人教版选修九Unit2《Sailing the oceans》word教案1.docx

1、人教版选修九Unit2Sailing the oceansword教案1英语：Unit2Sailing the oceans教案（1）（新人教版选修9）I. 单元教学目标技能目标GoalsTalk about early navigation Talk about discovery and exploration of an unknown landLearn about some famous navigators and explorersLearn to express the cause and effectLearn to use the PredicateWrite a repo

2、rt about a navigator or an adventurous story.目标语言词汇voyage mercy encyclopedia alongside exploration minimum celestial pole equator horizon overhead seaweed nowhere offshore accelerate outward tide secure log knot nautical magnetic random awkward reference precise simplify portable shortcoming update

3、tendency reliable swoop parcel peck cliff expedition compulsory survival incident departure crew deposit dilemma drawback dusk routine reckon reckoning starvation psychology psychologically tension gradual gradually foresee thirst tear hardship jaw background roarat the mercy of nautical mile set lo

4、ose jaws of death功能句式Cause & effect Why are you.? How could you.?Why did you.? Because of.It was because. The reason is that.As he. Since she.Now that. Therefore,.He was due to. It is ., so Im afraid.Thats why. He. so he is ill with fever after the voyage.语法复习谓语(The Predicate)So how did they navigat

5、e so well?As you can see from the map we kept to straight course pretty well.The tension in the boat got worse as the supply of food and water gradually disappear So accomplished navigators were able to use it to plot their position.Captain Cook had led three great Pacific voyages during his life.Il

6、l go and get ready to begin work.重点句子1. You may well wonder(p12)2. show that they were not at the mercy of the sea even though(p12)3. Sea birds could be used to show the way to land when it was nowhere to be seen. (p12)4. There was no secure method of measuring longitude until the 17th century when

7、the British solved this theoretical problem. (p13)5. Its shortcoming was that it still used the moving ship as one of the fixed points of reference. (p13)6. I am proud to have sailed with Captain Bligh on his journey of(p17)7. You could not imagine a more disturbing sight than what we looked like wh

8、en arriving in Timor over forty days after being set loose in(p17)分课时教案The First Period SpeakingTeaching Aims: a. Key words and expressions navigate, navigator, navigation, navigational; explore, explorer, explorationb. Talk about sailing the oceans.Teaching Methods:Discussion to arouse the students

9、 interest in sailing and exploring the oceans.Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class.Teaching Aids:The multimedia; a tape recorder; the blackboardTeaching Procedures:Step1 GreetingsGreet the whole class as usual. Step2 Revision Check the homework exercises.Step 3 Presenta

10、tionPresent the students a map of the world and tell them “Today we are going to learn a new unit “Sailing the oceans”. Then ask them to turn to page 11 and give them a few minutes to have a discussion. Step 4 DiscussionIn pairs discuss the questions on page11.This discussion is intended for student

11、s to explore the difference between a navigator and an explorer. This difference is important to establish because it encourages students to appreciate shades of meaning in the definitions f words and also because it establishes the idea of categories.After a few minutes, ask some pairs to speak out

12、 their result of the discussion. Then sum up and check the answers.A navigator explores new routes across the sea.An explorer discovers new places on land.A navigator is somebody who finds the position and plots the course of a ship, an aircraft, a car, etc, using maps and instruments. An explorer i

13、s somebody who travels into or through a place in order to learn about it. Very often navigators are also explorers.In history there are four famous voyage explorers in the world, including Zheng He in China, James Cook in England, Christopher Columbus in Spain and Abel Tasman in Holland.In this uni

14、t well talk about Zheng He, James Cook and some other explorers like Marco Polo and Captain Bligh.Step 5 Pre-speakingAsk the students if they want to know some famous navigators and explorers. Then present them some pictures and some related information about them.1. About Zheng He.2. About Marco Po

15、lo3. About James Cook4. About Ferdinand Magellan Step 6 Speaking After showing the students the pictures and their background information, ask the students to think about the question: How do you think seamen found their way before modern accurate methods of navigation were invented? If time is limi

16、ted, this can be left as their homework.Step 7 Homework1. Read the new words.2. Preview Reading SAILING THE OCEANS on page 12.The Second Period ReadingTeaching Aims: a. Learn and master the key words and expressions voyage mercy minimum nowhere pole overhead offshore accelerate outward longitude lat

