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Ⅰ. Analysis of Teaching Contents
Teaching content: Book 3 Unit 5 What an adventure!
Teaching method: interaction, guide-discovery.
Theme context: man and self( life and learning)
Type of text: scientific fiction
Analysis of the text:
The text is a part of scientific fiction which is adapted from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. From the perspective of captain Nemo and professor Aronnax, the author describes the beautiful scenery and feeling while walking under the sea.
ⅠI. Analysis of Students
The students in class 9 have a moderate level of English, but they have basic reading skills. Students have done some simple reading exercises in the previous reading class. And they are familiar with the words or expressions. At the same time, students have a serious learning attitude and a high degree of enthusiasm for learning. However, they are not familiar with some related background information about Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
Ⅲ. Teaching Objectives
Students can understand the description of underwater world.
Students can have a basic knowledge of scientific fiction.
Students can have a deep understanding of the feeling of the main character and think about the willingness to underwater world.
Ⅳ. Focal Points
Students can understand the description of underwater world.
Students can have a basic knowledge of scientific fiction.
Measures:
By the guidance of the teacher and providing some reading strategies before doing reading exercises.
By analyzing the structure of the text together with students.
Ⅴ. Difficult Points
Students can have a deep understanding of the feeling of the main character and think about the willingness to underwater world.
Measures:
By providing some expand knowledge and summarizing the key points with students and doing group work.
Ⅵ.Teaching Assessment
Can you understand the description of underwater world
Can you have a basic knowledge of scientific fiction
Do you have a deep understanding of the feeling of the main character and think about the willingness to underwater world
Ⅶ.Teaching flow chart
ⅧTeaching Procedures and Time Allotment
Stage 1 Warming up (5 mins)
(Purpose: To activate students' prior knowledge and lead in the topic.)
Which books do you like best
Have you read any stories written by Jules Verne What are they about
Stage 2 Pre-reading (5 mins)
(Purpose: To arouse students' interest with real-life situations and involve
them in active thinking.)
Introduction to Jules Verne
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French writer best known for his adventure stories. Often called the "Father of Science Fiction", Verne described in his stories technology and inventions years before they became realities.
Verne's most famous books:
(1) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864)
(2) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870)
(3) Around the World in Eighty Days(1873)
(4) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864)
Q: What amazing things do you think you might find in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Suggested answers:
I think I might find something imaginative and mysterious in the book.
Stage 3 While-reading (15 mins)
(Purpose: To train ss' skimming skill to get the main idea of the passage and to teach ss the way of giving definitions and help them further understand the argument.)
Step 1 Fast reading
1. What is genre of the passage
A.An exhibition guide.
B. A show review.
C A science fiction.
D. An official report.
Suggested answers: C
2.Read the passage and underline the key sentences of each paragraph. Find out what the author intends to tell us.
Suggested answers:
Para 1 :Words are not enough to relate such wonders!
Para 2: The light, which lit the soil thirty feet below the surface of the ocean, astonished me by its power.
The author intends to tell us the amazing scenery under the sea.
Step 2 Careful reading
Background information of the story
Suggested answers:
Time : In 1866
Place: The Pacific Ocean
Who: Biologist Professor Pierre Aronnax his servant, Conseil and Captain Nemo
2. How did the author feel when he walked under the water
Suggested answers:
I no longer felt the weight of my clothes, or of my shoes, of my air
supply, or my thick helmet, inside which my head shook like a nut in its
shell.
Step 3 Think & share
1.What does the author mean by "Words are not enough to relate such wonders"
Suggested answers:
The author means that the views underwater are so beautiful and such
experience is so unique that he can't find enough and proper words to
describe them.
What was not described in the words of Aronnax
A. The solar rays in the sea.
B. The sand under the sea.
C. The colours of the sea water.
D. The temperature of the sea.
Suggested answers: D
3.Complete the table with expressions from the passage.
Stage 4 Post-reading (13 mins)
(Purpose: To arouse ss' deep understanding and thinking of the topic and to let ss think further and learn to use the proper examples as well as what they have learned today to support their opinions.)
Step 1 Read for understanding
Read the passage carefully to understand each word and each sentence's meaning.
1. We were walking on fine, even sand, not wrinkled, as on a flat shore,
which keeps the impression of the waves.
2. Shall I be believed when I say that, at the depth of thirty feet, I could
see as if I was in broad daylight
3. This dazzling carpet, really a reflector, drove away the rays of the sun
with wonderful intensity, which accounted for the vibration which passed
through every atom of liquid.
Step 2 Watch a video and appreciate the beauty of the sea
Step 3 Think & share
1. What do you think will happen next in the story
Share your ideas with the class.
2.Do you want to explore this underwater world Why
Give your reasons.
Suggested answers:
For: 1.The ocean is rich in mineral resources and biological resources
2. The ocean contains rich marine (海洋的) energy
3. Marine transportation is more convenient.
Against: 1. It is polluted, making marine life difficult.
2. Overexploitation stresses on marine ecosystem.
Stage 5 Assigning homework (2 mins)
(Purpose:To consolidate what ss have learned and practiced in class)
Finish one of of the following tasks.
Write a short passage about Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
Write an essay about whether people should explore the underwater world.
Note: T=Teacher Ss=Students 1’=1 minute CW=Class Work IW=Individual Work GW=Group Work PW= Pair Work
Ⅸ Blackboard Design
ⅩTeaching Reflection
Advantages:
The use of multi-media may attract the students’ interest and some activities may get most of the students involved. For instance, at the beginning of the class, the teacher play a video which is a song performed by many foreign languages, students will be interested in it.
Disadvantages:
Lack of interaction may result in the limited feedback from students.
Improvement:
The teacher should provide more material and background information to students in order to let them be familiar with the topic of the listening material.

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