1、Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big. Teaching modelReading and writing. Teaching aims1. To get information from the reading material about the Grand Canyon;.2. To learn some key words and useful expressions；3. To know the way of writing you see and your feeling when travelling. Teaching Objecti
2、ves1. Key vocabulary: below, shine shone - shone; shine shined - shined,sign, silent, silver, sky, grey, go through, beside, reply, clear, fall away,stream, nearly, on top of, canyon, remain, by2. Keys structure: Sentence structure.IVTeaching StepsStep 1 Free talkCan you remember the wonders what we
3、 have learnt yesterday ?Now lets look at some beautiful pictures about another wonder. TheGrand Canyon.Step 2 Presentation1. Introduce the new words.2. Read the words after the teacher.Step 3 Work in pairs.1. Talk about a great natural wonder you know. Use the words in the boxto help you.belowdeepfa
4、ntastichighlongnaturalshinesignsilentsilverTeacher gives an example of Changjiang River.Step 4 Reading.1. Fast reading.Look at the flash carefully and read fast, then do “true or false”.True or false.1. When I arrived, the weather was sunny and hot.2. I went to the wrong way at first.3. The Colorado
5、 River was nearly three miles below me.4. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides thecanyon went far away for more than 200 miles.Keys:FFFT2. Careful reading.Ask the students to read the passage one by one.Then answer some questions , explain the passage and complete thetable
6、.The Grand CanyonHow deepNearly one mile.How wideAbout fifteen milesHow longMore than 200 milesStep 5Language points1. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a dark path.我下了车，穿过一扇门，沿着一条黑暗的小路走着。go through通过，穿过；经历e.g. The rain has gone through my coat.The country has gone through t
7、oo many wars.拓展：go 相关词组go abroad出国go against违背；与不符go up增长；上升；被兴建起来go on继续；继续下去；发生go over复习 ；仔细审查；走近go ahead 进行go away走开；消失go for去取来；争取得到2. I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it.我朝那片岩石望过去，但是一片寂静，还是看不见它。I was looking across one of the wonders of the natural world- theGrand
8、Canyon.我在眺望自然界奇观之一的大峡谷。I looked down to the Colorado River 我俯瞰科罗拉多河Finally, I looked to my left and to my right,最后，我向左右遥望look 与不同的介词/副词搭配，组成不同的词组，表达不同的意思：拓展：look 相关词组look after照料look back回顾，向后看look in顺便来访look into调查look through浏览look over翻阅；调查look up找出，查阅；仰视look down upon sb.轻视某人look forward to doin
9、g期待3.I remained by the canyon for about half an hourremainv. 逗留，留下n. 剩余物；遗迹；残骸e.g. I didnt remain long in the city.我并没有在那个城市逗留很久。The police told everybody to remain in their cars.警察叫大家都留在车里。Step 6 Learning to learnSome adjectives tell you facts, such as wide, deep, high and tall; domeadjectives tell
10、 you the opinion of the author, like wonderful, huge andgreat. Learn to use them to talk about facts and give your opinion.Step 7 Choose the correct answer.1. Read the passage again.2. Choose the correct answer.1) Where does the passage possibly come from?a) A magazine.b) A grammar book.C) A diction
11、ary.D) Astorybook.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) Which direction was the writer facing while he was looking over theGrand Canyon?a) South.b) North.c) East.d) West.4) What is the wri
12、ters purpose in writing this passage?a) To give facts about the natural world.b) To say how he feels about the natural world.c) To tell an interesting story about the Grand Canyon.d) To attract people to visit the Grand Canyon.Keys: 1. a2. b3. d4. bStep 8 Complete the passage with the words in the b
13、ox.belowmileremainreplysignsilentskystreamthroughIn the dark, there is no (1)_ of the Grand Canyon, andit is (2)_. But if you (3)_ by the GrandCanyon as the (4)_ gets brighter and look down about one(5)_, you can see the Colorado River (6)_ you.It looks like a silver (7)_ as it passes (8)_ therocks
14、at the bottom of the canyon. If someone asks you whether theGrand Canyon is the greatest wonder of the natural world, it may be easyto (9)_.Order one student to the front to fill in the blanks, then the wholeclass check the answers.Keys:1. sign2. silent3. remain4. sky5. mile6. below7. stream8.throug
15、h9.replyStep 9 Homework-Writing1. Complete the table with facts about a natural or man-made wonder ofthe world. Imagine you have just visited one of the wonders. Write apassage and describe how you felt when you visited the wonder.NameLocationInteresting factsSay when you visited it.I just visited t
16、he Great Wall last month.Say where it is.It is in the north of China.Describe its size.It isSay what interesting facts you know.It is famous forSay what happened when you visited it.It was raining when we wereSay how you felt.I thought it was the most wonderful sight.Step 10 板书设计板书设计Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big.howgolookIt is never too old to learn.
