1、快樂英語(yǔ)閱讀課題： Tommy the Turtle Conquered His Fear Teaching aims:1. To be able to improve reading skill in different ways of reading.2. To skim the text and key information from the articles.3. To learn some words and the stories.4. To be able to guess the meanings of new words from the context.Teaching

2、important and difficult points:1. The main idea in each article.2. How to understand the meanings of new words from the context.Teaching period: One periodTeaching procedures: While-readingStep 1 Read Chapter 1 and answer:A. Answer the following questions.1. Where did Tommy the Turtle grow up?2. Wha

3、t was Tommy the Turtle afraid of ?3. Was Tommy afraid of things above the water?Step 2 Read Chapter 2 and answer the following questions.1. What was Harriet afraid of?2. Why wasnt Harriet willing to kill spiders?3. What was Bobby afraid of? 4. When Bobby talked to worms, what happened?Step 3 Read Ch

4、apter 3 and answer the following questions.1. What problem did Lucy the ladybug have?She wanted to go to the o_ side of the path. But her w_ are too s_ for her body, she couldnt fly a long d_. She needed help.2. Who helped Lucy get where she needed to be instead of getting lost?Step 4 Read Chapter 4

5、 and answer the following questions.How did Sally the Spider make Harriet get rid of fear?Sally _ _ _ off the web. Then she began to _ _ Harriet as she walked. Sally _ _ Harriets head, and _ a sweet, soft _ to Put Harriet _ _.Step 5. Read Chapter 5 and answer the following questions.1. Who else did

6、Tommy and Bobby meet?2. What made Bobby unhappy?B. Decide the following questions whether they are true or false. If it is true , write “T”, If it is not true , please write “F”.1. Tommy was afraid of everything not only above the water but also below the water.( )2. Harriet is so small that spiders

7、 always scared her. ( ) 3. Bobby likes making friends with worms, but worms dont. ( ) 3. Lucy cant fly a long distance because she is afraid of getting lost. ( )4. Harriet, Tommy and Bobby helped Lucy get where she wanted to be. ( )5. Sally is good at making a web and she doesnt sing very well.( )6.

8、 Sally taught Harriet how to make webs. ( )7. The webs are important for Sally because she can get food by making webs.( )8. Sally and Harriet became friends at last, and they would visit each other.( )9. Worms are afraid of the big size of Bobby, so they arent willing to become friends with them. (

9、 )10. Humans put the long poles with worms into the water to wait for bobby and catch them. ( )Step 4 Exercises: Completes the exercises on P41. Post-readingStep 5 Key Excerpt1. Wonderful phrases (精彩短語(yǔ))1.be afraid of2.reply shyly 3. laugh at 4. turn red with shyness 5. its easy for you6. its your tu

10、rn7. conquer our fears 8. lift Lucys spirits9. in a low voice 10. be on a mission11. go to the other side of the path 12. fly long distances13. work out a plan14. let down his friends15. hesitate toWonderful sentences (精彩句子)1. Tommy said and his face turned red with shyness.2. Tommy rolled over onto

11、 his back and laughed! He laughed so hard that his tears rolled down his face.3. It was a beautiful sunny day. The wind blew lightly and the air was fresh and smelled of wild flowers.4. It didnt take long before Tommy and his friends met Lucy the Ladybug.5. My wings are too small for my body. I cant

12、 fly long distances like my friends do.6. This will be a good time for Tommy to conquer his fear of the water at night.7. He couldnt let down his friends by running away.2. Wonderful paragraphs (精彩段落)Her little wings made her tired, so she decided to walk. She reached Harriets big shadow on the path

13、, and flew up in the air to see where she was going next. She found Tommy and flew to him. It didnt take her long and found the trees. At this point Lucy began to relax and her fear of getting lost was almost gone.Soon Sally sat on Harriets head, and sang a sweet , soft song. Her voice seemed to put

14、 Harriet at ease. She didnt feel so afraid of Sally and spiders any more. For the afternoon, Sally and Harriet talked. Harriet talked. Harriet learned how Sally made her webs. Sally also told her that the webs were important because she used her webs to get food.3. “Summary of the content (內(nèi)容梗概)Tomm

15、y the Turtle was afraid of everything around him, especially the things below the water. His friend Harriet the Hippo was afraid of spiders. Bobby the Bass had nothing to be afraid of, but he was puzzled why worms wouldnt like to make friends with him. They helped each other to conquer their fears and made some new friends like spiders and the Cheetah.4. Questions and insights 1. Questions after reading Do you have anything to be afraid of? Do you need help? How do you conquer your fear?5. Insights after rea