人教版选修7 Unit3 Old Tom the Killer Whale学案

新课标人教版选修7 Unit3 第一篇课文学案

学习目标: 本单元课文的学习--Old Tom the killer whale

教学重点：课文的理解及本单元语法的初步了解

课前准备：请同学们提前阅读导学案内容，了解课堂上要完成的任务，并做好以下准备：预习导学案，熟读p20课文，了解课文的内容

Teaching Steps :（教学步骤）

Step 1 ：Revision(复习上个导学案）

Step2： Reading：Get the main ideas of the two anecdotes. The first anecdote：__________________________________________________

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The second anecdote:

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the text, and fill in the blanks with names mentioned in the text

1. ___________was 16 years of age when he went to work at the whaling station

Clancy to go to the boat as there was a whale out there in the bay 3. _________was swimming by the boat showing the whalers the way

told Clancy that they would return the next day to bring in the body of the whale

carried by the waves further and further away from the whalers.

6. __________knew that Old Tom would protect James.

III. Skimming the text and put the following sentences into a right order. ( )George started beating the water with his oar

( ) Clancy grabbed his boots and raced after George to the boat ( ) Clancy arrived at the whaling station

( ) The killers started racing between our boat and the whale ( ) Clancy heard a huge noise coming from the bay

( ) Clancy was sorting out his accommodation

( ) Clancy ran down to the shore

( ) The man in the bow of the boat aimed the harpoon at the whale IV. scanning the text and answer the following questions

1.When did Clancy begin to believe that the killers would help the whalers catch the huge whales?

____________________________________________________________________ 2.How did the killers help the whalers catch the whale?

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3. what other animals did the author compare the killer whales with? _________________________________________________________________

4.“The killers started racing between our boat and the whale just like

a pack of excited dogs.” why do you think the killer whales behave like this?

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did the whalers return home without the whale’s body?

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did Old Tom help James? Why do you think he did this?

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Although the killers were ________ hunters , they never _______ or _______ people. In fact , they __________ them.

Discuss the relationship between Old Tom and the whalers.

Whales are now an endangered species ,do you think we should protect them ? ____________________________________________________________________ points:(课文语言点）

was sorting out my accommodation.我正在寻找住所

sort out 寻找；整理;解决

I'm just sorting out the papers that can be thrown away.我正在整理可以扔掉的文件。

We've got a few little problems to sort out.我们有几个小问题要解决。 ran down to the shore in time to see an enormous animal opposite us throwing itself out of the water and then crashing down again.我们及时赶到岸边，看到对面有一个庞大的动物猛力跃出水面，然后又坠落到水里。opposite 介词，在....对面

He sat opposite to me during the discussion.讨论的时候，他坐在我对面。opposite 形容词，相反的，相对的

on the opposite side of the street在街道的对面

He is driving in the opposite direction.他正朝相反的方向行驶。

throw 的用法比较灵活，能表达出丰富的含义

He throws his weight about .他乱用权利。

I felt discouraged when he threw cold water on my idea.他给我的想法泼冷水时，我感到很沮丧。

She threw herself into a chair and began to cry.她倒在椅子上，哭了起来。He has thrown himself into gardening.他全身心地投入园艺事业。

The fire threw hundreds of workers out of work.大火使几百工人失业。3.This was a call that announced there was about to be a whale hunt.