Unit 3   A New Dimension of life

7 unit 3   a new dimension of life 金臺高中     高二年級   朱麗萍 step 1 leading-in （2mins） enjoy an episode of the film “finding nemo” and answer some questions about the film.   q1: what can you see in the film?   q2: would you like to have a look at the plants and animals under the sea? step 2 pre-reading （2mins） enjoy some beautiful pictures under the sea and try to use some adjectives about colour and shape to describe these plants and animals. students’ answers are collected on the blackboard. (anemone, purple, tentacle, poisonous, sea anemonefish, white and black striped, coral, in various shapes and colors, be shaped like, brains, mushrooms, branches of trees) step 3 reading (14mins) 1. glance quickly through the diary and then number the paragraph topics in the correct order. topic paragraph number colors and shapes              dangers              reflecting              the reef’s edge              a final thought              some sea creatures              2.answer the questions according to paragraph 2, 3. (1)  what is the first thing he became aware of under the sea? (2)  what do the shapes of corals look like? (3)  what kinds of creatures did he find? and fill in the following blank. adjectives animals behavior (4). list some other creatures and complete these noun groups from the diary entry. meanwhile, try to master the use of adjectives. 1.___________ reef sharks 2. ____________angelfish 3._______________mouth 4. ________________sea slug 5. _________________turtle. number       size          color               pattern                    two  little/thick/large  orange and white     striped /spotted e.g. 一件新的漂亮的白色的絲質禮服 (white, new, silk, beautiful) a beautiful new white silk dress 一本灰色的、有幫助的舊書 (grey, helpful old) a helpful old grey book 3. in the passage, the author expresses his personal feeling with many beautiful sentences. please underline them in paragraph 1, 5, 6.