单元：Unit 3 Amazing people
板块：Reading 1
Thoughts on the design:
本节课是以听、说、读为主的课文阅读课。英语阅读教学中要突出“学”字, 培养学生从“学会”转到“会学”, 授之以法, 把学习的主动权交给学生。首先，教师指导学生认真预习,并写出自学笔记、提出自学中遇到的疑难问题，让学生就这一话题联系自己的实际作些准备, 以便课上参与讨论。例如，学生可以在预习时先完成问题A、C1、C2部分。其次，在课堂上要创造良好的参与条件, 提供合适的参与机会, 组织学生独立思考与集体讨论，以鼓励学生踊跃参与。再次，教师要指导学生理解篇章结构，把握文章主旨来培养学生预测信息的能力以及理解归纳的能力。
Teaching aims:
After reading the text, the students will be able to know about a famous explorer, Howard Carter, who led a team to Egypt and made some unexpected discoveries in tombs. Besides, the students can learn from Carter’s perseverance. At the same time, the students will learn to predict what an article is about by just looking at the title and reading the first paragraph. Gradually, they will become better and more active readers by learning how to predict information in advance. And they are expected to master the strategy and become more competent readers.
Tea ching procedures:
Step1 Lead-in
1. Part of the movie “the mummy” is shown and some related questions are raised. (PPT4：点击右下超链接标志播放视频：The Mummy)
Where did the story happen? (Africa)
What is it about? (Mummies)
2. Pictures of mummies are shown and some questions are put up. (PPT5-6：呈现木乃伊图片，让学生有感性认识)
Do you know what mumm ies are? (They are the preserved bodies of dead kings.)
How are these mummies found? And by whom?
Today, we’ll read a passage about it. (PPT7：点击鼠标呈现课文标题) [Explanation]
由于学生对木乃伊知之甚少，教师通过播放电影片断、开门见山导入本课主题，让学生从上课一开始就动起来，充分调动了学生的学习热情和兴趣，帮助学生迅速了解话题。
Step 2 Prediction and fast reading
1.Prediction （PPT8：呈现问题，学生预测标题与文章间的关系）
What might be the connections between “The curse of the mummy’”and the famous explorer?
From your point of view, what might be dealt with in the following article? …(Student s’ different opinions are collected.)
2.Read the first paragraph and then tell the general idea of the 1st paragraph.
（PPT9：点击鼠标
呈现以下阅读要求及答案，过程中会出现文字退出，再显现新问题的答案）
（Howard Carter is a famous explorer and he discovered many amazing things.）
The first paragraph serves as a general introduction of Howard Carter. Pick out the key words in the first paragraph to describe him. (famous, brave, ama zing) According to the first paragraph, can you predict what the following paragraphs will tell us? Some choices for reference （PPT10：点击鼠标呈现预测问题，再点击显现选项及答案）
Carter’s hobbies
☆ Howard Carter made some unexpected discoveries.
Carter’s family
Carter’s school life
3.Exchange your ideas with your partners. Then check your prediction by reading the
following paragraphs and complete C2 so that students can know the main idea of each paragraph. （PPT11：点击鼠标逐个呈现书上练习C2的答案）
Paragraph 1 ____ Paragraph 2 ____ Paragraph 3 ____ Paragraph 4 ____
Paragraph 5 ____ Paragraph 6 ____ Paragraph 7 ____ Paragraph 8
____
(e b d c g h a f )
[Explanation]
本单元的阅读策略是预测信息，所以在快速阅读这一步骤设计一些活动来训练学生预测的能力，根据标题预测题目与主人公之间的联系、根据首段预测下文内容；为降低难度，提供了几个选项供学生思考，也为更多学生参与课堂活动作铺垫。完成C2的目的是让学生通过略读把握段落大意以培养归纳理解的能力。
Step 3 Careful reading
1. Listen to paragraphs 2-3 and summarize the main idea.（PPT12：点击鼠标呈现阅读要求及答案）
What does this part mainly tell us? (Howard Carter’s discovery) (PPT)
Do you want to know about Howard Carter? Try to find some related information in the passage about him. And then say something about Howard Carter.（PPT13：点击鼠标呈现Howard Carter生平的主要信息，在学生复述完Carter的信息后再进入下一张PPT）
Howard Carter (1874-1939)
Education: didn’t go to school, learnt to draw from his father
Interests: loved visiting new places
Discoveries: many amazing things
Went to Egypt: 1891
Job: explorer (by the 1920s)
Greatest discovery: King Tutankhamen’s tomb (点击超链接呈现法老及坟墓PPT14，注意：不要多点击，此时不能出现红箭头，然后返回到PPT13)
Year of the discovery：1922
Where：Valley of the Kings, Egypt
Are you curious about what’s in the tomb?
