【精品】高中英语（人教大纲）第三册：Unit3 The land down under(第四课时)

用心 爱心 专心1 TheThe FourthFourth Period Period Teaching Aims 1 Review the Predicative 2 Review the important words and expressions learnt in this unit 3 Do some reading and writing to improve the students integrating skill Teaching Important Points 1 Learn animals size population agriculture and climate of Australia 2 Train the students writing Teaching Difficult Point Improve the students integrating skills reading skill and writing skill Teaching Methods 1 Fast reading to go through the reading material 2 Discussion method to finish the writing task 3 Individual pair or group work to make every student work in class Teaching Aids 1 a computer and a courseware 2 a tape recorder Teaching Procedures Step Greetings Greet the whole class as usual Step Revision T In the last period we reviewed the Predicative Now I ll check your homework Read the sentences you write one by one Then teacher checks the students answers T Then we ll do the exercise in Checkpoint 3 Please open your books and turn to Page 27 Complete the sentences by using the Predicative or the Predicative Clause Do it by yourself first and then I ll ask some of you to give your answers After a while teacher asks some students to read their sentences T Are you ready Ss Yes Who d like to complete the first sentence Volunteer S1 Teaching English as a foreign or second language has already become common all over the world T The sentence is very good Now please complete the second one S2 Two plus two is four T S3 Shanghai is no longer what it used to be S4 Her elder son has been in the countryside ever since the war broke out T Well done Your sentences are quite right Step Reading T Through the free talk we ve got much information about the cities places of interest national flag and national emblem of Australia From the passage we read we ve also known the outline history and language of Australia Today we ll read a passage to learn other things about it Before reading it please read the new words in this period and try to remember them After two minutes teacher gives a dictation to the students 用心 爱心 专心2 T Now read the passage quickly and find out which subjects are mentioned in it After a while teacher asks a student to tell the other students the answers T Who d like to give the answer S5 The subjects are geography climate sports animals population agriculture and natural resources Teacher writes them on the blackboard while students are saying them T Qight right Now read the passage again and find detailed information and fill in the form on the screen Information about Australia Animals Distance Size Population Agriculture Natural resources Climate Sports A few minutes later 8 students are asked to fill in the form One student one blank Suggested answers Animals kangaroo koala bear parrot snake digo sheep cattle Distance 3220 km from north to south 3860 km from east to west Size the same as the USA without Alaska Population 18 million Agriculture wheat fruit vegetables meat wines Natural resources metals precious stones coal iron Climate cool and wet winters warm and dry summers in the south warm and dry winters hot and wet summers in the north dry or desert in two thirds of the country Sports tennis sailing swimming T OK Now listen to the tape and find out the phrases and the difficult sentences one paragraph by one paragraph Teacher explains the difficult sentences orally and writes the phrases on the Bb give birth to keep out round up at weekends off the northeast coast in area T Now look at some sentences on the screen and master the usages of the underlined phrases better Show the screen 1 She gave brith to a healthy baby last week 2 China is large in area and rich in sources 3 The room is three times as large as that one 4 They close all the windows to keep out the cold 5 They rounded up at the school gate 6 He doesn t go to school at weekends He goes to school on weekdays 用心 爱心 专心3 7 Taiwan Island is off the southeast coast of China Teacher asks the students to translate the sentences into Chinese and read them aloud Step Listening and Discussion T Now look at your books and listen to the tape Pay attention to your pronunciation Teacher plays the tape for students to listen After that teacher gives students a few minutes to read aloud the passage T Now you ve learnt the main idea of the passage But on Page 26 there are a few difficult questions about Australia Let s have a discussion in groups of four to answer them While students are discussing teacher goes among them to help them if necessary then asks four students to answer them Suggested answers 1 Australia has so many plants and animals that can t be found anywhere else in the world It lies in its position Because it has oceans all around it and it is far away from the other continents animals and plants in the country can t easily be taken to other continents What s more it has special natural enviorenment and climate So there are many different kinds of animals and plants from other continents 2 Kangaroos carry their young in a pocket of skin on their stomach for several months in order that they can keep the young babies warm and can feed milk to the young easily At the same time the young can be well protected until they are strong enough 3 Australia is different from all the other countries in the world in many ways such as its position its climate its plants and animals 4 Compare the climate in different areas of Australia with that found in different parts of China NorthSouth SummerWinterSummerWinter Center Australiahot wetwarm drywarm drycool wethot dry Chinahot drycold dryhot wetwet cool Yes The Climate in my area affects my life greatly I live in the north When winter comes I must wear thick clothes I seldom go out for sports because it is very cold and sometimes it blows strong winds especially when it snows I must be careful if I want to go out or I ll fall down What s more it may hurt myself Step Writing T So much for the reading Let s do the writing Because of the position of Australia there are many unusual animals in Australia In this part much information for three kinds of animals are given a wombat a koala bear and a dingo Now work in groups of four First read the information for each animal and then have a discussion to write a passage on a piece of paper to describe a kind of animal Of course you can describe your favourite animal Let s begin please Students are given enough time to discuss and write and then teacher asks three students to read their passages Sample writing Australian Koalas The koala which is also named the koala bear because of its appearance is a very famous animal from Australia It has two small eyes a big nose two large hairy ears but has no tail The young koala baby lives in a pocket of skin on the mother s stomach to nurse until it is around one year old when it rides on its mother s back The koala bear lives in trees It is considered as the 用心 爱心 专心4 world s most strict eater It only selects the leaves from a particular eucalyptus tree to eat while refusing hundreds of other trees of the same species Eucalyptus leaves are low in energy producing nutrients so the koala sleeps for up to 20 hours a day on the eucalyptus tree Therefore it sleeps in the daytime and looks for food at night It is native to Australia It is just because of its picky eating habit that is putting the animal at risk In addition it moves very slowly Maybe it s related to their figures Its slow movement makes it a frequent victim of dogs cars and bushfires It is in danger of extinction The Australia government has made a lot of laws to protect the lovely and precious animal Step Test T In this unit we ve learned some useful expressions Have you remembered them Now I ll give you a test about them Look at the screen please Complete the sentences using the expressions learnt this unit transform into go walkabout break out feed on round up in area as a consequence have an influence on give birth to 1 During the election period a big strike in the place 2 He always the dog meat 3 The guide the tourists and let them back to the coach 4 Those so called friends of hers her 5 She has three children 6 She was found guilty and lost her job 7 The kitchen is 12 square metres 8 When they visited Australia they 9 Immigration made Australia itself the modern country as it is today Suggested answers 1 broke out 2 feeds on 3 rounded up 4 have a bad influence on 5 given brith to 6 as