Unit1 Tales of the unexplained-Welcome to the Unit教案

1、 unit1 tales of the unexplained-welcome to the unit教案 unit1talesoftheunexplained-welcometotheunit教案 description inthissection,studentswillbeaskedtotalkaboutthefollowingphenomena,includingtracesofufo,realexistencesofyetiandthelochnessmonster,reasonsforbuildingstonehengeandthegreatpyramidanddisappeara

2、ncesofshipsandplanesinthebermuda.allthesehaveacommoncharacteristic,thatis,noevidencesorproofshavebeenprovidedtoexplainthemysteriousphenomena.studentsareexpectedtomakefulluseofresourcesandsharetheirimaginativeideaswitheachotherbyparticipatinginalltheactivities. suggestedteachingprocedures lbrainstorm

3、ing 1(beforetakingupthetask) theteacherassignsstudentsatask,thatis,allofthemarerequiredtosurfthenetorrefertosomereferencebooks,inenglishorinchinesetogetsomeinformationaboutufo,yeti,thelochmonster,bermuda,stonehengeandthegreatpyramid.theactivitycanbeconductedlikethis: thetopicswearegoingtodealwithino

4、urnextperiodarenotonlyveryinterestingandattractive,butabitmysteriousaswell.theyarebeyondourknowledge.eventheadvancedscienceandtechnologyoftodaycannotoffersatisfactoryanswers,soirecommendifwellbemoreconvenientforyoutoreportbackyouranswersifyoudoso. 2(focusingonthepictures) aaskstudentstoreadtheinstru

5、ctionsandfocusonthesixpicturesandillustrationsindividuallyfirst.theteachercanarousetheirinterestbyaskingthemthefollowingquestions: dothesixpictureshavesomethingincommon?whatisit? (unexplained;nosatisfactoryanswers;mysterious;noevidences) canscientistsexplainthesephenomena? howdoyoufeelaboutthem?arey

6、ouabitcurious? baskstudentstothinkofasmanyexpressionsaspossibletoanswertheabovequestions,encouragethemtomakeupsentencesandreportbacktheiranswers.theteachercansharethefollowingsentenceswithstudents. theyaremysteriousbecausenosatisfactoryanswershavebeenofferedtoexplaintheirreasons. thoughthesemysterie

7、shavepuzzledpeopleforalongtime,peopleshowgreatinterestinthem. peoplefeelpuzzledduetotheirmysteries. responses.ifpossible,someanswersstudentsprovidecanbeusedasapromptforaclassdiscussion.forexample: teacher:whatinformationhaveyougotaboutufo? studenta:. teacher:doyouthinkstudentasintroductioninterestin

8、g?whatabouttheinformationyouvegot?istheresomethingdifferent? studentb: thisactivitycanbeconductedflexibly. daskstudentstohaveadiscussionaboutthetopicsbyexploringsomeotheractivities.inordertoconductthemmoreconveniently,theteachercanarrangenumbersfromlefttoright,fromtoptobottomfirst.forexample: (pictu

9、re1)haveyoueverreadsomereportsaboutufoinchinese?areyouinterestedinit? isitreallyfromanotherplanet?whatdoesufostandfor? forwhatreasonsdoyouthinkufovisitsourplanet? (picture2)whereishimalayas?whatstheweatherlikethere? whydosomepeoplemakegreateffortstoclimbit?(hobby;dream;challengethemselves;makediscov

10、eries;overcome) yetiisreportedtobehalf-manandhalf-beast,haveyouheardofit? doyouthinksomeclimbersdisappearancehavesomeconnectionswithyeti? (pictures3,4and6)stonehengeandthegreatpyramidofegyptarebothculturalrelics. whereisthegreatpyramidbuilt,ontheeastcoastofthenileoronthewestofit?whatareitsreasons? d

11、oyouthinkthegreatpyramidawonderinthehumanhistory?howwasthegreatpyramidbuilt? ihaventheardofstonehengeorthenessmonster.theyareabitnewtome.whataboutyou?willyoubeinterestedinmakingdiscoveriesaboutthemwhenyougrowup? (picture5)whiletalkingaboutpicture4,theteachercanshowamaptothestudentsandpointtothemclea

12、rlywherefloridaandthebermudafloridaareonthemap. arethereanymonstersintheseareas? whydoshipsorplanesdisappearinthisarea?doyouthinkitistoomysterious? supposethereisashipequippedwiththelatestscientificequipmentanditcanmakecontactwithscientistsonlandatanytime,doyouthinkitwillbepossibletosolvethemysterie

13、s? lsharinginformation 1pairstudentsupfirst.letdifferentpairsfocusondifferentquestions.ifpossible,thefirstquestioncanbeadaptedeasilylikethis: doyoubelieveinufos?whatmaybetheexplanationsofufos? aliensfromspacewithoutadoubtmilitarytestcraftwithoutadoubtsomeufosarealien,somearetestcraftufosareevidenceo

14、fhumanspacetravelufosareneitheraliennortestcraftufosdontexist encouragestudentstoexpresstheiragreementsordisagreementsaboutit. 2askdifferentpairstosummarizetheiranswersandthenreportthemback. sampleanswers 1likeanyotherintelligentandrationaleperson,ihaveafirmbeliefinufos.infact,ihaveseenafewmyself.uf

15、ostandsforunidentifiedflyingobject,thatis,anobject,apparentlymovinginthesky,thatwecannotidentify.however,ifyouaskmewhetheribelievespacecraftcarryingvisitorsfromouterspace,iwouldsayno.idonotbelieveit. 2thecontinentofantarcticawasdiscoveredin1818.amapknownasthepirireismap,agenuinedocumentmadeinconstan

16、tinoplein1513,clearlyshowsthecontinentofantarctica.howcouldthishavebeenpossibleifantarcticawasnotdiscovereduntil300yearslater?antarcticawassupposedtohavebeencoveredbyiceforthelastmillionorsoyears,butsamplestakenfromsedimentdeepbeneathantarcticain1949revealedthatgreatrivershadonceflowedinantarcticaun

17、tilabout6000yearsago. 3imalwaysinterestedinthestoriesofufosandaliens.andihopeiwillhavethechancetomeetonesomeday.ifitreallyhappenstome,iwillaskquestionssuchaswhoorwhatareyou?whereareyoufrom?howlongdoesittaketotravelfromyourplacetoourplanet?iwilltrymybesttocommunicatewiththem,discoveringwhattheirlifeislikeandwhytheycometotheearth. resources (picture1)thefollowingisadescriptionfromawitness:thelightwastravellingwesttonortheast.theyweresayingitthenchangeddirectionfromwesttosoutheas