高中英语 Module 1-Introduction and Reading教案 外研版选修8 教案

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- 1 - / 5 Module 1 Deep South

Introduction and Reading-- Antarctica: the Last Continent

Goals

● To learn something about the North pole and South pole

● To learn to read with strategies

● To learn and master some useful words and expressions in the text

Procedures

Step 1: Warming up

1. Warming up by questions

Hello, class. Today we’re going to learn Module 1. This module is a mon knowledge

about Antarctica. Well, do you know the differences between the South Pole and the

North Pole? Now let’s try a quick quiz. Work in pairs and find out the differences

between the South Pole and the North Pole.

Keys:

1. The North Pole has no land.

2. The South Pole has more ice.

3. The North Pole has polar bears.

4. The South Pole has penguins.

5. The South Pole has the longest period of total darkness.

6. The South Pole has no inhabitants.

7. The North Pole was reached first by explorers.

8. The South Pole is protected by an international agreement.

2. Warming up by studying new words

Before we read the text, we should firstly study some new words which appear in the

passage. Well, look at these words and try to read them, and then practice the spelling word

- 2 - / 5 exercises.

polar penguin explorer Antarctica annual rainfall state

depth gravity inhospitable extreme flower moss algae lichen

trap meteorite extraterrestrial mass balance exploration rivalry

treaty mercial nuclear test radioactive promote

Spelling exercises

1. Do you know the ______(一年的) course of the sun?

2. The well is ten meters in d______.

3. France made a peace t________ with a neighboring country.

4. She left her purse on the table as a t_____ of the child’s honesty.

5. The house was in a dirty _____(状况)

6. The football team was ____(晋升) to the first division.

7. She _____(适应) herself quickly to the new climate.

Keys: 1.annual 2. depth 3. treaty 4. test 5. state 6. promoted 7.

adapted

Step 2: Reading

1. Reading and find a heading for each paragraph

2. A text organization of Antarctica Antarctica Antarctica: the last Continent

The land Plants and A great place The discovery The Antarctic Treaty word

- 3 - / 5 Part 1 The land Antarctica is an inhospitable place to

live in because it is the coldest and the

driest continent on earth and is

permanently covered with ice.

Part 2 Plants and Animals As a result of its extreme conditions,

only few types of plants can survive

there, but it is full of wildlife.

Part 3 A great place for researchers Antarctic ice and rocks can give

researchers lots of useful information.

Part 4 The discovery of Antarctica Antarctica was the last continent to be

discovered and Carstens Borchgrevink was

the first man to set foot on the Antarctic

mainland.

Part 5 The Antarctica Treaty The aim of the treaty signed by 12

countries is to protect Antarctica and

Antarctica and it has bee the most

successful symbol of man’s efforts to

work together for progress and peace.

3. Reading and answering questions

1. Which of the following sentences is WRONG about Antarctica?

A. Antarctica is not only the coldest place but also the driest place on earth.

B. Antarctica is the fifth largest continent in the world

C. A high mountain range, the Trans-Antarctica range, cuts the continent in two

D. Antarctica holds 70% of the world’s ice and 90% of the world’s fresh water.

2. Which of the following descriptions is RIGHT about the wild life in Antarctica?

A. There are flying birds, seals, whales and one type of penguins. word

- 4 - / 5 B. The long Antarctica winter night, the extreme cold and lack of rainfall make

few types of penguins.

C. There are some trees on the large continent.

D. Only two types of flowering plants are found and no forms of algae can grow on

ice.

3. Antarctica rocks are very important for research because ______.

A. the rock has bee a window on the past

B. gases and minerals trapped in the rocks can tell us a lot about the weather in

the past

C. most of the rocks are meteorites from outer space

D. most Antarctica rocks are dark in color

4. _________crossed the Antarctica Circle in the late 18th century.

A. The British explored James Cook

B. The explorer called Norwegian

C. The explorer called Carstens

D. The explorer called Borchgrevink

Keys: 1-4 DBCA

4. plete the article with one word in each blank

Antarctica is the coldest and driest place in the world. It is technically a _______.

It _____ 90% of the world’s ice and most of its fresh water is in a frozen _______.

In some places it reaches a ________ of five kilometers.

The wildlife in Antarctica has ____ its extreme conditions, but few types of plants