新课标模块7 Unit 3 A new dimension of life(新课标版高二英语选修七教案教学设计)

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Module 7 Unit 3 Under the sea

A new dimension of life

Yuqing Midde School Xu Yaping

Teaching Aims:

1.Enable the students to learn more about the animals and plants under the sea

2.Help the students to describe things using some adjectives.

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Leading-in

1. Show an episode of the film “海底总动员” and ask students some questions about the film.

Eg. What can you see in the film?

Why did the sea suddenly become quiet?

T: From the film we can know the sea is full of beauty and danger.Would you like to have a look at the plants and animals under the sea ? Let’s go snorkeling.When you go snorkeling, you will see the beauty of the sea and you will see the danger of the sea. You will discover a new dimension of life.

Step 2 Scanning

T: Today we will enjoy an experience down into the depths of the sea.

Listen to the tape and try to number the paragraph topics in the correct order.

Topic Paragraph number

colors and shapes 2

dangers 4

reflecting 1

the reef’s edge 5

a final thought 6

some sea creatures 3

Step 3 Intensive reading

1. Ask and answer questions according to each paragraph.

(1) What did the writer do in the morning on 19th January?

(2) What did he think after seeing such extraordinary beauty?

(3) What is the first thing he became aware of under the sea?

(4) What did the shapes of corals look like?

(5) What other creatures did he find?

(6) Match the information about the creatures.

(7) Were there anything that made him feel frightened? What were they?

2. Challenge your memory

Divide the class in to four groups and get them to discuss and guess the name of the plants and animals according to the description of them shown just now. The student who stands up should tell the reason why he thinks so by using the description of the plants and animals.

3. Using language

(1)Complete these noun groups from the diary entry,and pay attention to the use of adjectives.

1. _________ air

2. __________ anemone fish

3.__________ lips

4.___________ reef sharks

5.____________teeth

6. ____________angel fish

7._____________water

8._______________mouth

9. ________________sea slug

10 _________________turtle.

(2)What do you notice about the order of these adjectives in the noun groups?

number size colour pattern

two little/thick/large orange and white/green striped /spotted

So, when describing objects, you can put the adjectives in the following order:

“美小圆旧黄,法国木书房.”

4. Choose the best answer.

(1).In the diary, the author mainly wants to tell that____.

A. What he saw in the sea

B. How the fish eat in the sea.

C. The vivid colors in the sea.

D. All the plants in the sea are poisonous.

(2). What was hanging upside down in the sea according to the text?

A. The orange and white anemone fish.

B. The yellow-spotted red sea-slug.

C. The yellow and green parrotfish.

D. The orange and blue-striped angle fish

(3).When the author saw two____, he felt scared to death.

A. Anemone fish B. parrot fish

C. sea-slugs D. sharks

(4).How many kinds of creatures didn’t the author want to get too close to according to the fourth paragraph?

A. Two B. three C. four D. five.

(5).From the passage we know the author felt that______.

A. He was a tiny spot compared with the whole world.

B. The ocean was a tiny spot compared with the whole world.

C. There was no danger in the sea except sharks.

D. All kinds of fish were waiting for something for food.

Step 4 Discussion

T:There are delights as well as dangers under the sea.What do you think the delights and dangers are ? Discuss and List the delights and dangers when snorkeling.

delights dangers

1.seeing such _______

_____ under the waves 1. ____________

2. seeing ___________

___________ 2. _____________

in small caves

3. exploring ________

under the sea 3. _____________

by sharks

Step 5 Beautiful words and expression

a day of pure magic extraordinary beauty

It was the most fantastic thing I have ever done.

My heart was beating wildly.

Every cell in my body woke up.

I felt scared to death.

It was like discovering a whole new dimension of life

Step 6 Writing

Use the beautiful words and exressions to write a short story according to the given information.

游迪士尼乐园

  上个星期天,爸爸妈妈带我到香港迪士尼乐园游玩,

迪士尼是我梦昧以求的地方。在那里,我看到了许多童话

故事里的人物,如白雪公主、小熊维尼等;我还和米奇合了影.我们坐了旋转木马和过山车.我们还看了恐怖电影,有

些场面真让我吓的要死.迪士尼之游让我即长了知识又饱了

眼富. 

 Key words: a roller-coaster ride 过山车  merry-go-round 旋转木马

a feast for the eyes  大饱眼富  horror films 恐怖电影

Homework:

Finish writing the composition.