2021-2022高中英语人教版选修8教案：UNIT5 MEETING YOUR ANCESTORS USING LANGUAGE （三） WORD版含答案.doc

1、选修八 Unit 5 Meeting your ancestorsPeriod4 Using languageTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言重点词汇和短语hint, hut, archaeological discovery, seal, marvelous, insignia, intestines2. Ability goalsEnable the students to write two paragraphs solving two archaeological problems. 3. Learning ability goals

2、Help the students learn how to write two paragraphs solving two archaeological problems.Teaching important points 教学重点How to write two paragraphs solving two archaeological problems.Teaching difficult points 教学难点Learn to solve two archaeological problems.Teaching methods 教学方法Listening, writing and d

3、iscussion. Teaching aids 教具准备A recorder, a projector and a computer.Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式Step Revision Check the homework. Ask the students to show their work. A sample version:The first picture is Bronze Sacred Tree. The whole height of the sacred tree is 395 cm. There are three kinds

4、of fruit on every branch, including peaches. The sacred tree in Sanxingdui symbolizes Fishing and Room, which is considered to be connected with the Heaven and the Earth.The second one is Bronze Animal-face Image and the third one is a bird-shaped ornament.The faces are almost the same: all with swo

5、rd-shaped eyebrows, chestnut eyes, towering noses and open mouths; but the hairstyles are different from each other. Some busts are bald, while others wear a crown; some have hair coiled up and some wear hair clasps; but all are lively. So many bonzes are sure to be a collection of worshiped images,

6、 representing people of imperial of leaking groups. They reflect the character of the ancient Shun society in which gods and humans are considered to be connected with each other, and also politics and relation.The bonze animal sculptures of dragons, snakes, biers, chicks, are vivid. They reflect th

7、e ancient Shun peoples ideology that all things have spirits and show their sincerity to gods. Among them, the sincerity to birds is the core. Biers, such as Cinching, You, Day, etc, are the names of several ancient Shun dynasties. Biers are regarded as the symbol of the sun.The last one is a potter

8、y pot, which is 579924, 170Kb. It is used to contain water or wine.Step Listening and readingFirst ask the students to read the passage and work out the answers to the questions in Part 2 on page 83. T: Howard Carter was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist. He was most famous as the discoverer

9、 of KV62, the tomb of Tutankhamun. On November 4, 1922 Carter found Tutankhamens tomb, by far the best preserved tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings. Now read about it and find out the answers to the questions on page 83. Sample answers: 1. The room or burial chamber with the kings body conta

10、ined boxes of all shapes and sizes. One held the kings body and had his name on it, so they knew whose tomb it was.2. Because they found the marvelous collection of treasures in the tomb, but did not know anything about it. 3. This was very significant as it was clearly a tomb of somebody important,

11、 and it had not been robbed.Ask the students to listen to the recording and fill in the chart in Part 1. After listening to the tape, the students have 2 minutes to scan the passage and then fill in the chart. 2 minutes later, check the answers.Sample answers:ObjectMaterialColour DecorationThe statu

12、es of the kingStrangeShoesGoldBoxesBeautifully paintedRoyal insigniaGoldLaharsDecorated with the headof animals and godsFlowersVasesDecorated with somebeautiful ChestsWhiteflower designsSeatGoldenCartGoldFor the PharaohThen let the students discuss how to secure and protect the site.T: Now do you th

13、ink how can we protect the site?Give the students several minutes to discuss this problem. When the class discussion is over, vote on the best ideas for securing and protecting the site.Possible ideas for securing and protecting the site:1. Remove the rubbish.2. Dont throw things round the site.3. E

14、ncourage others to protect the site.T: OK. So much for this passage.Step WritingT: Now turn to page 85 and look at the pictures and questions below them. First discuss these questions below the pictures. Three minutes later, check the discussion.S1: The order should be BAC.S2: The earliest pyramid i

15、s B, which is called step pyramid. It was built during the Third Dynasty (2800 B.C.). Step pyramid is generally considered the first tomb in Egypt to be built entirely of stone anywhere in the world.S3: The second is A. It was built in about 2,550 B.C., King Khufu, the second pharaoh of the fourth d

16、ynasty, commissioned the building of his tomb at Giza. According to archaeologists, the top of the Khufu pyramid is in a way ripped off, which is in common with the first picture. Then the third one is the third picture. It is called bent pyramid, which was built for Khafre, the fourth pharaoh of th

17、e fourth dynasty. The bent pyramid at Dahshur shows us that the ancient Egyptians experimented a lot with the slope of the pyramids. In the middle of construction the builders must have decided that the slope of the building was too steep to continue. Thus, the top half of the pyramid has a differen

18、t slope.S4: The pyramid had sloping sides so that the dead pharaoh could climb to the sky and live forever. S5: The pyramid represented the rays of the sun.T: Now you can write two paragraphs giving your ideas and your opinions as the information tells you to do.Several minutes later, let some stude

19、nts read their writings. A sample version: I think the chronological order of bulling the pyramids is B-A-C. The earliest pyramid is B, which is called step pyramid. It was built during the Third Dynasty (2800 B.C.). Step pyramid is generally considered the first tomb in Egypt to be built entirely o

20、f stone. The second is A. It was built about 2,550 B.C., King Khufu, the second pharaoh of the fourth dynasty, commissioned the building of his tomb at Giza. Then the third one is C. It is called bent pyramid, which was built for Khafre, the fourth pharaoh of the fourth dynasty. The bent pyramid at

21、Dahshur shows us that the ancient Egyptians experimented a lot with the slope of the pyramids. In the middle of construction the builders must have decided that the slope of the building was too steep to continue. Thus, the top half of the pyramid has a different slope.All the three pyramids come to

22、 a point at the top. As its name suggests, step pyramid is a series of six levels of stone decreasing in size as they ascend to about 200 feet (60 meters) in height. Egyptologists have developed many theories about why the tombs of the early pharaohs were built in the pyramid shape. Variable reasons

23、 are possible: the pyramid represented the first land to appear at the beginning of time a hill called Ben-Ben，he pyramid had sloping sides so that the dead pharaoh could symbolically climb to the sky and live forever he pyramid represented the rays of the sun. Step HomeworkAsk the students to summarize what they have learned in this unit and preview the next.