1、Lesson4 Sea Stories 教案 I. Objectives：Students will be able to 1.read sections of a story and sequence them, using prediction strategies and linking words 2. use linking expressions related to time and sequence 3. talk about and give opinions of films II. Teaching Procedures Step 1 Pre-reading 1 Do E
2、x.1 The teacher asks: Have you seen some film in which the sea is important? What did you think of it? ( Let Ss discuss and answer them.) 2Show some pictures in Jaws ，Titanic. Free Willy, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Treasure Island. Do Ex.2 Look at the key words and find them in the pictures. barr
3、el, cloud, fisherman, fishing boat, horizon, moon, wave, wh irlpool Step 2 Reading Look at the pictures and try to put them in right order. 1Read each paragraph, paying attention to the linking words. e.g. one day, suddenly, in the end 2Decide a possible order for the paragraphs. 3Read them in that
4、order to see if the story makes sense. Step 3 Post-reading i) True or False 1Writer can keep calm in time of danger 2In the whirl pool, only the writer survived. Both of his two brothers died. 3The three brothers first met the whirlpool and then were caught in the storm. 4It was the barrel that carr
5、ied me to an area where the other fishermen were. 5The writers brother stayed in the heavy boat because he thought it was better to stay there. Keys: TTFFF ii) Ex.3 Use the Strategies to put the paragraphs A,B and C in the correct order. K eys: BAC iii) Ex.4 Read the story again and answer these que
6、stions. 1Why did the writers younger brother fall overboard? 2Why did the boat go towards the whirlpool? 3Why did the writer tie himself to a barr el? 4Why didnt his brother do the same? 5Why did his old companions not recognize him? Keys: 1An enormous wave washed him overboard. 2The wind and waves
7、were ta king it there. 3Heavier objects went down into the whirlpool quickly. The barrel was lighter. 4He was terrified. 5Because his hair was white, not black. iv) Ex.5 Colle ct answers from students. v) Ex.6 Complete the sentences below with these words from the text. afterwards, in the end, one d
8、ay, suddenly, then, when (1) in 1964, Robet Le Serrec was sailing nea r the Australian coast (2) he decided to stop near an island. (3) , he saw a huge creature resting beside his boat. He took a photograph, and (4) the creature swam away. (5) ,he showed the photograph to scientists, but(6) ,nobody
9、believed him. Step 4 Language points 1. that moment 在那一时刻 the moment 一就 I was deeply moved and tears run down my cheeks at that moment. The moment Tom went off the taxi he ran towards the hospital. 2. great speed 以非常快的速度移动 也可以写成：with great speed 3. on/at the edge of Stan ding at the edge of a bridge
10、 is rather dangerous. 4.near to 接近； close to 紧挨着 Flood is coming near to our village. The little child is standing close to her mother. 5. tie to 将拴到上 The cowboy tied his cattle to a tree and then he left away. 6. terrified 形容词，可怕的。n. terror adj. terrible/terrified v. terrify 7. survive vt./vi.活下来，幸
11、存 Few of houses survived the war. vt.（经过）活（保存）下来 Only three of the wounded survived. 8. less than 少于 more than 多于此 9. be covered with 覆盖着 The Antarctic is covered with heavy throughout the year. 10. As you can see, I did escape. did 在这里起强调作用，对谓语进行强调。 I did come here yesterday. 在祈使句中，也借用助动词 do 强调说话人的
12、祈使语气。如： Do give her my regards. 11.and I cannot expect you to believe me more than the fishermen did. EXERCISES Find words in the story that the writer uses to describe his feelings. Keys: terrified horrifying calmer exhausted You can often make different forms from one word. Complete the table with
13、 words from the story. Noun Verb Adjective Opposite Adverb terror to terrify terrified/terrible - terrifyingly safety to save safe unsafe safely clarity to clear clear - clearly Make new words from the words in brackets to complete the gaps. Use a dictionary to help you. (1) (terror) experiences at
14、sea are not (2) (common). In 1977, Japanese fishermen caught a (3) (mystery) sea creature in their nets. Its (4) (long ) was ten meters and, (5) (fortune) for the fishermen, it was (6) (death). It smelled very bad and they thought it might be (7) (safe), so they threw it overboard. Because the photographs are(8) (clear), (9) (science) have been unable to (10) (identify) the creature Step 5 Homework Write a composition: Imagine his brother didnt die.One day they met and his brother talked about his story.
