高中英语 Module 6 Unexplaied Mysteries of the Natural World 教案 外研版必修4

用心 爱心 专心 1 ModuleModule 6 6 UnexplainedUnexplained MysteriesMysteries ofof thethe NaturalNatural WorldWorld 教案 I I 教学内容分析 教学内容分析 本模块以 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World 为话题 介绍了天池怪物 中西文化中的龙 尼斯水怪 喜玛拉雅山雪人 恐龙的灭绝等内容 旨在通过模块教学使学 生进一步认识我们所处的世界 培养他们不断探索自然奥秘的精神 同时通过学习本模块内 容 学习搜集和区分信息等能力 利用所学词汇 可以表达描述自然现象 IntroductionIntroduction 部分通过四则小短文描述四种神秘的怪物 并且结合短文学习词汇 引 起学生对本模块学习的兴趣 ReadingReading andand VocabularyVocabulary 部分通过课文 天池怪物 的学习 学会根据起始段落预测 文章出处 学会提取文章主要信息 归纳文章的主旨大意 根据上下文正确理解生词含义 SpeakingSpeaking 部分所给的信息 要求学生能学会采访中的发问和应答 FunctionFunction 部分通过四个活动 练习 可能 不可能 这一交际功能的表达 ListeningListening andand VocabularyVocabulary 部分同过听 自然之谜 恐龙 的文章 训练学生判断 信息正确与否的能力 培养学生热爱自然生物的兴趣 GrammarGrammar 部分复习并归纳 may have done 或 might have done 的意义和用法 要求学生 熟练应用这一结构 WritingWriting 部分要求学生能够模仿课文 天池怪物 撰写一篇描述想象中的一种怪物的短 文 开发学生想象力 进一步熟练使用本模块词汇 PronunciationPronunciation 部分通过听力的训练 让学生掌握语音中的失去爆破现象 EverydayEveryday EnglishEnglish 部分主要通过选择题的形式使学生掌握 back in the news throw light on something 等几个日常英语的运用 CulturalCultural CornerCorner 部分是一篇学生很感兴趣的文章 介绍了龙在不同文化中的象征及其 缘由 通过阅读了解外国文化 拓展学生的文化背景知识 提高学生文化底蕴和对外国文化 的感悟能力 并让学生对比中外文化 发现两者之间的差异 TaskTask 部分是结合本模块学习内容 要求学生小组活动 讨论某种大自然的神秘生物或神 秘现象 然后以向游客介绍的方式进行描写 训练学生描写自然的能力 ModuleModule FileFile 部分有助于学生对本模块学习内容进行归纳 对自己的学习进行总结和检 验 IIII 教学重点和难点 教学重点和难点 1 教学重点 1 掌握一些和自然及动植物有关的词汇 2 学习情态动词表猜测的用法 3 学习提取文章有用信息 猜测词义的方法 2 教学难点 1 听懂描述陌生事物并能做出正误判断 正确理解新学词汇的含义 2 正确使用情态动词来表示猜测 特别是对过去的猜测 3 学会利用已知词汇来描写介绍自然现象 动植物生活等自己感兴趣的话题 IIIIII 教学计划 教学计划 本单元分五个课时 第一课时 Introduction Speaking 第二课时 Reading and Vocabulary Writing 第三课时 Vocabulary and Listening Pronunciation Everyday English 第四课时 Grammar Function 用心 爱心 专心 2 第五课时 Cultural Corner task Module File IVIV 教学步骤 教学步骤 PeriodPeriod 1 1 Introduction Introduction SpeakingSpeaking TeachingTeaching Goals Goals 1 To arouse Ss interest in learning about mysterious things 2 To get Ss to learn some words to describe mysteries of the nature 3 To get Ss to know and describe some mysterious things in nature TeachingTeaching Procedures Procedures StepStep 1 1 IntroductionIntroduction Purpose Purpose To arouse Ss interest in learning about mysteries of the nature 1 PairPair workwork 1 Ask Ss to look at the four pictures on page 51 and give some descriptions in their own words ForFor youryour reference reference A large foot which looks like a giant s It is similar to our human being s but much bigger than it Strangely it has only four toes A huge monster like a gorilla but looks taller and stronger than a gorilla You may find the same creature in the film King Kong A kind of animal like a huge dragon in ancient Chinese legend It lives in the water A terrible creature with long grey hair and face It has long claws instead of hands 2 Let Ss read the four paragraphs and match them with the pictures SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers b a d c 2 IndividualIndividual workwork Ask Ss to do Activity 2 on page 51 individually SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers 1 creature 2 monster 3 hairy 4 footprint 5 tail 6 dinosaur 7 spirit 8 claw 9 attack StepStep 2 2 SpeakingSpeaking Purpose Purpose To enable Ss to practice reporting mysteries of the nature 1 PairPair workwork Ask Ss to suppose they are interviewed by a journalist to describe something about the monsters they saw Ask them to do the role play in pairs One acts the interviewer and the other acts the interviewee Ask them to describe the four creatures in Activity 1 of Introduction one by one according the information showed in the introduction Show Ss two examples to guide them ExampleExample 1 1 Student A Where and when you saw the Bigfoot Student B I was cutting the firewood in the mountainous forests that evening About 6 o clock when I wanted to go home it appeared in the woods 20 yards from me 用心 爱心 专心 3 Student A What is it like Student B It looks like a very large monkey tall and hairy with big arms and legs Student A Did you feel frightened then Student B Yes very I thought it would attack me I was frightened to death ExampleExample 2 2 Student A Can you describe the scene when you met the monster like The Yeti Student B yeah It s about two meters tall and has powerful arms and legs Its head is very big and its eyes opened wide It approached me slowly as if it wanted to attack me I was very frightened but I didn t dare to cry for help Student A It s really exciting and risky But what happened last Student B 2 IndividualIndividual workwork Ask Ss to say the imaginary creatures and scene in details according the dialogue they made Then report in individuals StepStep 3 3 HomeworkHomework 