學必求其心得，業必貴于專精學必求其心得，業必貴于專精學必求其心得，業必貴于專精示范教案Period4Lesson4JourneytotheAntarcticeq\o(\s\up7（),\s\do5（整體設計））AnalysisoftheteachingmaterialsThefourthperiodofthisunitemphasizesCaptainScottandRoaldAmundsen’sracetotheSouthPole，whichtakesstudentsalongonthehazardousandbreath。takingjourney。Beforelearning,somereadingstrategiesshouldbeintroducedaswellasthebackgroundinformationandwordbuildingmethods。Studentsshouldpaymoreattentiontohowtodealwithdifficultwordsinatext.Meanwhile,studentshavelearned“AdventureHolidays”“ExtremeSports”and“MarcoPolo"inthefirstthreelessons,whichhavelaidasolidfoundationforthereadingandlanguageinputandoutput.Three。dimensionaltargetsKnowledgeandskills1．Topracticeunderstandingdifficultwordsinareadingtext。2．Topredictthecontentofatextwiththeaidoftitularinformationandillustrations。3．Toimprovewordbuildingskillsbymakingwordsfromgivenwordforms。4．Topracticeaskingforandgivingfactualinformationbasedonareadingmaterial。Processandmethods1．Usesomepicturesofthesegreatexplorersandsomerelevantquestionstoleadinthetopicandarousestudents’interest.2．DuringPre。reading，studentsneedtofillintheblankstoformageneralideaofpolarexpeditionandlearnsomethingaboutoneofthegreatexplorersRoaldAmundsen.3．InWhile。reading,the“trueorfalse”questionsareoffered。TheReadingStrategiesarefullyappliedtohelpstudentsbetterunderstandthetext.Morespecificquestionsareprovided。4．Tofurtherthecomprehensionofthetext,adiscussionisorganizedtoconsolidatewhatstudentshavelearnedintheclass。5．ForExtension,studentsstillneedtofocusonthewordbuilding,andtrytosummarizethemainrulesofwordbuilding。Emotion，attitudeandvalue1．Tocultivatestudents'appreciationofthebeautyofpolarsceneryandtheiradmirationforcourageousexplorers.2．Tohelpstudentsunderstandwhatisrealsuccessandwhatismeaningfullife.3．Toencouragestudentstostrengthentheirwillwhenfacingdangerandhardship。Teaching＆Learningmethods1．ThewholelanguageapproachInstructstudentstohaveapreliminaryunderstandingofthetextbythreesimplequestions；then,studythereadingstrategiestomakepredictionsaboutsomedifficultwordssothatnecessarypreparationismade。Differentactivitiesoflanguageoutputareofferedindifferentstages。2．Task。basedmethodsThetextdealswiththeadventurousjourneytoAntarctic，andsomepicturesofthesegreatexplorersarepresentedtogiveavividimagetostudents，andabriefintroductionofthesegreatmencanalsohelpimprovetheteachingefficiency.Variouskindsofactivitiesprovideafoundationtoensurethesuccessofreadingandvocabularylearning.Teachingimportant＆difficultpoints1．Todealwiththedifficultwordsusingreadingstrategies.2．Togetaclearandoverallideaofthetext，meanwhile,graspthekeypoints。3．Toimprovethereadingskills，especiallytheexactnessofguessing。eq\o(\s\up7(），\s\do5(Teachingprocedures））Step1Lead。inPresentaphotoofthesegreatexplorerswhotravelledtotheAntarcticandaphotooftheirroutesandseveralrelevantquestions：1．Doyouknowwhotheyare？2．Whatdidtheyachieveinthehistory?3．Canyougiveabriefintroductionofthemandtheirgreatachievementafterreading？Step2Pre-readingTofindouthowmuchstudentsknowaboutthejourneytotheAntarcticinthehistory，studentsarerequiredtofillintheblanks.Then，thefollowingquestionsarelisted：RoaldAmundsenledthefirstAntarctic______(探險)toreachthe______(南極）between1910and1912.HewasalsothefirstpersontoreachboththeNorthandSouthPoles。