【教学设计】Unit 7 Lesson 1（北师大）.docx

Unit7 THE SEALesson 1 The Spirit of Explorers 教材分析This is the first lesson in this unit. The main topic is the sea. The goal of this topic is to help students to use relative clauses with when, where and why. 教学目标【知识与能力目标】1.To practice reading for specific information.2.To practice using relative clauses with when, where and why.3.To practice using relative clauses with prepositions and relative pronouns.4. To review and consolidate the relative pronouns.5. To talk about explorers.【过程与方法目标】Help students to learn the spirit of explorer and know how to use relative clauses.【情感态度价值观目标】Help students to form the concept of trying hard to do what you want to do. 教学重难点【教学重点】The usage of relative clauses. 【教学难点】To practice using relative clauses with when, where and why and distinguish them. 课前准备 Tape recorder, Multimedia 教学过程I Warming up T: Today were going to study unit 7 the Sea. Can you talk about anything about the sea? ( If students have difficulty the teacher gives them help, for example: What does the sea make you think？)S:T: The sea is beautiful and we can do some interesting games. ( give some pictures to attract their attention and develop interest) The sea has special charm since ancient times human beings couldnt help exploring it, such as Zheng he(slide) then give Columbuss portrait, introduce their main deeds and ask them “Who is it ”S:T: They had the spirit of explorers, especially Columbus, he is famous all over the world. Why?S:T: People consider him to have discovered America first, do you think so？S:II ReadingTask1 Now lets read the text, you will get the right answer1.Which of the following people do you think arrived in America first?a. Christopher Columbus b. Ancient Romans c. Chinese d. VikingsStudents will get the right answer: Vikings arrived in America first. (Give slides)Task2 Read the text more carefully .Are these statements true (T) or false (F)1. Eric the Red forced people to go to Greenland with him together.2. Biarni set sail from Iceland in order to join Leifs father.3. For some reason, all ships Eric the Red brought didnt get to Greenland.4. The Vikings were stronger and stronger in Northern Europe from the 8th to 10th century.5. According to official records Europeans reached America long before Columbus ever set sail.Answers: 1 F 2 F 3 T 4 T 5 F Task3 Give a world map, Point at the island in turns, ask students to say its name and Vikings sailing route (slide) then do the exercise 2 SpeakingTask 1. Get students to read the text again for specific information about the three discoveries. Then in pairs, complete the table in Exercise3 with the information they get. Check the answers and then get students to read the text aloudTask 2. Read the text again and answer the following questions. Encourage students to work in pairs and ask as many questions about the text as they can.Check the answers in class.Encourage students to talk about the three discoveries in their own words.Task 3. Ask students if they know any other stories involving the Vikings. If they do, as