Step Ⅳ Discussion
Deal with Exercise 3 in Comprehending. Let the Ss work in groups and do some discussion.
T: Look at the title of this text: Old Tom the Killer Whale. Who is Old Tom and what is special about it?
S: It is a killer whale! It’s the head of the killer whale team, I think. S: Maybe it is the most clever and powerful one in the team.
T: Now in groups, discuss the relationship between Old Tom and the whalers. Then discuss what other animals help out humans in hunting. A sample description:
Sa: Old Tom is honest and helpful to the whalers and the whalers are very kind to Old Tom and its group, too. They’re just like good friends.
Sb: I think so. Maybe Old Tom and other killers have been trained by the whalers, just like hunting dogs, they get on well with the whalers. In everyday life they take care of each other and in an emergency, they help each other.
Sc: Speaking to hunting dogs, I think they are the most typical animals that help out humans in hunting. Upon meeting the quarries, they are very excited and listen to their masters very well to hunt for them. If there is a group of dogs, they may work together till they help the master catch the quarries. Then they will be very happy and come back to the master to report their success. That’s very interesting. And if their master is in danger, they will rush up to rescue him. There are many moving stories of this kind.
Sd: Yes. After reading the text, we can learn more about the relationship between humans and animals. Humans and animals should depend on each other and be kind to each other. Only in that way, can the world be more harmonious and beautiful. Deal with some language points.
Step Ⅴ Homework
T: As a matter of fact, whales are now an endangered animal. Many people are trying to protect them from being hunted. The last whaling station in Australia closed in 1978. But some countries oppose the ban. And there are still people who hunt whales. What’s your opinion? Are you for or against the banning whaling? Consider the problem carefully and we’ll have a discussion tomorrow. Good-bye everyone!
The Second Period Language study
Teaching goals教学目标 1. Target language 目标语言 a. 重点词汇和短语
depth, shore, accommodation, in the meantime, park, snorkel, rent, seaside, net, be aware of, reflect on, pure, upside down, scare to death b. 重点句子
James was afraid of being attacked by sharks. P23 The children enjoyed being taken to the aquarium. P23 2. Ability goals能力目标
Revise the Passive Voice of the -ing form. Learn to use some new words and phrases. 3. Learning ability goals学能目标
Help the Ss to learn how to use the Passive Voice especially “being done” form by practicing and summarizing.
Teaching important points 教学重点
The Passive Voice and “being done” used as object, attribute and so on. Teaching difficult points教学难点
Help the Ss to master the usage of the Passive Voice and “being done” structure. Teaching methods 教学方法
Concluding, summarizing and practicing. Teaching aids 教具准备 A projector and a computer.
Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式
StepⅠ Revision
T: Good morning / afternoon everyone! Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Sir / Madam!
T: At the end of last period, you were asked to think about the international ban on whaling. Are you for it or against it? Now let’s work in groups of four and discuss the reasons for and against banning whaling.
While the Ss are having discussion, walk around to see if they are getting on well with the job. When they have finished, ask the Ss to speak out their group’s opinions and reasons. Possible discussion:
Sa: I think it’s important to protect whales. After a long time hunting, the number of whales has largely decreased. On the other hand, with the development of industry, the sea has been seriously polluted and the pollution has killed many whales.
Sb: Yes. I agree on the international ban. Whale is one of the oldest species on the earth. Protecting them effectively and studying them seriously will bring human beings great benefit. Sc: Whales are the hugest animals living in the ocean. The number of them in nature will have great effect on the balance of sea animals as well as nature.
Sd: We seem to have the same idea about the topic and I agree with you all. Firstly, animals are human being’s friends; we must try to protect them, especially those endangered. It is reported that many whales kill themselves for some unknown reasons on some beaches every year. Maybe that is caused by pollution. In a word, man has done much harm to whales. It’s time for us humans to do something to protect them. No more whaling!
T: Yes, no more whaling! I agree with you very much! I hope you can get more information about whales after class to learn more about their current situation.
Step Ⅱ Language study
Deal with the useful words and expressions in this unit and let the Ss do some exercises to master their meanings and usages.
T: Turn to Pages 22, please finish Exx 1 -3.
When the Ss have finished that, check the answers with the whole class. T: Now, we’ll revise some useful structures.
As the teacher explains the grammar, he / she will show the slides at proper time.
Step Ⅲ Practice (Workbook exercises)
Let the Ss finish the exercises in USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS on Page 63 to further practice the use of some key words and expressions.
Then let them finish the exercises in USING STRUCTURES. After students have finished, show some students’ work on the projector, check their work with the whole class. Correct the errors if there are any.
This structure is used after prepositions and verbs normally followed by -ing form. So the teacher can help the Ss summarize the verbs or phrasal verbs followed by -ing form.
