Unit The Snake Bite 综合英语教程教案.docx

Unit The Snake Bite 综合英语教程教案Unit 1 The Snake Bite Teaching Aims 1. Improving Skills 1 Learn and master different ways of asking about & expressing impressions 2.Practicelistening comprehension and master certain listening skills. 3.Inproving English speaking skills and communicative skills by learning the conversation and other speaking activities. 2. Enriching Vocabulary all at once, figure, seem, forbid, show up, strike, make for, pick out, light out for, must have done, every now and then, at length, hold on to 3. Improving Writing skills 4. Introduction to Grammar Writing logical sentences. indirect command with infinitives such as He wanted to see you/Tell him to wait。 Teaching Activities Do the extended activities to practice studentsintegrated skills of reading comprehension, translation, writing and to solidate their basic language knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. Teaching 8 lessons duration Teaching aids A recorder Teaching Procedures: Warming up (for reference): Ask some students how they show their distress and annoyance in life. Have the students demonstrate their writings on the board. Introduce other possible ways to show annoyance or distress such as: (1) It is annoying to do. (2) I am not pleased at all with. (3) John was very upset when his father cancelled the family trip to the beach. (4) You wouldnt believe it. (5) What a shame! (6)It sickened me to see how. (7)It really get on ones nerves. (8)It really get under ones skin. Annoy v.tr. To cause slight irritation to (another) by troublesome, often repeated acts. 使生气，使烦恼：用烦人的，通常是重复性的行为使生气 To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.打搅，干扰，扰乱：用屡次的攻击使人厌烦或打扰 v.intr. To be annoying.招人讨厌，惹人烦恼 He looked annoyed.他好象不耐烦的样子。 We can annoy the enemy by raids.我们可以用空袭骚扰敌人。 Part 1 Comminicative activities 1.Interative listening and speaking A Students are asked to close their books and listen to the tape recorder without reading the new dialogue. B During the listening, students are asked to take some notes about some information of the dialogue. C After listening, Teacher will read the listening exercise on Page2 and students do the exercise with the help of the notes, which they have just taken down, and the memory of the listening. D Students talk about their feelings It sickened me to see how. It really get on ones nerves. It really get under ones skin. E Try to Speak More: Firstly, students will be asked to read the conversation by role-playing. Secondly, Teacher will explain some unfamiliar words or phrases in the conversation. Such as: sicken, bald and three chickens to one single cage. Thirdly, students will be asked to point out some expressions that express feelings of distress or annoyance in the conversation. Forthly, Teacher asks several students to read the expressions that they have already checked out. 2.Story time.Ask the students to work out a short story in pairs on the picture. 3.What are they for?& 4.More sentences Teacher will play the tape recorder to let students listen to more ways of expressing distress and annoyance. * After listening, students will be given a little time to match these expressions with the functions. * Teacher will read the Actual Words Spoken out one by one while students will read the responding functions. * Teacher will explain the meanings of some unfamiliar words such as: bugging, pestering and bragging. Bug: annoy; Pester: to annoy someone by repeatedly asking questions or making requests, especially when they are paying attention to something else. Brag: v.tr. To assert boastfully.夸耀地宣称 n. A boast.自夸 Arrogant or boastful speech or manner.傲慢的话，夸耀的态度 Something boasted of.被夸耀之物 A braggart; a boaster.吹牛的人；说大话者 Games A card game similar to poker. 类似于扑克的一种纸牌游戏 make brag of one's success自夸成功 His wealth is his brag.他夸张他的财富。 He constantly brags about how well he plays football.他老是吹嘘自己足球踢得多么好。 