OPEN CLASS

By Fu Xiaoyan

Class：Class 15 Grade 1

Time: April 12th 2006

Subject: Unit 17 Period 2 Alone in Antarctica

Unit 17

Period 2 Alone in Antarctica

Teaching Aims

1. Train the students’ reading ability.

2. Learn and master the new words and phrases.

3. Make students know the greatness of Helen Thayer.

Teaching Important Points

1. Improve the students’ reading ability.

2. Enable the students to understand the text better.

3. Let the students have strong wills and determination by learning this passage.

Teaching Difficult Points

1. How to improve the students’ reading ability.

2. Make the students learn something about will and dertermination from this passage.

Teaching Methods

1. Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.

2. Careful reading to answer some detailed questions.

Teaching Aids

1. Multimedia 2. Blackboard

Teaching Procedures

Step 1. Greetings

Greet the whole class as usual.

Step 2. Lead-in

Tell students something about Antarctica, it is the highest, driest, coldest and windiest continent on earth. The weather conditions in Antarctica are extreme. But there is a woman called Helen Thayer who travelled to Antarctica alone when she was 60.

Step 3. Pre-reading

Ask students to discuss something more about the South Pole and the North Pole.

1. Imagine you’re travelling alone to the South Pole, what will you take with you?

2. Which animals live on the North/South Pole?

3. Why do polar bears never eat penguins?

Step 4. Reaing

Play the tape of this passage, and then ask them to think about the question:

1. Why could she travel to Antarctica alone?

2. What kind of person do you think she is?

Step 5. Careful Reading

Play the tape again and try to get the detailed information about Helen Thayer’s journey to Antarctica. Fill in the chart below.

Time Weather Activities

The first day Fine, icy, not strong wind Began the journey

The third day Stormy, windy ╱

Nov. 12th Storm died down Celebrate her birthday

A few days later ╱ Fell into a hole, got out

The 22nd day ╱ Increase her workday

The next morning ╱ Bad accident, hurt leg

Ask students to answer the following questions:

1. Did she finish the journey?

2. What kind of woman is Helen Thayer?

3. Do you admire her? Why?

Step 6. Exercise

Turn to workbook to do the exercises about reading.

Step 7. Summary

In this period, we’ve learned a passage about a special woman-Helen Thayer. From this passage, we know that Helen Thayer is a special woman, she is brave, active and optimistic.

Step 8. Homework

1. Review the words and phrases in this part.

2. Read the passage after class.

3. Recite some useful sentences.