17、itude precise simplify portable shortcoming updated tendency reliableat the mercy of, even though, work out, be used to, in relation to, aim to , b. Train the students reading ability. Let the students have some knowledge of early navigational methods. Explain how seamen explored the oceans and what

18、 kind of navigational instruments were used to sailors before the 17th century when they were navigating the open seas without seeing the land.Teaching Difficult Points:a. How to help the students understand the reading passage better.b. How to improve the students reading ability.Teaching Methods:a

19、. Scanning the text to get the general idea of it.b. Carefully reading to finish the Comprehending exercises on page 14.c. Discussion after reading to make the students understand the text better.Teaching Aids:The multimedia; a tape recorder; the blackboardTeaching procedures & ways Step1 GreetingsG

20、reet the whole class as usual. Step2 Revision Check the homework exercises.Step3 Pre-readingShow the students some pictures to see if they can identify the early navigational instruments seamen used and explain how they used.Step 4 DiscussionDiscuss the questions on page11.Step 5 Listening and compr

21、ehendingAfter listening to the contents of the text do the comprehending exercises on page 14&15.Step 6 ExplanationAfter comprehending, it is a good time to deal with the new words and language points in this part, esp. the following:voyage mercy minimum nowhere pole overhead offshore accelerate out

22、ward longitude latitude precise simplify portable shortcoming updated tendency reliableat the mercy of, even though, work out, be used to, in relation to, aim to , Step7 DiscussionLets the students have a discussion by working in pairs or in groups.Topic: Imagine you are on a boat with twenty-nine o

23、ther people. You have a small box for your personal things but it can only hole ten items. What would you need for a weeks journey across the North Sea to England?Suggested Answer:CategoryItemsCategoryItemsClothesshirt, trousersShoeswaterproof bootsHygienesoapToolsknife, scissorsBeddingblanketMedici

24、nessea-sick tablets, cold medicineGamescards, chessBooksnovels, essay collectionsStep8 Summary This reading explains how seamen explored the oceans and what kind of navigational instruments were used to sailors before the seventeenth century when they were navigating the open seas without seeing the

25、 land.Step9 HomeworkFinish the exercises about using words and expression on page61.The Third Period Extensive ReadingTeaching Aims: a. Learn and master the key words and expressions incident departure crew deposit dilemma drawback dusk routine pretty starvation extreme psychologically tension gradu

26、ally foresee thirst hardshipb. Train the students reading ability. Teaching Difficult Points:a. How to help the students understand the reading passage better.b. How to improve the students reading ability.Teaching Methods:a. Scanning the text to get the general idea of it and do some other comprehe

27、nding exercises.b. Discussion after reading to make the students understand the text better.Teaching Aids:The multimedia; a tape recorder; the blackboardTeaching procedures & ways Step1 GreetingsGreet the whole class as usual. Step2 Revision Check the homework exercises.Suggested answers to Exercise

28、3:1. I have gradually accepted the routine at school now that I am in the advanced class and make my own study plan.2. The drawback of using that girl for the advertising was her square jaw which made her look unfriendly.3. Mathematics is a subject which demands precise and accurate work.4. In the p

29、ark I saw a small boy holding the string of a kite overhead, which was rising and falling at the mercy of the wind.5. That explorer wanted to secure his place in history by being the first man to reach the South Pole.Step3 Readinga. Listen to the passage and then let them do some true or false quest

30、ions according to the text.1. I was forced to join Captain Bligh in the small boat. 2. After the crew took over the ship “Boundy”, Captain Bligh was allowed to take with him a chart , a compass and a quadrant.3. It was very difficult for us to get a correct reading from the quadrant as the boat move

31、d constantly during the course. 4. Captain Bligh used a system called “dead reckoning” and he knew there was land directly southwest of their original position. 5. We completely believed Captain Bligh when he talked hopefully about what we would do when we got back to England.6. Captain Bligh was as weak as the rest of us but he was determined not to give up.7. Captain Bligh kept us busy and tried to take our minds off our stomach and thirst all the way.8. We finally escaped the jaws of death and arrived in Timor over fifty days after being set loose i