When ente ring the tomb, Carter found gold, treasures everywhere. Let’s enjoy the pictures of
the treasures in the tomb. (在PPT13上再次点击超链接直到出现红箭头，点击红箭头进入下一
张PPT14，呈现墓中宝物PPT15，点击PPT15让其自动播放到完毕)
What did Carter do when they saw these treasures? (emptied the tomb, took away everything in the tomb, including the kin g’s body (the mummy)
Do you like gold / treasures? What would you do if you were there? (I would took away all
the treasures, too)
2. Howard Carter emptied the tomb, would anything happen to him and his team workers? They disturbed the peace of mummy, would they be cursed? Watch part of a film. （PPT15：在墓中宝物自动播放到slippers出现，点击影像图标播放视频：KingTuts Final Secrets）
What does this part of the film tell us? (The death of Carter’s teammates. They fell ill and died after the discovery work.) （PPT16：点击呈现问题及答案）Yes. His teammates died one by one. Tha t’s really mysterious. Are their deaths strange? Is
that the curse of the mummy?
Read paragraphs 4-5 by yourselves and then fill in the form.(Group work) （PPT17：点击呈
现表格并逐个呈现答案）
Co nnection with Carter and the tomb
3. In fact, within seven years, 21 people died. Is it really the curse? If so, why could Howard Carter live so long? How can we explain that? Let’s read paragraphs 6-8 together. And think over what this part mainly tells us? (Different
beliefs/explanations of strange deaths) (PPT18：点击呈现6-8段的主旨，再逐个呈现对死亡的不同观点)
What are the different beliefs?
1. Coincidence
2. The mummy’s curse: Those who disturb the king’s rest would receive death in return
3. A scientific explanation: The viruses caused the illness and death
Conclusion: The mystery has never been fully explained.
4. Post reading
Do you think Howard Carter is a successful person? Is he amazing?
In order to succeed, what kind of personalities should we develop? (curiosity, bravery,
strong will, team spirit, a good state of mind) (PPT19：点击呈现部分观点供参考) [Explanation]
这一步骤中让学生听、读课文，更好地体现出语言课的特点；在了解“Howard Carter”的概况之后让学生进行介绍，训练了学生的口头表达能力；通过设问“What would you do if you were Howard Carter in the tomb?”激发学生说的欲望；播放电影片断使学生有视觉的感知，明
白“the death of Carter’s teammates”，更好地理解文章第四、五段的内容。在这过程中三个环节均设计了对段落主旨的归纳理解题，这也是课文阅读教学应实现的目标之一。在“post reading”中设问“In order to succeed, what kind of personalities should we develop?”把思想教育融入课堂教学中，使学生明白要成功应具备的素质。
Step 4 Summary
Think over the organization of the passage and the main idea of each part? (PPT20：点击呈现篇
章结构使学生加深印象)
Para1-3: Howard Carter’s experience and his discovery
Para4-5: Strange deaths after the discovery
Para6-8: Different beliefs about the deaths
[Explanation]