牛津高中英語(yǔ)模塊二一單元全英文教案

1、unit1 tales of the unexplained period: the first peiod content: welcome to the unit teaching objectives: 1. to cultivate students prior knowledge 2. to train studentsability of finding information , collecting and reorganizing it 3. to provide students with sufficient chances to communicate with the

2、 teacher and with each other 4. to help students enlarge their vocabulary, especially those related to the topics language focus: . important points:1. about science and technology 2. broadcast the latest news at home and abroad 3. report and analyze the current situations . difficult points: 1. com

3、ment on the global economy and finances 2. related to sports and music 3. introduce different local customs teaching procedures: . organizing the class t: greeting and a duty report . lead-in 1. are you interested in a program called discovery ” ? 2. are you curious about mysteries? 3. have you ever

4、 thought of exploring some of the mysteries? . practice teacher: what information have you got about ufo? student a: . teacher: do you think student a s introduction interesting? what about the information you ve got? is there something different? student b: .in this section, students will be asked

5、to talk about the following phenomena, including traces of ufo, real existences of yeti and the loch ness monster, reasons for building stonehenge and the great pyramid and disappearances of ships and planes in the bermuda. all these have a common characteristic, that is, no evidences or proofs have

6、 been provided to explain the mysterious phenomena. students are expected to make full use of resources and share their imaginative ideas with each other by participating in all the activities.1 ( before taking up the task)the teacher assigns students a task, that is, all of them are required to sur

7、f the net or refer to some reference books, in english or in chinese to get some information about ufo, yeti, the loch monster, bermuda, stonehenge and the great pyramid. the activity can be conducted like this:the topics we are going to deal with in our next period are not only very interesting and

8、 attractive, but a bit mysterious as well. they are beyond our knowledge. even the advanced science and technology of today cannot offer satisfactory answers, so i recommend if we d like to discuss these topics, it is best for all of us to make preparations first, either by searching for information

9、 on the internet or looking up background information in some books. besides collecting information, you have to note down your answers. itll be more convenient for you to report back your answers if you do so. 2 ( focusing on the pictures ) a.ask students to read the instructions and focus on the s

10、ix pictures and illustrationsindividually first. the teacher can arouse their interest by asking them the following questions: do the six pictures have something in common? what is it? (unexplained; no satisfactory answers; mysterious; no evidences) can scientists explain these phenomena? how do you

11、 feel about them? are you a bit curious? b. ask students to think of as many expressions as possible to answer the above questions, encourage them to make up sentences and report back their answers. the teacher can share the following sentences with students.they are mysterious because no satisfacto

12、ry answers have been offered to explain their reasons.though these mysteries have puzzled people for a long time, people show great interest in them.people feel puzzled due to their mysteries. c. ask students to report back the information they have collected. as students have been required to prepa

13、re for the topics, their answers might be various. the teacher can vary the activities according to students responses. if possible, some answers students provide can be used as prompt for a class discussion. for example: teacher: what information have you got about ufo? student a: . teacher: do you

14、 think student a s introduction interesting? what about the information you ve got? is there something different? student b: this activity can be conducted flexibly. sample answers 1.like any other intelligent and rationale person, i have a firm belief in ufos. in fact, i have seen a few myself. ufo

15、 stands for unidentified flying object, that is, an object, apparently moving in the sky, that we cannot identify. however, if you ask me whether i believe spacecraft carrying visitors from outer space, i would say no . i do not believe it.2. the continent of antarctica was discovered in 1818. a map

16、 known as the piri reis map, a genuine document made in constantinople in 1513, clearly shows the continent of antarctica. how could this have been possible if antarctica was not discovered until 300 years later? antarctica was supposed to have been covered by ice for the last million or so years, b

17、ut samples taken from sediment deep beneath antarctica in 1949 revealed that great rivers had once flowed in antarctica until about 6000 years ago. 3. i m always intere sted in the stories of ufos and aliens. and i hope i will have the chance to meet one some day. if it really happens to me, i will

18、ask questions such as who or what are you? where are you from? how long does it take to travel from your place to our planet? i will try my best to communicate with them, discovering what their life is like and why they come to the earth. d. ask students to have a discussion about the topics by expl

19、oring some other activities. in order to conduct them more conveniently, the teacher can arrange numbers from left to right, from top to bottom first. for example: (picture 1) have you ever read some reports about ufo in chinese? are you interested in it? is it really from another planet? what does

20、ufo stand for? for what reasons do you think ufo visits our planet? student: teacher: ufos are unidentified flying objects, but no one really knows what they are. the chances for seeing a ufo are greater for those people who live in small towns or in the country and are outside late at night. ufos c

21、ome in all shapes and sizes. some are only small spots of light that move in strange patterns across the night sky. some can be seen in the daytime are often disk- or saucer-shaped. (picture 2) where is himalayas? what s the weather like there? yeti is reported to be half-man and half-beast, have yo

22、u heard of it? do you think some climbers disappearance have some connections with yeti? student: teacher: the yeti is a humanlike monster who is supposed to live in the himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world. several sightings, mainly of footprints, have been reported by westerner explo

23、rers throughout the years. yet none of them have been supported with evidence in any way. (pictures3, 4 and 6) stonehenge and the great pyramid of egypt are both cultural relics. where is the great pyramid built, on the east coast of the nile or on the west of it? what are its reasons? do you think

24、the great pyramid a wonder in the human history? how was the great pyramid built? i haven t heard of stonehenge or the ness monster. they are a bit new to me. what about you? will you be interested in making discoveries about them when you grow up? student: teacher: on the 21st december 1933, the da

25、ily mail carried the following headline: monster of loch ness is not a legend but a fact. the hunter, m a wetherall, a member of the royal geographical society and the london zoological society said: it is a four fingered beast and it has feet or pads of eight inches across. i judge it to be a power

26、ful soft footed animal about 20 feet in length. i am sure that it can breathe like a crocodile with just one nostril out of the water. not much is known about khufu. the tomb had been robbed long before archeologists came upon it. any information about khufu was taken with the objects inside the tom

27、b. he is thought to have been the ruler of a highly structured society and he must have been very wealthy. he was buried alone in this massive tomb. his wives may have been buried nearby in smaller mastabas. (picture 5) while talking about picture 4, the teacher can show a map to the students and po

28、int to them clearly where florida and the bermuda florida are on the map. are there any monsters in these areas?why do ships or planes disappear in this area? do you think it is too mysterious? suppose there is a ship equipped with the latest scientific equipment and it can make contact with scienti

29、sts on land at any time, do you think it will be possible to solve the mysteries? . exercise in class 1. scientists are convinced _ the positive effect of laughter _ physical and mental health. a. of; at b. by; in c. of; on d. on; at 2. kathy _ some french while she was away on a business trip in fr

30、ance. a. picked up b. took up c. made up d. turned up 3. the _ boy made the police and his family _. a. gone; puzzled b. missing; puzzled c. missing; puzzling d. lost; puzzling 4. liu xiang is believed _ over $ 20 million in advertisements last year alone. a. to earn b. have earned c. to have earned

31、 d. having earned 5. _ your help, i passed the examination without any difficulty. a. because of b. owing to c. due to d. thanks to 6. finally she _ that tom was guilty. a. was convinced of b. was convinced c. convinced d. was convincing 7. every time he returned from work, paul would _ his favorite music to relax himself. a. put on b. take on c. get on d. set on 8. our teacher told us that she was rather _