unit14zoology
teachingaims:
1. goals:
talkaboutanimalandanimalbehavior
practisedebating
integrativelanguagepractice
writeanargumentativeessay
2. specialfocus:
improvereadingskillsandenlargevocabulary.
a. directsstoreadthe3passagesonthetextbook;
b. guidesstolearntousethefollowingwordsandexpressions:adequate,apparent,assume,clarify,dots,obtain,tell…apart,transparent,getholdof,surrounding,assumption,cometolight,precise,session,primitive,etc.
c. improvetheabilitiesofusinglanguagebyintegrativelanguagepractice.
period1 reading
thelanguageofhoney-bees(p120-122)
step1.warmingup
task1. enablethestudentstodiscussthequestionsonp120.
step2.scanning
task2.getthestudentstocomprehendthepassagequicklyandaccurately,andmeanwhilehelpthemtoformagoodhabitofreading.trytofindoutthemainclueofthestory.
step3.while-reading:
trueorfalse:
( )1.vonfrischandhisco-workerscountedhoemanytimesthebeesrepeatedthewaggingdanceduringonehour.
( )2.theydiscoveredthatthefartherawaythefeedingstationwas,thefasterthedancewas.
( )3.thenumberofwaggingdancesperminutetoldthedirectiontothefeedingplace.
( )4.thenprofessorvonfrischdidhisthirdexperiment,whichwastodiscoverwhetherthewaggingdanceshoweddirection.
( )5.hefoundthatthestraightpartofthedancewasthesameinthemorningfromwhatithadbeenintheafternoon.
( )6.ifthefeedingplacewastowardthesun,thedanceheadedstraightonwardduringthestraightpartofthewaggingdance.
( )7.theexperimentofprofessorkarlvonfrischtellsusthatbeescananddocommunicatewitheachotherbytheirdances,whichmaybecalledakindof“language”.
suggestedanswers:ffftfft
step4. post-reading
finishalltheex.onp122
step5.furtherreading
task3:readthepassageonceagainandtrytodividethetextintosomebigparts.andmakeasummaryofeachpart:
part1:(para1)somebasicknowledgeaboutbees.
part2:(paras2-8)professorvonfrisch’sexperiment.
part3:(thelastpara)thelatelifeofprofessorvonfrisch.
step6.homework
finishalltheexercisesonlanguagepracticeonp123-124.共
period2. integratingreadingskills
primates(p124-125)
step1.revision
1. checkthesshowfurthertheyunderstandthetext.
2. checkthehomework.
reviewthemodelverbs
step2.scanthepassageandcompletethechartbelow:
types characteristicsandexamples
primate 1. handsandfeetcangraspandoftenhaveopposablethumbsandtoes;
2. haveabettersenseoftouchandtheprimatebrainislarger.
otheranimals 1. notgoodatholding,moving,andusingobjects;
2. haveaweaksenseoftouchandsmallbrain.
higherprimates largesizeofbrain,suchashumanbeingsandapes.
lowerprimates smallsizeofbrain.
monkeys havetails,smallandwalklessupright.
apes nottail,largerandwalkmoreupright,usesightmorethansmell,developedbrain.
nowworldprimates biggerandspendmoretimeontheground,suchasmonkeys,apesandhumans
step3.carefulreading:
askthestudentstoreadthepassagecarefullyandanswerquestions2onpage126.
period3. integratingreadingandwritingskills
2passagesonp252-254
step1.warmming-up
dotheoralpraticeonp119-120,andenablethestudentstopractisedebating.
step2.reading
task1:readthe2passagesandfinishtheexercises.ifpossible,guidethestudentstoanalyzesomelongandcomplexsentences.
step3.guidedwriting
givess20minutestofinishthewritingassignmentonp117,
thenasksstoscoretheirworkaccordingtothefollowingchart.
3pluses&1wish
name_______ title_____________________ date_______________
+ _________________________________________________________
+ _________________________________________________________
+ _________________________________________________________
? _________________________________________________________
note:howtousethischarteffectively?
askthestudenttoreadhis/herdeskmate’swritingcarefully,andthenfind3valuablethings(structure,passagearrangement,sentence,diction,etc)andgive1suggestion.andthenfeedthemessageback.next,askthesstocorrecttheirworkaccordingtothechart.
period4:
step1.analyzesomelongsentences:
dealwithsomelanguagepointsanddifficultpointsifnecessary.ifpossible,guidethestudentstoanalyzesomelongandcomplexsentences.thefollowingsentencesinthisunitareveryimportant:共
amongthedifferentkindsofbees,itisthehoney-beethathasinterestedscientistsmostbecauseofthe“language”theyusetocommunicatewitheachother.
inordertotellthebeesapart,hepaintedsomebeeswithlittledotsofcolour.
forhislifetime’sworkinstudyingthecommunicationofanimals,includinghoney-bees,professorkarlvonfrischwasawardedanobelprizein1973,whichhesharedwithtwootherscientists.
theytroopedbehindthefirstdancer,copyingitsmovement.
afterdesigningmoreexperiments,theywereabletoclarifytheprocedurebywhichbeescommunicateinformationthattheyusetofindandfetchfood.
likeallotherlivingcreatures,humanbeingsbelongtoagroupofotheranimalsthatsharecertaincharacteristics.
step2:testingyourskillsonp250-251
step3:clozetestonp255-256
step4:translatingonp256
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