Step Ⅳ Homework Homework for today:
1. Revise the grammar and language points.
2. Write five sentences with “being done” structure as different components of a sentence.
The Third Period Listening
Teaching goals 教学目标 1. Target language目标语言 重点词汇和短语
opportunity, annual, migration, Antarctic, whale watching tour, witness, awesome, leap out of, seal, refund, pensioner, shark attack 2. Ability goals能力目标
Enable the Ss to listen to three dialogues about a tour they have read in the advertisement and an interview of a shark expert to answer the questions given. 3. Learning ability goals学能目标
Learn how to get right information from what they hear on the tape and answer the questions given according to the listening material.
Teaching important and difficult points 教学重难点
Listen to dialogues to pick out the expressions about blame and complaint and fill in the missing words in the short passages given.
Answer some questions given about sharks in order to smooth the way of listening. Teaching methods 教学方法
Listening, speaking and cooperative learning. Teaching aids 教具准备 A recorder.
Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式
Step Ⅰ Revision
T: Good morning / afternoon everyone! Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Sir/ Madam!
T: Now, I’ll check your homework. Read the sentences you’ve made with the passive voice of -ing form.
Or ask some Ss to write down their sentences on the Bb, correct the mistakes if any. Sample sentences:
Being a student, I know I must work hard. (Adverbial)
I’m very excited about being invited to my friend’s birthday party. (Object of prep.) We don’t like being kept writing homework all day long on Sunday. (Object of vt.) Being praised is a pleasure. (Subject)
The boy being blamed is crying. (Attribute)
Step Ⅱ Listening (1)
T: Page 25, please. You will find an advertisement about whale watching tours. Have you ever been on such a tour? What can you experience on this tour? ... Now read it carefully and try to answer the questions above it. You can discuss with your partners. Suggested answers:
1. You can: listen to whales singing and watch them underwater on the videocamera; witness whales in their natural environment as they leap out of water and feed in our waters; enjoy plenty of other marine animals such as dolphins, seals and penguins.
2. I am eager to go on this tour. I would like to witness whales in their natural environment as they leap out of water and feed in our waters best.
3. You will get a refund if you don’t see a whale on the tour.
T: Now we are going to hear some dialogues between tourists and a tour guide. They have finished the whale watching tour. Look at the aspects in Ex 2. Go through the aspects given and decide which ones the tourists might think were good and which they might complain about. After that, we’ll listen to the tape and check the answers. Clear?
Play the tape. For the first time, they are required to check the answers they have chosen. For the second time, they should number the aspects in the order they hear about them. Then check the answers with the whole class.
T: We have so many jobs to do today. Now Page 26. Let’s listen to the tape again to finish Exx 3-5. For Ex 4, you are required to pick out the expressions about complaint in each of the three dialogues and then complete the sentences given. These expressions are the functional items of this unit.
Play the tape again and help the Ss to finish these tasks and at last, check the answers with the class.
Step Ⅲ Listening (2)
T: Turn to Page 62 please. First look at the three photos. What do you see in them? Ss: Sharks.
T: Have you seen any sharks with your own eyes? Where did you see them? How would you like to describe them?
S: I saw them in an aquarium. I think they are huge and fierce.
S: I saw them on the TV. It is reported that sharks attack people on the beaches in some areas. T: How do you feel when you look at the photos of them? S: I feel scared. S: I feel amazed.
S: I feel that humans are so fragile and weak in front of them.
Then let the Ss discuss the questions above the photos in groups and make short dialogues. They will share information with each other and learn more about sharks. Possible dialogue 1:
Sa: Where have you seen sharks? Sb: I’ve seen them at an aquarium. Sa: What do you know about them?
Sb: I know from the interpreter that there are many kinds of sharks in the world but just a few of them may attack people. What about you, C?
Sc: I’ve seen them both on TV and at an aquarium. When I saw them in the large aquarium, I found they were not so big and fierce. On the contrary, they were lively and active. When I saw them on TV programs about the world under the sea, I found they swam very quickly like an arrow. In fact, I like them very much. Do you know anything about shark, A?
Sa: Yes. I’ve seen them on the Internet, on TV and in the film of Jaws. The animal is a wonderful creature in nature; while in the film it was very cruel and fierce and killed many people. But I don’t think the film tells the true stories of sharks. I always think if you don’t disturb the wild animals, they won’t attack you, either. Possible dialogue 2:
Sa: How do you feel when you look at the photos?
Sb: In the first and second one, they seem fine. They have a very good shape and they can swim very quickly.
Sc: But in the third one it looks very frightening, just like the big shark in the film Jaws. It’s terrible. What do you think about them, A?
Sa: Sometimes we may hear news that sharks attack people and this may frighten people very much. But people often pay less attention to the fact that many more sharks are killed by people every year and their amount in nature dropped down very quickly.
Sb: Yes. People kill far more sharks than sharks do to people. And I know from some books that seldom do the wild animals attack human beings, if people won’t disturb them. So people should think seriously what they have done to sharks. For example, whether we’ve destroyed their surviving environment or whether too much fishing has broken their food chains.
