Unit 6 Animal Intelligence Teaching plan全新版大学英语一Word格式.docx

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1.understandthemainidea（someanimalsseemcapableofthinkingwhenitisintheirownintereststodoso）andstructureofthetext（introduction,3subheadingstogive3supportingexamples,conclusion）;

2.appreciatetheimportanceofexamplesinexposition;

3.graspthekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructuresinthetext;

4.conductaseriesofreading,listening,speakingandwritingactivitiescentereduponthethemeoftheunit.

Pre-readingtasks

1.ranking

1）dictatethefollowingnamesofanimalstoSs:

pig,hen,dog,dolphin,elephant,monkey,rat,parrot,cat,ant.

2）Studentsformgroupstorankthoseanimalsaccordingtotheirintelligence,andgetreadytoexplaintherationalebehindtheranking.Ssmayciteexamples,anecdotes,personalexperiences,scientificfindings,etc.

3）Invitespeakersfromseveralgroupstoreporttotheclass.

1.While-readingtasks

1）SsreadtheinstructionsforTextOrganizationExercise2tograspthethree-partstructureofthetext

2）TdrawSs’attentiontothethreesubheadingsinthetext,andexplainsthefunctionsofheadings:

suggesttothereaderthecontentsofeachsection.

3）TexplainsthekeylanguagepointsinPartIandgiveSspractice.（seeLanguagestudy）

4）SssumupthemainideaofPartI,theninvitesomeofthemtotellthesummarytotheclass.

5）TexplainsthekeylanguagepointsinPartIIandgivesSs.Practice

6）Sssumupthemainideasoftheepartsunderthethreesubheadingsrespectively,thenTinvitessomeofthemtogivetheirsummarytotheclass.

7）SsreadwritingStrategyinPartIV,andanswerthefollowingquestions:

----HowmanykindsofanimalsarementionedinPartII?

Whatarethey?

（agorilla,3orangutans,akillerwhale）

----Whydoestheauthormentiontheseanimalsinhisarticle?

（tosupporthispointadvancedinpartI.）

8.TexplainsthelanguagepointsinPartIIIandgivesSspractice.（seelanguagestudy）

9.SssumupthemainideaofPartIII,thensomeofthemreporttheirsummarytotheclass.（Someanimalsareintelligent.）

Post-readingtasks

1）.Besidesheadings,Whatareotherwaysoftransition?

Whatdoes“it”inthefirstlineofpara.10referto?

（thekeychainheldbyColo）

Whatdoes“theproblem”inthefirstlineofPara.12referto?

（thekeeperscouldn’treachthebabywhaletohelpit.）

Whatdoes“thiswholetrick”inthefirstlineofPara.12referto?

（Melatideceivedherkeeperintogivinghertwoorangesinsteadofone.）

2）Tpointsoutthattheuseofanaphoraisacommontransitionaldevice.

3）Tintroducessomeothertransitionaldevicesusedinthistext.

2.TguidesSsthroughsomeafter-textexercises.

3.SsdoPartIV:

Theme–relatedlanguagelearningTask.

TextAWhatAnimalsReallyThink

TextAnalysis

AsstudentswilllearnhowtosupportatopicwithexamplesbystudyingStrategyinthisunit,wearenotgoingtodwelluponthispointhere.Instead,wewillfocusonthevarioustransitionaldevicesemployedinthetext.

Headingsandsubheadingsprovidenaturaltransitionsbetweenparagraphsorsections.However,itdoesn’tfollowthatanyothertransitionaldevicesarenotwelcome.Forexample,thefirstsentenceundertheheading“Let’sMaeaDeal”beginswith“Considerthetime…”.Thisactuallyintroducesanexampletoillustratethepointmadebytheauthorintheintroductorypartofthisarticle.Orconsiderthefirstsentenceundertheheading“TaleofaWhale”---“Whywouldananimalwanttocooperatewithahuman?

”Boththeheadingandthequestiondirectreaders’attentiontoanotherdemonstrationofanimalintelligence.Thethirdheadingandthesentencefollowingit----“Sometimesevidenceofintelligencecanbeseeninattemptstodeceive.”----functionsimilarly.

Anothercommontransitionaldeviceistheuseofanaphoraandcataphora.Theformerisseenintheuseofpronounstorefertosomething,somebodyorsomeeventpreviouslymentioned,thelatterpredictingsomething,somebodyorsomeeventthatwillsoonbementionedinthediscourse.Thistextmainlyemploysanaphora.

Besides,conjunctionsalsopavethewayforasmoothtransitionofideas.Takethefirstsentenceofpara.6forexample:

“MilesalsotriedtoteachChantekmorevirtuoushabitssuchassavingandsharing.”Theconjunction“also”connectsthisparagraphwiththepreviousone.“Suchas”introducesanewexampletobementionedinthesentencestofollow.

Inthebeginningsentenceofanewparagraph,onemayalsosumupthemainideaofthepreviousparagraphorsection,thengoontointroducethetopicofthecurrentparagraph.ThefirstsentenceofPara.5----“Ifananimalcanshowskillintradingthingforanother,Whynotinhandlingmoney?

”-----isagoodcaseinpoint.

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