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¡¡¡¡teaching aims:
¡¡¡¡1. to practise reading for specific information.
¡¡¡¡2. to practise using relative clauses with when, where and why.
¡¡¡¡3. to practise using relative clauses with prepositions and relative pronouns.
¡¡¡¡4. to review and consolidate the relative pronouns.
¡¡¡¡5. to talk about explorers.
¡¡¡¡teaching difficulties:
¡¡¡¡to practise using relative clauses with when, where and why.
¡¡¡¡teaching aids: computer and cassette.
¡¡¡¡teaching procedures:
¡¡¡¡¢¡. warming up
¡¡¡¡t: today we¡¯re going to study unit 7 the sea. can you talk about anything about the sea? ( if students have difficulty the teacher gives them help, for example: what does the sea make you think£¿)
¡¡¡¡s:
¡¡¡¡t: the sea is beautiful and we can do some interesting games.( give some pictures to attract their attention and develop interest) the sea has special charm since ancient times human beings couldn¡¯t help exploring it, such as zheng he(slide) then give james cook and columbus¡¯s portrait, introduce their main deeds and ask them ¡°who are they?¡±
¡¡¡¡s:
¡¡¡¡t: they had the spirit of explorers, especially columbus, he is famous all over the world. why?
¡¡¡¡s:
¡¡¡¡t: people consider him to have discovered america first, do you think so£¿
¡¡¡¡s:
¡¡¡¡¢¢reading
¡¡¡¡task 1 now let¡¯s read the text, you will get the right answer
¡¡¡¡1.which of the following people do you think arrived in america first?
¡¡¡¡a. christopher columbus
¡¡¡¡b. ancient romans
¡¡¡¡c. chinese
¡¡¡¡d. vikings
¡¡¡¡students will get the right answer: vikings arrived in america first. (give slides 12, 13)
¡¡¡¡task 2 read the text more carefully .are these statements true (t)or false(f)
¡¡¡¡1. eric the red wanted to get a land which could be colonized so he decided to set sail further.
¡¡¡¡2. biarni set sail from iceland in order to join leif¡¯s father.
¡¡¡¡3. biarni discovered greenland first.
¡¡¡¡4. the vikings were stronger and stronger in northern europe from the 8th to 10th century.
¡¡¡¡5. according to official records europeans reached america long before columbus ever set sail.
¡¡¡¡answers: 1 f 2 f 3 f 4 t 5 f
¡¡¡¡task 3 give a world map, point at the island in turns, ask students to say its name and vikings sailing route (slide) then do the exercise 2
¡¡¡¡¢£ speaking
¡¡¡¡task 1. get students to read the text again for specific information about the three discoveries. then in pairs, complete the table in exercise3 with the information they get.
¡¡¡¡check the answers and then get students to read the text aloud
¡¡¡¡task 2. read the text again and answer the following questions.
¡¡¡¡encourage students to work in pairs and ask as many questions about the text as they can.
¡¡¡¡check the answers in class.
¡¡¡¡encourage students to talk about the three discoveries in their own words.
¡¡¡¡task 3 ask students if they know any other stories involving the vikings .if they do, ask them to tell the class the story.
¡¡¡¡¢¤ language study
¡¡¡¡exercise 6 find the words in the text that match most closely with the meaning of the words below.
¡¡¡¡language points:
¡¡¡¡1. long before ¡°ÔÚ֮ǰºÜ¾Ã¡±
¡¡¡¡they achieved this long before columbus ever set sail.
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¡¡¡¡before long ¡°²»¾Ã¡±
¡¡¡¡i shall see you again before long, my boy.
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¡¡¡¡it was a long time before i got to sleep again.
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¡¡¡¡she is always getting into trouble.
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¡¡¡¡have trouble (in) doing something
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¡¡¡¡did you have any trouble ( in) finding the house?
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¡¡¡¡3.search somebody ¡°ËÑÉí¡±
¡¡¡¡the police searched the prisoner to see if he had a gun.
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¡¡¡¡search someplace ¡°ËÑijµØ¡±
¡¡¡¡they searched every room in the house but found nothing.
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¡¡¡¡in search of (ÒýÆð×´Ó ¡°Ñ°ÕÒ¡±
¡¡¡¡the boys went in search of something to eat.
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¡¡¡¡4. follow ¡° ¸úË桱
¡¡¡¡he followed her up the stairs.
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¡¡¡¡5. eric set sail once again, this time with 25 ships, of which only 14 made it to greenland.
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¡¡¡¡of which only 14 = only 14 of which
¡¡¡¡leif followed biarni¡¯s directions and sailed to what is believed to be the coast of present-day canada.
