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　　Unit 3   Under the sea
　　Period 1 warming up and reading
　　Teaching Aims:
　　Enable the students to know about animals and plants under the sea.
　　Help the students to learn an Inuit legend about the Killer Whale.
　　Important points:
　　Reading comprehension to the text
　　Understanding  the relationship between the killers and the whalers.
　　Important words and expressions
　　Difficult points
　　The relationship between the killers and the whalers
　　Teaching methods:
　　Scanning and skimming
　　Ask and answer questions activities
　　Individual, pair and group work
　　Teaching aids
　　A computer and a projector
　　Teaching Procedures & ways
　　Step 1:  Warming up and pre-reading
　　T: Have you seen plants and animals that live under the sea? Where did you see them? Find out from your classmates where they saw them. Use the list below to help you.
　　on a snorkelling trip   at an aquarium   on a boat tour   in books
　　in films         on TV nature programmes         on the Internet
　　In groups, make a list of plants and animals that live under the sea that you and your classmates have seen in any of the ways listed above. Share what you know about these plants and animals. Do you have any favourite sea plants or animals? Tell your classmates what they are.
　　T: What do you think is happening in the picture?
　　Writer Clancy
　　Vocation • A whaler
　　Style • Anecdotes
　　time • At the beginning for the 20th century
　　Place • Australia
　　Main idea The killer whale help people to kill baleen whale
　　Step 2: scanning
　　• Scan the text, and fill in the blanks with names mentioned in the text
　　• 1. ______________was 16 years of age when he went to work at the whaling station
　　• 2.___________orderd Clancy to go to the boat as there was a whale out there in the bay
　　• 3. _________was swimming by the boat showing the whalers the way
　　• 4._________told Clancy that they would return the next day to bring in the body of the whale
　　• 5._________was carried by the waves further and further away from the whalers.
　　• 6. _______________knew that Old Tom would protect James.
　　Step 3 : Skimming (put the sentences into the right order.
　　• (         ) George started beating the water with his oar
　　• (        ) Clancy grabbed his boots and raced after George to the boat
　　• (        ) Clancy arrived at the whaling station
　　• (        ) The killers started racing between our boat and the whale
　　• (        ) Clancy heard a huge noise coming from the bay
　　• (        ) Clancy was sorting out his accommodation
　　• (        ) Clancy ran down to the shore
　　• (        ) The man in the bow of the boat aimed the harpoon at the whale
　　Step 4: careful reading
　　• 1. What evidence was there that Old Tom was helping out the whalers?
　　• 2. What other animals did the author compare the killer whales with?
　　• 3. “The killers started racing between our boat and the whale just like a pack of excited dogs.” Why do you think the killer whales behave like this?
　　• 4. Why did George think that the killer whales worked as a team?
　　• 5. Why do you think the whalers allowed the killer whales to drag the whale under the water to feed on its lips and tongue?
　　• 6.Why did the whalers return home without the whale’s body?
　　• 7.How do you think Red felt about the killer whales?
　　• 8. How did Old Tom help James? Why do you think he did this?
　　Step 5   Discussion
　　• Describe the relationship between Old Tom and the whalers. What other animals help out humans in hunting?
　　Step 6 debating
　　• The last whaling station in Australia closed in 1978. whales are now an endangered species and protected by an international ban, but some countries oppose the ban. In groups discuss the reasons for and against banning whaling.
　　Step 7 Homework
　　Finish Ex.1&2  in page 21
　　Period 2 learning about language
　　Teaching Aims:
　　Teaching the students the important words and expressions
　　Important points:
　　Witness, ahead of, drag, in the meantime, abandon and so on
　　Teaching methods:
　　Ask and answer questions activities
　　Teaching aids
　　A computer and a projector
　　• 1.be present at sth and see it______________
　　v. 亲眼看到
　　• 昨天在回家路上我目击了一场事故。
　　• __________________________________
　　• Witness： suggest, indicate 表明， 说明, 作证
　　Her flushed face witnessed the great excitement she felt.
　　• 没有人证明他在场