人教版 (2019)选择性必修 第三册Unit 4 Adversity and Course教学设计

2019新人教高中英语选择性必修三

Unit 4 Adversity and courage

Reading and Thinking公开课教案

Teaching aims:

1.Enable students to find out the five elements of the article and summarize the main idea of each diary.

2.Guide students to figure out the important events that happened during the expedition and understand their adversity that they faced.

3.Help students to grasp the change of the author’s feelings and infer the characters’ traits based on their words or actions.

Teaching key points:

1.    Help students summarize the main idea of each diary according to the genre.
2.    Lead students to understand the adversity that the expedition faced.
3.    Enlighten students to infer the characters’ traits and emotions by analyzing their words and actions.

Teaching difficult points:

1.    Lead students to grasp the change of the author’s feelings.
2.    Lead students to express their opinions on the characters’ traits.

Teaching procedures:

StepⅠLead-in

Activity 1　Read this advertisement that was posted by a famous British explorer and fill in the blanks.

Suggested answers:

Activity 2　Would you like to join an expedition like this?Why or why not?

Suggested answers:

　I would like to join an expedition like this.Although it would be extremely tough,the sense of achievement I would get from doing it would be worth it.I don’t think I could get the same feeling from anything else.

 StepⅡ Overall Understanding

Ask students to go through the passage,find out the following elements and the main idea of each diary.

Five key elements:

Who:____________________________________

When:_____________________________________

Where:______________________________________

How(transportation):___________________________

What:

Suggested answers:

Who:Sir Ernest Shackleton,Perce Blackborow and other sailors

When:From 1914-1916

Where:In Antarctica

How (transportation):By the Endurance and small boats

Dairy 1:Blackborow joined the expedition.

Dairy 2:We stuck in the ice and abandoned the Endurance.

Dairy 3:Ernest Shackleton left for South Georgia Island to ask for help and other sailors stayed together to wait for help to come.

StepⅢ Textual Analysis

Dairy 1:Find the information about how Blackborow joined the expedition and fill in the blanks in your own words.

Suggested answers:

At the very beginning,Perce Blackborow bought a newspaper and was excited when reading the advertisement about the expedition. 

Then he applied to join the expedition.However,he was turned down by Shackleton because he was too young and not qualified. 

Later he secretly went aboard the Endurance,but he was discovered after three days. 

Finally he was assigned to be a steward and serve meal for the crew. 

Dairy 2:Answer the following questions

1.After the ship got crushed and sank,what did the crew members have to do?

2.Why did Shackleton throw away all his gold?

3.Why did he allow Hussey to keep his banjo?

Suggested answers:

1.The crew had to abandon it,collect essential supplies and camp on the ice.

2.First,now that he didn’t allow other sailors to keep their personal belongings,as the leader of the expedition,he must set an example for them.Second,when their survival was uncertain,gold was just a burden.

3.To keep their spirits up.

Dairy 3:Act out a drama according to the diary

(N=Narrator　B=Blackborow　S=Shackleton　W=Wild)

N:They have been struggling for days,but things on Elephant Island are going from bad to worse.

They are now crowded together under one of their boats on the rocky shore.

S:Now I must leave for...

...

...

StepⅣ Figure out how Blackborow’s feelings change as the days passed.

Suggested answers：

①excited,full of expectation

②enthusiastic,determined

③satisfied,hopeful,excited

④worried,uncertain

⑤angry,impatient

⑥grateful,hopeful

StepⅤCreative Thinking

What personal qualities did Shackleton and Blackborow exhibit?Find examples from the text to support your answers.

(Ernest Shackleton)　　(Perce Blackborow)

Suggested answers:

第一篇日记中关于Shackleton的描写:“Shackleton turned me down because he thought I was too young and wasn’t qualified.” From the sentence we can infer that Shackleton was a responsible leader.Obviously he really needed people to work for him,but the expedition was very dangerous for new hands.

同时第一篇日记关于Blackborow的描写:“But I was so enthusiastic about the idea of going along with them that I secretly went...” From the sentence we can infer Blackborow is so determined to join the expedition.

StepⅥ　Group Work

Retell the text by role play:one student acts as an interviewer,three other students act as Shackleton,Blackborow and Wild respectively.

Step Ⅶ Summary

My name is Perce Blackborow and I have been dreaming of 1.________　　　　　 expedition to Antarctica with Sir Ernest Shackleton.One day,I read the advertisement about the Antarctic expedition in the newspaper,but when 2.　　　　　 (apply) to join it,I was turned down because I was too young and inexperienced.Then I got aboard the ship without 3.　　　　　 (permit) and hid in a small cupboard,but 4.

　　　　　(discover) three days later.Shackleton assigned me to be a steward,and I cooked for twenty-eight men.How 5.　　　　　 (excite) I was! However,the voyage didn’t go 6.　　　　　 (smooth) and our ship became stuck 7.　　　　　 the ice and got crushed.Before abandoning the ship,we were only allowed to take some of our necessities and the crew had to camp on ice.However,with spring 8.________　　　　　(come),the ice began to melt. 

Having struggled for days,the conditions on Elephant Island were going from bad to worse.Shackleton left us to find help on South Georgia Island,9._______　　　　　 is 1,330 kilometres away.There was no food on the island except seals or penguins we sometimes caught.I was in low spirits.However,with the genuine concern of Frank and Ernest,I was filled with hope and thought there was a chance we 10.________　　　　　(return) home,after all. 

Suggested answers:

1.an　2.applying　3.permission　4.was discovered

5.excited　6.smoothly　7.in　8.coming　9.which

10.would return