Lesson4 Sea Stories教案
lesson4 sea stories教案i. objectives：students will be able to
1.read sections of a story and sequence them, using prediction strategies and linking words
2. use linking expressions related to time and sequence
3. talk about and give opinions of films
ii. teaching procedures
step 1 pre-reading
1. do ex.1 the teacher asks:
have you seen some film in which the sea is important?
what did you think of it?
( let ss discuss and answer them.)
2.show some pictures in jaws ，titanic. free willy, 20,000 leagues under the sea,
treasure island.
do ex.2 look at the key words and find them in the pictures.
barrel, cloud, fisherman, fishing boat, horizon, moon, wave, whirlpool
step 2 reading
look at the pictures and try to put them in right order.
1.read each paragraph, paying attention to the linking words. e.g. one day, suddenly, in the end—
2.decide a possible order for the paragraphs.
3.read them in that order to see if the story makes sense.
step 3 post-reading
i) true or false
1.writer can keep calm in time of danger
2.in the whirlpool, only the writer survived. both of his two brothers died.
3.the three brothers first met the whirlpool and then were caught in the storm.
4.it was the barrel that carried me to an area where the other fishermen were.
5.the writer’s brother stayed in the heavy boat because he thought it was better to stay there.
keys: ttfff
ii) ex.3 use the strategies to put the paragraphs a,b and c in the correct order.
keys: bac
iii) ex.4 read the story again and answer these questions.
1.why did the writer’s younger brother fall overboard?
2.why did the boat go towards the whirlpool?
3.why did the writer tie himself to a barrel?
4.why didn’t his brother do the same?
5.why did his old companions not recognize him?
keys:
1.an enormous wave washed him overboard.
2.the wind and waves were taking it there.
3.heavier objects went down into the whirlpool quickly. the barrel was lighter.
4.he was terrified.
5.because his hair was white, not black.
iv) ex.5 collect answers from students.
v) ex.6 complete the sentences below with these words from the text.
afterwards, in the end, one day, suddenly, then, when
(1) in 1964, robet le serrec was sailing near the australian coast (2) he decided to stop near an island. (3) , he saw a huge creature resting beside his boat. he took a photograph, and (4) the creature swam away. (5) ,he showed the photograph to scientists, but(6) ,nobody believed him.