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模块3 unit. 1 Period one 教案 Unit 1 The world of our senses Teaching objectives of the whole unit: 1 Develop students’ ability of reading comprehension by reading a story about a blind man who helped others get through a thick fog and the other one about shark attacks, some special senses of animals. 2 Develop students’ ability of listening comprehension by listening to two talks about storytelling contest and how to begin the story 3 Develop students’ speaking ability by discussing how to create their own stories 4 Develop students’ writing ability by teaching them how to use proper adjectives and adverbs to make the body of their story more lively, and write a story with a surprising ending 5 Develop students’ integrated skills of using English by producing a TV show about how an animal uses its senses 6 Enlarge students vocabulary about the words to describe the weather 7 Help students understand what a noun clause is and noun clauses beginning with that or if/whether Welcome to the unit In this part, students are encouraged to conduct a free discussion about the importance of five senses in their studies and daily life. Students are expected to express their opinions boldly and imaginatively. Reading The reading text deals with a story about what happened to a young lady on a thick foggy afternoon. The reading strategy of this unit teaches students how to comprehend a story better while reading it. Students will practice identifying these elements. Word power This section has two parts. In the first part, students will learn that many words in English can have different roles in different types of sentences. In the second part, students will review and learn words used to describe different kinds of weather. Grammar and usage The grammar focus in this unit is on noun clauses. Students are expected to learn what noun clauses are and understand how to use the conjunctions that and if/whether to introduce noun clauses. Task This section consists of a series of acti