I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon教案

Module 1 Wonders of the world
Unit 2 I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon.
课型：读写课
一．教学目标：
1. 熟练掌握本单元的语言点。
2. 了解自然景观，培养自己热爱大自然、热爱祖国的情感。
二．课前准备：
    1. 课前朗读    预习本课的词汇、语言点。
2. 每日播报：
3．预习课文并完成下列问题。
1) Where may the passage come from?
   A. A guidebook .
B. A grammar book.
C. A dictionary.
D. A diary .
2) Why was there nothing to see?
A. Because there was nothing
B. Because it was too dark.
C. Because it was raining.
D. Because it was in the morning.
3) Where was the writer facing on the edge of the Grand Canyon?
A. To the south
B. To the north
C. To the east.
D. To the west.
4) What is the winner’s purpose in writing this passage ?
A. To give facts about the Grand Canyon.
B. To tell how he feels about the Grand Canyon.
C. To describe the Grand Canyon.
D. To tell people to visit the Grand Canyon.
三．课堂活动
   读前导入：
Think of any wonders of the world, such as buildings, mountains, rivers, seas, towers, waterfalls and etc, then describe it.
多层阅读
1. Read the passage and describe what you can see in the photo. Work in pairs.  Try to describe what you see in the photo by using the words below.
  ancient  deep  high  long   modern   natural   tall   wide
2. Read the passage again and try to fill the form with the facts about the Grand Canyon.
 Grand Canyon
How deep /wide is it? 
How wide is it ? 
How long is it ? 
精读足练
   1．After reading the passage and match the words in the box with their meaning.
anywhere         not made by people
gate             an entrance
huge             someone you don’t know
natural           very very big
stranger           in any place
2.Read the passage again and try to find out the main language points in it by yourselves, then talk about them in groups.
Have a try! And translate!
1) 从……里出来_______________    2）走过大门_______________              3）在东方_______________   4）检查_______________                  5）太……而不能_______________    6）fall away _______________
7）处于……的边缘_______________ 8）在……底部_______________           9）look across _______________   10）on both sides _______________          11) over 400 kilometers long _______________
精讲点拨
1. through 与 across的区别：through 是“穿过”的意思，是介词，常指“从某空间内或某物中间穿过”，多指穿过门、窗、洞、森林、隧道等；across是指“从某个平面横过”，多指穿过街道、马路、桥梁、河等的表面。
例如： walk through the forest , run across the bridge.
2. in five minutes 意为“5分钟以后”，“in +一段时间”表示“在一段时间之后或之内”，常用于一般将来时，用“how soon”提问。
【拓展】
与how 有关的疑问词
How long 是“多久”的意思，常对for 和 since 引起的表延续的短语提问，常用于现在完成时；
How often  有“多久一次”的意思，对频率提问，如 often ，sometimes，twice a week 等表示频率的词或短语，常用语一般现在时或一般过去时；
How many 后跟复数名词，对可数名词的量来提问；
How much 后可跟不可数名词，对不可数名词的量来题问，或对价格提问；
How many times 对次数提问，如twice，several times等，是“多少次”的意思，常用于现在完成时；
How far 对距离提问；
用适当的疑问词完成句子
1）_______________  is it from your school to your home?
2) _______________  has he been to the USA?    Once.
3) _______________  does the boy visit his grandparents?
Twice a month.
4) _______________ will your sister come back from Shenzhen?
In a week.
5) _______________ are the shoes?
One hundred yuan.
3. too … to … 是“太……而不能……”的意思。可与enough… to…，so … that…改写。
例如： He is to young to go to school.-------同义句
       He isn’t old enough to go to school.
       He is so young that he can’t go to scool.

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