Planning for senior English
Unit 17 Great Women
The first Period
Teaching Aims
1. To know the famous woman named Helen Thayer.
2. To know how to write a vivid journey diary.
3. To get moral education to the students.
Teaching Important/difficult point
1. Improve the students’ reading ability.
2. Improve the students’ speakingability by discussion.
Teaching Methods
1 Warming up to arouse the students’ interests.
2. Pair work, group work to make every student work in class
Teaching Aids
1.A computer
2.A tape recorder
Teaching procedures
Step1. Greetings
T: Good morning, boys and girls.
S: Good morning, Miss King.
T: sit down, please.
Step2. Lead-in
T: Can you tell me where the South Pole and North Pole are?
S:
T: OK, let’s have a look at the map. Here is the North pole, and the other is the South North pole.
T: Do you know the names of the three countries that are part of the North Pole? How about the South Pole?
S: Greenland, Canada and Russia are part of the North Pole, while Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, and Australia that are part of the South Pole.
T: OK. Let’ have a look at these two places. (Teacher shows these tow maps)
T: Which animals live on the North Pole? And which on the South Pole?
S:
(Teacher shows some pictures of these animals while students answering.)
T: Do you know other information about Antarctic? OK, let’s watch a small film fragmentary from Antarctic.
T: After watching you may know more about Antarctic. Imagine if you are traveling to the South Pole. What will you take with?
S: A warn coat, glove, a cap, wool pants, long underwear, dark sunglasses, rope, a backpack, snowshoes, a tent, sled, a cell phone, dried food, ,compass, a sleeping bag, matches, etc.
T: Good. I think all these things are needed to travel to the South Pole.
T: Now, we will see a famous woman named Helen Thayer who traveled alone to the South Pole. Do you know Helen Thayer? OK, let’s watch a small film fragmentary from Antarctic.
Step 3: Reading
1. Skimming.
T: Please read this passage as quickly as possible, and then complete the following chart.
destination

Antarctica

reason

celebrate my 60th birthday

time

November 1st, 1997

ways

walk and ski alone

ways

an experience of solo travel


2. Listening
T: Now listen to the tape and make a decision whether the statement True or False. Are you ready?
1) She spent her 50th and 60th birthday in Antarctica. (F)
2) During her expedition in Antarctica, the weather was very good though the wind was very icy. (F)
3) Every November there was bright sunshine 24 hours a day. (T)
4) Her birthday fall on the 22nd day when her began her journey to the South Pole. (F)
5) She had got self-rescue training before the expedition. (T)
6) She will never forget the solo travel in the South Pole. (T)
3. Scanning
T: Very good. Now I’ll give you five minutes to read this passage carefully. After reading please try to answer the following questions.
1)What about the weather in the south pole
2)How did she celebrate her birthday ?
3)How did she self-rescue after she had fallen into a hole ?
4)What was her biggest trouble she had met at last ?
5)Did she continue the journey at last?
6)What kind of journey did she describe it ?
7)Why did Helen want to want to travel the South Pole?
8)What kind of woman is Helen?
4. Analyze the journey
T: I think you have a good understanding of this passage. Can you divide the text into several parts?
T: Tom, can you tell me how to divide this passage?
S: Beginning: Paragraph 1
Process: Paragraph
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