Unit2+Exploring+English+Starting+Out+and+Reading+教案 高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Unit2ExploringEnglishStartingOutandReading教学目标1.tolearnthehistoryofEnglishlanguage;2.tolearnthestyleofargumentation;3.tolearnsomeusefulandimportantwordsandexpressions;4.tohaveabetterunderstandingofEnglishlanguage.教学重点：1.tounderstandthemeaningoftheconfusingpairsofwords.2.toshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.教学难点：Howtoimprovestudents’readingability.教学过程StepILeading-inFinishactivities1and2onpage17.StepIIReadingInthestartingoutpart,welearnedthehistoryoftheEnglishlanguageandthatEnglishisthemostcommonlanguageintheworld.Nowlet’scontinueexploringEnglish.1.FastreadingReadthepassagequicklyandfindthestyleofit.It’sanargumentation.Howmanypartsarethereinthepassage?PartIpara.1EnglishisacrazylanguagetolearnPartII(para.2-6)ExamplestosupporttheopinionPartIIIpara.7ReasonswhyEnglishisacrazyandinterestinglanguage.2.DetailedreadingReadparagraph2-6onebyoneandfindexamplestosupporttheauthor’sidea.noeggineggplantnohaminhamburger para.1neitherpinenorappleinpineapple Wecan’talwaysunderstandacompoundwordbyaddingthemeaningsofthewordsitismadeupof!sculptasculpturepaintapaintingpara.2BUTtakeaphoto seasicksickatseaairsicksickintheairpara.2carsicksickinacarBUThomesick≠sickathome Thesameruledoesn’tapplytoeverything!Hardistheoppositeofsoft.Hardlyandsoftlyarenotanopposingpair.Harmlessistheoppositeofharmful.Para.3Shamefulandshamelessbehaviorsarethesame. Englishisconfusing.it’srainingorit’ssnowing.Para.4Butit’ssunshining.(×)WHO=WorldHeathOrganisationIT=InformationTechnologyUS=UnitedStatesEventhesmallestwordscanbeconfusing.burnup=burndownpara.6fillinaform=filloutaformDifferentwords,butsamemeaning.Readpara.7andfindthereasonswhyEnglishisacrazylanguagetolearn.Englishiscreatedbypeopleanditreflectsthecreativityofhumanrace.Starsoreout,theyarevisible.Lightsareout,theyareinvisible. Para.7Iwindupmywatch,itstarts.Iwindupthepassage,itends.Samewords,butdifferentmeanings.3.PostreadingWhatistheauthor’spurposeinwritingthepassage?A.TotellusthatEnglishisdifficulttolearn.B.TogiveadviceonhowtolearnEnglish.C.ToshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.D.ToexplainhowEnglishwascreated.ConclusionAlltheseexamplesshowthatEnglishisinteresting,confusing,unique,complexandcreative.That’swhyweoughttoholdapositive,respectfulandopen-mindedattitudetowardslanguages.4.Homework1.Watchthevideoagainandknow