牛津译林版高中英语必修2 Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained-Project 教案.docVIP

Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained Project: Telling about an unexplained mystery教案 Teaching aims: 1. Help Ss discuss what mystery they want to write a story about, and collect as much information as they can. 2. Lead Ss to use what they have learnt in this unit to complete the project. Teaching procedures: StepⅠ Fast Reading Questions for Ss to answer after reading: 1. In which year were Yetis seen? 2. Where have Yetis or similar creatures been seen? 3. What has been reported about Yetis? 4. What do scientists think of Yetis? StepⅡ Careful reading Ask Ss to find the main idea of each paragraph and find the connections between them. Para 1: Sightings of Yetis are reported. Para 2: An eyewitness to a Yeti in 1998. Para 3: Another eyewitness who saw Yeti tracks in 2007, which looked like the tracks of Bigfoot in the USA Para 4: Reports about the Wild Man in Shennongjia and the similarity of Yeti, Bigfoot and the Wild Man in shengnongjia Para 5: An American scientist’s opinion. Para 6: The hope for the solution of the mystery Step Ⅲ Discussion 1. Do scientists all believe such creatures exist? 2. How are their opinions divided? 3. Do you believe in the existence of such creature? 4. How to write a story of mystery? Step Ⅳ Information on the writing features of a mystery The writing features of a mysterious story: 1. an interesting and attractive title 2. an attractive beginning 3. some details of the story with some pictures or photos 4. what scientists or people think about the story 5. an open end of the story StepⅤ Comparison between a news report and a magazine article The reading text is a news report and after reading the first Para, readers will know what has happened and when and where it happened. In the following Paras more details and information are given. The project reading test is an overview about Yetis and similar creatures and it is a magazine article. It is an overview with general information about Yetis and similar crea