The Fourth Period
Teaching Aims:
ew the useful expressions learnt in this unit by practising.
ove the students’ reading ability by reading the material.
ove the students’ writing ability.
le the students to realize that it is important to protect the estuary.
Teaching Important Points:
ove the students’ reading ability by reading the material.
ove the students’ writing ability.
Teaching Difficult Point:
How to improve the students’ integrating skills-reading and writing.
Teaching Methods:
reading to go through the reading material.
ctive method to help students write a paragraph successfully.
Teaching Aids:
multimedia
blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
Step Ⅰ Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual.
Step Ⅱ Revision
T:Yesterday we did some practice about modal let’s do some more exercises to see if you have mastered se look at the screen.
(Teacher uses multimedia to show the exercises on the screen.)
Fill in the blanks using must/might/may/can/could and their negative forms.
1.-I saw Mary in the street yesterday.
-You ______ have seen is still in Australia.
2.-Could I use your bike?
-Yes,of course you ______.
ground is ______ have rained last night.
4.A machine ______ think for ______ be told what to do.
,don’t play with the valuable ______ break it.
Suggested answers:
’t ’t,must
Step Ⅲ Fast Reading
T:Good if we want to use the modal verbs correctly,we must practise them as often as y we will read another ocean is very important to all the living things,which is known to us,and I think we have also known about the reason why the ocean becomes so important-because of the properties of water,the ocean is very passage we will read is also about deals with “the body of water” you interested in the topic?
S1: what is the meaning of “the body of water”?I think water has no body.
T:Good question.I think you can get the answer to the question by let’s read the e you are reading,try to make clear what is the main idea of each des,try fast reading,it is helpful to improve your reading ability.
(Teacher gives students a few minutes to read the passage.)
T:Have you finished your reading?
Ss:Yes.
T:Wang Lin,are you clear about “the body of water”?
S2:Yes.I think “the body of water” means the main part of water.
T:You are great!Now who’d like to tell me the main idea of the first paragraph?
S3:An estuary is the body of water where a river meets the ocean.
T:Right,thank you for your about the second one?
S4:Let me general idea is that estuaries are great places for nature’s young.
T:Wang Ping,tell me the main idea of the third paragraph,please!
S5:I’m not sure.I think the third paragraph tells us estuaries are important to animals and plants,so we should try our best to protect them from environmental I right?
T:ratulations!There is only the last paragraph can try?
S6:I think the main idea of the last paragraph is that estuaries are also important to human beings because they not only provide recreation and education for us but also contribute to the economy.
Step Ⅳ Discussion and Explanation
T:The general idea of the passage is very clear to us let’s re-read the passage e you are reading,try to find out the answers to the questions on Page you need,you can have a discussion about I’ll check your answers.
(Teacher gives students enough time to read the the same time,teacher goes among them and helps them express their own opinions in English correctly.)
Suggested answers:
s provide energy for the ecosystem,and estuaries are protected from waves and storms by addition nutrients arrive in estuaries from both the land and the estuaries are great places for nature’s young ones.
ity means the quality of being other words,there are more living creatures than any other habitat on earth.
aries can make our water clean by absorbing nutrients and pollutants from water coming from inland sources.
function that estuaries can absorb pollutants and nutrients makes estuaries very sensitive to environmental pollution.
aries can provide recreation and education for human des estuaries also contribute to the they are very important to human beings.
T:Well you are very familiar with the passage.
To understand the passage better,I will explain some important se,look at the blackboard.
(Teacher writes the following phrases on the blackboard.)
ide…for
company will provide food and drink for them.
an opportunity to do something
e.g.I had no opportunity to discuss the problem with her yesterday.
3.a variety of
left for a variety of reasons.
There are a variety of patterns for you to choose from.
ribute to
work has contributed to our understanding of this difficult subject.
Step Ⅴ Writing
T:Up to now,we have learnt a lot about water and known the properties of water and importance of you are given an opportunity to check if you know a lot about at the questions on the screen.
(Teacher uses multimedia to show the questions on the screen.)
does an ice cube float?
will happen to a piece of metal if you put it in water?
do so many species live in estuaries?
have so many cities been built by estuaries?
T:Now imagine that your science teacher asks you to choose one of the questions and write a paragraph to explain what you learn from this unit and what you know about nature and science to write the must be careful to explain it to make your explanations easy to ’d better look at the tips on Page 24 before you ’s of great help to your writing.
Possible samples:
(Question 3)
Salt water from the ocean and fresh water from the river mix together in an mixing of fresh and salt water creats a unique enviroment filled with life of all ,animals can enjoy all the benefits of the oceans without having to face many of its dangers and nutrients arrive in estuaries from both the land and the there are so many species living in estuaries.
(Question 4)
Estuaries are great places for nature’s many cities are built by estuaries,we can enjoy fishing,swimming and having fun on the beach and scientists and students have endless opportunities to study a varety of life in the ’s more,estuaries also contribute to the economy through tourism and many cities have been built by estuaries.
Step Ⅵ Test
T:In this unit,we’ve learnt some important I’ll give you a test to check whether you’ve mastered them or at the screen,please.
(Teacher uses multimedia to show the test on the screen and gives students a few minutes to finish checks their answers.)
children’s age ______(在5歲至15歲之間).
2.______(她處理這個問題的方法) is very good.
3.A week later,______（也就是),Oct 1 is National Day.
______(充分利用了) multimedia in the class.
little girl ______(對温度很敏感).
actions ______(使他受到尊敬).
______(設法完成了工作) with very little help.
Suggested answers:
e from 5 to 15
way she deals with the problem
is
advantage of
very sensitive to temperature
him respected
ged to get the work done
Step Ⅶ Summary and Homework
T:Today,we’ve done some reading and ’ve also reviewed some useful expressions in this r class,go over all the important points we have learnt in this ’s all for s is over.
Step Ⅷ The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 13 The water planet
The Fourth Period
Phrases:provide…for,have an opportunity to do,a variety of,contribute to
Step Ⅸ Record after Teaching
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