高三英语Unit 14 Zoology教学设计.doc

集体备课教案：备课人：高三英语组Unit14Zoology单元教学设计 The 1st Period Warming-up and SpeakingTeaching goals:1、Get the students to know part of the expressions containing animals.2、Enable the student to know how to make life better for the animals.3、Enable the student to know how to protect the animals.Teaching ProceduresStep1 Lead-in1、Show a group of pictures of animals on the screen. Ask the students to speak out the names of the animals. (The pictures flash on the screen at a certain speed to draw the students attention.)2、Ask the students to say as many proverbs or sayings containing the name of an animal as possible. It doesnt matter whether to use the animals on the screen or not.eg. It rains cats and dogs. Barking dogs do not bite. To kill two birds with one stone.Task 1 Expressions of animals Now, lets see more expressions of animals. Try to fill the blanks with the names of animals, and guess the Chinese meaning.1、To teach a _ how to swim. (fish, 班门弄斧)2、A _in the way. (lion, 拦路虎)3、One _ doesnt make a summer. (swallow, 一燕不成夏)4、You cant make a _ walk straight. (crab, 江山易改，本性难移)5、A _ in sheeps clothing. (wolf, 披着羊皮的狼)6、Dont count your _ before they hatch. (chickens, 不要过早打如意算盘)7、as poor as a church_. (mouse, 穷的一文不名；一贫如洗)8、All his geese are _. (swans, 言过其实)9、Im so hungry, I could eat a _. (horse, 饥肠辘辘)10、Separate the sheep from the _. (goats, 把好人与坏人分开)11、as stupid as a _. (goose, 蠢得像头猪)Step 2 Warming-upInstructions: As we know, animals play a very important part in our language. Now lets see something more. Ask the students to do the exercises in the books.Check the answers with the students.Task：DiscussionShould animals be kept in zoos or nature park?Step 3 HomeworkAsk the students to collect as many expressions of the animals as possible.The 2nd /3rd /4th Period Reading and language studyTeaching goals:1、Enable the students to know the communicating ways of bees.4、 Enable the students to understand how Professor Karl Von Frischs experiment is done.5、 Enable the students to use Model Verbs properly.Teaching procedures:Step 1 RevisionCheck the homework.Step 2 Pre-readingQuestions:How do people communicate? ( Mainly in languages and body languages.)How about animals? Do animals have languages as well? If so, what are their languages?Show a few pictures of animals on the screen for the students reference.Ask the students to finish the chart.Step 3 ScanningInstruction: So we think the animals have languages including bees. Whats the language of honey-bees?What information do they communicate?Who made the greatest achievement among the scientists who studied the communication of honey-bees? Step 4 Careful readingProfessor Karl von Frisch is devoted to studying the communication of honey-bees. Please read the passage carefully.Task1 How did the professor discover it?His scientific study can be divided into 4 main steps.1、Read the related paragraph to fill in the chart.2、The procedure from part 1 to part 2 stands for the professor discovered the secret of the communication between the honey-bees. In the procedure, part3 plays a very important part. What does it refer to? (do experiments/ improve the equipment/ others). Try to collect the related words and phrases. Part1 Part2Assumptions of part3 the ways of communication the informationthe professor of honey-bees carried by the beesPart1Assumptions:1) “It seemed that one bee was able to communicate the news of food to other bees in its hive. How was this possible?”2)_.3)_.4)_.Part2Ways of communication. Information1) the circle dance 1)the news of food2)_ 2)_3)_ 3)_4)_ 4)_Part3:_Task2 Multi-choice1. _ made it possible to research on the language of the honey-bees.A. The experiments which was designed by Professor von Frisch B. Discovering honey-bees can communicate in dark hive C. The development of the modern beehive in 1851 D. Professor von Frischs newest discovery about the honey-bees.2. Professor von Frisch did his third experiment to discover _.A. whether the wagging dance showed directionB. how far bees can fly between their hive and a feeding placeC. whether the wagging dance told the bees how far away a feeding place wasD. how the straight part of the wagging dance was different when the suns position changed3. “So another astonishing fact came to light” The underlined part can be replaced by _. A. came up B. was discovered C. remained unknown D. needed to be checked out4. _ can show the different positions of the sun.A. The right part of the wagging danceB. The left part of the circle danceC. The straight part of the circle danceD. The straight part of the wagging dance5. “After designing more experiments, they were able to clarify the procedure by which bees communicate information that they use to find and fetch food ” Which of the following words or phrases has the similar meaning to the underlined part _.A. remove B. observe C. work out D. announce(key: C C B D C)Step5 Post-readingFinish Ex1/3 in P122Step6 DiscussionTask: Suppose you are present in the awarding ceremony of Nobel Prize in 1973. Now you act as the representative of the judges who is going to award the Prize to the professor. Try to make a short speech. Instruction: a brief evaluation of his research and you personal opinion should be included.Step7 Language studyFinish Ex1/2 in P123.Step8 GrammarGet the students to do Ex3 in P124 and check the answers.Summarize the usage of Model Verbs.1、 The degree of being certainHe is at home.（事实）He must be at home.（非常肯定的推断）He could be at home.（很可能）He ought to be at home.（很可能）He may be at home.（仅仅可能而已）He might be at home.（或许，非常不确定）He might not be at home.（也许不在家）He may not be at home.（比might可能）He couldnt be at home.（很可能不在家）He cant be at home.（一定不在家） He isnt at home. （事实） 2、 Compare the following sentences:1. You must be Mr. SmithI was told to expect you here.2. He must have known what we wanted.3. We may have read the same report.4. He cant have slept through all that noise.5. Theres someone outsidewho can it be?6. What can they be doing?7. These pills might help to cure your disease.8. You could be right, I suppose.3. Finish the story with as many modal verbs as possibleIt must have been fate that we met together on the raining day three years ago. At that time it was raining heavily and something may have happened to you. You could have been a bit sad. It really touched me a lot. A smile made us understand each other. And It starts to rain. Trees turn green. Where can you be? Can you be waiting for me at the same place? Can you still miss the rain? No, Im afraid you cant. You have been hurt a lot. You have been away. Its raining. Leaves are wet now. its thought that threre might have been some mistakes between you and me. But I know its really my own fault. I shouldnt have always quarreled with you. I shouldnt have made you so unhappy and hurt you a lot. Thats because of my bad temper. I need have apologized to you. I need have explained to you. But you might have been with me. Its still raining a little. Its really the same as the rain three years ago. I know I could have done better. Its too late. One only realizes that its so precious until it has been gone. It has stopped raining . its bright. It seems that something ahead is beautiful. It seems that, besides love, so many other things are beautiful. Stop regretting. Stop waiting. Stop missing.Step9 HomeworkFinish off the exercises on the WB. The 5th Period Integrating SkillsTeaching goals:1、 Train the students integrating skills, especially reading skills.2、 Enable the students to get a knowledge of the writing of illustration.Teaching proceduresStep1 Revision and lead-inCheck the homework.Weve learnt something about animals. We live on the earth together with the animals. Some animals are called the close relatives of humans. Do you know what they are? (collect the names of animals: monkeys, apes, grillas, chimpanzees, etc)They belong to a familyprimates, and dont forget an important memberhuman beings.Step2 ReadingTask1Read the text and finish the chart.TypesCharacteristics and ex