1、Unit 5 Talking about ChinaTopic 3 Section CThe main activities are 1b and 2. 本课重点活动是1b和2。. Teaching aims and demands教学目标1. Master some new words:discovery, rope2. Continue to learn the usage of the correlative conjunction:Not only paper but also printing is very important to peoples daily lives.3. L
2、earn the Four Great Inventions of ancient China. Teaching aids教具幻灯机/幻灯片/图片/小黑板. Five-finger Teaching Plan五指教学方案Step 1 Review 第一步 复习(时间:10分钟)1. (学生作英语值日报告,活跃气氛,使学生的思维直接进入主题,检查家庭作业。)T:Class begins. Whos on duty today?S1:I am. Today is (汇报日期、天气、出勤,介绍朋友对中国象棋的爱好情况,以及自己在网上对中国象棋了解的资料。)2. (学生互动练习,相互了解对方是否喜欢
3、中国象棋,抽若干组在班上汇报。)T: Very good. S1, sit down, please. Next, youll have to make a conversation with your partner.Example: A: Hello, Li. What are you going to do?B: Nothing. Why?A: Would you like to play chess with me?B: Why not? Id like to. I like it very much.Ss:Pair 1: Pair 2: 3. (由中国象棋这一发明,逐步过渡到介绍中国
4、古代四大发明,然后用猜谜的形式来调动学生的积极性。)T:OK, my class, we know Chinese chess was an invention of ancient China. Do you know any other inventions in ancient China?Ss:Yes, we do.T:What were they?Ss:They were the Four Great Inventions.T:Yes. Chinese are proud of the Four Great Inventions.Today well learn about them
5、.But first, let me make the statement of every invention.Please guess. What is it?(教师逐个描述四大发明,引出新单词和句型,让学生抢答,可以用汉语回答。)(1)It was invented in 1080 in Song Dynasty. Sailors used it for sailing. After this invention, the oceans opened to the world.(compass)(2)It was one of the greatest inventions in Mid
6、dle Ages in China. It may be used in fireworks and wars. Later, the method of making gunpowder was brought to the Arab world and Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries.(gunpowder)(3)The people of ancient China made paper with trees, ropes, rags and so on. Before it was invented, the ancient Chinese c
7、arved characters on animal bones and stones. They also wrote on bamboo or wooden sticks.(paper-making)(4)In the 1040s, a man who was named Bisheng carved characters on pieces of clay and wood. After the characters were printed on paper, the pieces of clay or wood could be used again. This technology
8、 then spread to Korea, Japan and Europe. (Printing)(板书,跟读。)compass, gunpowder, paper-making, printingrope n.5rupT: Good. The Four Great Inventions are well-known in the world. (板书,跟读并注意be动词的差异,稍加解释。)Both compass and printing were invented in Song Dynasty.Not only compass but also printing was invent
9、ed in Song Dynasty.T: Pay attention to “were” and “was”.(both and 连接并列主语,谓语动词用复数,not only but also 连接并列主语,谓语动词与最靠近的主语保持人称和数的一致。)Step 2 Presentation 第二步 呈现(时间:10分钟)1. (展示四大发明图片,问学生用英语怎么说。)T:Look at Picture One, please. Whats this called in English, S1?S1:Its a compass.T:And what are these?S2:Its pape
10、r-making.S3:Its gunpowder.S4:Its printing.(跟读,并要求学生完成1a。)T:Very good. Now, please open your books and turn to Page 21.Look at the pictures and match the Four Great Inventions of ancient China with their pictures. Please do it by yourself. OK?Ss:OK.(学生独立完成,然后核对答案。)The answers are: D, B, A, C2. (以课文材料
11、进行阅读训练,叫学生快速阅读,用最短的时间完成1b。)T:OK, my class, here are four passages. Please read it as soon as possible and then fill in the blanks with the names of the Four Great Inventions of ancient China.Ready?Ss:Yes.T:Go!(学生阅读2分钟。)T:Finished?Ss:Yes.T:OK. Lets check the answers. (Ask the student to fill in the b
