北师版高中英语选修模块七_Unit19_Language_Awareness教（学）案_新版

1、Unit19 Language Awareness教案The Tenth PeriodTeaching goals 教学目标Enable students to learn the impersonal report structure in context.Teaching important points教学重点It is / was hoped/ expected/believed/ known/ realized. that.Teaching difficult points教学难点How to use the structure freely.Teaching methods教学方法

2、 Reading, speaking, discussing and writingTeaching aids 教具准备The Multi-computerTeaching procedures & ways 过程与方式Step I RevisionCheck the homeworkT: Yesterday I asked you to find more idioms and proverbs. Who would like to share yours with us?S1: Be the apple of someones eye Picture:Meaning:Be loved ve

3、ry much by someone.If someone is the apple of your eye, you think he/she is very important to you, and you love him/her very much.This idiom is used especially when someone is loved by an older member of his/her family. Example: Erika is Marks only granddaughter, and shes the apple of his eye. Sarah

4、s only son was the apple of her eye.S2: Couch potato Meaning:A person who spends a lot of idle time sitting and watching televisionIf a person is a couch potato, he/she is not active and spends most of his/her time sitting and watching TV. He/she doesnt do anything productive.Example:School children

5、 dont play outside as much as before. Many of them are overweight couch potatoes.Dont be a couch potato! Youre just wasting your timeT: There is a new idiom: Mouse potato. Who can guess its meaning?S3: I guess it means a person who spends a great deal of time using a computerT: Good! Who would liker

6、 to introduce some proverbs?S4: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.Meaning:You use this proverb to say it is better to accept something that you have or you can use now than to try to get something better that you might not be able to obtain. Sometimes people just say, A bird in the hand. I

7、f someone says, A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, he/she means that it is better to be satisfied with something you have than to risk losing it by trying to get something better you may not succeed in getting. Example:If I were you, Id accept the job. It might not be the best job for you,

8、 but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. S5: Dont cross your bridges before you come to them.Meaning:You use this proverb to tell someone not to worry about something until it actually happens.People often say I/We will cross that bridge when I/we come to it to mean they will not worry abou

9、t the particular possible problem until it actually appears.Example:A: Our proposal is ready, but what if the committee doesnt accept it?B: Dont cross your bridges before you come to them. We will see what happens then.A (woman): Ill introduce you to my parents tonight.B (the womans boyfriend): Okay

10、., but they might not like me.A: Dont worry. Well cross that bridge when we come to itS6: The early bird catches the worm.Meaning:This proverb is used to tell you to act early or right now to be successful.If someone says, The early bird catches the worm, he/she means that if you do something early

11、or before anyone else, you will have an advantage and be successful.Example:The early bird catches the worm! Dont miss this years best deal! The sale will start on Thursday, and the store opens at 5:00 a.m.Though you have more than 6 months before you leave, start looking for good deals on airline t

12、ickets and reserve your seats early. The early bird catches the worm.T: Excellent! Please remember idioms and proverbs are part of the English culture. Learn as many idioms and proverbs as you can and you will have a good knowledge of English. Good luck to your English study.Go over the reading stra

13、tegies: Paragraphs and headings in Unit 19. Then deal with Ex 1.T: What reading strategies have we learned in Unit 19?Ss: Paragraphs and headings.T: Generally speaking, which sentence introduces the main idea of the paragraph?Ss: The first sentence is the topic sentence and often introduces the main

14、 idea of the paragraph.T: Please remember headings often contain a words or a synonym of a word from the paragraph.Ss: A heading is used to summarise the main idea of each paragraph.Step II BackgroundT: Good! We will use the reading strategies to read the article Lonesome Male of the Galapagos. Befo

15、re you read, lets learn something about the Galapagos Islands. Please look at the map of the Galapagos Islands.Brief History of the Galapagos Islands1835 The Beagle visited the Galapagos Islands. Charles Darwin studied and noted the similarities and differences of the flora and fauna. He concluded t

16、hat the species, to survive, would gradually alter based on environmental conditions.1859 After 20 years of his life gathering supporting evidence, Darwin published The Origin of the Species by Natural Selection.1892 Galapagos is officially names Archiplago de Coln in honor of Christopher Columbuss

17、discovery of American 400 years earlier.1959 100th Anniversary of the publication of Darwins Origin of Species, the Galapagos Islands became Ecuadors first National Park and the non-profit Charles Darwin Foundation was established to assist the in preservation of the islands. 1978 The Islands are de

18、clared a World Heritage site by UNESCO underlining its universal value for mankind.T: Now lets come to the text and look at the picture. /viewphoto.asp?i=turtlesep_tur_6.jpg%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%

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20、20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%2 Region :Galapagos Category :Tortoises Comments :This tortoise might have very well met Charles Darwin himself. Theyve been known to live up to about 160 years. Region :Galapagos Category :Tortoises Comments :These turtles are incredibly large and som

21、etimes its hard to believe your eyes./viewphoto.asp?i=turtlesep_tur_6.jpg%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%2

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23、text quickly.Ss: Lonesome George.T: Good! Now please read the text, and do Ex 1.Step III Language AwarenessDeal with Ex 1.Ask students to read the article individually and do Ex 1. Check the answers with the whole class.Deal with Ex 2.Ask students to read the text again. Before answering the questio

24、n in Ex 2, students will be asked to discuss the following questions. Show the following questions on the PowerPoint.1. Why is the tortoise called Lonesome George?2. What are the reasons?Three minutes later, check the answers. After some students present their answers, show the suggested answers on

25、the PowerPoint.3. What did man do to help Lonesome George?Suggested answers:1. Because he is known to be the last surviving member of his sub-species.2. There are three reasons referred in the article. When it was realized that they could supply excellent meat for passing ships, the numbers began to

26、 decline. The goats destroyed the ecological balance on the islands and the livelihood of Georges clan. The tanker Jessica has leaked almost a million liters of oil into the sea.3. George was taken to the Charles Darwin Research Center on Santa Cruz island and provided with a harem from related sub-

27、specifies.T: Now discuss the question in Ex 2 in groups and five minutes later, Ill ask some of you to present your answers.Suggested answers to Ex 2.Various answers are acceptable.Deal with Ex 3.Ask students to refer Impersonal Report Structures on page 100. Then deal with Ex 3. Read out the instru

28、ctions to the class and discuss the functions of the first two sentences as a class. Then students will work in pairs to complete the rest of sentences. Check the answers by having individuals read out the sentences and say if the sentence is expressing a general or a personal opinion.T: Please look

29、 at the sentences in blue in the text. Do they express a general opinion/ experience or the opinion/ experience of a particular person? Now lets read the first sentence together and think its function.Deal with Ex 4. Ask students to read the two sentences and compare the tenses. They can get the answer e