九年级英语上册M 1 Unit 2 I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon.doc

教学资料参考范本九年级英语上册M 1 Unit 2 I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon撰写人：_时 间：_Teaching modelReading and writingTeaching methodBottom-up approachTeaching aimsKey words: waterfall, natural, light, beside, stranger, reply, rock, clear,rise rose-risen , ground , below , edge , bottom , canyon ,top, disappear, distance , huge , myself , likely , faceKey Phrases: get out of; look over, on the edge of, at the bottom of Teaching aidsOHP, tape recorderTeaching StepsStep1 Warming-up 1. Show some pictures and talk something about the pictures.2. Work in pairs. Work in pairs. Can you think of any wonders of the world? Talk about:3. Introduce the new words.Step 2: Reading1. Read the passage and describe what you can see in the photo. Use some of the words in Activity 1.2. Play the tape and have them read and follow.Step 3 Do exercises1. Choose the best answer in Activity 3.a) A guidebook.b) A textbook.c) A dictionaryd) A diary.2) Why was there nothing to see?a) Because there was nothing.b) Because it was too dark.c) Because it was raining.d) Because it was in the morning.3) Where was the writer facing on the edge of the Grand Canyon?a) To the south.b) To the north.c) To the east.d) To the west.4) What is the writers purpose in writing this passage?a) To give facts about the Grand Canyon.b) To tell how he feels about the Grand Canyon.c) To introduce the Grand Canyon.d) To tell people to visit the Grand Canyon.2. Match the words in the box with their meanings in Activity 4.5.Step 4 Explain the important and difficult points 1. The sun rose behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that the ground fell away and down to a river, far below me.太阳从位于我身后的岩石远处升起.我看到地面沉降至下面深谷中的一条河里.2. I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders the natural world. 我站在大峡谷边缘,它是自然界中的奇观之一.3. I looked down to the Colorado River about 2,000metres below me.我俯视着距我两千多米之遥的科罗拉多河. Then I looked across to other side of the canyon.然后,我眺望峡谷的另一边. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right.最后,我向左右遥望.在上面这三个句子中, look 和不同的介词/副词组成不同的词组,有着不同的意思. look down表示“向下看”; look across表示向对面看; look to ones left 表示向某人左侧看.还有很多介词/副词可以和look这个动词组成词组,如; Look over there-theres a rainbow!看那边!彩虹! She looked up and smiled at me.她抬起头来,冲我笑了笑.4. Learning to learnStep 5 Writing1Make a table with facts about:the Changjiang River the Great Wall2Imagine you have seen one of the wonders of the world. Write sentences desc