人教版高一（下）英語教案Unit7 Cultural Relics
3. why was it so difficult for people to rebuild the old palaces?
4. what did people do before the germans came? why?
5. what did people use to help them rebuild the city?
skimming ask the ss to read the passage more carefully and find the topic sentence for each paragraph. meanwhile the teacher may ask the ss to answer some detailed questions.
questions：① where do people usually build a city? why?
② what were the palaces like?
③ what were the palaces used for after the czars' rule over the city ended?
④ what did the germans do as they left the city?
⑤ was it easy for the people of st petersburgh to rebuild the city? and why?
⑥ what did the people do to bring the city back to life?
5. reading aloud play the tape and ask the ss to read along in a loud voice.
step four post-reading
1. ask the ss to discuss the following questions in groups:
① why do people think st petersburgh is a great city?
② why was it so difficult for people to rebuild the old palaces?
③ what did people use to help them rebuild the city?
④ why are the people of st petersburgh heroes?
step 4. interview
ask the ss to work in pairs, playing the role of a newspaper reporter and a citizen of st petersburgh and finally invite some pairs to act out their interview in the front.
【model】r-- reporter c--citizen of st petersburgh
r: good morning, i'm from shaoxing daily. may i ask you several questions?
c: sure.
r: when was your city built and and who built the city?
c: ……
step six debate
divide the whole class into two groups, asking them to collect as much information as possible according to the following situation (topic).
discussion with the fast development of economy, many parts of our old city is being rebuilt. in the area where you live, the city government plans to pull down quite a few low old buildings and put up some high buildings. there is an old building, which dates from the ming dynasty and in it there’re a lot of famous carved paintings. do you t hink it necessary to pull down this old building or to leave it as it is?
step seven summary and homework
1. summarize the passage and ask the ss to retell the story.
2. finish off the exercises on p. 46 “word study”-2 and p.123 “vocabulary”-2.
period 4 language points
focus: language points
step1.warming up
1. greetings
2. check the homework, giving some explanation if necessary.
step2.lead-in
ask the students to find out the sentences from the passage that they think most beautiful or sound sweetest.
step3.reading
1. ask the students to read on page 124 and finish the following exercises shown on the screen.