英语精读教案_Book 4 Unit 1 Fighting with the Forces of nature.docVIP

Unit One Fighting with the Forces of nature Text A the Icy Defender Reference Book: (New) Integrated Course 4 Student’s and Teaching’s Book Teaching Method: ESA (engage, study, activate) Objective: 1 grasp the main idea and structure of the text 2 do a comparison contrast between Napoleon’s invasion of Russia and Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union 3 master the key language points and grammatical structure in the text 4 conduct a series of reading listening speaking and writing actives related to the theme of the unit Time allocation Teaching Period ( 01 10) 10 Teaching Processes : Pre-reading 1 Warming-up Introduce some relevant materials and Quotations 2 Culture Note Background information Throughout the history of mankind, there have been many conquerors Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1827) : emperor of the French, who consolidated and institutionalized many reforms of the French Revolution. One of the greatest military commanders of all time, he conquered the larger part of Europe The Battle of Waterloo : final and decisive action of the Napoleonic Wars, that effectively ended French domination of the European continent and brought about drastic changes in the political boundaries and the power balance of Europe Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) German political and military leader and one of the20th century’s most powerful dictators. Hitler converted Germany into a fully militarized society and launched World War II in 1939. 3 Discussion : Man or Nature , which is powerful ? While-reading 1 T draw Ss’ attention to the subtitles in the text , then leads them through Text Organization Exercise 1. In this way Ss will have a better understanding of the text structure 2 T explains the language points in Parts I and IV and has Ss practice them 3 Ss sum up the main ideas respectively Ss form groups to analyze the similarities and difference between the two invasions. Key words 1 bleak ---adj bare barren desolate // sheltered gloomy