1 Ask Ss to revise the passages in the Introduction 2 Ask Ss to practise making dialogue to say the monsters 3 Ask Ss to preview Reading and Vocabulary in the module PeriodPeriod 2 2 ReadingReading andand Vocabulary Vocabulary WritingWriting TeachingTeaching Goals Goals 1 To let Ss master how to get useful information from a passage 2 To let Ss master some words and phrases 3 To get Ss to talk something about a monster 4 To help Ss write a story about another monster TeachingTeaching procedures procedures StepStep 1 1 Revision Revision Purpose Purpose To check whether Ss master what they ve learnt in the last period or not Ask Ss to answer the following questions 1 What will the Yeti do when it gets angry 2 What does the Bigfoot look like 3 Where does the Grey man live 4 What s the Loch Ness Monster like SuggestedSuggested AnswersAnswers 1 It will attack anyone who goes close to it 2 It looks like a very large monkey tall and hairy with big arms and legs 3 The Grey man lives on mountains in Scotland 4 It has a small head and a long tail and some people believe it is a dinosaur StepStep 2 2 Leading inLeading in Purpose Purpose To let Ss have a discussion about the Monster of Lake Tianchi 用心 爱心 专心 4 1 GroupGroup workwork Show four pictures and ask Ss to say something about the Lake Tianchi and the monster 2 GroupGroup workwork Let Ss reported their discussions to the class and collect them Then give a simple introduction to lead in the reading ForFor youryour reference reference Lake Tianchi is located in the north eastern Jilin province near the border of North Korea in China The lake is 1 243 feet deep and has had some volcanic activity in the last 300 years Tianchi is honoured as the deepest mountain lake and the largest crater lake in China There have been more than 30 reported sightings by tourists from home and abroad over the past 20 years They said that they saw the great monster in the lake There are quite a few pictures and videos of this creature but none is clear enough to give a good appearance of it Some persons made the picture with computer images of it based on interviews Someone drew a picture to show its shape but it remains unconfirmed StepStep 3 3 ReadingReading Purpose Purpose To improve Ss reading skills 1 1 SkimmingSkimming Ask Ss to read the beginning of the passage and finish Activity 1 on page 52 SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers A newspaper 2 2 ScanningScanning 1 Ask Ss to read the first paragraph quickly and answer the two questions According to the text what did the monster look like How many people saw it 用心 爱心 专心 5 SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers Black in color jumped like a seal its head looked like a horse About 200 2 Ask Ss to read the second paragraph and answer the questions Who else saw the animal What were they doing What did it look like SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers A group of soldiers They were walking along the side of the lake It was greenish black and had a round head with 10cm horns 3 Ask Ss to read the third and fourth paragraph and answer the questions What did Li Xiaohe see Why could they see the animal clearly How long was the history of reports of monsters in Lake Tianchi What do many people think What do the scientists think SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers A round black creature moving quickly through the water After 300 or 400 meters it dived into the water The weather was fine and the lake was calm Since the beginning of the last century The monster may be a distant cousin of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland and there might be similar creatures in other lakes around the world The low temperature lake is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures 4 Ask Ss to read the last paragraph and give the following information about Lake Tianchi Height Area Depth SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers 2189 m 10 km2 370 m deep in some places 4 4 Post readingPost reading Ask Ss to do Activity 4 on page 53 Then check their answers SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 b 5 c 6 a 7 a 8 c 9 c 10 b StepStep 4 4 LanguageLanguage PointsPoints Purpose Purpose To let Ss understand the passage well 1 Group1 Group workwork Ask Ss to discuss the important and difficult language points in groups 1 It often gets angry and will attack anyone who goes close to it Page 51 它经常生气 会袭击靠近它的任何人 attack vt To develop Ss listening ability 1 1 Pre listeningPre listening Let Ss do Activity 2 on page 56 to know something about dinosaurs 2 2 While listeningWhile