Period2教學(xué)設(shè)計(jì)教學(xué)目標(biāo)1．Getstudentstolearntheusefulnewwordsandexpressionsinthispart：anecdote,annual,witness,accommodation,shore,opposite,yell,pause,telescope,teamwork,dive,depth,lip,urge,abandon,shark,relationship,help...out.2．Letstudentslearnaboutseveraldifferenttypesofwhales,especiallythekillerwhales.3．Enablethestudentstolearntotalkabouttheirfavoriteseaanimals.4．Developstudents'readingabilitybylearningtoreadaboutthekillerwhalesandletthemlearndifferentlearningskills.5．Developtheircreativethinkingability.6．Arousestudents'greatinterestinseaanimals.7．Makethemawareoftherelationshipbetweenmanandanimalsandtheimportanceofbanningwhaling.8．Developstudents'senseofcooperativelearning.教學(xué)重點(diǎn)1．Readingcomprehensiontothetext.2．Learningmoreaboutthekillerwhalesandunderstandingtherelationshipbetweenthekillerwhalesandthewhalers.3．Importantwordsandexpressions.教學(xué)難點(diǎn)1．Therelationshipbetweenthekillerwhalesandthewhalers.2．Developstudents'readingability.教學(xué)課時(shí)1課時(shí)教學(xué)方法1．Individual,pairandgroupwork.2．Task－basedteachingandlearning.3．Quiz,discussion,blank－filling,retelling,debate.教學(xué)工具Acomputerandaprojector.教學(xué)過(guò)程Step1Warmingup1．Asksomestudentstoshowsomepicturesoftheirfavoriteseaanimalsandintroducethemtotheclass.Theintroductionshouldcovertheseaspects：·TheEnglishandChinesenameofyourfavoriteseaanimal.·Wheredidyoufindit?·Somefeaturesofit,itsdistribution,orlivingcondition.Anythingaboutitiswelcome.·Whydoyoulikeit?Sampleintroduction：①M(fèi)yfavoriteseaanimalisdolphins(海豚)．Ifoundthematanaquariumthissummerholiday.Dolphinsareverymeek(溫順的)．Neitherastimidanimalsinvirginforestswhorunawayimmediatelytheydiscoverastranger,norasbeastsinremotemountainswhobarefangsandbrandishclawsthemomenttheyencounteraperson,dolphinsarealwaysfriendlywithpeople.Dolphinsandhumanbeingshavebeenonfriendlytermsallalong.Ilikedolphins,becausedolphinsaretrulyintellectual.Theycanevenimitatesomepeople'svoiceafteraperiodoftraining.Yet,dolphinshaveintelligencedifferentfromcommonanimals.Thevolumeandmassoftheirbrainareamongthemostconsiderableintheanimalworld.Uptothepresentmoment,scientistshavetwodifferentviewsonanimals'intelligence：oneisthatofallanimals,chimpsarethemostintellectualandcapable；anotheristhatchimpsarenomorecapableofstudyingthandolphins,anditisprobablethatdolphinsaremoreintellectualthanchimps.Therefore,somepeopleconsiderdolphinsas“wizardsinthesea”．Whenmentioningdolphins,peoplewillprobablyspeakhighlyoftheirsupernormalintelligenceandability.Inthataquarium,itiscommonthatdolphinsaregivingawonderfulperformancebyfollowingthetrainer'sinstructions.Theyseemtobecapableofunderstandingwhatmankindexpressesandtakingactionsaccordingtotheinstructions.Atpresent,themajorityofpeoplemarvelatdolphins'supernormalintelligenceasakindofseaanimal.Buttowhatextentcandolphins'intelligenceandabilityachieve？Itremainstobeprobedandresearched.②Myfavoriteseaanimalistropicalfish(熱帶魚(yú))．Ifoundthemonasnorkelingtrip.Iwasattractedbyitscolorfulappearance.Inthehalfanhour'stripfromtheshore,Ifoundcoralreefs,tropicalfishandothermarinelife.Excitedly,Iboughtsomefisheshome.Itwasmyfirsttimetoraisetropicalfish.Onemonthagomyfriendtoldmethattropicalfishareeasiertoraisethanthegoldenfish.Herwordsletmethinkofanotherfriendofmine.Heisraisingtropicalfish.Iamfeedingfourcategoriesoftropicalfish.Twoblackmarry,eightpeacocks,anothertwofishes,althoughIdon'tknowtheirnames,arethemostbeautiful.Thepeacockisthesmallestandisn'tcolorfulasIhaveseeninotherplacesbefore.Myfriendtoldmetheywillbebeautifulwhentheygrowup.SoIputtheeightpeacockfishintoasmallfishjar.Iobservethemeverydayandisexpectingthemtobebiggerandmorecolorful.Twoofthefourbigtropicalfisheshavediedincludingthebeautifulone.Perhapsthebeautifulfish'slifeisfragile.Ifitistrue,thenIdon'texpectthesmallpeacockstoturnbeautiful.Ishouldn'tbesogreedytowantboth.Thattheyjusthavestronglifeisenoughforme.2．