Unit2+Exploring+English+Starting+Out+and+Reading+教案 高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册.docxVIP

Unit2ExploringEnglishStartingOutandReading

教学目标

1.tolearnthehistoryofEnglishlanguage;

2.tolearnthestyleofargumentation;

3.tolearnsomeusefulandimportantwordsandexpressions;

4.tohaveabetterunderstandingofEnglishlanguage.

教学重点：

1.tounderstandthemeaningoftheconfusingpairsofwords.

2.toshowthatEnglishisinterestingandcreative.

教学难点：

Howtoimprovestudents’readingability.

教学过程

StepILeading-in

Finishactivities1and2onpage17.

StepIIReading

Inthestartingoutpart,welearnedthehistoryoftheEnglishlanguageandthatEnglishisthemostcommonlanguageintheworld.Nowlet’scontinueexploringEnglish.

1.Fastreading

Readthepassagequicklyandfindthestyleofit.

It’sanargumentation.

Howmanypartsarethereinthepassage?

PartIpara.1Englishisacrazylanguagetolearn

PartII(para.2-6)Examplestosupporttheopinion

PartIIIpara.7ReasonswhyEnglishisacrazyandinterestinglanguage.

2.Detailedreading

Readparagraph2-6onebyoneandfindexamplestosupporttheauthor’sidea.

noeggineggplant

nohaminhamburger para.1

neitherpinenorappleinpineapple

Wecan’talwaysunderstandacompoundwordbyaddingthemeaningsofthewordsitismadeupof!

sculptasculpture

paintapaintingpara.2

BUTtakeaphoto

seasicksickatsea

airsicksickintheairpara.2

carsicksickinacar

BUThomesick≠sickathome

Thesameruledoesn’tapplytoeverything!

Hardistheoppositeofsoft.

Hardlyandsoftlyarenotanopposingpair.

Harmlessistheoppositeofharmful.Para.3

Shamefulandshamelessbehaviorsarethesame.

Englishisconfusing.

it’srainingorit’ssnowing.Para.4

Butit’ssunshining.(×)

WHO=WorldHeathOrganisation

IT=InformationTechnology

US=UnitedStates

Eventhesmallestwordscanbeconfusing.

burnup=burndownpara.6

fillinaform=filloutaform

Differentwords,butsamemeaning.

Readpara.7andfindthereasonswhyEn