listening 1 Ask Ss to listen to the tape and check the answers to Activity 2 on page 56 SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers c c c a 2 Ask Ss to listen again and fill the missing words in the listening passage Good afternoon and welcome to this week s of Mysteries of Nature Today s topic is a one it s those strange creatures which the earth for no less than two hundred million years some of them were eaters others were like the infamous Tyrannosaurus Rex carnivores who lived off meat and who the more peaceful plant dinosaurs Not all dinosaurs were big some were the of chickens and in fact the things to dinosaurs living today are actually birds But the we are going to talk about today is why the dinosaurs suddenly 11 exactly 66 million year ago and to 12 light on the subject we ve invited one of the 用心 爱心 专心 9 world s foremost 13 on the subject from the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford Dr Roger Binfield SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers edition big dinosaurs ruled plant attacked eating size closest mystery 11 disappeared 12 throw 13 experts 3 Listen to the second part and do Activity 4 and 5 on page 56 SuggestedSuggested AnswersAnswers toto ActivityActivity 4 4 A meteorite hit the earth They stopped evolving They killed each other A volcanic eruption Cancer caused by radiation SuggestedSuggested AnswersAnswers toto ActivityActivity 5 5 4 Listen to the second part again and do Activity 6 on page 56 SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers F T F F T F F T 3 3 Post listeningPost listening Ask Ss to work in pairs and discuss which theory they think is most likely and why StepStep 4 4 PronunciationPronunciation ConsonantsConsonants disappearingdisappearing Purpose Purpose To enable Ss to know the words which consonants disappear 1 PairPair workwork Show the sentences in the Pronunciation Activity 1 on the screen and ask Ss to read them out 1 I ll come straight to the point 2 The most widely accepted theory 3 I think it s the most likely explanation 2 IndividualIndividual workwork Ask Ss to listen to the tape Let them pay attention to the elides Give them the right pronunciation SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers 1 straight to 2 most widely 3 most likely 3 PairPair workwork Ask Ss to listen to the sentences in Activity 2 and repeat the elides Then ask them to practise more SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers 1 went to 2 most fantastic 3 didn t take StepStep 5 5 EverydayEveryday EnglishEnglish Ask Ss to choose the correct answers to Everyday English exercises and try to grasp the meaning of these expressions on page 58 SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers 1 a 2 b 3 a 4 a 5 b 6 a 7 b StepStep 6 6 HomeworkHomework 1 Ask Ss to finish Vocabulary exercises in the Workbook on pages 98 99 用心 爱心 专心 10 2 Ask Ss to preview Grammar and Function PeriodPeriod 4 4 Function Function GrammarGrammar TeachingTeaching Goals Goals 1 To enable Ss to know about the way to express possibility and improbability 2 To enable Ss to master the usage of may might and likely 3 To help Ss learn how to use modal verbs may and might to express conjecture TeachingTeaching procedures procedures StepStep 1 1 RevisionRevision Check the answers to the Vocabulary exercises in the Workbook StepStep 2 2 FunctionFunction Purpose Purpose To let Ss know how to talk about possibility and improbability 1 PairPair workwork Ask Ss to do Activity 1 on page 54 and then call back the answers SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers 1 a b 2 c 3 unlikely 2 2 GroupGroup workwork Ask Ss to identify the creatures in the pictures in Activity 4 on page 55 by using may or might Arouse their interest in talking about possibility 3 3 IndividualIndividual workwork Ask Ss to do Activity 2 on page 54 individually Then check their answers SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers 1 There might still be dinosaurs somewhere 2 Don t go near the water It may be very deep 3 We are unlikely to see the monster 4 There may be an underground river from Loch Ness to the sea 5 We must help him he may not be able to swim 6 There are likely to be lots of strange creatures in that lake StepStep 3 3 GrammarGrammar Purpose Purpose To enable Ss to know how to use modal verbs may and might to express conjecture 1 Group1 Group workwork Ask Ss to discuss the two sentences in Activity 1 of Grammar on page 57 and then ask them to choose the best answer SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers We use may have or might have with the past participle to