Lesson1The Spirit of Explorers教案

lesson1the spirit of explorers教案
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:
ⅰ. 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:
ⅱreading
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
ⅲ 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.