1、Underthesea教案Underthesea教案Undersea teaching planUnderthesea教案前言：小泰温馨提醒，英语作为在许多国际组织或者会议上都是必需语言，几乎所有学校选择英语作为其主要或唯一的外语必修课。英语教学涉及多种专业理论知识，包括语言学、第二语言习得、词汇学、句法学、文体学、语料库理论、认知心理学等内容。本教案根据英语课程标准的要求和针对教学对象是高中生群体的特点，将教学诸要素有序安排，确定合适的教学方案的设想和计划、并以启迪发展学生智力为根本目的。便于学习和使用，本文下载后内容可随意修改调整及打印。 under the sea教案 period 2p
2、rereading，reading and comprehending 设计方案 一 teaching aims 1grasp the basic information about the killer whales，such as size，habitat，food，how they hunt animals and the relationship with human beings. 2learn to retell the two anecdotes with the help of some key words. 3make sure the students know that
3、killer whales are friends of human beings and we should keep balance with nature. teaching procedures step 1warming up and leadin tell students we are on a snorkeling trip under the sea and will come across a great variety of marine animals and plants：dolphins，turtles，manatee，eels，octopus，squids，but
4、terfly fish，kelp，sea star，angel fish，clown fish/anemone fish，parrotfish，sea flower/anemone，seaslug，clam，coral，jellyfish，seahorse，shark，etc. step 2presentation make sure students know some basic information about the whales： background information writerclancy careera whaler writing styleanecdotes ti
5、meat the beginning of the 20th century placeaustralia main characterwhalers，killer whales，the baleen whales main ideathe killer whales help the whalers to kill a baleen whaleask students to skim the passage quickly and answer the questions： what is the first anecdote about？and how about the second o
6、ne? the first anecdote mainly talks about that _. aclancy began to work at a whaling station bthe killer whales helped the whalers to catch a baleen whale cthe killer whales hunted in a team and killed a baleen whale dold tom showed whalers the way to a baleen whale key：b the second anecdote：old tom
7、 saved a whaler james who was washed off the boat. step 4scanning fill in the following blanks with the proper names： 1_ was 16 years of age when he went to work at the whaling station. 2_ ordered clancy to go to the boat as there was a whale out there in the bay. 3_ was swimming by the boat，showing
8、 the whalers the way. 4_ told clancy that they would return the next day to bring in the body of the whale. 5_ was carried by the waves further away from the whalers. 6_ knew that old tom would protect james. keys： 1.clancy 2.george 3.old tom 4.jack5.james 6.red step 5careful reading story part 1 as
9、k students to read part 1 of the reading passage and find out before the hunt，what did old tom do and how did the whalers react? suggested answers：old tom threw itself out of the water，then crashed down again and swam by the boat，showing the whalers the way.one whaler yelled out and george ran ahead
10、 of clancy.clancy raced after him.they jumped into the boat with the other whalers and headed out into the bay. next，find out during the hunt and after the hunt，what did the killer whales do and how did the whalers react? suggested answers：a pack of killers are throwing themselves on top of the whal
11、es blowhole to stop it breathing；and some others are stopping it fleeing out to sea.the killers started racing between the whalers boat and the whale just like a pack of excited dogs.within a moment or two，the whales body was dragged down into the depths of the sea. the man in the bow of the boat ai
12、med the harpoon at the whale and then let it go to hit the spot. ask students to read part 1 of the reading passage again and put the following sentences into the correct order： ageorge started beating the water with his oar. bclancy raced after george to the boat. cclancy arrived at the whaling sta
13、tion. dthe killers started racing between our boat and the whale. eclancy heard a huge noise coming from the bay. fclancy was sorting out his accommodation. gclancy ran down to the shore. hthe man in the bow of the boat aimed the harpoon at the whale. keys：cfegbadh story part 2 which was not the dan
14、ger facing james? abeing washed off the boat. bbeing carried away by rough waves. ca shark out there. dbeing attacked by another killer whale. key：d step 6comprehending 1the text is mainly about _. athe killer whales are easily trained bthe killer whales can help the whalers catch the huge whales ct
15、he killer whales kill the whales for their food dthe killer whales drag the whales under the water 2old tom throws itself out of the water and then crashes down in order to _. agive the whalers information about a whale btell the whalers it is hungry chelp the whalers catch the whale dinform the wha
16、lers to run away 3_ killed the whale at last. aold tom bthe killer whales cthe author dthe whalers 4why did the whalers started turning the boat around to go home after the whale died? abecause they didnt need a dead whale. bbecause they couldnt find the whales body. cbecause they knew that the dead
17、 whale wouldnt float up to the surface for around 24 hours. dthey had to do this because it was too late. 5the killer whale protected james by _. afighting the shark bkilling the shark cpreventing the shark going closer ddragging him back 6we can infer from the story that_.athe killer whales may be
18、trained by the whalers bthe killer whales want to help man catch the whales themselves cthe killer whales need no training for helping the whalers dthe killer whales want to eat the whales after killing them keys：badcca step 7discussion read the passage and discuss： 1what is the relationship between
19、 old tom and the whalers? 2what other animals can help out humans in hunting? suggested answers： 1old tom had a strong relationship with the whalers.there was obviously a great deal of understanding and cooperation between them. 2there are many other animals that help out humans in hunting such as d
20、ogs，cormorants（鸬鸟），otters（水獭）and ferrets（雪貂） step 8debate the last whaling station in australia closed in 1978.whales are now an endangered species and protected by an international ban on whaling，but some countries oppose the ban.in groups discuss the reasons for and against banning whaling. step 9
21、learning phrases and sentences useful phrases： at the whaling station 在捕鲸站 hear of 听说 witness it with my own eyes 亲眼目睹 sort out my accommodation 整理我的床铺 an enormous animal 一个庞然大物 throw itself out of the water 猛力跃出水面 crash down 坠落 call out to sb. 高声对某人说 yell out 大声喊叫 ahead of 在前面 head out into the bay
22、 朝海湾方向驶去 circle back 转回来 a pack of 一群 in the bow of the boat 在船头 aim at 瞄准 hit the spot 击中要害 within a moment or two 片刻之后 the depths of the sea 深海中 float up to the surface 浮出水面 in the meantime 同时 have a good feed on sth. 饱餐一顿 wash off 冲走 man overboard 有人落水 the sea was rough 波涛汹涌 be terrified of doing
23、 sth. 害怕做某事 be abandoned by sb. 被某人遗弃 hold up 举起 pull back 拉回 beautiful sentences： 1it_was_a_time_when_the killer whales.helped the whalers catch the baleen whales. 2this was the call that announced there was_about_to be a whale hunt. 3i had already heard that george didnt like_being_kept_waiting,_s
24、o even though i didnt have the right clothes on，i raced after him. 4as we drew closer，i could see a whale_being_attacked_by a pack of about six other killers. 5from jamess face，i could see he was terrified of_being_abandoned by us. step 10homework 1prepare to retell the whole text in your own words. 2write a short summary of the whole text in about 30 words.- Designed By JinTai College -