Theteachershowsthepictureofakillerwhaleanddoasmallquizaboutit.(1)What'stheChineseandEnglishnameofthiswhale?虎鯨Killerwhales(2)CanyoumatchthesewhaleswiththeirChineseandEnglishnames？(Showstudentssomepicturesofdifferentwhales.)baleenwhale須鯨spermwhale抹香鯨bluewhale藍(lán)鯨whitewhale白鯨(3)Whichofthesekindsofwhalescangrowtobethelargest?Bluewhales藍(lán)鯨(about21－27minlength,100－120tonsinweight)(4)Humanshavebeenhuntingwhalesformorethan__A__years.A．2000B．1000C．500(5)Willthekillerwhalesattackpeopleandeatthem？No.(6)Doesafemalekillerwhalegivebirthtoababywhaleorlayeggs？Givebirthtoababywhale.(7)Whatdoesanewly－bornbabykillerwhalefeedon？__C__A．Smallseaanimals.B．Seaplants.C．Itsmother'smilk.(8)Dothekillersbelongtothefamilyofdolphinsorwhales？Dolphins.(9)Malekillerwhaleshavealifeexpectancyof__B__years,whilefemalescanliveaslongas__D__years.A．40－50B．50－60C．60－70D．80－90(10)Killersarehighlysocialanimalsthattravelingroupscalledpods(群)．Podsusuallyconsistof__A__whales.A．2－50B．20－50C．30－60(11)Howmanysoundscanakillerwhalemake？62sounds.(12)Arekillersendangeredspeciesandinneedofconservation？No.(13)Thekillerwhalesaresometimescalledthe“__A__ofthesea”becausetheyarebothveryfierce.A．wolfB．dogC．tigerStep2Pre－reading1．ReadthewordsinPre－readingonPage19quicklyandfillintheform.WriterAnoldmancalledClancyOccupation·AwhalerStyle·AnecdotesTime·Atthebeginningofthe20thcenturyPlace·AustraliaWhathappened·Thekillerwhaleshelpedthewhalerscatchabaleenwhale.Step3Skimming1．Glancethroughthetwoanecdotesanduseonesentencetogetthemainideaofeachanecdote.Mainideas：Anecdoteone：Thekillerwhaleshelpedthewhalerstocatchabaleenwhale.Anecdotetwo：OldTomsavedawhalerJames.2．Fillintheblankswiththenamesoftherolesinthetext.(1)______was16yearsofagewhenhewenttoworkatthewhalingstation.(2)______orderdClancytogototheboatastherewasawhaleoutthereinthebay.(3)______wasswimmingbytheboatshowingthewhalerstheway.(4)______toldClancythattheywouldreturnthenextdaytobringinthebodyofthewhale.(5)______wascarriedbythewavesfurtherandfurtherawayfromthewhalers.(6)______knewthatOldTomwouldprotectJames.Suggestedanswers：(1)Clancy(2)George(3)OldTom(4)Jack(5)James(6)RedStep4Scanning1．Readthesetwoanecdotescarefullyandfindoutsomeverbsorverbphrasestodotheblank－fillingworksheet.Anecdoteone：Therewasperfectcooperationbetweenthewhalersandthekillerwhales.BeforethehuntThekillers'action：Threw_itselfout_ofthewaterandthencrashed_downagain.Swam_bytheboat,showingthewhalerstheway.Circledbacktotheboat,leadingthewhalerstothehunt.Thewhalers'reaction：Awhaleryelledout.Georgeranahead_of_clancy.Clancyraced_afterhim.Theyjumped_into_theboatwiththeotherwhalersandheaded_outintothebay.DuringandafterthehuntThekillers'action：Apackofkillersarethrowing_themselvesontopofthewhale'sblow－h(huán)oleto_stopitbreathing；someothersarestoppingitfleeing_outtosea.Thekillersstartedracing_betweenthewhalers'boatandthewhale,justlikeapackofexciteddogs.Withinamomentortwo,thewhale'sbodywasdragged_down_intothedepthsofthesea.Thewhalers'reaction：Themaninthebowoftheboataimedaharpoonatthewhaleandletitgotohitthespot.Startedturningtheboataroundtogohome.Anecdotetwo：ThedangersfacingJames：(1)Hewaswashed_off_theboatandwascarried_away_byroughwaves.