Unit 6 Ancient storiesReading — The Trojan horse 课件 2024-2025学年沪教牛津版（广州深圳沈阳通用）八年级英语上册

Unit 6 Ancient stories Reading —— The Trojan horse 年 级：八年级 学 科：英语（沪教版） 1 By the end of this class, you will be able to: 1. understand the main plots of the Trojan Horse; 2. know more details about the war and the characters; 3. analyze the reasons why they won or lost. Draw some lessons from this war. learning objectives Ancient castles in Shanxi Province High walls could protect the ancient cities from being captured in a war. The Great Wall The city of Edinburgh Why ? What was an ancient war like? To succeed in capturing the city, the attackers sometimes play a trick. An empty-city trick Thirty-six tricks How long? Who fought? Where? Who won? Greeks VS Trojans the city of Troy for ten years the Greeks (now Turkey土耳其) Skimming The Trojan war The Trojan horse 1 Put the pictures in the correct order. Part 1. Read para1-3 and fill in the chart. Time The Greeks The Trojans Before that night The Greek army __________. They left ______ ____________ outside the city. The Trojan captain thought they _________ the war. The captain asked the soldiers to _______ __________________. sailed away a huge wooden horse pull the horse into the city had won Carful-reading Read with questions In the captain’s opinion, why did the Greeks leave the horse on the beach? He thought it was so big that the Greeks couldn’t take it with them. Time The Greeks The Trojans That night All the Trojans ______ __________around the horse, and__________________ the stupid Greeks. After the party, the Trojans ___________ ___ of the city and then all _____________. made jokes about locked all the went to sleep and danced Part 2. Read paragraph 4 and fill in the chart. gates sang Time The Greeks The Trojans At midnight The Greek soldiers hiding in the horse opened the _________ and_____________ the horse. They _________________ Then the Greek army _________the city and __________it. All the Trojans _________. The Trojans ___________. fell asleep secret door opened the main gates lost the war entered Part 3. Read paragraph 5-7 and fill in the chart. climbed out of captured Time The Greeks The Trojans That night All the Trojans celebrated in the main square. ？ The Greek army returned A video about the Trojan horse Trojans had won pulled into celebrated slept Greeks hid climbed opened entered The Trojan horse lost won Can you find the reasons behind these actions? cause effect The Greek army disappeared. The Greek soldiers in the wooden horse waited until midnight. They wanted to play a trick on the Trojans. All the Trojans would be asleep. Discussion More information Review the plots a.The Greek army entered the city. b.The Greek soldiers climbed out of the wooden horse and opened the main gates. c.The Greek army disappeared and left a wooden horse outside the city of Troy. d.The Greeks succeeded in capturing the city of Troy. e.The Trojans pulled the horse into city and then celebrated. /turning point “The Greeks have gone. We've won.” “They've tried to capture our city for ten years. Now they’ve given up and sailed away.” “I haven’t laughed like this since mychildhood.” captain careless stupid Trojan soldiers “But look over there, They've left a huge wooden horse.” The captain ordered the soldiers to pull it into the city. Greeks Greeks left a wooden horse. A secret door opened , the Greeks quietly climbed out of the horse and opened the main gates. careful Analyze the characters clever over-confident brave proud thoughtless Discussion foolish obedient The wisdom of Greeks 1. Why did they make a secret door? 2. When did they climb out of the wooden horse? 3. Who were waiting outside the main gate of the city? They chose the ________ soldiers to complete the task. They made a ________ plan. Intelligence is more important than strength. detailed best Further thinking The mistakes of Trojans 1. Did they check the horse before/after they pulled it into the city? 2. Did all the Trojans go to sleep that night? They should __________ that night. They should ______ the wooden horse. Never judge a person by his appearance. check keep guard Further thinking Why ? Enough？ Homework 1. Finish the tasks on the worksheets; 2. Use the key words to retell the story； 3. Help Troy: Let us go back to 3000 years ago, Suppose you are a Trojan soldier. Rewrite the story, this time let the “ Trojans win”. Time machine Thank you! $$