必修二 Unit1 Cultural relics
Period4 Using language
Teaching Goals:
1. To learn to tell facts from opinions. 2. To write a reply letter.
3. To learn to talk about cultural relics.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Warming up
Purpose: To get Ss to know the difference between a fact and an opinion. 1. Definition
A fact must be real, objective and without a personal judgment. So it can be proved. An opinion always expresses one’s own ideas. It is always subjunctive. So it has not been proved. 2. Read the passage (P5) and answer the following questions:
(1) If you want to go in for law against somebody, and if you want to win, what’s the most important thing you should do first?
(2) What makes a judge decide which eyewitness he can believe and which not? Suggested Answers:
(1) Searching for facts. The more, the better. (2) The evidences offered by the eyewitnesses.
Step 2 Guided reading
1. Read the passage and define what evidence is.
2. Read the passage and translate each paragraph into Chinese.
3. Read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the part. Suggested Answers: Collocation from Using Language on page 5 in a trial, rather than, more than, to tell the truth, agree with, It can be proved that ..., no reason to, a reply to, think highly of, search for, return…to… Step 3. Note taking
Listen to the tape and fill in the forms (P5).
As we know, people have never stopped searching for the Amber Room. This time we'll listen to what three people say they know about the missing Amber Room. Get Ss to share their forms and tell what are facts and what are opinions in the three forms. Step 4 Speaking
Purpose: 1. To learn how to ask for or give opinions. 2. To learn how to write a letter of suggestions.
1. Group work
(1) We often use some expressions to ask for opinions. What are they? What do you think of ...? Do you believe ... ? How can you be sure of ...? How do you know that? (2) We often use some expressions to give opinions. What are they? I think ... I don't think ... I don't agree that ... I suppose that ...
Suggested Answers:
Of the three eyewitnesses, only Anna Petrov has no selfish reason. In particular, she is not involved in any current effort to find the treasure. Therefore she is the most believable.
Jan Hasek is less believable because he owns a little restaurant near the mine. If the search stopped, his business would suffer.
Hans Braun is also less believable, because somebody has asked him for help. 2. Individual work
(1) Sometimes we may fall into or face a moral choice. That is a moral dilemma. Let’s read the letter (P7) and see what's Johann’s choice and opinion. Answer the following questions. ① What's Johann’s opinion about the Amber Room? ② Do you agree with Johann?
Step 5. Debate
Divide Ss into two groups and organize a debate.
Have a class debate and take notes of the main ideas of the two sides and their reasons. At the end take a class vote.
① When you write your letter, you may choose to agree or not agree with the writer. ② You must give a reason why you agree or don't agree with the writer.
③ Be sure to give an example from your own life so that the reader can better understand your opinion. Step 6 Writing
Write a report on your debate according to the demand of part 4 of P7. Step 7. Homework
Finish the exercises in the workbook so as to consolidate what has been learned.
必修二 Unit1 Cultural relics
Period4 Using language
Teaching Aims:
1. To learn to tell facts from opinions 2. To write a reply letter
3. To listen and speak about cultural relics
Teaching Design：
Step One: Homework Checking
Check the homework of the Attributive Clause
Step Two: Talking (facts and opinions)
⑴ Morning, class, we always say, “We must respect facts and can’t wholly depend on one’s opinions.” But can you tell me:
A. What does it mean when say, “It is a fact”?
B. What does it mean when you say, “It is an opinion”? Keys for reference:
A: A fact must be real, objective and without any personal judgment. So it can be proved.
B: An opinion always expresses one’s own ideas. It is always subjunctive. So it has not been proved yet.
⑵ Warming up by questioning
Turn to Page 5. Read the passage and tell us:
a. If you want to go in for law against somebody, and if you want to win, what’s the most
important thing you should do first?
b. What makes a judge decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe? Keys for reference:
a. Searching for facts of course. The more, the better.
b. The evidences offered by the eyewitnesses make the judge decide which one is believable and
which is not. ⑶ Guided reading
a. Reading and defining Read the passage and define: What is a fact?
What is an opinion? What is evidence?
b. Reading and translating
Read the passage and translate in into Chinese paragraph by paragraph. (Ask someone to do it.)
c. Reading and understanding
Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the part. Copy them into your homework after class as homework. Collocation from Using Language on Page 5 in a trial, rather than, …more than…, to tell the truth, agree with(to), It can be proved that…, no reason to lie, a reply to a letter, think highly of, search for, return the treasure to, cost them a lot of time and money
Step Three: Listening 1
Now, this unit we learn that the Amber Room is missing, and as we know, people never stopped searching for the Amber Room. This time we’ll listen to what three people say they know about the missing Amber Room. Before we listen to them, I’ll present some related new words to you to help you understand them easily. Please look at them and read them. Explode爆炸, Czch捷克, mayor市长, melt熔化, sub(sub marine)潜水艇, survivor幸存者, Titanic泰坦尼克号 Look at the forms, and discuss the forms, What are facts? (What they heard, saw and did are facts) What are opinions? (What they believed are opinions)
Then play the tape, get them listen twice to catch the useful information and fill in the blanks with the information.
Step Four: Listening 2 (listen practice )
1. Page 41 Ex Book, listening, 2. On Page 44 Ex Book, listening,
Step Five: Writing
On Page 7, Student Book, writing practice, reply to Johann’s letter.
必修二 Unit1 Cultural relics
Period4 Using language
Introduction
Language is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the students read a passage about opinions and evidences first. Then they listen to a tape about the missing Amber Room, taking notes at the same time. Third, students practice speaking based on the listening and making use of the expressions and idioms learned in their speaking. Finally they are to read and reply to a letter about picking and returning things which are not their own. Objectives
■ To help the students read, listen, speak and write about the missing Amber Room ■ To help students read and reply to a letter to the editor Procedures
1. Warming up by talking about “evidence and opinion”
Morning, class. We always say, “We must respect evidences and can’t wholly depend on one’s opinions”. But can you tell me:
A. What does it mean when you say, “It is evidence”? B. What does it mean when you say, “It is an opinion”?
A. An evidence must be real, objective and without any personal judgment. So it can be proved. B. An option always expresses one’s own ideas. It is always subjunctive. So it has not been proved. 2. Reading and underlining
Next you are to read the text on page 5 and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the part. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework. Collocation from Using Language on page 5 in a trial, rather than, more than, tell the truth, agree with, It can be proved that …, no reason to lie, a reply to a letter, think highly of, search for, return the treasure to…, cost …a lot of time and money 3. Reading to complete the chart