(2)Therewasasharkoutthere.ThehelpofferedbyOldTom：(1)OldTomwouldn't_let_thesharknear.(2)OldTomfirmlyheldJamesupinthewater.2．Readingaloudandunderliningexpressions.Studentsreadthetextaloudtothetapeandunderlinealltheexpressionsinthetext.Putthemdownintotheirnotebooksafterclassashomework.Suggestedanswers：Collections：atthetime,witnesssth.withone'sowneyesmanytimes,sortoutmyaccommodation,intimetodosth.,crashdown,yellout,aheadof,fleeouttosea,aimat,letsth.go,bedraggedswiftlydownintothedepthsofthesea,inthemeantime,haveagoodfeedonsth.,becarriedfurtherandfurtheraway,befirmlyheldupinthewater3．Reading,identifyingandsettling.Studentsskimthetextonceagainandidentifythedifficultsentences.Letthemtryanalyzingthestructuresofthedifficultsentencesanddiscussthemamongtheirgroupmembers.Theymayalsoturntotheteacherforhelp.·...Georgedidn'tlikebeingkeptwaiting...·...Icouldseeawhalebeingattackedbyapackofaboutsixotherkillers.·Beingbadlywounded,thewhalesoondied.·...Icouldseehewasterrifiedofbeingabandonedbyus.Step5DiscussionAfterthestudentsreadthepassage,askthemtodiscussthefollowingquestionsingroupsandthenreporttotheclass.1．WhyhasthekillerwhalegotthenameOldTom?2．Doyoulikekillerwhales？Whyorwhynot?Suggestedanswers：1．OldTomisaperson'sname.Inmyopinion,thereasonswhythekillerinthetextiscalledsomaybetwo.Foronething,thekillerthatshowedthewhalersthewaytothehuntandsavedJamesmustbeamalekillerwhalebecauseTomisaman'sname.Foranother,thewhalerscalleditOldTom,justastheywerecallingaman.Thatistosay,thewhalerstreateditastheirdearfriend.Inthemeantime,thekilleritselfmustbeveryfriendlytothewhalersandhelpedthemalotinhuntinginthesea.Inreturn,thekillercangetpartofthebaleenwhaleasitsfood.Sotosomeextent,thewhalersandkillersaredependingoneachother.Theycooperatedwellandlivedinharmonywithoneanother.2．IlikekillerwhalesbecausewhenJamesfellofftheboat,thekillerwhalenotonlyprotectedhimfrombeingdrownedbutalsowouldn'tletthesharknear.Theyaresocleverandfriendlytohumanbeings.What'smore,theyworkedasateam,whichshouldbelearnedbyuswhenweareworking.Idon'tlikethem.Thoughtheyarecleverandfriendlytous,theyaretoofierce.Tomygreatsurprise,theyshouldeatthefleshofanotherwhale.Icouldhardlybelieveit.Ihaveneverheardofoneanimalkillinghisfamiliesandeveneatingtheirmeat.Howpitifulitis!Step6Further－thinking1．Whatelsedoyouthinkisamazinginthestory？Showyourevidence.2．Whatisananecdote?Suggestedanswers：1．Ithinkitissoamazingthatwehumanbeingsshoulduseoneanimaltoattackorhuntanotheranimalevenhisownfamilymembers,justlikedogsthathelphuntershuntanimals.Ithinkthatthekillerwillreturnthebodyofthebaleenwhaleinsteadofkeepingitoreatingitupisveryamazing.ButIguessthekillerwhalesarejustfondofthetasteofthebaleenwhale'slipsandtongue.Ortheyjustwanttoshareitwiththewhalersinreturnfortheircooperation.2．Accordingtothetext,asfarasIamconcerned,ananecdotemustbeanexcitingoramazingstory.Step7ConsolidationAskstudentstoretellthepassagewiththehelpoftheirworksheet.1．PleaseretelleitherofthetwoanecdotesinthenameofOldTom,thebaleenwhaleorJames.Youranecdoteshouldatleastconsistoftwoparagraphs：Parag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lesisnotendangered,differentregionalpopulationsareandtransientpopulationsoffthecoastofVancouver,CanadaandWashingtonState,.,weredepletedbythelivecaptur