If You Want to Learn More In the above exercise, we have learnt and practised ways of expressing annoyance and distress in different situations. In this part, additional expressions are listed. l Students will be given a little time to put the given sentences numbers into the suitable blanks. l Teacher will check the answers. l Teacher will explain several important expressions. i.e. gall sb: to vex sb; to annoy someone or make someone very angry; get on ones nerves: to annoy someone, especially by continually saying or doing sth you do not like. get under ones skin: to annoy someone a lot, but may not annoy other people at the same time. drive sb mad/crazy/nuts/ up the wall: to annoy sb very much so that they cannot stand the situation. be a drag: If someone or sth is a drag, they annoy you especially because they are boring or prevent you from enjoying yourself. Quotable Quote A Teacher will read the quotable quote out firstly. i.e. If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust him. B Have the class discuss why we can forgive an enemy, but never trust him or her? C Ask some students to make a presentation about their discussion. D Ask students who have the similiar experience to talk about this quote. Part 2 Reading and Language Activities 1. The Text-The Snake Bite Introduction to the text Students will be asked by Teacher “ Have you ever met a snake?” “Do you like it?” “Do you have any stories concern with any snake?” Teacher may pick some students at random to tell their interesting experiences or horrible fears with snakes. Teacher may try to tell the first part of the story in the text and ask students to guess the rest of the story. Later, Teacher should tell some good examples of snake-bite first aid. First of all, try not to be scared and to identify the snake if you can. Secondly, try to get the poisonous blood out. Next, get the patient to hospital as quickly as possible. Explain the Language Point 1 The text contains many colloquial phrases to reflect a childs style of speaking. Phrasal verbs are used over single verbs, for instance, “light our” for “depart”; “pick out” for “recognize”, “show up” for “appear”, “break into” for “begin abruptly”. The use of child phrases (“Mama”, “Papa”) and some causative verbs in “make me lie”, “put Martha to watch”, “get me to stop yelling” also help render the text fitting a childs tone. 2 The house melon-and-garden patch: a piece of land for growing vegetables and melons for family use. Known as a “vegetable patch”. 3 On the place; in the lot: Both refer to the boys home. “Lot”: a piece of land having a special use. E.g. a parking lot; a used-car lot; a building lot. 4 made for: headed toward; pick out: recognize; buggy and Tom: the horse and the horse-drawn carriage; break into a gallop: start to run abruptly; 5 porch: (mainly used in American English) a raised platform built along the walls of a house and often covered with a roof. After supper, people usually sit on chairs or rockers on the porch for relaxation. Houses with porches can still be seen in many places in America, especially in rural areas. 6 Anxious to get his nose in the manger: A manger is a feeding box in a stable or barn. Here it means that the horse was anxious to eat. 7 crest: n. A usually ornamental tuft, ridge, or similar projection on the head of a bird or other animal. 羽冠：鸟或其它动物头上通常作装饰用的冠毛、脊状突起或类似突起物 An elevated, irregularly toothed ridge on the stigmas of certain flowers. 花冠：某些花的柱头上的突起的、非规则齿状的脊状突起 A plume used as decoration on top of a helmet.羽饰：头盔顶部用作装饰的羽毛 A helmet.头盔 Heraldry A device placed above the shield on a coat of arms. 饰章：一种放在盾形纹章上方的饰物 A representation of such a device.纹章图饰：这种装置的纹章图饰 The top, as of a hill or wave.山顶，浪尖：山或波浪等的顶部 The highest or culminating point; the peak:最高点，顶点；顶峰： the crest of a flood; at the crest of her career.洪峰；在她事业的顶点 The ridge on a roof.屋脊 8 light out 美俚匆匆离去, 拼命地跑, 飞快地跑 9 strike v.tr. To hit sharply, as with the hand, the fist, or a weapon.打击：猛烈击打，如用手，拳头或武器等 To inflict (a blow).