M3U3Reading教案

M3 Unit3 Reading Civilization
响水县第二中学张丽丽Teaching objectives:
1. Enable the students to get the main point of the diary entries.
2. Improve reading abilities of students.
3. Grasp the reading strategy on how to read diary entries.
4. Develop their creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities. Teaching difficult and important points:
1.Understand the lost civilizations better.
2. Develop their reading abilities.
Teaching procedures:
Step1 Lead–in:
1.Do you know some buildings that could represent ancient civilizations in China or throughout the world ?
2.What are the similarities and differences among these places? Can you use some words to describe them?
Step2 Self-study
Self- study 1 fast-reading (课前预习 )
1. Read the passage and answer the questions
1). What country is the author from?
2). What is one main similarity between Pompeii and Loulan?
3). Who was made director of the Pompeii dig in 1860?
4). Who is Professor Zhang?
2. Choose the correct main idea for each part.
Diary 1 A . a lecture about Pompeii and the volcano
Diary 2 B. a visit to the ancient Roman city of Pompeii city
Diary3 C. general information about Loulan
Diary 4 D. the purpose and destination of the trip
Diary 5 E. the discovery of the Loulan kingdom
Self- study 2 Reading strategy ----how to read diary entries
When you are reading diary entries recording someone’s travels, you should look for:
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Step3 Cooperation (合作探究)
Detailed- reading
Task1(Day1-Day3):
1．Read this part and answer:
1）. Where’s Pompeii?
2）. What happened to Pompeii in August AD 79?
3）. How was the buried city discovered?
4）.What were the stepping stones along the road in Pompeii used for?
2.Find the historical information about Pompeii.
Task2(Day10-Day11):
1.Read this part and answer:
1). Why was Loulan an important city about 2,000 years ago?
2). How do many people think Loulan disappeared?
3). According to the last sentence, how did the author feel about the loss of Loulan?
2.Find the historical information about Loulan and fill in the blanks:
1. Fill in the blanks with proper words.
Both Pompeii in （1）________and Loulan in China became（2）____ _____ long ago. Pompeii was（3） ________ in the 8th century BC and was（4）_____ ______ by the Romans in 89BC. On 24th Aug.AD79, the volcano（5） ________ and the city were （6）
_______ ________. Loulan was a（7）______ _______ on the Silk Road. It is believed to have been covered over by（8）__________. There are just a few （9）_________ left.
The remains of buildings were buried（10）_________the sand , together with a lot of （11）_________, such as coins and painted pots. The desert was a green land, but trees were cut down and that
（12）_______ in the city being buried by sand.
2. Please read the passage carefully and choose the right answer.
1）. What happened soon after the ruins of Pompeii was found?
A. It was well protected by the local government.
B. It was dug by the Italian archaeologist Giuseppe.
C. It was badly damaged by people digging in the area for treasure.
D. The bodies of people buried were stolen.
2）. Why was Loulan an important city about 2,000 years ago?
A. Because it was a stopping point on the famous Silk Road between the East and the West.
B. Because it was once a big, rich commercial city with lots of treasures.
C. Because there was an ancient water system that ran through the middle of the city.
D. Because people have discovered many palaces, temples, workshops and towers in the remains of the city.
3）. From the passage, we can learn that ______.
A. Ann traveled many places in eleven days.
B. Pompeii had been a rich city before the Romans took over it.
C. Pompeii and Loulan were both discovered in the 18th century.
D. some houses in Pompeii were decorated with wall paintings.
4）. Which of the following is True ? ______
A. Sven Hedin was an English archaeologist.
B. Loulan was once a small, wealthy commercial city.
C. Now a volcano called Vesuvius has disappeared.
D. All the people fled from Pompeii before Vesuvius erupted.
5）. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Both of the two cities are lost civilizations about 2,000years ago.
B. Both of the two cities were discovered by local people.
C. Pompeii was destroyed by a volcano while Loulan wasgradually covered over by sandstorms.
D. Pompeii was in Italy while Loulan was in China.
6）. We can infer from the passage that _____.
A. for some reason Loulan was gradually covered over by sandstorms from 500 BC to 200 BC
B. Loulan was once located in a green land with enormous trees and no water system
C. travelers can see some well-preserved dead bodies in Pompeii just as they were 2,000 years ago
D. ancient people in Pompeii didn’t have to step in the mud in the streets on rainy days because of volcanic ash along the road
7).The purpose of writing this passage is_______.
A.To show how happy the writer was to have such a chance to visit the sites.
B.To arouse people’s sense of protecting civilizations
C.to compare the civilizations of Pompeii and Loulan
D.To tell us how Pompeii and Loulan were destroyed.
Step5 Discussion
Do you think it is important to protect cultural heritage? Why or why not?
Do you have any suggestions on how to protect it?
Step6 Homework
1.Read Part A in Reading on Page 106 in Workbook.
2.Finish part D&E on page 44-45.
3.Retell the main idea of these five diary entries.。