Marco Polo教学设计.doc

Marco Polo 2010.4.13北师大版必修模块3第八单元第三课（第一课时）Teaching Objectives:1. Make the students master the key words, phrases and sentence pattern. 2. To improve the students reading ability through reading activities.3. After learning the passage, the students are expected to know about Marco Polos experiences in China and the great Chinese civilization at that time.4. Enable the students to be encouraged by the travelers spirit of adventure.Teaching Important/Difficult Points:1. Enable the students to improve their reading comprehension.2. How to help the students understand the passage better?Teaching Methods:1. Task-based method to make students interested in what they will learn.2. Fast reading to get the general idea of the passage. 3. Careful reading to get some detailed information. Teaching Aids:A blackboard, a projector, a computer and recorderTeaching proceduresStep1. Lead-inT shows a short play about Marco Polo. Let Ss observe and describe what they can see in the film.Step2. Pre-reading1. Introduce something about Marco Polo and learn some background about this text.T: today we are going to read a story about Marco Polo. Have you heard about Marco Polo? Which of the following do you think is true about Marco Polo? A: He was a French merchant who traveled to Venice. B: He was an Italian merchant who traveled to China.Ss: BT: Yes. Many people know about his story2. List some numbers selected from the passage .Write these numbers on the blackboard and ask students to guess what they may refer to. (in 1254; 17 years old; 17 years; in 1291; not long after his return; 70 years old)Step3. General Reading1. Ss skim the text. Find out the information about Marco Polo and fill out the form on the Bb: Name: Marco Polo Born (when/where): Came to China (when): Purpose: Languages (how many): Returned to Italy (when): Age of his death: The name of his book:2. Listen to the article to get the main ideas of the text. After listening, please answer the questions in Ex.2. Step4. Intensive reading Please read the passage carefully for detailed information:1. Who was the Chinese Emperor when Marco travelled to China?_, the first emperor of the Yuan Dynasty2. When Marco and his father met the emperor, they _. A. lived in a hostel B. were put into prison C. were welcomed D. were asked to teach the Emperor foreign languages3. Why was the emperor impressed by Marco Polo? Because Marco _.A. was quite clever B. was very powerfulC. could speak four languages D. both A and C4. Why was Marco surprised to see people using paper money?Because in Europe people paid for goods with _ and _.5. Was The Description of the World written by Marco?6. Did all people believe Marcos stories about China at that time? How did Marco Polo answer?Step5. Language Points1. Although Marco was young; he was very clever and could already speak four languages.although 尽管，虽然。用于引导壮语从句，后面的主句不能用but连接。Although my car is very old, it still runs very well. 尽管我的车很旧，跑起来却还很好。2. The Emperor was impressed by him and they became friends.be impressed by / with sb. / sth. 对 . 印象深刻；为所打动Mr. Smith said that he would like to offer me the job because he was impressed by my abilities.史密斯先生说他愿意给我提供一份工作，因为我的能力给他留下了深刻印象。 I was very impressed by his story.我被他的故事打动了。 sth. /sb. impresses sb. 给留下深刻的印象 We interviewed a number of candidates but none of them impressed us. 我们和数名申请人进行了面谈，但都没有给我们留下什么印3. Not long after hid return, a local war broke out.break out (战争、争吵、疾病等) 爆发Should another world war break out, what would become of human beings? 万一另一次世界大战爆发，人类将会发生什么事？ break up 破碎，破坏，解散，结束，衰弱 break through 突破，突围 break away 消散，拆毁，脱开，离开，逃脱 break into 闯入 break in 闯入，打断4. , Marco always stood by his tales.stand by 忠于; 坚守; 坚持；袖手旁观 I still stand by what I said yesterday.我坚持我昨天说的话。stand for 代表，支持，象征，容忍 stand out 突出，脱颖而出 离岸;坚持 stand up 起立，（论点、论据等）站得住脚的，经久耐用Step6. Post-reading1. Ask Ss to complete the five sentences in Ex4.2. Discussion: What qualities do you think are most important for a traveler or an explorer? What were the contributions Marco Polo made to human beings?Step7. Homework（作业）1. Underline complicated sentences or structures that you cant understand well in the text.2. Please write an article about Marco Polo. You can add something you have got on the Internet to your writing。Blackboard Design:Unit 8 AdventureLesson3 Marco Polo (First Period)Numbers: in 1254; 17 years old; 17 years; in 1291; not long after his return; 70 years oldForm: Name: Marco Polo Born (when/where): Came to China (when): Purpose: Languages (how many): Returned to Italy (when): Age of his death: The name of his book:教学反思：这堂课基本上做到了把课堂让给学生，让学生在自主、合作、探究的气氛中愉快的度过，即顺利完成了教学任务，又促进其情感教育，这堂课的完成使我感到欣慰，值得我深思。 首先，良好的导入是整个课堂成功的一半，它能够紧紧抓住学生的心理和兴趣，使课堂教学更有趣味性和艺术性。总的来说，这堂课的导入成功，一开始通过短片让学生了解马可.波罗，并让学生观察和描述短片中所见的事物，通过视觉和听觉来激发学生的学习兴趣，促进学生兴趣的形成，有利于激发学生的学习动机，促进学生智能发展。 其次，教学能让设计要符合本班的实际情况，难度适中，尽量满足不同类型和不同层次学生的要求，在布置任务时，应充分考虑学生是否能够完成，本堂课的细节题理解部分难度合适。再次，只有师生处于平等水平，学生的主体性才能得到发挥，只有使课堂交际化，师生才能