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¡¡¡¡¢¥.grammar
¡¡¡¡task 1.grammar summary 1, on page 92
¡¡¡¡task 2.do the exercise 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
¡¡¡¡task 3
¡¡¡¡1. after five hours¡¯ drive, they reached ___ they thought was the place they¡¯d been dreaming of.
¡¡¡¡a. that b. where c. which d. what
¡¡¡¡2. the journey around the world took the old sailor nine months, ___ the sailing time was
¡¡¡¡226 days.
¡¡¡¡a. of which b. during which
¡¡¡¡c. from which d. for which
¡¡¡¡3. the factory produces half a million pairs of shoes every year, 80% ____ are sold abroad.
¡¡¡¡a. of which b. which of
¡¡¡¡c. of then d. of that
¡¡¡¡4. i have many friends, ____ some are businessman.
¡¡¡¡a. of them b. from which
¡¡¡¡c. who of d. of whom
¡¡¡¡answers: 1 d 2 a 3 a 4 d
¡¡¡¡¢¦ homework
¡¡¡¡imagine the difficulties the viking met write 5 sentences about it
Lesson1The Spirit of Explorers½Ì°¸ ƪ2
¡¡¡¡lesson1the spirit of explorers½Ì°¸
¡¡¡¡teaching aims:
¡¡¡¡1. to practise reading for specific information.
¡¡¡¡2. to practise using relative clauses with when, where and why.
¡¡¡¡3. to practise using relative clauses with prepositions and relative pronouns.
¡¡¡¡4. to review and consolidate the relative pronouns.
¡¡¡¡5. to talk about explorers.
¡¡¡¡teaching difficulties:
¡¡¡¡to practise using relative clauses with when, where and why.
¡¡¡¡teaching aids: computer and cassette.
¡¡¡¡teaching procedures:
¡¡¡¡¢¡. warming up
¡¡¡¡t: today we¡¯re going to study unit 7 the sea. can you talk about anything about the sea? ( if students have difficulty the teacher gives them help, for example: what does the sea make you think£¿)
¡¡¡¡s:
¡¡¡¡t: the sea is beautiful and we can do some interesting games.( give some pictures to attract their attention and develop interest) the sea has special charm since ancient times human beings couldn¡¯t help exploring it, such as zheng he(slide) then give james cook and columbus¡¯s portrait, introduce their main deeds and ask them ¡°who are they?¡±
¡¡¡¡s:
¡¡¡¡t: they had the spirit of explorers, especially columbus, he is famous all over the world. why?
¡¡¡¡s:
¡¡¡¡t: people consider him to have discovered america first, do you think so£¿
¡¡¡¡s:
¡¡¡¡¢¢reading
¡¡¡¡task 1 now let¡¯s read the text, you will get the right answer
¡¡¡¡1.which of the following people do you think arrived in america first?
¡¡¡¡a. christopher columbus
¡¡¡¡b. ancient romans
¡¡¡¡c. chinese
¡¡¡¡d. vikings
¡¡¡¡students will get the right answer: vikings arrived in america first. (give slides 12, 13)
¡¡¡¡task 2 read the text more carefully .are these statements true (t)or false(f)
¡¡¡¡1. eric the red wanted to get a land which could be colonized so he decided to set sail further.
¡¡¡¡2. biarni set sail from iceland in order to join leif¡¯s father.
¡¡¡¡3. biarni discovered greenland first.
¡¡¡¡4. the vikings were stronger and stronger in northern europe from the 8th to 10th century.
¡¡¡¡5. according to official records europeans reached america long before columbus ever set sail.
¡¡¡¡answers: 1 f 2 f 3 f 4 t 5 f
¡¡¡¡task 3 give a world map, point at the island in turns, ask students to say its name and vikings sailing route (slide) then do the exercise 2
¡¡¡¡¢£ speaking
¡¡¡¡task 1. get students to read the text again for specific information about the three discoveries. then in pairs, complete the table in exercise3 with the information they get.
¡¡¡¡check the answers and then get students to read the text aloud
¡¡¡¡task 2. read the text again and answer the following questions.
¡¡¡¡encourage students to work in pairs and ask as many questions about the text as they can.
¡¡¡¡check the answers in class.
¡¡¡¡encourage students to talk about the three discoveries in their own words.
¡¡¡¡task 3 ask students if they know any other stories involving the vikings .if they do, ask them to tell the class the story.
¡¡¡¡¢¤ language study
¡¡¡¡exercise 6 find the words in the text that match most closely with the meaning of the words below.
¡¡¡¡language points:
¡¡¡¡1. long before ¡°ÔÚ֮ǰºÜ¾Ã¡±
¡¡¡¡they achieved this long before columbus ever set sail.
¡¡¡¡ËûÃÇÔÚ¸çÂײ¼µ½´ï´ËµØºÜ¾Ã֮ǰ¾ÍÒѾÀ´¹ýÕâ¶ù¡£
¡¡¡¡before long ¡°²»¾Ã¡±
¡¡¡¡i shall see you again before long, my boy.
