北师大版高中英语必修4Unit-12教案4-The-New-Australians教学设计

1、精选优质文档倾情为你奉上精选优质文档倾情为你奉上专心专注专业专心专注专业精选优质文档倾情为你奉上专心专注专业4 The New Australians教学指导Objectives To identify facts and opinions in a reading text. To practise using words with negative and positive connotations. Possible problem Some students may find it difficult to separate fact from opinion in a reading

2、 text. Background The title of the text, Is it all kangaroos and surfing?, reflects British stereotypes of Australian lifestyles. Bushwalking is trekking in the outback. Patrick White (1912-1990) was a novelist and a Nobel Prize winner in 1973. Peter Carey is a contemporary novelist. Routes through

3、the material . If you are short of time, set some of the exercises for homework (e.g. Exercises 3 and 6). . If you have time, do the Options activities. . If you have two lessons for this unit, a suitable natural break is after Exercise 5. Language Power: pages 84-85. Reading Before you start Exerci

4、se 1 Read the example question with the class. Students work in pairs, deciding two questions to ask about life in Australia. Exercise 2 Students continue working in their pairs, reading the article quickly to see if they can find answers to their questions. Students who found answers to their quest

5、ions tell the class their questions and the answers. Students who did not find answers to their questions tell the class their questions and see if anyone in the class knows the answers. Exercise 3 Students work individually reading the article and marking if the statements are true, false or no inf

6、ormation is given. When checking students answers, have them read out the section of the text which gives the answer and have them correct the false statements.Answers 1 T 2 NI 3 F 4 T 5 T 6 F 7 T 8 F 9 NI 10 T Exercise 4 Do the first two items with the whole class. Then students work in pairs, read

7、ing the sentences and discussing who said them. When checking students answers, have them give reasons for their choice. Answers 1 George 2 Fiona 3 Julie 4 George 5 Martin 6 Fiona 7 Julie 8 Martin Exercise 5 Read the Strategies with the class and find the sentences that are quoted in the text. Stude

8、nts then look back at the sentences in Exercise 4 and, as a whole class, discuss if each sentence is fact or opinion. Answers 1 opinion 2 fact 3 opinion 4 fact 5 fact 6 opinion 7 opinion 8 fact Exercise 6 Students work individually, referring to the text and matching the expressions with the definit

9、ions.Answers 1 b 2 d 3 a 4 g 5 c 6 f 7 e Vocabulary: Connotations Exercise 7 Key Words tasty, popular, isolated, top, spectacular, amazing, interesting, impressive, poor, dull, lively, outstanding, dynamic, innovative, limited, marvelous, brilliant, delicious, deplorable, well-off, unfair Students w

10、ork in pairs, finding the words in the text and discussing whether they express positive or negative feelings. Answers Positive: tasty, popular, top, spectacular, amazing, interesting, impressive, lively, outstanding, dynamic, innovative, marvelous, brilliant, delicious, well-off Negative: isolated,

11、 poor, dull, limited, deplorable, unfairExercise 8 Students work in groups of four or five. They take turns to make a sentence about the things using adjectives from Exercise 7. Some of the groups then say their sentences to the class. Speaking Exercise 9 Students work in pairs. Each student turns t

12、o page 91 to find their Australian factfile. They take turns to ask and answer questions to find out more about Australia. QUOTE UNQUOTE Read the quote and ask students if the speaker has positive or negative opinions of living in Australia permanently. Have students think of adjectives to describe

13、the speakers opinion of Australia (e.g. boring, disappointing). Options Practice Elicit the topics George, Fiona, Julie and Martin write about and put them on the board, e.g.: food, farming, industry, geographical location, sport, animals, scenery, culture, population In pairs, students discuss and write sentences about their own country, using each of the topics and using adjectives that express positive or negative feelings. The pairs then read out some of their sentences to the class who decide whether the meaning is fact or opinion and, if it is opinion, whether they agree