高中英语Unit14zoology教案(旧人教版)

Unit14Zoology

Teachingaims:

Goals:

Specialfocus:

ImprovereadingskillsandEnlargevocabulary.

DirectSstoreadthe3passagesonthetextbook;

GuideSstolearntousethefollowingwordsandexpressions:adequate,

apparent,assume,clarify,dots,obtain,tellapart,transparent,getholdof,surrounding,assumption,cometolight,precise,session,primitive,etc.

Improvetheabilitiesofusinglanguagebyintegrativelanguagepractice.

TheLanguageofHoney-Bees(P120-122)

Step1.Warmingup

Task1.Enablethestudentstodiscussthequestionsonp120.

Step2.Scanning

Task2.Getthestudentstocomprehendthepassagequicklyandaccurately,andmeanwhilehelpthemtoformagoodhabitofreading.Trytofindoutthemainclueofthestory.

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)1.VonFrischandhisco-workerscountedhoemanytimesthebeesrepeatedthewagging

danceduringonehour.

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)2.Theydiscoveredthatthefartherawaythefeedingstationwas,thefasterthedance

was.

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)3.

Thenumberofwaggingdancesperminutetoldthedirectiontothefeedingplace.

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)4.

ThenProfessorVonFrischdidhisthirdexperiment,whichwastodiscoverwhether

thewaggingdanceshoweddirection.

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)5.

Hefoundthatthestraightpartofthedancewasthesameinthemorningfromwhatit

hadbeenintheafternoon.

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)6.

Ifthefeedingplacewastowardthesun,thedanceheadedstraightonwardduringthe

straightpartofthewaggingdance.

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)7.TheexperimentofProfessorKarlVonFrischtellsusthatbeescananddo

communicatewitheachotherbytheirdances,whichmaybecalledakind

of“language”.

SuggestedAnswers:FFFTFFT

Step4.Post-reading

FinishalltheEx.Onp122

Step5.FurtherReading

Task3:Readthepassageonceagainandtrytodividethetextintosomebigparts.Andmake

asummaryofeachpart:

Part1:(Para1)Somebasicknowledgeaboutbees.

Part2:(Paras2-8)ProfessorVonFrisch’sexperiment.

Part3:(thelastPara)ThelatelifeofProfessorVonFrisch.

Step6.Homework

FinishalltheexercisesonLanguagePracticeonp123-124.

Period2.IntegratingReadingSkills

Primates(P124-125)

Step1.Revision

ChecktheSshowfurthertheyunderstandthetext.

Checkthehomework.ReviewtheModelVerbs

TypesCharacteristicsandexamples

Primate1.handsandfeetcangraspandoftenhaveopposablethumbsand

toes;

2.haveabettersenseoftouchandtheprimatebrainislarger.

Otheranimals1.notgoodatholding,moving,andusingobjects;

2.haveaweaksenseoftouchandsmallbrain.

HigherprimatesLargesizeofbrain,suchashumanbeingsandapes.

LowerprimatesSmallsizeofbrain.

MonkeysHavetails,smallandwalklessupright.

Apesnottail,largerandwalkmoreupright,usesightmorethansmell,

developedbrain.

NowworldprimatesBiggerandspendmoretimeontheground,suchasmonkeys,apes

andhumans

Step3.Carefulreading:

Askthestudentstoreadthepassagecarefullyandanswerquestions2onPage126.

Period3.IntegratingReadingandWritingSkills

2Passagesonp252-254

Step1.Warmming-up

Dotheoralpraticeonp119-120,andenablethestudentstopractisedebating.

Step2.Reading

Task1:Readthe2passagesandfinishtheexercises.Ifpossible,guidethestudents

analyzesomelongandcomplexsentences.

Step3.GuidedWriting

GiveSs20minutestofinishthewritingassignmentonp117,

ThenaskSstoscoretheirworkaccordingtothefollowingchart.

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Note:Howtousethischarteffectively?

Askthestudenttoreadhis/herdeskmate’swritingcarefully,andthenfind3valuablethings

(structure,passagearrangement,sentence,diction,etc)andgive1suggestion.Andthenfeed

themessageback.Next,asktheSstocorrecttheirworkaccordingtothechart.

Period4:

Step1.Analyzesomelongsentences:

Dealwithsomelanguagepointsanddifficultpointsifnecessary.Ifpossible,guidethe

studentstoanalyzesomelongandcomplexsentences.Thefollowingsentencesinthisunit

areveryimportant:

Amongthedifferentkindsofbees,itisthehoney-beethathasinterestedscientistsmost

becauseofthe“language”theyusetocommunicatewitheachother.

Inordertotellthebeesapart,hepaintedsomebeeswithlittledotsofcolour.

Forhislifetime’sworkinstudyingthecommunicationofanimals,includinghoney-bees,

ProfessorKarlvonFrischwasawardedaNobelPrizein1973,whichhesharedwithtwo

otherscientists.

Theytroopedbehindthefirstdancer,copyingitsmovement.

Afterdesigningmoreexperiments,theywereabletoclarifytheprocedurebywhich

beescommunicateinf