2019学年度选修七Unit Three Under The Sea Period5 Using language: Reading, Discussing and Writing教案

Teaching aims:

1. Learn to pronounce the names of sea creatures mentioned in the text correctly.

2. Learn to describe the creatures mentioned in the text properly according to the pictures with the expressions like: .....+ looking; ......+ shaped; .......+ spotted; .....+ like; .....+striped.

3. Learn to use the adjectives in the correct order to describe the pictures prepared。

4. Learn to use proper expressions to convey their exact feelings in their past experiences.

Step 1 Warming up and lead in

1. Scan the text to get the general idea:

As the sea is a world full of magic, many tourists head to the sea, and the author of this text is one of them.

2. Pictures in the text in Using Language give the following information:

corals with vivid colors and shapes, elegant fishes, little orange and white fish, small cleaner fish, the yellow and green parrotfish with hard bird-like mouth, yellow-spotted red sea-slug and blue sea-stars and wise-looking turtles, eels with strong sharp teeth, giant clam with thick green lips, grey reef sharks about one and a half meters long, the edge of the reef with a sharp drop to the sandy ocean floor.

Step 2 Fast reading

Read the passage and put the following topics into the correct order according to the text.

Topics: Paragraph: Topics: Paragraph: colors and shapes 2 the reef's edge 5 dangers 4 a final thought 6 reflecting 1 some sea creatures 3

Step 3 Careful reading

Task 1: Read and choose the best answers.

1. Judging from the text, what the author mainly wants to tell us in the diary is _______.

A. that the sea is fantastic with vivid colors

B. that the water where she was snorkeling is not deep but shallow

C. what she saw and how she felt in the sea

D. that all the plants in the sea are poisonous

2. What was hanging upside down in the sea according t the text?

A. The orange and fish B. The yellow-spotted red sea-slug

C. The yellow and green parrotfish D. The blue sea-stars

3. The author was afraid of getting too close to the eel because _______.

A. it has strong sharp teeth B. it has thick green lips

C. it has a frightening shape D. it gives out poisonous liquids

4. Which of the following sentences show that the author couldn't help feeling excited in the sea?

A. My heart was beating wildly

B. That didn't stop me from feeling scared to death

C. Every cell in my body woke up

D. I felt very exposed in such deep clear water

5. We can infer from the text that the author felt that _______.

A. compared with the whole world, man is tiny