Unit7Lesson21TotheSouthPole（第二課時(shí)）

LessonFocus

·ReadingtorecognisethetopicsentencesinastoryaboutajourneytotheSouthPole

·Talkingaboutajourneyanditsdifficulties

Exercise5

Purpose:tohelpstudentsreadthetextandpletethereport

HavestudentslookatExercise5.Ask“Whatkindofformdoyousee?”ElicitAformaboutthetriptotheSouthPole.Ifyoufeelyourstudentsareready,youmayskipthisstep.

Havestudentslookatthedifferentheadingsontheform.Directthemtothetext.Say“Readthetextagain.Findthespecificinformationthatyouneedtopletetheform”Monitor,offeringhelpasneeded.Ifstudentsneedsupport,havethemworkinpairs.

Goovertheanswers,havingindividualstudentsreadtheiranswersaloud.

Answers

Destination:SouthPole

Difficulties

?feeltiredbecausetheywalked12hoursadayinsubzerotemperatures

?hardtomoveoversnowandhardtoseebecauseofstorms

?foodgotcoldbecauseitwassocold,sometimestherewasnotenoughtimetoeatproperly

?needtoprotectyourfeet

WhatI'velearned:havetoovereallkindsofdifficultiestosucceed,nevergiveup

Exercise6

Purpose:tohelpstudentsexpresstheiropinionsontakingajourney

DirectstudentstothechecklistinExercise5.Ask“Doesthislistshowpositiveornegativethingsaboutthetrip?”ElicitNegative.Ask“Canyouthinkofsomepositivethings?”Havestudentssharetheirideasandgivereasons.Ifyoufeelstudentsareready,youmayskipthisstep.

Ask“Wouldyouliketotakeajourneylikethisoneday?”Givestudentsafewmomentstothinkabouttheiranswers.Thenhavethemdiscusstheirideaswithpartners.Encouragethemtosaywhyorwhynotthey'dliketotakethejourney.Monitor,offeringhelpasneeded.

Discusstheiranswersasagroup.Encouragestudentstosharetheirideas.

Speaking

Exercise7

Purpose:tohelpstudentsgivepresentationsaboutthejourneytotheSouthPole

Say“ImagineyouwereonthatexpeditiontotheSouthPole.Afterthejourneyisover,howdoyoufeel?”Elicitwordsfromstudents(negativeandpositive),suchaswonderful，tired,excited,sad,proud...

Tellthemthatasmembersoftheexpedition,theyhavebeeninvitedtoputtogetherapresentationabouttheirjourneytostudentsataschool.Ask“Whatareyougoingtotalkabout?”Elicitideas.

ThenaskstudentstothinkaboutthethreemaintopicsthatthewritercoveredinhisreportaboutthejourneytotheSouthPole.Ingroupsoffour,havethemnotethreemaintopics(referringthemtothereportforminExercise5,ifneeded).Afterdiscussion,notethesethreemaintopicsontheboard;

(1)peopleonexpedition

(2)difficultiesfacedonjourney

(3)lesson(s)learned

Ingroupsoffour,havestudentspreparetheirpresentations.Inorderforyourstudentstofeelmoreconfident,setclearguidelines.Herearesometips:

?Encouragestudentstoprovidefocustotheirpresentationsbyidentifyingthethreemaintopicsandmakingnotesabouteach(basedontheinformationfromthetextinExercise3).Theycantakeexamplesfromthetextaboutthepeopleinvolvedandthedifficultiestheyhad,andthenprovidemoredetailstomaketheirpresentationsmoreinterestingandpersonal.(Theywanttheirlistenerstogetaclearideahowtheyfeelabouttheexpedition.)Finally,theycanconcludetheirpresentationsbytalkingaboutwhattheylearnedfromtheexpedition.Again,encouragethemtoprovidetheirpersonalthoughtshere.

?Don'tmakethepresentationsverylong.Clearlyprovideinformationaboutthethreetopics:

(1)Whowasontheteam?

(2)Whatdifficultiesdidyouhave?

(3)Whatdidyoulearnfromtheexpedition?

Note:Writethesequestionsontheboardalongsidethethreetopicsnotedearlier.

?Makesurestudentsknowthattheyshouldmakenotesandnotwritetheentirepresentationdown.Thisismeanttobeaspeakingexercise,notsimplyreadingaloudone'snotes.HavethemlookatthereportinExercise5foranexampleofhowtopresentnotes.

?Assignrolesforthepresentation.Suggest;

?StudentApresentstheopeningstatementanddiscusseswhowasontheteam.

?StudentsBandCshareresponsibilityfordiscussingthedifferentdifficulties.

?StudentDdiscussesthelesson(s)learnedandprovidestheclosingstatement.

?Tellstudentstopractise!Thiswillhelpthemuseclearlanguageandorganisetheirthoughtswell.

?Encouragethemtouseexpressionintheirvoices.Theyaretellingaboutanexcitingexpedition.

?Trytothinkabouttheiraudiencewhenplanningorpresentingtheirtalk.Whatmightbeinterestingandhelpfulfortheaudiencetohear?

Gooverrelevantpointsfromthelistabove.

Havestudentsworkoverthesepointsinclassandthenassignthepreparationandpracticeofthepresentationforhomework.Iftimeallows,givesometimetopractiseinclassaswell.

Leavetimeforstudentstoaskquestionsandormentaftereachpresentation.

Expansion:DoSomeResearch!

Note:Formoreproficientstudents,havethemresearchtheexpeditionofeitherRobertFalcon