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全单元教案

Welcometotheunit

Almosteveryonehasfivesensesandusesthemallthetime.Thissectionispresentedtogivestudentstheideathatsometimesthesensesaffectoneanotherandpeoplemaybemisledbythem.Studentsareaskedtofullyparticipateinthediscussion.Thiswillhelpthemrealizehowthey,andotherpeople,usetheirsensesintheirstudiesanddailylife.Itwillalsoteachthemhowtomakebetteruseoftheirsenses.Studentsareexpectedtobeinvolvedinthediscussion,practisetheirspokenEnglish,andsharetheiropinionswithoneanother.

Brainstorming

Youcanbeginthefirstlessonbyaskingstudentsthefollowingquestions:

Withwhatdoweseeandhear?

（Weseewithoureyesandhearwithourears.）

Howdoweknowwhetheradishisdelicious?

（Wetasteitwithourtongues.）

Howdoweknowthataflowerhasapleasantsmell?

（Wesmellitwithournoses.）

Whatdowedowhenwewanttoknowwhetherthewaterinthebasinishotorcold?

（Weputourhandsinthewatertofeelit.）

Howdoweknowabouttheworldaroundus?

（Weusuallyuseourfivesenses.Theyaresight,hearing,taste,smellandtouch.）

Askstudentsmorequestionsiftimeallows.Whiledoingthis,writedownthefollowingwordsontheblackboard.Studentswillbefamiliarwithsomekeywordsornewwordsintheshortpassage.

We...

With...

Thesense

see

eyes

sight

hear

ears

hearing

taste

Tongue/tastebuds

taste

smell

nose

smell

touch/feel

hands/feet/skin

touch

Encouragestudentstothinkaboutwhatwouldhappeniftheylostoneortwooftheirsenses.Thefollowingquestionscanbeusedtoelicitstudents'ideas.

Asweallknow,almosteveryonehasfivesenses,whichareusedeverywhereandallthetime.Welearnabouttheworldthroughthefivesenses.Weusethefivesensestostudy,workandrelax,buttherearesomepeoplewhohavelostoneormoreoftheirsenses.

Apersonwhocannotseeisblindandsomeonewhocannothearisdeaf

Writethewords'blind'and'deaf'ontheblackboard.

Doyouknowhowblindpeoplecanread?

（Theycanreadbytouchingraiseddotswhichrepresentnumbersandletters.ThissystemiscalledBraille.）

Write'Braille'ontheblackboard.

Howdothedeafcommunicatewitheachother?

（Theyusebodylanguageorsignlanguage.）

Writethewords'bodylanguage'and'signlanguage'ontheblackboard.

Sharinginformation

1Havestudentsreadtheinstructionsandtheshortpassage.Askthemifthereareanysentencesthattheydon'tunderstand.Havethemgivemoreexamplesofdifferentsensesaffectingoneanother.（Peoplehavetroublerecognizingtasteswhenthefoodisthewrongcolour.Forexample,red7-UPwilltastelikecherrysoda.Sometimesfoodofastrangecolour,forexample,brightgreenbiscuits,appearsnottotastegood.）

Thenaskstudentstolookatthefourpicturesandanswerthequestionbeloweachpicture.

Picture1

Askstudentswhattheycanseeinthispicture.（Iftheylookatthewhitepart,theycanseeavase.Iftheylookattheblackpart,theycanseetwofaces.）

Picture2

Askstudentshowtheywouldfindoutwhetherthetwolinesareofthesamelength.（Theycanusearulertomeasurethetwolines.Or,theycanusetwopiecesofpapertocoverbothendsofthetwolines.）

Picture3

Havestudentssayhowtheycanprovethatthetwolinesarestraight.（Theycanplacearulernexttothelines.Theycanalsousearulertodrawmorestraightlineswhichrunparalleltothetwolines.）

Picture4

ThesymbolsinLinebcanbereadasthelettersK,B,RandM,orK,13,RandM.

Afterstudentshavestudiedthefourpictures,havethemthinkaboutandfindtheanswertothefollowingquestion:

Whyarepeoplemisledbytheirowneyes?

（Becausethebackgroundorotherlinesconfusetheeyes.Also,whatweexpecttoseecanchangewhatwesee.Remindstudentsthatactually,thebrainisconfusedandnottheeyes.）

2Haveonestudentreadthethreequestions.Makesurethattheyallknowthemeaningofeachquestion.Putstudentsintogroupsoffourtodiscussthethreequestions.Ensurethatallstudentshaveachancetospeak.Asksomestudentstoreporttheiranswerstothewholeclass.

Sampleanswers

1Weoftenuseoneortwoofthefivesensesmorethantheothers.Forexample,inthedark,thesenseofhearingandthesenseoftouchbecomemoresensitivebecausewecan'tseeanything.Whenwelistentoourfavouritemusic,wemaycloseoureyesandjustlistenwithourears.WhenwereadaveryInterestingbook,wemayloseourselvesinit,andhardlyhearanythingaroundus.Whenweeatsomething,wenotonlytasteorsmellit,butlookatitaswell.

2IthinkthatwhenlearningEnglish,thesenseofsightandthesenseofhearinghelpmealot.IusuallylistentothetapebeforeIread.WhileI'mlisteningtothetape,I'lllookatthetext,andIoftenreadtheEnglishtextaloud.ThecombinationofthesetwosensesbesthelpsmerememberwhatIhavelearnt.

