人教版高三英语选修9 Unit 4 Eploring plants 全单元教案.docxVIP

Aim: Unit 4 Exploring plants Period one To train the students’ ability of listening and speaking. Contents: Step I Warming up Q1 What do you know about plants? Q2 Do you know what kind of plant don’t have flowers? Q3 Do you know what kind of plant have roots that live in the air? Q4 Do you know what kind of plant need animals to pollinate them? Q5 Do you know what kind of plant grow on other plants? Q6 Do you know that people buy plants that come from other countries for their gardens? Q7 Do you know that a new plant does not always grow from a seed? Step II Listen and discuss: First give some photos of the plants and then ask students answer the following question.(Page 38) Q1 How would you describe each plant? Q2 What do you think is unusual about each plant? Q3 One of the pictures shows pitcher plants and another shows “Living stones” which picture shows which plant? Now listen to Mark，Gordon and Andrea telling their class about these plants. Which students talk about which plants? Listen again and complete the table with the correct information. Aim: 0 Period two To make students understand the text. Plant exploring in the 18th Contents: Q1 What is each paragraph about? And 19th centuries. Q2 Write down the topic of each paragraph in your own words. Q3 What happened in these years? Complete the sentences on page 33. Q4 Answer there question in groups. Why was there a lot of plant collecting in the 18th and 19th centuries? How did French missionaries come to be plant collection? What were some of the negative aspects of plant collecting expeditions? Transporting plants over long distances was a big problem, why was this? Why did many plants fail to reach their destinations alive? Can you think of any other reasons? What important the survival rates of plants transported long distances? 0 Period three Aim: To make students master the language points in this text. Contents: Phrases: date back to: go back to/date from eg: This town dates back to the Rome time