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(共20张PPT)
The
Secret Language
of Plants
Unit 5 Revealing Nature
Developing Ideas
新标准《英语》高中选择性必修第一册
Teaching Objectives
At the end of the class, you will be able to
1. predict the subject and type of passage.
2. use reading skills, like scanning to grasp the main idea and developing the structure of the passage.
3. know the definition and function of personification.
4. know the methods of developing a expository.
5. get to know how the plants communicate.
6. improve the awareness of respecting nature and nurture the spirit of exploring nature.
Plants VS. Zombies
Groot in Avengers
　　《致橡树》
舒婷
...
我必须是你近旁的一株木棉，
　　做为树的形象和你站在一起
我必须是你近旁的一株木棉，
　　做为树的形象和你站在一起。
　　根，紧握在地下，
　　 叶，相触在云里。
　　每一阵风过，
　 我们都互相致意，
　但没有人
　 听懂我们的言语。
你有你的铜枝铁干，
　 像刀，像剑，
　　也像戟，
　　我有我的红硕花朵，
　　像沉重的叹息，
　　又像英勇的火炬
...
　　
Ode to the Oak
What do you think plants can do
movie, poem, cartoon, myth, legend,drama...
fiction
（虚构类）
scientific research, history, nature, philosophy...
non-fiction
（非虚构类）
attack
defend
talk
think
love...

What do we try to explore
Pre-reading
1.Predict(预测) what type of passage based on the title（标题） and pictures presented.
A. Narrative(记叙文)
B. expository（说明文）
C.Argumentation（议论文）
2. Please find out the subject(主题) of the passage.
___________________
3. Predict what the passage is mainly about.
_____________________
The plants’ language.
√
How the plants communicate / What is the plants’ language
While reading
Using chemicals;
Using sound;
Using the “wood wide web”.
Tips: read the first sentence(首句) or the last sentence（未句） to grasp the main idea for each paragraph.
Activity 1.
Scan the passage quickly and find out the ways in which plants communicate.
While reading
In myths and legends for centuries or in the new research, trees can______________.
Tips: read the first sentence(首句) or the last sentence（未句） to grasp the main idea.
Activity2. Read Paragraph 1 and 2 and finish the following summary.
communicate
Activity 3
Complete the diagram.
Tips: scan the chart and grasp the key words. Then trace where the information is by observing the key words.
抓取关键词，定位原文信息。
Activity 4
Read paragraph 3 and think
communicate with each other
from the leaves
release its own, different chemicals
with their roots
tell if a neighbouring plant is helpful, or unfriendly
clicking noises when there is not enough water, indicating drought is arriving.
the roots of different plants to each other
share information and even food
steal food from each other, or spread poisons
Read Paragraph3 and think about the question.
1. What figure of speech（修辞） is being used when the plants are described as calling for help What is the function
Personification.(拟人)
It can make the description more vivid.
Personification means giving human characteristics to something that is not human. By using human characteristics to describe an object, animal or even a place, personification can make descriptions more vivid.
Learnign to learn
Activity 3
Complete the diagram.
Tips: scan the chart and grasp the key words. Then trace where the information is by observing the key words.
抓取关键词，定位原文信息。
Activity 5
Read paragraph 4 and think
communicate with each other
from the leaves
release its own, different chemicals
with their roots
tell if a neighbouring plant is helpful, or unfriendly
clicking noises when there is not enough water, indicating drought is arriving.
the roots of different plants to each other
share information and even food
steal food from each other, or spread poisons
Read Paragraph 4 and think and share
1. Where is personification used Give details.
2. What method of writing an expository is used here
They also “listen to ”the noises from
other plants.
It uses the method of giving examples.
(举例子)
Activity 3
Complete the diagram.
Tips: scan the chart and grasp the key words. Then trace where the information is by observing the key words.
抓取关键词，定位原文信息。
Activity 6
Read paragraph 5 and fill in the diagram
communicate with each other
with their roots
the roots of different plants to each other
share information and even food
steal food from each other, or spread poisons
Read Paragraph 5 and finish the follwowing.
1.Complete the diagram.
2.Think and share.What methord of writing an expository except examples is used here
1.Definition when it comes to the term of
“wood wide web”
2. Making comprison and contrast between internet and wood wide web.
World Wide Web
Wood Wide Web
Using a network of computers linked by cables and satillites
Using fungi system
underground
To share information
To share information and even food.
Activity 3
Complete the diagram.
communicate with each other
with their roots
the roots of different plants to each other
share information and even food
steal food from each other, or spread poisons
Read Paragraph 5 and finish the follwowing.
1.Complete the diagram.
2.Think and share.What methord of writing an expository except examples is used here
1.Definition when it comes to the term of
“wood wide web”
2. Making comprison and contrast between internet and wood wide web.
World Wide Web
Wood Wide Web
Using a network of computers linked by cables and satillites
Using fungi system
underground
To share information
To share information and even food.
Activity 7
Read and think
communicate with each other
from the leaves
release its own, different chemicals
with their roots
tell if a neighbouring plant is helpful, or unfriendly
clicking noises when there is not enough water, indicating drought is arriving.
the roots of different plants to each other
share information and even food
steal food from each other, or spread poisons
Listing ways of communication.
Review
Ways of plants’ communication
Using chemicals
Using sounds
Using wood wide web
the figure of speech
--personification
Definition:it gives human characteristics to something that is not human.
Function: to make the descriptions more vivid.
methods of writing an expository
Giving examples(举例法)
Listing（列举法）
Definition（定义法）
Making comparison and contrast(比较法)
Post-reading
Work in groups. Think about and discuss the following ways of communication in the animal world. Give a talk about communication between living things.
Bees dance to signal to other bees that they have found food.
Ants communicate with each other through touch, chemical signals, moving their bodies and even using their legs to make sounds.
Homework
Based on the post-reading discussion, please make a picture book about how bees or ants communicate with each.

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