牛津高中英语模块3Unit1Task

1、 Unit 1 The world of our senses Task1. Let students know how to plot a story , prepare a surprise ending and improve the language for storytelling.2. To improve students language skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing .What kind of stories do you like reading?1.science fiction 2.love sto

2、ry3.detective story 4.historical storyWhat are the basic elements in stories?PlotThe sequence of events in a story. A plot tells what happens to the characters in a story.Skills building 1plotting a storyCommon elements in storiesStart:Body:Ending:who; where; when; whythe problem experienced by the

3、charactershow the problem is solved or how the story endsPracticePut the paragraphs in the correct order. (Page12, Part A)I noticed Captain Lee This was my first adventure after The ship sank but we managed As we stared out at the sea The sea became very rough Suddenly, the lightning came 316254Prac

4、ticeDecide which part each paragraph belongs to. (Page13, Part B)cafbedBSEBBB1.The questions your teacher asks are for the_ of the story. start body ending 2.You need to write about the _ of a girl. 3.The story must end with _. something happy something sad a surpriseStep 1: completing a checklist P

5、art A : Listen and complete the checklist.Joining the storytelling competition.amazing experienceListen to the two students conversation and then answer the questions. (Page 13, Part B).Part B1.Who is the main character? Sandy. 2. Where did the girl go? The museum.3.Why did the girl go there? Becaus

6、e she wanted to do a project about art and history.4. How did she get there? By school bus. 5. What happened before the girl arrived at the museum?Sandy and her partner Li Feifei got lost on their way from the school bus to catch up with their classmates at last.6. What time of the day was it? Late

7、morning.Practice (Page 13, Part C) Write the start of the story using the answers from Part B.One morning at about 10 oclock, Sandy and her classmates went to the museum together with their teachers, because they had a class project about art and history. They went there by school bus. When they got

8、 off the bus, Sandy and her classmate Li Feifei were so busy looking around that they were left behind. So they had to run to catch up with the others. Skills building 2recognizing different elements of a comic stripspeech bubble :thought bubble :sound bubble : caption :How to tell a story more effe

9、ctively?show what the character is sayingshow what the character is thinkingshow the sound the character is making describe the state or action concerning the characterPractice Talk about the four pictures One day Alice saw an alien, and she wanted to make friends with it. She waved her hand to the

10、alien, saying, “I want to be your friend.” It seemed that the alien didnt want to be her friend. Reaching out her hand with a smile, Alice wanted to shake hands with the alien. But the alien didnt know what Alice wanted to do. It was frightened instead. It took out something that looked like a speak

11、er which made a loud sound “Pop!”. Suddenly, at this sound, Alice disappeared.Label the different ways of adding words to picturesspeech bubblethought bubblesound bubblecaptionSo am ILabel the different ways of adding words to picturesspeech bubblethought bubblesound bubblecaptionLabel the different

12、 ways of adding words to picturesspeech bubblethought bubblesound bubblecaptionStep 2: preparing a story with a surprise endingPicture 1Sandy had _ at thepainting for so long that she began to feel sleepy.staredsound bubblesound bubblespeech bubbleSuddenly, she _ a tap on her shoulder. It was a man

13、in a metal suit.Picture 2feltthought bubbleThen she _ Mona Lisa singing. heardPicture 3thought bubbleAfter that, she looked at a painting of some flowers. She was sure that she could _ them.smellPicture 4speech bubblespeech bubbleThe woman in the painting offered Sandy an apple. It _ sweet.tastedPic

14、ture 5Skills building 3using adjectives and adverbs in storiesHow to improve your work?We often use some adjectives and adverbs to make stories more interesting and lively.Read the following article. Circle all the adjectives and underline all the adverbs.Suggested answersAdjectives in the article:

15、good weak hot cold new wild nearest safe hard various strong grateful hopeful nearAdverbs in the article: quickly fullySummary how to make stories more interesting and lively. 1: recognizing different elements of a comic strip 2: using some adjectives and adverbs 3：writing a surprise endingwriting y

16、our storyasleep frightened suddenly delicious loudly back beautiful red alive tired Sandy arrived at the museum at last. She was so _ that she had to find a chair to sit on. Once she sat down, she noticed a nice painting on the wall. She stared at it for a long time so long, that she fell _. _, she

17、felt a tap on her shoulder. She looked up and saw a man on a horse wearing a metal suit. He was only a sculpture a moment ago, but now he was _ and talking to Sandy! She was so _ that she ran down the hall. tiredSuddenlyalivefrightenedasleep From around the corner she could hear someone singing. She

18、 went to see who it was but there was nobody in sight. She was confused. Then she turned to a painting on the wall. It was the Mona Lisa. She was interested in the painting. To her surprise, Mona Lisa was singing _. “My goodness,” Sandy whispered, as she stepped _.loudlyback She wandered to the othe

19、r side of the hall and came across another painting on the wall. There was a woman in a _ dress walking in the painting. The woman smiled at Sandy and reached out her hand towards her. Sandy was sure she could smell the flowers she was wearing. Then the woman offered Sandy a big, _ apple. Sandy hesitated about whether she should eat it. She felt very hungry.