北师大必修三Unite8Lesson3Macro Polo教案.doc

Unit 8 Lesson3 Marco Polo -方彤彤I. Teaching Aims:a. Knowledge Aims: 1) To increase Students store of vocabulary 2) To know more about the story of Marco Polo.b. Ability Aims:1) To develop Students reading skills: finding out topics; finding out detailed information etc. 2) To retell the story of Marco Polo.c. Moral Aim:1) Train the students to cooperate with each other2) To improve students understanding of spirits of Marco Polo and try to learn from him.d. Culture Awareness:To know the story of western traveller and his contributions. II. Key and Difficult Points:a. Teaching Important Points:1) To figure out the main idea of each paragraph.2) Practise the students oral English. b. Teaching Difficult Points:1) How to retell the story of Marco Polo.2) How to use the words and phrases to make sentences. .III. Teaching Methods: Taskbased Method IV. Teaching Aids: Multi-media set V. Teaching Time: One Period (45)VI. Teaching Procedures:Step1 Warm upAround 700 years ago, an Italian young man traveled across Europe and Asia with his father and finally arrived in Beijing, China. The Chinese emperor welcomed themHave you ever heard of this story?Who was the young man?Step2 Pre-readingLets guess who he is according to the tips.a. He was an Itatian traveller who came to China during the Yuan Dynasty. The Emperor then is Kublai Khanb. He was amazed by how beautiful and powerful China was and his stories were written into a bookc. He was very clever and skilful in language.Step3 ReadingTask1. Fast readingStep1. Read the whole article quickly. Find out the information about Marco Polo and fill out the following form:Name: Marco PoloBorn (when/where): Purpose:Came to China (when):Languages (how many):Returned to Italy (when):Age of his death: Task2. Careful readingStep1. In what order is the story put together? (the Clue).Divide this text into three parts.Part1:Before got to ChinaPart2:During his stay in China.Part3:After he left China.Step2. Please read the passage carefully for detailed information:1 Why did Marco and his father travel to China?2 Who was the Chinese emperor when Marco travelled to China?3. Why was the emperor impressed by Marco Polo? Because Marco _. A. was quite clever B. was very powerful C. 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. What were the black stones Marco saw people burning for fuel? The black stones were _. A. wood B. gas C. coal D. diamonds6. Why was Marco put into prison when he went back to Italy?Because a _ war _and during the war he was _ by the _.7 What was the name of his book?8. Did all people believe Marcos stories about China at that time? How did Marco Polo answer?Step4 Post-taskStep1 SummaryRetell the story of Marco Polo based on the outline given belowAt the age of_, Marco polo and his father travelled across Asia and Europe to do _ with the Chinese and eventually they arrved in Beijing. The _ dynasty Emperor, Kublai khan _ them and he was impressed by Marcos _ and the _ to speak four languages, so he made Marco serve in his _.In _, Marco was amazed by the _ and power of China. He was impressed by Beijing and the Summer_. Besides, he was surprised to see people using paper money which was not _ in Europe at that time. Marco was also confused by the black stone people used to burn for _.In 1291, Marco, who was very _ at that time, returned to Italy. Later, he severed as the _ of a warship in a local war but was caught. In the _, he met an author who wrote his stories in a book, which became one of the _ books in Europe. Many people didnt _ the stories, but Marco always _ by his stories. Step2. Group-discussion.1)As a great traveller, what qualities do you think Marco Polo have？2) Wha