HeisknownasthefirsttotraversetheNorthwestPassage。HedisappearedinJune1928whiletakingpartina______(營救）mission。AmundsenwithDouglasMawson，RobertFalconScott，andErnestShackleton,wasakeyexpedition______（領導者）duringtheHeroicAgeofAntarcticExploration。1．AreyoufamiliarwiththebasicinformationinthetextofhowmanyteamsarecompetingtoreachtheSouthPole?Whoistheleaderofeachteam？(Two./TheyareCaptainScottandRoaldAmundsen.)2．IfyouwanttogototheSouthPole，howwillyoumakeyourpreparation？3．Brainstorm：Whatcanyougainfromthetextafteryoureadit？Today，let’senjoythisadventurousandextraordinaryjourneytotheAntarctic.Step3While。readingⅠ.Skimming：Readthroughthetextquickly。Afterwards，trytoanswerthethreequestions：1）WhichPoledidtheyraceto？2）Whendidtheygo?3）WhoreachedthePolefirst？Ⅱ.Scanning:Readthewholetextmorecarefully,andidentifywhetherthesestatementsaretrue(T)orfalse（F）．1）ScottandAmundsenstartedtheirjourneysinthepolarspring。T2）Scott’suseofsledgesandhorseswasasuccess.F3)AmundsentravelledmorequicklythanScott。T4)WhentheygottothePole，Scott’steamhadacelebration。F5）CaptainOateswentforawalkanddiedinasnowstorm.T6)Scott'slastletterwastohiswife.TⅢ。UsetheReadingStrategiestohelpworkoutthemeaningofthedifficultwordsfromthetext。ReadthecontentsintheReadingStrategiesboxwiththeclassanddiscussthesuggestions。Checkifstudentscanidentifynouns，adjectives，adverbs，etcbyasking:“Whatoftencomesbeforeanoun？”（a，the，some，lotsof＋adjective＋noun）“Whatlettersdoadverbsoftenendwith？"(.ly)2．UsetheReadingStrategiestoworkoutthemeaningofthewordsandphrases.Matchthewordsandphraseswiththeirdefinitions.sledge，breakdown，runoutof，ambition，hopeless，cheerful，distant，carryon，within,shocked1)stopfunctioningbreakdown2）withouthopehopeless3）insidewithin4)equipmentusedformovingonsnowsledge5）continuecarryon6)extremelysurprisedshocked7）happycheerful8）farawaydistant9）somethingyouwanttoachieveambition10）havingnothingleftrunoutofⅣ.Third.reading:Readthetextagainandanswerthelastfourquestions。1)WhydidAmundsensucceedandScottfail？2)WhatdidScott'steamachieve？3)WhydidScottandhismenbecomeheroes？4）Howdidyoufeelafteryoureadthestory？

Step4Post。readingⅠ.Debate。Asstudentshavelearnedthetext，theycometorealizethateventuallyinthegreatjourney，theseexplorerssacrificedtheirpreciouslivesfortheirdream。Then，aquestionisraised：Doyouthinktheirbehaviorisworthy？Studentswillcertainlybedividedintotwogroups，andthendebateonthistopic.Listyourreasonsonthenotebookforfurtherjudgment。Ⅱ。Speakingandwriting.PlayapieceofvideonamedEightBelow(南極大冒險）．Studentslearnhowtodescribeaspecialenvironment。Thefollowingaspectsmaybehelpful。Itislocatedon/in..。Itsclimateis..。Thepopulationofitis。.。Step5ExtensionDoExercises6and7onpage29tolearnwordbuilding。Theteacherhelpstudentssummarizethemainrulesofwordbuilding。Step6Homework1．Writeacompositiontitled“AWonderfulTripinMyLife”．2．FinishExercise8onpage29afterclass.Step7BlackboarddesignUnit8AdventureLesson4JourneytotheAntarcticDifficultwordsinthetext：TheRACEtothePOLE：sledgemembers：breakdownaimsofexploration：runoutofmethodsoftravel：ambitiongreatestjourney：.。.。。.eq\o(\s\up7（),\s\do5（教學參考))南極與北極四大差異地球上有許多個極，但是若按地理地貌而言，人們習