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选择性必修四 Unit 2 Iconic Attractions
Iconic animals in Australia
Reading for Writing
1、 文本分析
本单元的主题是“人与社会”主题语境下关于各地的标志性风物的内容,旨在让学生能够从不同的角度探究标志性风物的文化内涵。本文是一篇以新媒体语篇形式呈现的科普说明文,主要介绍了澳大利亚的四种标志性动物:Kangaroo(袋鼠)、koala(考拉)、Tasmanian devil (塔斯马尼亚恶魔)、duck-billed platypus(鸭嘴兽)。每种动物主要围绕着外表、独特性以及与人类的相处等方面来描述。整篇文章运用了许多修辞手法,例如overstatement夸张、simile明喻、repetition重复等,使文章内容更加生动形象,大大增加了语篇的趣味性。
2、 学情分析
本节课对象为高二普通班学生。学生在本节课之前已经学习了澳大利亚的一些标志性风物及相关文化,对澳大利亚有了基本的了解。此外,学生在此前已经学过常见的修辞手法,如simile明喻、metaphor暗喻、personification拟人、overstatement夸张以及repetition重复,能够在语篇中判断并分析以上修辞手法。
3、 教学目标
在本节课结束后,学生们能够:
1. 语言能力:通过分析文本,理解文本大意,抓住关键信息,并了解新媒体语篇形式下的科普说明文的文本结构;学会鉴赏修辞手法并运用于写作上,描写中国的标志性动物;
2. 学习能力:运用速读、跳读、精度等阅读策略,迅速提取澳大利亚标志性动物的关键信息;
3. 文化意识:对澳大利亚的标志性动物有更加深厚的了解;
4. 思维品质:学会做思维导图并运用思维导图构思写作大纲。
4、 教学重难点
教学重点:
(1)理解新媒体语篇形式下的科普说明文的结构特点;
(2)分析并总结文章运用的修辞手法。
教学难点:
(1)指导学生运用思维导图构思写作大纲;
(2)指导学生使用修辞手法描述中国的标志性动物。
5、 教学活动设计(T=teacher; Ss=students)
本节课为读写课的第二课时,从第三个步骤While-reading开始切入,回顾复习上节课所学
Step 1: Warming- up
T raises a question to Ss: Do you know any iconic animals in Australia?
Possible answers: koala & kangaroo
(教学目的:激发学生关于澳大利亚的背景知识,并引出本课的主题——Iconic animals in Australia)
Step 2: Pre-reading
(1) T asks Ss to look at the title, subtitles, and pictures of the text, and think about the question: what is the type of the text?
Choices: A narrative? An argumentative? An expository essay?
Answer: An expository essay in the form of new media.
(2) Ss look at the four pictures in the text and identify what animals will be introduced in the expository essay? (Ss may know the first two animals——kangaroo & koala, but the last two are unknown.)
(教学目的:通过浏览文章标题、小标题及插图,帮助学生理解文章体裁,初步了解本文所介绍的澳大利亚四种标志性动物)
Step 3: While-reading
Read for main idea and structure
(1) Ss skim the subtitles, identify the names of the last two animals introduced in the text and find the key characteristics of the four animals which can be got in the subtitles.
(2) Read and listen to the text carefully and take notes. Then try to complete mind maps of the key information about the four iconic animals
(教学目的:通过抓取描述动物特点的关键信息,引导学生分析各段的文章结构,为学生后续的写作任务搭建结构之架)
Read for rhetorical devices
(1) T guides Ss to review the rhetorical devices they have learned before——simile,metaphor, personification, overstatement, repetition, etc.
(2) Ss judge what rhetorical device is used in each of the following sentences.
· He almost died laughing.
· His smile is like a ray of sunshine.
· The birds are singing in the woods.
· Mark Twain is a mirror of America.
(3) Read the text again. Find at least three rhetorical devices the writer uses to arouse the readers’ interests. (T especially explains the usage of analogy)
(教学目的:引导学生复习回顾此前学过的修辞手法,并分析本文所用的修辞手法,体会修辞手法在文中的作用)
Step 4: Writing a short essay
(1) Ss brainstorm a list of iconic animals in China.
(2) T asks Ss to write a short essay about the iconic animal in China——giant pandas
(3) Ss discuss with their classmates and make a mind map about the following aspects.
· where they live
· what they eat
· what they look like
· how they are different from other animals
· how they interact with people
· any other unusual or interesting facts about them
(4) T guides Ss to translate the related expressions into English
1. 大熊猫栖息在四川省的山区。
2. 大熊猫以竹笋和竹叶为食。
3. 大熊猫是凶猛的野生动物,我们不应该在野外接近它们
4. 大熊猫出生率比较低,是一种濒危动物,被认为是我国的国宝。
(5) T guides Ss to use simile to describe pandas’ appreance
(6) T asks Ss to combine these sentences into a logical and coherent passage.
(教学目的:指导学生绘画思维导图并运用思维导图构思写作大纲,使学生学会运用修辞手法、主从复合句及连接词丰富完善文章内容)
Homework
Write a short essay to introduce golden monkeys. You can search for more information on the Internet before writing. Then exchange your draft with a partner and revise.
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