使遭受 To penetrate or pierce:渗过或透过： was struck in the leg by a bullet.被子弹穿透腿部 To collide with or crash into:冲突或冲撞： She struck the desk with her knee.她的膝盖撞上了桌子 To cause to come into violent or forceful contact:撞击：引起猛烈或有力接触的形成： She struck her knee against the desk.她用膝盖撞桌子 10 show up v.揭露, 露出, 露面 11 rig: n. Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.成套器械：用于特用途的特殊装备或器械 A truck or tractor.铰链式卡车，拖拉机 A tractor-trailer.拖拉机拖车 A vehicle with one or more horses harnessed to it.马车：套上一匹或多匹马的马车 The special apparatus used for drilling oil wells.钻井架，钻塔：用于打油井的特殊工具 12 at length adv. 最后, 详细地 13 yell: v.intr. To cry out loudly, as in pain, fright, surprise, or enthusiasm. 叫嚷：因痛苦、害怕、惊讶或热情而大声喊叫 v.tr. To utter or express with a loud cry; shout.叫喊着说：大叫着说或表达；叫喊 n. A loud cry; a shout.大声吼叫；叫喊 A rhythmic cheer uttered or chanted in unison by a group:欢呼声：一群人同时发出的带节奏的欢呼： a college yell.大学生的欢呼 Activity Students are given a little time to predict the result of the text. Did Fathers coming save the author? Who saved the author at last, Father or doctor? Language Work Students are asked to fill out the blanks with the words or phrases from the text. Teacher has the students work individually and get the answers to fit the text. Later, has the students report their work and Teacher checks the answers. Part 3 Extended Activities Poem reading 一个细长的家伙 一个细长的家伙 有时在草丛里驰骋 你可能见过是不？ 他的出现，很突兀 草儿像被梳子分开 现出利箭带斑 然后在你的脚边合拢， 又一路打开向前 它喜欢潮湿的地盘， 泥土要凉得不生五谷 但当年小孩时，赤着足 我曾多次在上午 走过，当它是阳光里 摊开的绳鞭 想弯腰把它拾起 它却蜷缩，然后不见 自然界好些人士 我也认识，他们对我也熟悉 他们让我心里涌起 一片真情实意 但每次碰见这个家伙， 不管是有伴，还是单独 总是呼吸急促 还冰凉侵骨 2. Read More A Introduction After students interesting stories, Teacher will try to raise questions such as: Can you believe love between animals? / What will happen if a baboon fall in love with a cock? / Do you believe the story. B Reading Students are asked to read the text as a reading material. They will be given a little time to get the main idea of the text and try to match the subtitles with the pictures on Page 40. C Checking Teacher may ask one or two students to get the main idea out. He or she may encourage students to make it as a story if they can. Later, come to the cartoons and the subtitles. Teacher should ask the answers to the matching from the students. D True or False Questions Students will be asked to do the true or false questions. Later, have the students check the answers together. Grammar Work Teacher explains “Command Verb + Infinitive” structures. Have the students say other verbs of similar type: (1) forbid (2) manage (3) decide (4) force Have the students complete the error correction individually. Teacher may explain the structure “Command Verb + Gerund”. Teacher and students check the answers together with students read their answers one by one. Word Formation * Have the students work in small groups to study the notes for the word formation in the box. * Have the students use the knowledge to work out the derivatives for the following words: (Be aware that all the words are not derived with the given suffixes.) 1)grow noun: 2)secure noun: 3)cold noun: * Have the students complete the blank filling. * Teacher should check the answers later. Vocabulary Work # Firstly, Teacher will ask students how dog, cat and pig cry or call. # Secondly, Teacher writes the animals names on the blackboard and asks students to say the verbs used to describe the noises those animals make. # Thirdly, students will be asked to practise the animals names and the corresponding verbs. Translation l Have some volunteers write their answers on the blackboard. l Then ask the whole class try to figure out the mistakes. l Teacher may encourage students to work out more new expressions. Cultural Information * Teacher may tell students a story about the misunderstanding of fixed conceptions about animals. * Then ask students to compare the cultural meanings in English and Chinese with question: How do we Chinese usually think of these animals? * After reading, students are asked to add the list as many as possible.