[北师大必修三]Unit 7 The Sea Lesson 1 The Spirit of Explorers

Unit 7 The Sea
Lesson 1 The Spirit of Explorers
一、教学目标
1.To practice reading for specific information.
2.To get to know some words and expressions about sailing in the context.
3.To learn some information about Viking voyages.
4.To review and consolidate the relative pronouns.
5.To talk about explorers and their spirit.
二、重点难点
Teaching Key Points:
1. To practice reading for specific information.
2.To learn some information about Viking voyages.
3.To talk about explorers and their spirit.
Teaching Difficulties:
1. Students may have difficulty expressing their ideas and opinions.
2. Students may have trouble choosing the most appropriate prepositions to go with their relative pronouns.
三、教学过程
Step 1. Warming up
1.Talk about the sea to elicit the topic, giving some pictures to attract students' attention and develop their interest at the same time, then review the words in the lesson.
2.Talk about Columbus, ancient Greeks, Chinese sailors and Vikings into the text.
Step 2. Discussing(Ex.1 )
Get students to discuss who arrived in America first and introduce more basic information about the Vikings.
Step 3. Word matching(Ex.2 )
Ask students to find the meanings for the places and match them with their definitions, showing a map as a reference on the screen.
Step 4. Fast reading
1. Have students look at the map, the title and skim the passage.
2. Ask students to match the headings with the paragraphs and sequence the events of the discoveries.
3. Check the answers with the class.
Step 5. Careful reading (Ex. 3)
1. Get students to read the text again for specific information about the three discoveries. Then in pairs, complete the table in Ex.3 with the information they get.
2. Check the answers and get students to read them aloud.
Step 6. Ask and answer (Ex. 4)
1. Students work in pairs, asking and answering questions about the three discoveries based on the information in the table.
2. Invite a pair to report back, checking the answers with the class and get students to read them aloud. .
Step 7. Listening & Vocabulary: Definitions (Ex. 6)
1. Have students read through the words, listen to the recording and scan the text for the original words.
2. Check the answers in class.
Step 8. Discussing (Ex. 5)
1. Have students discuss the questions in pairs or groups. Encourage them to give reasons for their answers.
2. Invite several groups to report back to the class.
Step 9. Homework.
1. Ex. 6, P55.
2. Read the Culture Corner.。