TeachingPlanCourseEnglishClassDateTeachingMaterialEnglishforVocationalStudents（ECNUPEdition）Book3TopicLesson8ChristopherColumbusTeachingAimsKnowledgetogainTograspthekeywordsandusefulphrasesaboutthesailingexperienceofChristopherColumbus.SkillstodevelopTolearntoretellthestoryofChristopherColumbusbasedonatimeline.CharactertobuildupTohavearightattitudetowardsChristopherColumbusandtrainstudents’loveorexploration.TeachingAidsTaperecorderBlackboardMulti-mediadeviceWorksheetAssignmentCopythenewwordsandphrasesRecitethedialogDotheExercisebookWechatwithyourteacher.1.RetellthestoryofColumbus.2.WhatdoyouthinkofChristopherColumbus?Whatcanyoulearnfromhisexperience?TeachingProceduresTeachingContentsTask1StudythebackgroundinformationabouttheEuropebeforeColumbusdiscoveredAmerica.1.Studentsreadthedescriptionsaboutthethreepictures.2.Askstudentstodiscussthedifferencesbetweenthetwopicturesabouttheworldmap.3.Theteacherexplainssomeimportantinformationtostudents.Task2Studyapassageabout“ColumbusdiscoveringtheNewLand”.1.Before-reading(1)Askstudentstotellanythingtheyknowaboutthestory.(2)Askstudentstoreadthefourquestions,andreadthestorytofindtheanswers.2.While-reading(1)FirsttimeStudentsreadthepassagetoknowitsmaincontent(2)SecondtimeStudentsreadthepassagetofindanswerstothefourquestions.Asksomestudentstosharetheiranswers(3)Post-readingExplainsomedifficultlanguagepointsNotes:way的常用用法和相關的表達手段在“TheythoughttheonlywaytoreachtheIndieswastogoeast.”一句中，way是名詞，意思是“方式；方法；途徑”，其后可以接todo，ofdoing和從句，如：①What'sthebestwaytolearnalanguage?②There'snowayofknowingifthetreatmentwillwork.③Thereareseveraldifferentwayswecantacklethisproblem.way是英語中使用頻率非常高的一個詞語，熟練掌握這個詞的意義和用法十分有助于學習者提升英語水平。常用的結構是ina...way，如：①Itisimpossibletosolvethisprobleminanormalway.②Motherwaslookingathiminanoddwayasshewaspouringhertea.但是，當我們表達某些特別的方式，譬如文化特點時，我們不用way,而要用fashion這個詞，如：ThemealwaspreparedChinesefashionwithbowlsandchopstickslaidoutaroundthetable.Peopleeatfromthesamecommondishesplacedinthecenterofthetableinsteadofindividualportionsforeachguest.Task3StudentsmakeaChristopherColumbusTimelinebyputtingtheseeventsintothecorrectboxesintherightorder.1.Studentsputtheeventsintothecorrectboxesintherightorder.Theteacherasks3or4groupstosharetheiranswers.Askthestudentstoretelltheretellthestoryaccordingtothetimeline.Ask2or3studentstoretellthestory.Task4Usethecorrectformofthewordsorphrasesbelowtocompletethesentences.Studentsreadthewordsprphrasesinthebox.Studentscompletethesentences3.Studentssharetheiranswers.4.Theteacherexplainssomesentencesifnecessary.Task5ListentoaconversationaboutahistorianistalkingaboutColumbus’sstorytoagroupofstudents.Pre-listeningAskstudentstolookatthefourpicturestoknowtheirlisteningtaskWhile-listening(1)Askstudentstoordertheeventsbyputting①,②,③,or④onthelineandputacheckmarkbeforetherightanswer.(2)Listenagaintochecktheiranswers.(3)asksomestudentstosharetheiranswers.3.Post-listening:answerthesequestions.(1)HowmanytripsdidColumbusmakealtogethertotheNewWorld?(2)Whathonordidheget?(3)Washeagoodgovernorinthenewland?(4)Whenandwheredidhedie?Task6Retellthestory.Writeoutwordsandphrasesthatcanhel