牛津高中英语模块二Unit 1教案.docVIP

Unit 1 Tales of unexplained Period 1 Welcome to the unit Teaching aims: 1. Target language 1. Help Ss practice spoken English. 2. Help Ss express their opinions boldly and imaginatively. Teaching important difficult points Help Ss express their opinions boldly and imaginatively. Teaching methods Discussion. Teaching aids A computer and a projector. Teaching procedures Step 1: Lead- in Today, our topics are not only interesting and attractive, but a little mysterious as well. They are beyond our knowledge. Maybe we only hear of them. Even the advanced science and technology of today cant offer satisfactory answers to them. Step 2: Picture talking 1. UFOS, Yetis, Crop circles and Stonehenge T: Do these topics have sth. in common? If so, what is it? (Unexplained, no satisfactory answers, mysterious, no evidence) How do you feel about them? Are you a bit curious? Now lets discuss the pictures on page one. 2. Ask students to discuss all the pictures in pairs or groups and then report the result of their discussion to the teacher. Step 3: Description of the pictures Picture one: UFOS 1) What do the letters UFO stand for? It stands for unidentified Flying Object, that is , an object , apparently moving in the sky, which we can not identify. 2) Do you believe in it ? I never believe in spacecraft carrying visitors from outer space. Picture two: Yetis 1) Where are the Himalayas ? It is in the south of Asia. 2) Whats the weather like there ? cold. 3) What is the Yeti, and what is it like? Its reported to be half-man and half-beast. Its supposed to live in the highest mountain in the worldMount Qomolangma. Picture three: Crop circles It’s said that the earliest crop circles appeared in England in 1647. Crop circles are reported to appear mostly in spring and summer. People are curious about the phenomenon. What about you? Do you really believe it’s a natural phenomenon? 1. Do you believe in the existence of aliens? 2. Do you think the crop c