人教版高中英語必修二Cultural relics-period3學(xué)案.doc

Period 3: A lesson plan for using languageAims:To learn to tell facts from opinionsTo write a reply letterTo listen and speak about cultural relicsProceduresI. Warming upWarming up by questionsMorning, class. We always say, “We must respect facts and cant wholly depend on ones opinions”. But can you tell me:A. What does it mean when you say, “It is a fact”?B. What does it mean when you say, “It is an opinion”?Keys for reference: A. A fact must be real, objective and without any personal judgment. So it can be proved. B. An option always expresses ones own ideas. It is always subjunctive. So it has not been proved.Warming up by questioningTurn to page 5. Read the passage and tell me:A. If you want to go in for law against somebody, and if you want to win, whats the most important thing you should do first?B. What makes a judge decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe.Keys for reference: A. Searching for facts of course. The more, the better. B. The evidences offered by the eyewitnesses make the judge decide which one is believable and which is not.II. Guided reading1. Reading and definingRead the passage and define: What is a fact? What is an opinion? What is an evidence?2. Reading and translatingRead the passage and translate it into Chinese paragraph by paragraph. Tom, you are to do paragraph 1, please3. Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the part. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.Collocation from Using Language on page 5in a trial, rather than, more than, to tell the truth, agree with, It can be proved that , no reason to lie, a reply to a letter, think highly of, search for, return the treasure to, cost them a lot of time and money4. Listening Now, boys and girls, as we know, people have never stopped searching for the Amber Room. This time well listen to what three people say they know about the missing Amber Room. Before we listen to them, Ill present some related new words to you to help you understand them easily. Please look at the screen and read after me.explode vt. 爆炸, Czch n. 捷克, mayor n. 市長(zhǎng), melt vt. 熔化, sub (sub marine) n. 潛水艇，水雷, survivor n. 幸存者, Titanic n. 泰坦尼克船5. Sharing and CorrectingWell done. Now share your forms with your partner and tell me in the three forms: What are facts? What are opinions? Li Ming, do you want a try?Keys: What they heard, saw, did are facts. And what they believe are opinions.6. ReviewingWe often use some expressions to ask for opinions. What are they?Oh, yes. What do you think of ? Do you believe ? How can you be sure of ? How do you know that?And we often use some expressions to give opinions. What are they? Ok, Tom, Please. Oh, yes. They are: I think / I dont think I dont agree that / I suppose that7. DiscussingPlease look at exercise 3, and discuss which person gave the best evidence. Use the expressions above to help you. Before we discuss, lets deal with the following discussion:A. What is the best evidence?B. How can we know which eyewitness is most believable?Keys: A. The best evidence is factual and is given by a person who is believable.B. The most believable eyewitness is the one who has nothing to gain from telling a lie.Well done. Lets come to the discussion “Which person gave the best evidence?”Keys fore reference:Jan Hasek is less believable because he owns a little restaurant near the mine. If the search stopped, his business would suffer.Hans Braun is also less believable because he is working for a company trying to find the ship which carried the treasures in the Baltic sea.Of the three eyewitnesses, only Anna Petrov has no selfish reason for saying what she has said. In particular, she is not involved in any current effort to find the treasure. Therefore she is the most believable.8. Reading and writingSometimes we may fall into or face a moral choice. That is a moral dilemma. Lets read the letter on page 7 and see whats Johanns choice and opinion. Ok, finished? Now answer the following questions:A. Whats Johanns opinion about the Amber Room?B. Whats his fathers opinion about the things found by him?C. What happened to Johann when she was a pupil?Keys:A. Johann thinks the people who find the Amber Room should keep it for them own.B. His father thinks as Johann does.C. She found a little money and kept it to himself.9. Completing the letters A & B and then giving your own letters When you write your letter, you may choose to agree or not agree with the writer. You must give a reason why you agree or dont agree with the writer. Be sure to give an example from your own life so that the reader can better understand your opinion. Closing downClosing down by a debating There is a long ancient wall around a less developed town.It is reported it has a long history, dating back to over 5 century BC. The local government is collecting money to repair and rebuild the wall. It has cost a lot of money. Some of your classmates think it is not worth. Some think its a good way to develop the local economy. Now Group 1 and 2 against Group 3 and 4. Lets have the debating.Closing down by dictation The design for the room was of the fancy style popular in those days. The room served as a small reception hall for important visitors. The man who found the relics insist that it belongs to his family. The room was completed the way she wanted it . It was ready for the people of St. Petersburg to celebrate the 300th birthday of their city. After that, what really happened