¡¡¡¡º¢×Ó£¬ºÜ¿ìÎҾͻáÔÙÀ´¿´Äã¡£
¡¡¡¡it be Ò»¶Îʱ¼ä before ¡° ¹ýÁ˶à¾Ã¡±
¡¡¡¡it was a long time before i got to sleep again.
¡¡¡¡¹ýÁ˺ܾã¬ÎÒ²ÅÓÖ˯×ÅÁË
¡¡¡¡2. get into trouble ¡°Óöµ½Âé·³¡±
¡¡¡¡she is always getting into trouble.
¡¡¡¡Ëý×ÜÊÇÓÐÂé·³¡£
¡¡¡¡be in trouble ¡°ÓÐÂé·³£¬ÓÐÀ§ÄÑ£¬³öÊ¡±
¡¡¡¡he is in trouble again. this time he has broken a window.
¡¡¡¡ËûÓÖÓÐÂé·³ÁË£¬Õâ´ÎËû´òËéÁË´°»§ÉϵIJ£Á§¡£
¡¡¡¡have trouble (in) doing something
¡¡¡¡¡°×öijÊÂÓÐÀ§ÄÑ¡±
¡¡¡¡did you have any trouble ( in) finding the house?
¡¡¡¡ÄãÕÒµ½ÕâËù·¿×ÓÓÐÀ§ÄÑÂð£¿
¡¡¡¡3.search somebody ¡°ËÑÉí¡±
¡¡¡¡the police searched the prisoner to see if he had a gun.
¡¡¡¡¾¯²ìËÑÁËÕâ¸ö·¸È˵ÄÉí£¬¿´ËûÊÇ·ñ´øǹÁË¡£
¡¡¡¡search someplace ¡°ËÑijµØ¡±
¡¡¡¡they searched every room in the house but found nothing.
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¡¡¡¡search for ¡°µ½´¦Ñ°ÕÒ¡±
¡¡¡¡i must search for that lost money until i find it.
¡¡¡¡ÎÒ±ØÐëÕÒµ½ÎÒ¶ªÊ§µÄÇ®¡£
¡¡¡¡in search of (ÒýÆð×´Ó ¡°Ñ°ÕÒ¡±
¡¡¡¡the boys went in search of something to eat.Õâ¸öÄк¢³öÈ¥ÕÒЩ³ÔµÄ¶«Î÷¡£
¡¡¡¡4. follow ¡° ¸úË桱
¡¡¡¡he followed her up the stairs.
¡¡¡¡Ëû¸ú×ÅËûÉÏÁËÂ¥¡£
¡¡¡¡¡°ÑØ×Å×ß¡±
¡¡¡¡follow this road to the corner.
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¡¡¡¡¡°×ñÑ£¬ ÒÀÕÕ ÐÐÊ¡±
¡¡¡¡he must follow the directions that his teacher gave.
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¡¡¡¡5. eric set sail once again, this time with 25 ships, of which only 14 made it to greenland.
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¡¡¡¡of which only 14 = only 14 of which
¡¡¡¡leif followed biarni¡¯s directions and sailed to what is believed to be the coast of present-day canada.
¡¡¡¡ÀµÒÁ·ò°´ÕձȰ¢ÄáÌṩµÄÏßË÷º½Ðе½ÁËÏÖÔÚ±»ÈÏΪÊǼÓÄô󺣰¶µÄµØ·½¡£
¡¡¡¡what ×öÖ÷Óï £¬´Ë´¦²»ÄÜÓÃwhere.
¡¡¡¡¢¥.grammar
¡¡¡¡task 1.grammar summary 1, on page 92
¡¡¡¡task 2.do the exercise 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
¡¡¡¡task 3
¡¡¡¡1. after five hours¡¯ drive, they reached ___ they thought was the place they¡¯d been dreaming of.
¡¡¡¡a. that b. where c. which d. what
¡¡¡¡2. the journey around the world took the old sailor nine months, ___ the sailing time was
¡¡¡¡226 days.
¡¡¡¡a. of which b. during which
¡¡¡¡c. from which d. for which
¡¡¡¡3. the factory produces half a million pairs of shoes every year, 80% ____ are sold abroad.
¡¡¡¡a. of which b. which of
¡¡¡¡c. of then d. of that
¡¡¡¡4. i have many friends, ____ some are businessman.
¡¡¡¡a. of them b. from which
¡¡¡¡c. who of d. of whom
¡¡¡¡answers: 1 d 2 a 3 a 4 d
¡¡¡¡¢¦ homework
¡¡¡¡imagine the difficulties the viking met write 5 sentences about it