YY-15-02-078《文本研读课》张覃.doc

Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. 挑战让生命充满乐趣，征服挑战让生命更有意义。高二英语YY-15-02-078Book 7 Unit 3 Under the seaPeriod 2 文本研读课导学案编写人: 张覃 审核人：李海燕 编写时间： 2014-1-28班级： 组别： 组名： 姓名：【Study Aims】1. To understand the anecdotes (奇闻轶事) thoroughly.2. To improve reading ability.【Key Point】 To get the main idea and detailed information of the passage.【Difficult Point】To understand the story thoroughly.【Background Knowledge】 Introduction about the Killer whales (虎鲸) Killer whales are widely distributed (分布) in the worlds oceans, especially coastal waters and cooler regions. Killer whales can grow as long as 32 feet (9.8 m) and can weigh as much as 22,000 pounds (10,000 kg)! Killer whales are actually a member of the dolphin family. Killer whales are highly social and often travel in groups of up to 40-50. Killer whales are the top killers of the oceans and can live to about 50-80 years old. 【Learning Procedures】 Step1 Warming up 1. Enjoy some pictures of wild plants and animals that live under the sea. 2. (Enjoy a video) What do you think of the performance? What does the performance reflect?Step2 Fast readingSkim the passage and deal with the following two tasks.1. The passage consists of 2 anecdotes. Skim the whole passage and find out the main idea of each story.The first anecdote describes how the killer whales _.The second one describes how a killer whale _.2. Please list the characters appearing in the passage.Clancy - the storyteller ;_Step3 Careful reading1. Read the whole passage carefully and choose the best answers to the following questions. 1) Why did George beat the water with his oar? _ A. To frighten the whales away. B. To call back old Tom to lead the way. C. To attract the attention of huge whales. D. To send signals to other whales.2) The killers threw themselves on top of the huge whales blow-hole in order to _. A. make it sink B. play with it C. stop it breathing D. stop it diving3) What does the word “it” in the sentence “He let it go and the harpoon hit the spot” (Para. 10) refer to? _ A. The whale B. The boat C. The harpoon D. The killer4) Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? _A. One of the whalers, George, liked being kept waiting. B. The fierce killers would attack people when they were hungry.C. The whalers would bring back its body timely after the whale died. D. Clancy didnt believe the killers helped the whalers catch whales at first.2. Read Anecdote 1 carefully and deal with the following two tasks.1) Choose the right order of the following events. a. Clancy arrived at the whaling station.b. He saw a huge animal in the water, which was Old Tom, the killer whale.c. The men went to the boat and headed out for a whale hunt.d. Clancy heard a loud noise coming from the bay.e. The killers ate the lips and tongue of the baleen whale.f. The men returned for the baleen whale the next day.g. The killer whale guided the team to the hunt.h. Clancy and his men killed the baleen whale with the help of the killers. A. a d b c g h e f B. a b c d e f g hC. a d g h b c e f D. a b d c e f g h Answer: _2) How did the killer whales help the whalers out? Try to complete the form below.Killers activitiesThe purpose of their activities1. Old Tom was _ itself out of the water and _ down again.To _.2. Old Tom was _ by the boat. To _.3. They worked as a _. Some are throwing themselves on top of the whales _ to stop it _ while others were stopping it _ or _ out to sea.To help the whalers kill the whale.4. They _ the body swiftly down into the depths of the sea.To _3. Read Anecdote 2 carefully and answer the following questions.1) What is the dangerous situation of James? _2) How did Old Tom help James? _Step 4 ListeningListen to the tape and follow it in a low voice, paying attention to the intonation and pronunciation. Step 5 DiscussionDiscuss the following topic with your groupmates and then report it in class.As is known to us, whales are now an endangered species and in need of conservation. They are n