talk about something which happened in the past perhaps 2 2 ExplanationExplanation Explain how to use modal verbs to talk about something which happened in the past perhaps 1 对过去的事情进行猜测 但把握较小时 肯定形式一般用 may have done 否定形 式一般用 may not have done 如 He may have gone back home because he didn t say he would take part in her 用心 爱心 专心 11 birthday party He may not have paid for the bill because he had lost his job 2 对过去的事情进行猜测 但把握更小时 肯定形式一般用 might have done 否定 形式用 might not have done 如 They helped send her bat to the hospital otherwise she thought the baby might have died She might not have left home when I got to school 3 对过去的事情进行猜测 并且可能性较大时 肯定形式一般用 must have done 否 定形式一般用 can t have done 如 Your score is the highest you must have studied very hard You can t have seen her in her office last Friday she s been out of town for two weeks 3 3 PracticePractice Ask Ss to do Activity 2 on page 57 Then call back the answers and correct them SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers 1 might have caused 2 may have cut off 3 may have survived 4 might have been killed 4 SupplementsSupplements Explain how to use modal verbs to talk about something which happened at present perhaps 用来表猜测的情态动词有 must can may 等 但它们所表示可能性是不同的 1 对现在的事情进行猜测 并且可能性较大时 肯定形式一般用 must 加动词原形 此时 must 不再表示 必须 而是表示 肯定 否定形式一般用 can t 加动词原形 此 时 can 不再表示 能够 而是表示 肯定不 如 I saw him go out just now He can t be in his own room It must be Linda in the classroom because she is on duty today 2 对现在的事情进行猜测 但把握较小时 肯定形式一般用 may 加动词原形 此时 may 不再表示 可以 而是表示 可能 否定形式一般用 may not 加动词原形 如 He may tell the truth to his father She may not angry because she is good tempered 3 对现在的事情进行猜测 但把握更小时 肯定形式一般用 might 加动词原形 否定 形式一般用 might not 加动词原形 如 She might not be angry because she usually is very patient He might be at home now but I m not sure 4 情态动词 动词现在进行时 表示对现在或将来正在进行的情况进行推测 如 At this moment our teacher must be correcting our exam papers Doctor Wang isn t here He might be giving a lecture in the hall 5 情态动词 动词的现在完成进行时 表示对过去正在发生事情的推测 如 Your mother must have been looking for you The light was on the whole night He may have been doing his homework all the time 5 5 ConsolidationConsolidation 用心 爱心 专心 12 Ask Ss to translate the following sentences 1 他们也许错过了那班飞机 2 快点 他们正在机场等我们 3 Tom 是个诚实的孩子 他今晚可能会把真相告诉他父亲 4 他五年前来看过我 他也许不费劲就能找到我的住处 SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers 1 They may have missed the plane 2 Let s hurry They may be waiting for us at the airport 3 Tom is an honest boy He may tell his father about the truth this evening 4 He came to see me five years ago He might find my house without any difficulty StepStep 4 4 HomeworkHomework 1 Ask Ss to review Grammar 2 Ask Ss to finish Grammar exercises in the Workbook pages 97 98 PeriodPeriod 5 5 CulturalCultural Corner Corner task task ModuleModule FileFile TeachingTeaching Goals Goals 1 To arouse Ss interest in learning the differences of the dragon in different countries 2 To make Ss develop the patriotic feeling 3 To let Ss learn how to write a mystery of China 4 To help Ss review what we have learnt in this module TeachingTeaching procedures procedures StepStep 1 1 RevisionRevision Check the workbook grammar exercises on pages 97 98 StepStep 2 2 CulturalCultural CornerCorner Purpose Purpose To arouse Ss interest in learning the differences of the dragon in different countries 1 GroupGroup workwork Show two pictures of Chinese dragon and western dragon Ask Ss to discuss the differences and tell something about them ForFor youryour reference reference Western dragons were typically bad creatures which had to be killed But in China they were generous and wise and associated with the royal family to show power and strength 2 IndividualIndividual workwork 用心 爱心 专心 13 Ask Ss to read the passage and fill in the blanks by using the key words from the passage People talk about 1 almost everywhere in the world but have 2 opinions In 3 culture dragons are generous and 4 The dragon was closely 5 to the royal family According to popular belief 6 you were born in the year of the dragon you are 7 brave and a natural leader But in the west most people think 8 of the dragon It is said that in an old English story a man kills a 9 dragon and the man is called by people a 10 The reason 11 westerners dislike dragons is that the idea of the dragon came from the 12 an animal which people 13 and were afraid of But the idea of the dragon in China came from alligator an animal which is a good 14 for agriculture so the Chinese people think dragons can bring good 15 to them SuggestedSuggested Answers Answers 1 dragons 2 different 3 Chinese 4 wise 5 connected 6 if 7 intelligent 8 poorly 9