高中英语 Unit 2 Period 3 A sample lesson plan for Using Language教学设计 新人教版选修8.docVIP

Period 3 A sample lesson plan for Using Language (THE RETURN OF THE DINOSAURS) Introduction Language is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the students read, listen, write and speak in English, making use of the focused words, collocations, structures and topic ideas covered in this unit. The teacher may take the following steps in teaching: warming up by reading aloud the text on page 11 to the tape；Reading for forms；discussing about extinct animals；listening and talking about cloning and closing by looking and saying. Objectives To help students read the passage THE RETURN OF THE DINOSAURS To help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing Procedures 1. Warming up by reading aloud the text on page 11 to the tape. Why read aloud? Because reading aloud: Is great fun, and it benefits our growth as readers and learners. Nurtures our love of both the written and spoken word. Gives us a chance to rediscover favorite stories and find new ones. Helps us develop important language skills that will help us learn to read on our own. 2. Reading for forms Read the text THE RETURN OF THE DINOSAURS on page 15: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicates, darken the connectives and underline all the useful collocations. 3. Discussing about extinct animals Some animals have gone for ever. Some animals are endangered. Tigers in Asia are endangered. Now in groups of four make a list of endangered animals and have a discussion of them. Endangered tiger The tiger lives in the jungles and canebrakes of Asia. Its body markings provide excellent camouflage in long grass. This large carnivore usually hunts at night, spending the greater part of the daylight hours resting in shaded areas to escape the heat. It eats a variety of other creatures, from frogs and turtles, to cattle, monkeys, deer, buffalo, and even the occasional young elephant. Tigers are the largest existing members of the F