Teaching Plan of
Unit 3 Amazing people
Period 1 Reading
by Qin Xuelian Nanling No.1 Middle School
Teaching goals:
1. To grasp the following words and phrases: explorer, adventurous, curious, preserve, discovery, riches, secretary, shortly, coincidence, virus, scientific, disturb, set sail for, as well as, right away, pay off , a great deal of
2. Enable the students to predict information from the title and the first paragraph.
Teaching methods:
1. Discussion and group-work
Teaching aids: a projector, a computer
Teaching procedures:
Step1: Greet and warming-up
1. Greet the whole class
2. Look at some pictures of amazing people and match these pictures with their achievements.
3. Talk about these amazing people:
What do they have in common?
What can we learn from them?
Step2: Reading
1. Lead-in:
T: Just now we have talked about amazing people. You know amazing people made many amazing things, one of which is the pyramid. There are plenty of mysterious stories about pyramids. One of the most mysterious stories is the curse of the mummy. So, today we will talk something about the curse of the mummy.
2. ① Look at the pictures of mummies and pyramids and predict information from the title:
What can you imagine from the title “ The curse of the mummy”?
② Learn “Reading strategy: predicting information”
3. Fast reading: Answer the following questions by skimming and scanning.
* What’s the name of the Egyptian King whose tomb Carter found?
* What happened to some of Carter’s team members after the tomb was opened?
* How many people died?
4. Further reading: Read the text carefully while listening to the article and finish Part C1 on page 44.
5.Careful reading:
① Match the summaries of the paragraphs with the correct paragraphs after reading the article carefully.
② Fill the following chart:
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Characters |
Who is the person? |
What did he do? |
How did he die? |
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Lord Carnarvon |
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George Gould |
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Richard Bethell |
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Howard Carter |
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6.Post reading: Retell the text with the help of the following questions.
① Who is Howard Carter? What kind of person is he?
② What is Howard Carter famous for?
③ What happened after his discovery?
④ What was the reason of the team members’ death?
Step3: Discussion:
Ask students to discuss the following question in group of four: Do you think Howard Carter is an amazing people?
Step 4: Homework:
1. Finish Part E on page 45.
2. Finish Parts A1 & A2 in Workbook on page 102.
3. Read the article and pay attention to the new words and phrases.
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