1、Amazing thingsReadingTeaching aimsKnowledge aims: To predict meaning of specific words from context.To practice the main language points of the context.Ability aims: To identify specific meaning by scanning the text. To summarize key points of a story by sequencing statements. To identify key events
2、 and infer general meaning.Emotion aims: To let the students know there are no ghosts in the world.Important and difficult points1. The simple past tense2. Some useful phrases Teaching method Audio-visual method, interactive methodTeaching aid Multimedia CoursewareTeaching procedures Step 1 Revision
3、To revise yesterdays dialogue by talking about the amazing pictures with several sentence patterns. Try to make the students familiar with some words and structures.Step 2 New wordsLearn some new words in this lesson.Step 3 Lead inThere are many ghost stories in Chinese history. Are you afraid? What
4、 do you think about them? Do you want to read a modern ghost story?Step 4 ListeningListen to the tape and ask the students to answer the following questions1. Did Millie and Amy go to Sunshine Park one Sunday morning?2. Did they hear a song from the bushes behind the tree?3. Who did they meet on the
5、ir way?4. What did Andy find in the bushes?Step 5 Reading1. Fill in the blanks with the information learnedWhen WhereWhoWhatHow 2. Find the meaning of each word by giving the correct letter.1. As usual means _. a the first time b as they often do c seldom2. To reply means _. a to think b to say some
6、thing again c to say or write something as an answer3. To leave means _. a to find out b to look for c to go away4. If you wonder, you _. a want to know something b feel great c say something happily5. To search means _. a to find something b to shout at something c to look carefully for something6.
7、 Weak means _. a clever b small c not strong 3. Millie wrote some sentences about what happened, but they were not in the correct order. Help her put the sentences into the correct order. Write the numbers 1-7 in the boxes.a. We ran away quickly.b. Andy found a little cat in the bushes.c. We talked
8、under a big tree in the park.d. Suddenly, we heard a whisper.e. We turned around but saw nothing.f. Andy went to the park.g. I told Andy about the strange sound.4. True or falseMillie is telling her friend Wendy on the phone about what happened in the park, but Wendy cant hear her clearly. Write a T
9、 if a sentence is true or F if it is false. 1 I was afraid when I heard the whisper.2 The whisper came from a big tree.3 We went back to the park with Andy.4 Somebody helped Andy find the “ghost”.5 Andy found a small cat in the bushes.6 Andy give the little cat to Amy. 5. Role play Work in pairs. On
10、e will be Andy, and the other will be a reporter from your school newsletter. Ask and answer the questions.1. Why were Millie and Amy frightened? 2. Where did Andy find the “ghost”? 3. How did he find it? 4. Why did the cat sound like a ghost?5. Where did they take the cat?6. Act out Finish the dial
11、ogue between Henry and AndyStep 6 Language pointsExplain some important language points1) They turned around but saw nothing. turn around意为“回头,转回身”。 e.g. We turned around and saw a big birthday cake. 我们回头看见一个大的生日蛋糕。2)On their way home, they met Andy.on their way home 在他们回家的路上 on ones way to sp. 译为“在
12、某人去的 路上”。home是副词,前面不需要加介词,如果后面跟的是名词需要加介词to。3)“What happened?” Andy asked. happen作不及物动词,意为“发生”,多指某事偶然发生或由于某种原因而产生的结果。happen to do sth. 表示“碰巧或偶然做某事”,sth. happen to sb. 表示“某人遭遇到某事”。例如: When bad things happen, what should we do? 当不好的事情发生时,我们应该怎么办? If you happen to see Jimmy, please tell him to come to m
13、y office. 要是你碰见吉米,请告诉他来我的办公室。Why does something like this always happen to me? 为什么这样的事总是发生在我身上?4)He search the bushes. search是及物动词,后面可以直接跟宾语。 如,search the room search my schoolbag 如果表示目的,强调为了而搜寻,则可以在名词前加上介词 for。 如,search for more information(为了更多的信息而搜寻),search for the lost boy(为了丢失的男孩儿搜寻)。 e.g. 她翻遍自
14、己所有的包找身份证。She searched all her bags for her ID card. 5)Andy said to himself.say to oneself 自言自语 think to oneself 暗自寻思, 心里想 e.g. 这个老人自言自语说:“我是多么幸运啊!” The old man said to himself, “how lucky I am!”6)it sounded like a whisper.sound like 听起来像 e.g. 这首歌很好听。 The song sounds good. 这个低语声听起来像鬼。 The whisper so
15、unds like a ghost. 苏州听起来像是一个很棒的城市。 Suzhou sounds like a great city.7)Later that day, they took the little cat to the animal centre. take sb. / sth. to some place意为“把某人/某物带到某处”。e.g. I will take my son to France tomorrow. 明天我将带我儿子去法国。 Would you like to help the teacher take the books to the office? 帮老
16、师把书送到办公室, 好吗?8)Millie and Amy were very surprisedit was a little cat! surprised可用作形容词,意为“吃惊的,惊讶的”,be surprised to do sth.表示“某人对某事感到惊奇”,be surprised at sth. 表示“对感到吃惊”。例如:I am surprised to see Tom walk into the classroom with his father. 看到汤姆和他父亲一起走进了教室,我觉得真奇怪。I was surprised at his behaviour at the p
17、arty.我对他在晚会上的行为感到吃惊。 Step 7 ExercisesI. 用所给单词的适当形式填空。1. There are some _ (bush) in our school.2. Our English teacher told us to listen to the radio _ (careful).3. “Be quick”, I said to _ (my).4. I found nothing in my school bag. I knew there was something _ (usual).5. Yesterday I _ (find) a little dog in my garden.6. Just now Sandy _ (hear) a whisper and she _ (run) away quickly.II. 汉译英。1. 像平时一样, 他早早来到了学校。 2. 小偷看到警察转身就跑。 3. 我确信我会学好英语的。4. 不要忘了任何重要的东西。 5. 地上有个钱包。Step 8 Homework Retell the story. Think about the problem that how we treat animals without homes.