AnadventureinAfrica[教学].docVIP

Unit 2 Module 2Reading: An adventure in Africa扬中市第二高级中学 冯 平Teaching Aims1. Train the students’ reading ability and know how to write an informal letter.2. Get the students to know the main idea of the text.3. Develop the students’ creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities.4. Learn more about Africa and travel.Teaching Important PointsDevelop the students’ reading ability.Teaching Difficult Points1. How to make the students understand the passage better. How to help the students finish all the exercises.3. How to help the students develop their creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities.Teaching MethodsFast-reading method to get the general idea of the passage.Careful -reading method to get the detailed information in the text.Discussion after reading to help the students finish the tasks.4. Acting to develop the students’ creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities.Teaching Aids1. The multimedia 2. The blackboardTeaching ProceduresStep 1. Free-talk and Lead- inDo you like this music? Have you ever heard it before? The name of the music is Stay With Me Till The Morning from the film Out of Africa. Let’s enjoy some pictures say something about them. lion; camel; elephant; giraffe; The Sahara Desert --- It is the world’The River Nile--- It’s the longest river in the world, the Egyptian civilization started on it.Lake Victoria --- It is the world’s largest tropical (热带) lake and the second largest fresh water lake.Mount Kilimanjaro --- It’s the highest mountain in Africa. Its top is covered with snow and ice all year round.These scenic spots are all in Africa. So Africa is beautiful, exciting, mysterious and attractive. Now today we’re going to read a letter about: An adventure in AfricaWhat is an adventure according to the pictures above? Adventure is an unusual, exciting or dangerous experience, journey or series of events. First let’s do some word spelling exercises.1. It’s very dangerous for all of you to work here without he