.1B An introduction.4C. The ending3D. A visit to a local family.A Letter HomePart 1 (para.1)An int

9、roductionOpening of the letter: 1. C Part 2 (para.2-3)the condition ofthe schoolPara.2 5Somethingabout my highschool: 2.FPara.3 13oor teaching conditions: 3.BPart 3(para.4-7)how I get to know the local peoplePara.4 1y first visit to a village.Para.5 4l.EPara.6 5i.APara.7 (i.DPart 4 (para.8) the endi

10、ngPara.8 -he close of the letter.We had a meal and I saw a strange custom.The experiment frightened the boys.I am glad to receive Rosemary s letter and I vencluded some photos.I left and I felt privileged.I saw the poor condition of the room.It s a bush school and the students live far away.Step6. D

11、etailed readingRead paragraph 1-3 and finish the questions.Why does Jo call the high school a“ bush school ”.Were the boys friendly to Jo? How do you know?.How long does it take the students to go to school?.Why was science the most challenging subject for Jo?.Why did the boys start jumping out of t

12、he windows?.Why does Jo wonder how relevant chemistry is to the kids?Read paragraph 1-3 and finish the questions.Why does Jo call the high school a“ bush school ”Because the classrooms are made from bamboo and the roofs from grass.Were the boys friendly to Jo? How do you know?There are a lot of “goo

13、d mornings ” for Jo from the boy.How long does it take the students to go to school?Sometimes up to 2 hours.Why was science the most challenging subject for Jo?There was no equipment.Why did the boys start jumping out of the windows?The boys never came across anything like the bubbling mixture.Why d

14、oes Jo wonder how relevant chemistry is to the kids?Because most of the boys will go back to their villages after year 8 and she thinks chemistry may make little difference to the kids life.Step7. ComprehendingWhat have you learned about the customs and lives of the people in Tombe s village? Read J

15、o sletter and look at herphotos. Then complete the table below:TypeofhousesMed s hut is a low bamboo hut withgrasssticking outof the roof. Nowindows, small doorway. Floor was covered with fresh grass.FamilyrelationshipsEveryone seemed to be a relative ofTombe s. (large extended family)Cookingmethods

16、Hot stonesare placed in an oil drum, then vegetablesare placedin the drum,coveredwithbanana leaves andsteamed.SleepingarrangementsKiak usually slept in her own hut. A newly made platform for Jenny and me to sleep on.Dietsweet potato, corns and greens.Possessionscould only see one broom a few tinplat

17、es and cups and a couple of jarsAgricultureTools are very basic. There is no machinery.BeliefsThe villagers believe in evil spirits. They believe that leftover food attracts evil spirits so that dry it out in a can over thefire.Step8. Post-readingGuess the reasons for the facts according to the Jo s

18、 letter.The boys jumped out of the windows in the science lesson.In the science lesson the boys were frightened by what they saw the mixture was bubbling over everywhere, thinking that something terrible had happened, so they jumped out of the windows to escape from danger.Jo wondered how relevant c

19、hemistry was to the boys.Because most of the boys will go back to their village after studying in the school, and their knowledge of chemistry will prove useless, so Jo wondered how relevant chemistry was to the boys.Tombe s mother cried “ ieee ieee ” when he say Jo.m sure all theI think it s a kind

20、 of greeting in their village. And I family members will be happy and excited to have visitors like Jenny and Jo.There were no windows in Mukap s hut.There were no windows in Mukap s hut. Perhaps in this way can prevent flies, mosquitoes and other insects from coming in. Of course, if there were gla

21、ss, they could both have a big window, and at the same time, they can keep all the insectsfrom entering.The tin can was standing upside down on the grill.The tin can was standing upside down on the grill in order to get the leftover dry up quickly.Step9. Fill in the chart:What do you think are the p

22、ositive and negative things about living in a village in Papua New Guinea. The first one is done for you.Positive aspectsNegative aspects1. Boys value education1. No running water orelectricity2.Every one would knoweach other2. Have no roads to connectwith outside world3. Does not have to rely on ou

23、tside sources for food3. Have to walk a long way to the closest school4. People can live withoutmany possessions4. There might not be any medical services close byStep10. Discussion in groups:Compare the differences between our school and the schooldescribed in the letterConditionsOur schoolTheschoo

24、ldescribed in theletterClassrooms(equipment or no)EquipmentNo equipmentStudents futureGo to college or workReturnto thevillagesElectricity and water(Y/N)YesNoTextbook (Y/N)YesNoChemistry experiments (many/few)ManyFewJo felt it was a privilege to have spent a day with Tombesfamily. If you were Jo, ho

25、w do you think you would have felt?Give reasons.First I think it was such a long distance from the school toTombe s home. Second, the family members and the villagers showed great hospitality to us, which impressed us very deeply. Third, we got the chance to know the villager s simplelife. Therefore

26、, we were determined to go on with volunteer work to help the boys get enough educationWhy do you think Jo became a volunteer in PNG? Give asmany possible reasons as you can. Would you like to work ass bit to doe aeer to do;a volunteer in a poor area?Give reasons.Useful phrases: be willing to; do on

27、ebe full of ; work hard and endure hardshipKey words: kind-hearted; helpful; strong-mindedA sample of the discussions:I think, first of all, Jo was a kind-hearted woman, who is willing to help others. Second, she knew enough about the poor conditions in PNG and thought that she could help teach in the schools. IfI am given the chance, I will do whatever I can to help.In my opinion, Jo must have worked as a teacher in Australia, and she applied to become a volunteer abroad, and then she was sent to PNG as a volunteer.Maybe she thinks that education is the key t