Unit2TheGrandCanyonwasnotjustbig.

ITeachingmodel

Readingandwriting.

IITeachingmethod

Interactiveapproach

HITeachingaims

1.TogetinformationfromthereadingmaterialabouttheGrandCanyon;.

2.Toknowthewayofwritingyouseeandyourfeelingwhentravelling.

IVTeachingObjectives

1.Keyvocabulary:below,shine-shone-shone;shine-shined-shined,sign,silent,

silver,sky,grey,gothrough,beside,reply,clear,fallaway,stream,nearly,ontopof,

canyon,remain,by

2.Keysstructure:Sentencestructure.

VTeachingaids

Taperecorder,handout

VITeachingSteps

Step1Freetalk

Whatdoyouknowaboutthesewonders?

Step2Presentation

1.Introducethenewwords.

2.Readthewordsaftertheteacher.

Step3Workinpairs.

1.Talkaboutagreatnaturalwonderyouknow.Usethewordsintheboxtohelpyou.

belowdeepfantastichighlongnaturalshinesignsilentsilver

Step4Reading.

1.Playtherecordingandlistentothetapecarefully.

2.Askthestudentstoreadthroughthepassage.

3.Completethetable.

TheGrandCanyon

Howdeep

Howwide

Howlong

Keys:

1.Nearlyonemile.

2.Aboutfifteenmiles.

3.Morethan200miles.

4.Trueorfalse.

1.WhenIarrived,theweatherwassunnyandhot.

2.1wenttothewrongwayatfirst.

3.TheColoradoRiverwasnearlythreemilesbelowme.

4.Finally,Ilookedtomyleftandtomyright,andonbothsidesthecanyonwent

farawayformorethan200miles.

Keys:

FFFT

Step5Learningtolearn

Someadjectivestellyoufacts,suchaswide,deep,highandtall;domeadjectivestell

youtheopinionoftheauthor,likewonderful,hugeandgieat.Learntousethemto

talkaboutfactsandgiveyouropinion.

Step6Choosethecorrectanswer.

1.Readthepassageagain.

2.Choosethecorrectanswer.

1)Wheredoesthepassagepossiblycomefrom?

a)Amagazine.b)Agrammarbook.C)Adictionary.D)Astorybook.

2)Whywastherenothingtosee?

a)Becausetherewasnothing,b)Becauseitwastoodark.

c)Becauseitwasraining.d)Becauseitwasinthemorning.

3)WhichdirectionwasthewriterfacingwhilehewaslookingovertheGrand

Canyon?

a)South.b)North.c)East.d)West.

4)Whatisthewriter\purposeinwritingthispassage?

a)Togivefactsaboutthenaturalworld.

b)Tosayhowhefeelsaboutthenaturalworld.

c)TotellaninterestingstoryabouttheGrandCanyon.

d)ToattractpeopletovisittheGrandCanyon.

Keys:1.d2.b3.d4.b

Step7Completethepassagewiththewordsinthebox.

belowmileremainreplysignsilentskystreamthrough

Inthedark,thereisno(1)oftheGrandCanyon,anditis

(2).Butifyou(3)bytheGrandCanyonasthe

(4)getsbrighterandlookdownaboutone(5).youcan

seetheColoradoRiver(6)you.Itlookslikeasilver(7)

asitpasses(8)therocksatthebottomofthecanyon.Ifsomeoneasks

youwhethertheGrandCanyonisthegreatestwonderofthenaturalworld,itmaybe

easyto(9).

Keys:

1.sign2.silent3.remain4.sky5.mile6.below7.stream8.through

9.reply

Step8Writing

1.Completethetablewithfactsaboutanaturalorman-madewonderoftheworld.

Name

Location

Interestingtacts

Step9Languagepoints

1.1gotoutofthecar,wentthroughagateandwalkedalongadarkpath.

我下了車，穿過(guò)一扇門(mén)，沿著一條黑暗的小路走著。

gothrough通過(guò)，穿過(guò)；經(jīng)歷

e.g.Therainhasgonethroughmycoat.

線)向下延伸，(逐漸)退落，顯露出谷底的河流。

用behind,on,below,away和down幾個(gè)介詞和副詞生動(dòng)地展現(xiàn)了太陽(yáng)升起1寸作

者在大峽谷觀察到的奇妙景象?！璽hegroundfellaway…是形象化的描述，說(shuō)

明了隨著陽(yáng)光的照射，作者仿佛看到地面在下降，逐漸顯露出谷底的河流。

4.Iremainedbythecanyonfbrabouthalfanhour...

remainv.逗留，留下n.剩余物；遺跡；殘骸

e.g.Ididn'tremainlonginthecity.我并沒(méi)1sx在那個(gè)城市逗留彳艮久。

Thepolicetoldeverybodytoremainintheircars.警察叫大家都留在車?yán)铩?/p>

Step10Exercises

中考連接

()I.Thavemywatcheverywhere.RutIcannotfindit.

A.lookatB.lookedupC.lookedfor

()2.TheXianmen-Shenzhenhighspeedrailroadwillruneightcities.

A.acrossB.throughC.over

()3.—Pleasedrivewhenyoupassaschool.

—OK.

A.nearlyB.earlyC.slowlyD.really

()4.Thelittleelephantisafraidtogoalone.Healwayswalkshismother.

A.besideB.behindC.belowD.under

()5.Thevolunteerspokeasasshecouldtomakethevisitorsunderstand

her.

A.clearlyB.moreclearlyC.mostclearlyD.themostclearly

6.他們正在建一條隧道，它將穿過(guò)這座山。

Theyarebuildingatunnelanditwillthemountain.

Keys:1.C2.B3.C4.A5.A6.gothrough

Step11Homework

Imagineyouhavejustvisitedoneofthewonders.Writeapassageanddescribehow

youfeltwhenyouvisitedthewonder.

Saywhenyouvisitedit.

IjustvisitedtheGreatWalllastmonth.

Say