Under the sea 教學設計
i don't like them.though they are clever and friendly to us，they are too fierce.to my great surprise，they should eat the flesh of another whale.i could hardly believe it.i have never heard of one animal killing his families and even eating their meat.how pitiful it is!
step 6 further－thinking
1.what else do you think is amazing in the story？show your evidence.
2.what is an anecdote?
suggested answers：
1.i think it is so amazing that we human beings should use one animal to attack or hunt another animal even his own family members，just like dogs that help hunters hunt animals.
i think that the killer will return the body of the baleen whale instead of keeping it or eating it up is very amazing.but i guess the killer whales are just fond of the taste of the baleen whale's lips and tongue.or they just want to share it with the whalers in return for their cooperation.
2.according to the text，as far as i am concerned，an anecdote must be an exciting or amazing story.
step 7 consolidation
ask students to retell the passage with the help of their worksheet.
1.please retell either of the two anecdotes in the name of old tom，the baleen whale or james.your anecdote should at least consist of two paragraphs：
paragraph one：about the writer，time，place and what happened
paragraph two：detailed information about the anecdote
for reference：
in the name of old tom
i am old tom，a killer whale.i live in the southeastern ocean of australia.enormous as i am，i never harm or attack people.instead，i always help the whalers catch baleen whales.at the beginning of the 20th century，it was i and my companions who assisted the whalers in hunting a huge baleen whale.and later，i did save james from being drowned.
on that day，when i found a baleen whale nearby，i quickly threw myself out of the water and crashed down again.as soon as they saw this and headed out to the hunt，i swam by the boat，showing them the way.usually we work as a team—a pack of about six of us killers.some threw ourselves on top of the whale's blow－hole to stop it breathing.and those others stopped it fleeing out to sea.at last，we succeeded in catching it.in the meantime，we enjoyed the lips and tongue of the baleen whale，leaving the rest of it to the whalers the next day.
one day，james was washed off the boat.the sea was rough.the waves were carrying him further and further away.worse still，i saw a shark swimming around.from james's face，i could see he was terrified of being abandoned by others and attacked by the shark.but i wouldn't let the shark near.when they approached him，i had been holding him up in the water for half an hour.