Unit 5 Revealing nature Reading 学案-2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 5 Period 4 Reading 【学习目标】 Learning Objectives 1 To get the main idea, detailed information and structure of the passage 2 To use the key language points from the passage correctly 【学习过程】 Learning activities 目标一: To get the main idea, detailed information and structure of the passage Activity 1: Read the title and the picture of the passage, predict what it is about. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Activity 2: Read the passage and finish the two tasks. Task 1: Skim the passage and choose. What’s the genre of the passage? A Exposition(说明文) B Argumentation C Narration（记叙文） Task 2: Scan the passage, put the paragraphs into three parts, find out the main idea of each part. Parts Para.(s) Main idea 1 2 3 Activity 3: Read the passage and find out the ways in which plants communicate. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Activity 4: Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram. Modern research is showing that plants can 1______ Using chemicals •The plant releases chemicals 2___________ that are being eaten. •When another plant detects the chemicals, it starts to 3____________. Using sound •Some plants make noises 4 ________. •A chilli plant can 5______________ •Some trees make 6______________. Using the “Wood wide web” •This fungal network links 7______________. •Plants can 8 ______________ with each other. •Plants can 9 _____________ to attack other plants. Maybe one day we will be able to “talk” with plants. Activity 5: Think & Share 1 What figure of speech is being used when the plants are described as calling for help? What is its function? 2 What does “wood wide web” mean? 3 What do you think are the benefits of studying plant communication? 4 What discoveries are described in the two reading passages