Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained
The First Period Intensive Reading
臨澧一中英語組 張鳳年
教材分析：本單元話題是神秘事件或現(xiàn)象，引發(fā)學(xué)生對一些神秘事件，例如，金字塔，雪人，巨石城，外星人等的興趣，然后聯(lián)系到課文中少年失蹤與外星人有關(guān)，讓學(xué)生有興趣去學(xué)習(xí)課文。
教學(xué)步驟：
Step 1：Lead-in
當(dāng)welcome to the unit作為Reading為熱身，并且從互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上下載一些有關(guān)的圖片，讓學(xué)生除了看教材以外還可以看多的圖片更好的去了解那些神秘的事件。
Step2:Fasting-reading
從分析標(biāo)題入手，引導(dǎo)學(xué)生思考文章內(nèi)容，快速閱讀教材回答3個(gè)問題
1. What is the article about?
The article is about a missing boy and aliens.
2.Who is missing?
Justin Poster is missing.
3. Do the police know what happened to Justin?
No.
Step3:Listening
快速閱讀重要了解了課文中的人物和事件，可以使在聽力時(shí)讓學(xué)不不會(huì)感覺很吃力。
1.Why did Justin’s mother go to bed early.
Justin’s mother went to bed early because of a headache.
2.Does Justin have any brothers and sisters?
No.
3. What were the aliens like?
They were white-skinned, strange-looking creatures with large black eyes.
4.Who is in charge of the case?
Detective Sam Peterson is in charge of the case.
Step: 4careful reading
因?yàn)閷τ诟咭坏膶W(xué)生來說，聽一遍課文，然后對文章的主要內(nèi)容的掌握還有一些難度。所以必須仔細(xì)的閱讀，才能夠讀懂文章。問了更好的理解，所以把文章分為3部分。
Match each part with its main ideas
Part 1 (paras1-2) Justin Foster went missing.
Part 2 (para3-4) The police found that Justin returned home.
Part 3 (paras5-7) The boy was taken away by aliens.
細(xì)讀各個(gè)部分。
Part 1 考慮到湖南高考題中，聽力中有聽材料，填信息的題型，平時(shí)多設(shè)計(jì)這方面的練習(xí)。對學(xué)生的聽力的提高肯定有很大的幫助。
1. Police in America have stepped up their search for a fifteen-year- old boy _
who went missing two days ago in Dover , New Hampshire.
2. Justin Foster, a high school students, went missing Last Friday night.
3.Justin did not show up at the family lunch the next day.
Part 2 Read part 2 (Paras3-4) carefully and decided whether the following sentences are true or false. 仔細(xì)閱讀，訓(xùn)練學(xué)生對于教材細(xì)節(jié)的處理。
( F )1. Justin left home to play football with two friends.
( T )2. Witnesses said that they saw Justin walking towards his home at 10:45 p.m.
( T )3. Kelly heard Justin put on his favorite CD after he went to his room.
Part 3 繼續(xù)結(jié)合高考，閱讀文章處理文章信息。
閱讀文章第三部分，并填表格。
The _ 1__ that Justin was taken away by aliens
Conclusion Supporting details
The boy was taken away by aliens Kelly saw a large _ 2__ flying out side
Kelly saw lots of white– siknned strange –looking_ _ 3_
with large black eyes.
Kelly heard Justin _ 4_
Maris Wood said that the aliens took her away sothat the could do _ 5__ on her.
Answers ：1，possibility 2，spaceship 3，creatures 4，shout 5，
research
Step5: Language points
1，step up: speed up, increase
When John realized he was going to be late, he stepped up his pace.
2,search, 搜查,搜尋
search sp. for 搜查某地以尋找
in search of = in one’s search for
The police searched the man but found nothing.
They searched the woods for the little boy
Birds fly south in search of winter sun.
3 due
應(yīng)付的,到期的
The electricity bill is due tomorrow.
預(yù)期的,應(yīng)到達(dá)的
The next train to London is due at 4:00 p.m.
由于,因?yàn)?because of , caused by
Due to his rudeness, I didn’t say one more word to him.
His success is entirely due to hard work.
4 show up
We’ve been waiting for you to show up.
arrive, appear
The marks on the wall show up in the sunlight .
to be easily and clearly seen
When we go to parties, my husband always shows me up by telling rude jokes.
to make sb feel embarrassed or ashamed
5 rule out : get rid of
The police ruled out the possibility that the boy had been murdered by his step mother.
Step 6: Discussion
經(jīng)過聽力閱讀，學(xué)生對課文內(nèi)容已經(jīng)有了很好的了解，而且也開始對 Justin 的失蹤和外星人產(chǎn)生了好奇，所以可以讓他們討論。
If you met some aliens from outer space, what will you do? Go to outer space or not?
Step7: Homework
1. Finish Part D on page 4 and part E on page 5.
2. Review the new words and phrases.