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Stonehenge--Can Anybody Explain Why It Is There?Reading Unit 8 Students’ Book IIITeaching goals：The first goal of this lesson is not to learn the vocabulary or the grammar, but to learn how to read an article and how to get the useful information. The second goal of this reading lesson, is to get more knowledge about Stonehenge and the other wonders of the world.The third goal is to help our students open their eyes and mind to the world , and this can make our students be more interested in studying all kinds of knowledge.Important and the difficult points:1.Get some information of the wonder--Stonehenge.2.Ss know how to read an article and get the useful information. Teaching steps:Step I“Lead-in”Show many beautiful and amazing pictures and phot os of the world’s wonders. Use them to make the students feel more curious about this lesson.Step II PresentationPlay a video about the news of Stonehenge, from CCTV.Use the real information to help the students. It’s convincing. After the video, two questions for the students:1. What do you think of Stonehenge?2. What do you want to know about Stonehenge?(Use these two questions to help the students to get the right information from the article later.)After the PPT, the video and the questions, it’s time to read the article. Step III ReadingThe first time, and the first reading task is to make paragraph breaks ,just like they usually do in Chinese class.The second time, and the second task is to get the main points from each part.The third time, the students can get more details in each part, and the students will use the chart to learn how to read an article and how to get the main ideas.(And then the chart is completed, from the chart ,the students can easily know how they read and get the useful information. And they can also use the chart to retell the whole article about Stonehenge.)Step IV Learn to retellThe students try to retell the article according to the completed chart. It shouldn’t be difficult for them to finish the task.And after they retell the story, T will show them more information about Stonehenge to make them know it better, not only the simple introduction from the article, but also more scientific survey results, this can make them feel more serious.Step V Learn to imagineTwill show two wonders in China: The Great Wall and Terro-cotta Warriors. And the students must use the way of reading Stonehenge to search information, pull together the information about the two wonders,then make sure they can write a short passage about one between them, they will have a groupwork, everybody has his/her own task, he/she can ask the teacher/parents for more information; and other partners can search on the Internet, at last, they will make a report, and they will be guides to give the report to others.Step VI HomeworkAsk the students to find out one place of interest in our city Linyi,and make an introduction about it.And they can work in groups.。

Unit 8 Section BStonehenge- Can Anyone Explain Why It Is There?Teaching aims:1.Learn some new words and expressions, such as circle receive leader medicalprevent purpose energy position victory enemy period hard-working, etc..2.Improve the ability of getting the outline of the reading material and findingrelative information.Difficult and Important Points:1. Make out the outline of the text.2. Know how to make inferences.3. Describe a historical place ,using the information learned from this class.Teaching Methods:1. Pair work2. Illustration3. Discussion and team workTeaching procedures:Step 1: Warming upShow the students a video of the Stonehenge and ask students to guess bravely whobuilt it? The aliens or ancient human beings?Step 2: Before readingTask 1: PredictionAsk ss to predict what will be talked about in the passage.What is the Stonehenge like?Who built it？What was it built for?/ Why was it built?When/ How/Where was it built?Step 3: While readingTask 2 : Skim（略读）for general informationThe passage can be divided into ____ parts. Match each part with its main idea.Part 1: (paragraph 1) What is the Stonehenge like?General information of the Stonehenge.Part 2: (paragraph 2&3) What was the Stonehenge used for?No one knows for sure what was the Stonehenge used for but the position of the stones must be for a special purpose.Part 3: (paragraph 4) Who built the Stonehenge? When and how was it built?We don’t really know who built the Stonehenge and perhaps we might never know.Task3: scan（细读）for specific informationRead paragraph 1 and answer the following questions.1.What is the Stonehenge?2.How many visitors does it receive every year?3.Why do people like to go to this place in June?Read paragraph 2 &3 and fill in the following blanks.It mightbe a t______ where ancient leaders tried to communicate with the gods.be a kind of c________. On midsummer’s morning, the sun s______ directly intothe center of the stones.have a m______ purpose. They think the stones can p________ illness and k______ people healthy.be a b_____ place or a place to honor ancestors.be built to c_____ _____ _____over an enemy.Read paragraph 4 and answer the following questions.1.Who built the Stonehenge?2.How/when was it built?Summary :What is Stonehenge like?Stonehenge, a rock _______ , is not only one of Britain’s most famous ________ ________ but also one of its greatest ___________. Every year it ________ more than 750,000 visitors. They came especially in ________ as they want to see the sun_________ on the longest day of the year.What was Stonehenge used for?Historians have at least five different ideas. They think it might be a ________ where ancient leaders tried to ____________ __________the gods. It might be a kind of__________. On midsummer’s morning, the sun ________ directly into the center of the stones. It might have a _________ ________. They think the stones can _________ _______and ______ ______ _______. It might be a _______ place or a place to honor ancestors. Or it might be built to _________ a victory over an enemy.Who built it? When/How was it built?Most historians believe the Stonehenge must be almost _____ years old. However, we don’t really know who buil t it or how it was built but we do know the planners must have been ______________.Step 4: Post readingTask 3: DiscussionCan you think of any other mysteries, either in China or another part of the world. What do you know about these mysteries?Task 4: Write an article about the mysterious circles.Writing tips:Part 1: Background information about these mysterious circles.Where are they?What are they like?Part 2: Who were they made by?How were they made?How do people feel now?Step 5: HomeworkSearch more information about the pyramid and the Statues of the Easter Island from the Internet and choose either of them as a topic to write a short passage about it.。

Stonehenge——Can anyone explain why it is there？Stonehenge, a rock circle, is not only one of Britain’s most famous historical places but also one of its greatest mysteries. Every year it receives more than 750,000 visitors. People like to go to this place especially in June as they want to see the sun rising on the longest day of the year.巨石阵，一个岩石圈，不仅是英国最著名的历史建筑，也是它的一个最大的谜团之一。

每年接待超过七十五万游客。

特别是在6月，人们去这个地方，因为他们想看到太阳上升在一年中最长的一天。

For many years, historians believed Stonehenge was a temple where ancient leader tried to communicate with the gods. However, historian Paul Stoker thinks this can’t be true because Stonehenge was built so many centuries ago. “The leaders arrived in England much later, ”he points out.许多年以来，历史学家们认为巨石阵是古代首领用来与神灵沟通的一座神庙。

然而，历史学家保罗·斯托克认为这不可能是真的，因为建造了巨石阵很多世纪以前。

“领导人抵达英国后，”他指出。

Another popular idea is that Stonehenge might be a kind of calendar. The large stones were put together in a certain way. On midsummer’s morning, the sun shines directly into the center of the stones. Other people belie ve the stones have a medical purpose. They think the stones can prevent illness and keep people healthy. “As you walk there, you can feel the energy from your feet move up your body,” said one visitor. No one is sure what Stonehenge was used for, but most agree the position of the stones must be for a special purpose. Some think it might be a burial place or a place to honor ancestors. Others think it was built to celebrate a victory over an enemy.另一个流行的观点是巨石阵可能是一种日历。