OPEN CLASS

By Fu Xiaoyan

上海龙凤1314Class：Class 15 Grade 1

Time: April 12th 2006

Subject: Unit 17 Period 2 Alone in Antarctica

Unit 17

Period 2 Alone in Antarctica

Teaching Aims

1. Train the students’ reading ability.

2. Learn and master the new words and phrases.

上海龙凤13143. Make students know the greatness of Helen Thayer.

上海龙凤1314Teaching Important Points

1. Improve the students’ reading ability.

2. Enable the students to understand the text better.

上海龙凤13143. Let the students have strong wills and determination by learning this passage.

Teaching Difficult Points

上海龙凤13141. How to improve the students’ reading ability.

上海龙凤13142. Make the students learn something about will and dertermination from this passage.

上海龙凤1314Teaching Methods

上海龙凤13141. Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.

上海龙凤13142. Careful reading to answer some detailed questions.

Teaching Aids

上海龙凤13141. Multimedia 2. Blackboard

上海龙凤1314Teaching Procedures

Step 1. Greetings

Greet the whole class as usual.

Step 2. Lead-in

上海龙凤1314Tell students something about Antarctica, it is the highest, driest, coldest and windiest continent on earth. The weather conditions in Antarctica are extreme. But there is a woman called Helen Thayer who travelled to Antarctica alone when she was 60.

Step 3. Pre-reading

上海龙凤1314Ask students to discuss something more about the South Pole and the North Pole.

上海龙凤13141. Imagine you’re travelling alone to the South Pole, what will you take with you?

上海龙凤13142. Which animals live on the North/South Pole?

3. Why do polar bears never eat penguins?

上海龙凤1314Step 4. Reaing

Play the tape of this passage, and then ask them to think about the question:

1. Why could she travel to Antarctica alone?

上海龙凤13142. What kind of person do you think she is?

上海龙凤1314Step 5. Careful Reading

Play the tape again and try to get the detailed information about Helen Thayer’s journey to Antarctica. Fill in the chart below.

Time Weather Activities

上海龙凤1314The first day Fine, icy, not strong wind Began the journey

The third day Stormy, windy ╱

Nov. 12th Storm died down Celebrate her birthday

A few days later ╱ Fell into a hole, got out

The 22nd day ╱ Increase her workday

The next morning ╱ Bad accident, hurt leg

Ask students to answer the following questions:

上海龙凤13141. Did she finish the journey?

上海龙凤13142. What kind of woman is Helen Thayer?

上海龙凤13143. Do you admire her? Why?

上海龙凤1314Step 6. Exercise

Turn to workbook to do the exercises about reading.

Step 7. Summary

In this period, we’ve learned a passage about a special woman-Helen Thayer. From this passage, we know that Helen Thayer is a special woman, she is brave, active and optimistic.

上海龙凤1314Step 8. Homework

上海龙凤13141. Review the words and phrases in this part.

上海龙凤13142. Read the passage after class.

3. Recite some useful sentences.