内容正文:
Unit 2 Travelling around Period 2 Reading and Thinking
教材分析
Explore Peru 部分包括两部分,第一部分是介绍性文本,介绍了秘鲁的地理位置,地貌特征以及历史文化。该文体常见于百科全书,以条目释文为主,或配以插图,内容简要并具有权威性,语言平实、简洁、严谨,陈述客观事实,不带有感情色彩。第二部分是旅游宣传册,介绍了秘鲁四条不同特色的旅行路线。该文本结构清晰,主干部分由小标题引领四条线路,配有丰富的图片和精美的设计,在视觉上给人很强的冲击。旅游宣传册是日常生活中常见材料,主要有三种功能。一是 informative function, 向读者介绍目的地的基本信息,描述其基本特点。二是 expressive function,使用富有感染力的语言表现作者的态度、观点等。例如文本用 admire the architecture、enjoy the excellent local food、especially amazing等语言描述的事物会给学生留下深刻的印象。三是 appellative function, 这是旅游宣传册的最终目的,通过拉近与读者的关系,激发读者的共鸣,吸引读者加入旅行。同时该文本使用了祈使句以及第二人称 you作主语的句子,使读者有身临其境的感觉。该板块重点在于引导学生掌握介绍性文本和旅游宣传册的结构特征,文本特征以及语言特点,了解秘鲁旅游资源以及文化特色,形成个人见解。
教学目标与核心素养:
1. Enable students to acquire the basic usage of the new words and expressions concerning the topic of traveling and learn to use them flexibly.
2. Enable students to sum up some details related to Peru.
3. Develop students’ sense of cooperative learning and individual thinking capability.
4. Develop students’ different learning skills to solve different reading comprehensive problems, such as skimming, scanning and inferring.
教学重难点:
1. Develop students’ reading ability such as skimming, scanning and summarizing.
2. Let students talk about their travel plans and topics about travelling.
教学过程:
Step 1 Warming up
Read some words about trave
l. Watch the video Welcome to Peru. Ask students the following question:
How much do you know about Peru?
Step2 Pre-reading
Prediction:
1. What types of text is the passage?
Tip: Before you read, look through the text quickly for titles, headers, pictures, charts, and any other information that might tell you the type of the text.
2. What other sources of information can you find about Peru?
Step 3 Reading
1. Fast reading
Ask students to skim the reading passage to find out some main details about Peru as quickly as possible by doing the multiple choice test.
Choose the best answer
1. Why is Spanish the main official language of Peru?
A. Because Peruvians don’t