T: As we all know, sharks attack people. Now Let’s listen to the news reports on shark attacks. Number the places where these attacks happened in the order your hear them. Are you ready?
Play the tape twice or more for the Ss to listen and finish Exx 2-3. After that, check the answers with them. Then let the Ss work in groups and discuss the questions in Ex 4. Suggested answers to Q1:
Sa: Just now we heard some reports on shark attacks. As to whether people should hunt down and kill sharks, I think that depends on the case. If the shark kills people, like the one in the film Jaws, it should be killed in order to save people’s lives. But we mustn’t kill those that never attack people because not all sharks might hurt people. We can’t kill the whole family just because one of them killed a person.
Sb: I agree. Shark attacks just happen once in a while. In fact, the chances of being bitten by a shark are actually very small. Compared to what people have done to sharks, they are innocent. Imagine that if human beings hadn’t disturbed their circumstance or destroyed their food chain or polluted sea water and so on, would that kinds of things happen so often?
Sc: Yes. We human beings must reflect on ourselves whether we leave enough space for sea animals, like sharks, to survive in nature. If we want too much from the sea, we must be punished, by animals, by nature or in some other ways. On the other hand, people can take measures to avoid this. For example, not to swim too close to their habitats, leave them enough space; not to fish too much, especially the certain kinds of fish for sharks’ food; protect the ocean from being polluted to provide good sea environment for all sea animals and mostly, for human beings. Suggested answers to Q2:
Sa: I think it matters if many sharks are killed by people. Everyone knows that any species has its own position in nature, saying nothing of sharks, large and important animals. The amount of sharks will make great effect on the sea creature chain, while sea creature chain will affect the ocean, and the ocean will act on the climate straight, and as a result, on human beings. So I think animals, such as sharks, have a very close relation to people.
Sb: Yes. It is reported that shark populations are decreasing at a serious rate because of modern fishing technology. On the other hand, with the deepwater condition getting worse by pollution and people’s killing, more and more species are becoming endangered.
Sc: As far as I know, up to 200 million sharks are killed each year. This former huge family now has no longer held advantages. Their situation makes us worried. So I think government should make sure that the fishing of sharks is slowed down. Meanwhile, take matures to protect them. T: Very good job! I’m very glad to find that you have got strong sense of environmental protection.
Now, look at the screen and we will read two pieces of news with pictures. Deal with the new words first. On the screen
Whales and dolphins mysteriously stranded Updated:
New words: Tasmania n.塔斯马尼亚; beaching n.海滩; steer v.驾驶,转向; strand vt.搁浅; rescuer n.救助者; survivor n.生还者 (1)
Alison Joyce and her two-year-son Tyler look bottle-nosed dolphins stranded on Sea Elephant Beach on Tasmania’s King Island in Australia November 29, 2004. Over 100 of the mammals mysteriously beached themselves in a mass stranding which was repeated at another beach on the island states’ south-east coast. More than three-quarters of Australia’s whale strandings occur in Tasmania.
(2)
Part of a pod of beached long-finned pilot whales lie dead in the sand at Sea Elephant Beach on Tasmania’s King Island, Australia, November 28, 2004. More than 100 whales and dolphins died in two separate beachings in 24 hours on remote Australian islands, leaving rescuers on Monday struggling to steer survivors out to sea and prevent more strandings.
After reading the news there may appear a special atmosphere in class among the Ss and they may get a special education as well. The teacher can take the opportunity to make the Ss know deeply the importance of the protecting nature.
Step Ⅳ Listening (3)
T: Next we are going to listen to an interview with the shark expert Don James. Before you listen, go through the statements in Ex 1 on Page 65 and predict what you will hear in the interview. Then listen and number these statements in the order you hear them.
After the Ss have finished reading the statements, play the tape. Then check the order of the statements. Then let the Ss try to answer the questions in Ex 2 in pairs. Play the tape for the second time. Ask the Ss to take some notes while listening. Finally, ask some of them to answer the questions with the help of their notes according to what they hear.
Step Ⅴ Homework
T: Today we have talked about and listened to something about sea animals. Tomorrow we’ll learn more interesting things about them. Please preview the reading passage on Page 24. Now class is over. Goodbye, everyone. Ss: Goodbye, Sir / Madam.
The Fourth Period Extensive reading
Teaching goals教学目标 1. Target language 目标语言 a. 重点词汇和短语
reflecting, pure magic, beauty, cell, became aware of, vivid, poisonous, cave, narrow, upside down, sharp, tasty, scared to death, shallow b. 重点句子
I’m sitting in the warm night air with a cold drink in my hand and reflecting on the day — a day of pure magic!
The first thing I became aware of was all the vivid colours surrounding me ... What a wonderful, limitless world it was down there! 2. Ability goals能力目标
Enable the Ss to know more about the living things under the sea and experience the beautiful and