3Therearequiteafewpeoplewhohavemadegreatachievementseventhoughtheyhavelosttheabilitytouseoneoftheirsenses.TakeBeethoven,thegreatGermancomposer,asanexample.Hebegantolosehishearingin1801andwaspartlydeafby1819.In1824,whenhewascompletelydeaf,Beethovencompletedhismostfamoussymphony,theNinthSymphony.AnotherfamousmusicianisHuaYanjun（Le.BlindAbing）.Althoughhecouldn'tseeanything,hisfamouserhusolosareadmiredbypeoplealloverChina.3HavestudentsreadthearticleinReadingonPage94oftheWorkbooktolearnmoreaboutBeethoven.

4Morepicturescanbeshowntostudents.Forexample,

Askstudents:

Whichsquareisbigger,thewhiteoneortheblackone?

Whichcircleisbigger,thewhiteoneortheblackone?

Whichcircleisbigger,CircleAorCircleB?

Reasources

Fivesenses

Thefivesenses-thesenseofsight,thesenseofhearing,thesenseoftaste,thesenseofsmelland-thesenseoftouchhenableustoknowtheworldaroundus.Formoreinformation,youcanvisitthefollowingwebsite:

http:

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense

Reading

Thepassageentitled'Fog'isastoryaboutwhathappenedtoayoungladyonafoggyafternoon.Ablindmanledherhomewhennoonecouldseeanythinginthethickfog.TheReadingstrategysectionofthisunitteachesstudentshowtocomprehendastorybetterwhilereadingit.Studentswilllearnthecommonelementsofastory,andwillpractiseidentifyingtheseelements.

Lead-in

Havestudentstalkabouttheclimateandtheweatherintheplacewheretheylive.Askstudentsthefollowingquestions:

What'stheweatherusuallylikeinspring/summer/autumn/winterin（thenameoftheplacewherestudentslive）?

Whichseasondoyouthinkisthebest?

Why?

Dowesometimeshavefoggydayshere?

When?

Howdoyoufeelonafoggyday?

Haveyoueverlostyourwayinthefog?

Whatwouldyoudoifyougotlostinthefog?

FromWelcometotheunit,weknowthatsometimesweuseoneortwoofoursensesmorethantheothers.Whatsenseorsensesdoyouthinkwecanuseonafoggyday?

Studentscangivedifferentanswerstothequestions.Tellstudentsthattheywillread?

astorythathappenedonafoggyday.

Readingcomprehension

1HavestudentsgothroughthepassageasquicklyastheycanandtrytofindanswerstothethreequestionsinPartA.Remindstudentstoonlyfocusonandidentifytheinformationneededtoanswerthesequestions.

Answers

A1Ayoungwomanlostinthefog.

2At86KingStreet.

3Anoldblindman.

2HavestudentsreadthestoryagainandcompletePartsClandC2.QuestionsinPartClaretocheckandimprovestudents'abilitytofindspecificinformation.PartC2servestostrengthenstudents'comprehensionabilitybyhavingthemputtheeventsinthestoryintothecorrectsequence.

Atterstudentshavefinishedthe

exercises，checktheiranswersasaclass.

Answers

C11.Becausetherewasathickfog,thatafternoon,andshewonderedifthebuswouldstillberunning．

2BecauseitwastoofoggyforthebustogotoKingStreet.

3Thefoglaylikealthick,greycloud．

4Theroughhandthatbrushedhercheekandtheman'svoicethatwasclosetoherearmadePollyafraid.

5HeLookedoldnadhadabeard.

6.HecouldtellPollywasyoungfromhervoice.

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3Creatsomeotherexercisestocheckstudents’understandingofthestory.Havestudentsfillinthetablebelowusinginformationtheyhavefoundinthestory.

Part

place

Time&weather

Person（s）

Whathappened

Polly’sthoughtsorfeelings

Part1

outsidePolly’sworkplace

foggy

Polly

Sheleftworkearly.

Shewonderedifthebuswouldstillberunning.

Part2

atthebusstopinthestreet

later

Polly;thebusconducter

ThefogwastoothickforthebustoruntoKingStreet,WherePollylived.

Part3

intheunderground;atGreenParkStation

later

Polly;atallman

Atallmaninadarkovercoatisonthetrain.

Shesensedshewasbeingwatched.

Part4

InParkStreet;atthecornerofthestreet

WhenPollygottothestation,thefoglaylikeathick,greycloud.

Polly;aman

Aroughhandbrushedhercheeck.

Herheartwasbeatingwithfear.

Part5

inthestreet

Itwasdark.

Polly;anoldman

Theoldmantookherhandandhelpedherfindtheway.

Shewishedforsomeonetocomealong.

FearheldherstillShebegantofeelFrightenedagain.

Part6

outsidePolly’shouseatKingstreet

Latethatday

Polly;theoldblindman

Theoldmanlefttohelpmorepeopleinneed.

Pollywasthankful.

4HavestudentsreadtheReadingstraegyandteachthemtheelementsofastory.Tellstudentsthatinreadingorwritingastorytheyshouldfocusonwhathappenedandwhowasinvolvedintheevent.Alsotellstude