12、lanks.)(板书)The answers are: A. compassB. gunpowderC. paper-makingD. printingStep 3 Consolidation 第三步 巩固(时间:10分钟)1. (带学生朗读1b, 四大发明。)T:Lets read the four passages. Read after me.Ss:T:Read after me again.Ss:T:OK. Can you read them together?Ss:Yes, we can.T:Now, please read them together.One, two, three
13、. Go!Ss:2. (让小组中的一位代表有感情地朗读短文,分四组表演。)T: Very good, boys and girls. Next, Ill ask one student to read one passage aloud, understand?Ss:Yes.T: OK. S1 stands for Group One. S2 stands for Group Two. S3 stands for Group Three. S4 stands for Group Four.(学生朗读,其他学生给予鼓掌、喝彩,使课堂气氛活跃,教师做总评。)Ss: 3. (个人朗读后,全体学生再将
14、四段描述看一遍,再完成P22 1c, work alone。)T: Now, everyone, please read the passage in 1b again and then fill in the chart.(学生阅读并做题1c。)Step 4 Practice 第四步 练习(时间:10分钟)1. (学生合上课本,看黑板,教师与学生一起练习连词的用法。)T: OK, my class, so much for the four passages.Lets look at the blackboard.Please fill in the blanks with the corr
15、elative conjunction.(both and , either or , neither nor , not only but also )(1)The weather here is too hot too cold in summer.(2)You can come to my house this evening tomorrow morning. Ill be free.(3) my father my mother are doctors.(4) English Chinese is my favorite subject.(教师叫学生起来作答。)(板书)The ans
16、wers are: (1) neither nor (2) either or (3) Both and (4) Not only but also Neither nor Either or (教师提醒学生第4小题三者都可以填上,因为它们具有相同的特点连接并列主语时,谓语动词与最靠近的主语保持人称和数的一致,只不过含义不同。)2. (让学生打开课本翻到第22页,学生独立完成2 work alone,也可以让学生到黑板上来演示。)T: Open your books, and turn to Page 22. Lets join each two sentences with the conn
17、ectives in the brackets.Example: Paper is very important to peoples daily lives.Printing is very important to peoples daily lives.Not only paper but also printing is very important to peoples daily lives.T: And we can say:Both paper and printing are very important to peoples daily lives. Please pay
18、attention to “is”and “are”.(教师示范后,学生开始做题。)T:Now, understand?Ss:Yes.T:OK. Please do them by yourself.Ss:(做完题后,师生共同检查,核对。)The answers are: (1)Both he and I come to school early this morning.(2)Either he or I will win the prize.(3)Wang Hong not only finished her homework but also helped her mother cook
19、 supper.(4)Neither he nor I am a worker.(5)Either you or I am wrong.(6)Rose neither knew nor cared about what happened to him.Step 5 Project 第五步 综合探究活动(时间:5分钟)1. (使全班学生了解更多的有关四大发明的知识,让学生了解历史,为中国古代的发明创造而感到自豪。)T: OK, my class, close your books again.Today we have learned about the Four Great Invention
20、s of ancient China.Now, in our class, who knows more about the Four Great Inventions? Please tell us something, OK?Volunteers?(鼓励学生大胆发言,若没人举手发言,教师让个别学生讲述。)Ss: 2. (做几道练习,强化连词的运用。)T: Lets do some exercises.(1)You have never been to Beijing. He has never been there, either. you he been to Beijing.(2)To
21、m may be at home or he may be at school now.Tom may be at home at school.(3)Kangkang studies in Renai school, Wang Junfeng studies there, too. Kangkang Wang Junfeng study in Renai school.The answers are: (1)Neither.nor.; has(2)either.or.(3)Both.and.3. Homework(要求学生课后上网查询更多关于四大发明的资料。)T: After class, please search for more information about the Four Great Inventions of ancient China.