Book 2_U1_Welcome to the unit

牛津高中英语教学设计单元：Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained板块：Welcome to the unitThoughts on the design:The teaching materials of the unit revolves around some mysteries in the world. As the beginning of the unit, the period of the learning is to arouse students’interests and they are encouraged to use every means such as Internet, newspaper, and news to look for some information for what materials they are going to learn in the period. After the period of learning, students will have some understanding of the learning materials they are going to read and students are encouraged to discover problems and they are urged to express their thoughts in English. Moreover, they will master some important vocabulary.The analysis of the students:Students are in the Grade One and they are eager and interested in the mysteries in the world. Teaching aimsKnowledge aims:1. Some useful words and expressions in this part will be taught so that the students will know how to use them.1.Students will learn some unexplained phenomena in the world.Abilities aims:1.Their ability to make full use of resources to search for the information they need and share the information they get with others will be encouraged.2.students are expected to describe what they have known about the posters and what they are eager to know about the unexplained.3.Their ability to find solutions to problems should be cultivated.Emotional aims:Their interest in scientific mysteries are aroused.Students’ cooperative spirit are enhanced.Teaching Importance:Students are expected to describe what they have known about the posters and they are eager to know about it.Encourage students to communicate with each other.Teaching Difficulties:Teaching procedures:Step 1 Lead-in1. Group discussion: In your opinion, what is the most mysterious thing one can experience? Why?2. Warm-up questions:●Do you want to know his opinion of the most beautiful thing one can experience? —Introduce his saying about mysteries (The most beautiful thing one can experience is mysteries. They are truly the basis of all arts and sciences. and lead to the topic of this unit.(So you see, mysteries are of vital importance to the world. That’s why we shall begin to learn something about them. Bb: The topic of the unit. Then what kind of attitude should we adopt towards mysteries?—Bb: show interest in …; be curious about …; trace the causes of …; analyze …; cooperate with …; seek help from …; work intelligently and independently; find solutions to … Before we take up the unit, I have two more questions for you.)Let’s watch a short video, what’s flying in the sky? Is it a UFO? What other unexplained things do you know about?The purpose of the design:The lead-in part begins with the[设计说明](1) 以问题讨论开始，不仅可让学生发挥他们的想象力，还可激发他们的学习兴趣。

(2) 以爱因斯坦以及他关于神秘事物的名言为例, 引出本单元话题，同时旨在激发学生探索世间奥秘的兴趣。

同时结合一段UFO飞行的视频，激发学生对未解开之谜的探讨。

(3) 其中的板书设计旨在指导学生在探索发现问题和解决问题时需要具备哪些常见的基本条件，我认为这应该是本单元的学习目的之一，同时也希望能借此适当丰富一下学生的词汇。

(4) 图片展示是为了帮助学生回答问题，最后一个问题是为活跃课堂气氛，也希望能帮助增强学生的自信心。

Step 2 Posters1.Pair work:●Please open your books and let’s look at page one. Read the instructions and focus on the five pictures and illustrations first. Then work in pairs to find the answer to the following questions. (PPT11-12)(1) Do the five pictures have something in common? If so, what is it?—unexplained; no satisfactory answers; mysterious; no evidence to prove … ;(2) Can scientists explain these phenomena?(3) How do you feel about them?●Think of as many expressions as possible to answer the questions above. Try to make up some sentences and read them to the class. First I will offer you some examples.ppt13—They are mysterious because no satisfactory answers have been offered to explain them so far. Though these mysteries have puzzled people for a long time, they still show great interest in them. Peoplefeel puzzled by the mysteries …[设计说明]本环节旨在激发学生兴趣，培养观察分析问题能力，同时旨在鼓励开口，促进口语提高。

2. Group discussion:●Talk about the pictures one by one. (Divide the whole class into five groups and each group is assigned a topic. Give out five pieces of paper with topics on each piece. After the discussion, the students should choose one representative for their group to report their findings about their respective topic to the class. They should report like this—show them an example: ---ppt.14 UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Objects, that is, objects, apparently moving in the sky, which we cannot identify. There are lots of reports about UFOs. Some say they are aliens visiting us in their spacecraft, and some say they are military test aircraft, while others say they do not actually exist. Since we have never seen one with our own eyes and there is no definite scientific explanation for it, we are not certain whether UFOs really exist, but we believe everything will be clear in the future.)Topic 1: about UFOs:(1) What do the letters UFO stand for?(2) Are they really from another planet? Why or why not?(3) Do you believe in UFOs? Why or why not? What do you think might be the most acceptableexplanation for UFOs?(4) Can you show us more information you get about it?Topic 2: about Yetis:(1) Where is the Himalayas? What’s the weather like there?(2) Why do some people make great efforts to climb them?(3) Have you ever heard of Yetis? What do Yetis look like?(4) Do you believe there are Yetis? Why or why not?(5) Do you think some climbers’ disappearances are connected with Yetis?(6) Show us more information you know about Yetis.Topic 3: about crop circles:(1) Where can we see these strange circles?(2) What do they mean?(3) Who on earth created these circles?Topic 4: about Stonehenge:What is it? Where is it? Why is it famous?●Report the answers to the class.[设计说明]通过小组活动，让学生学习合作，学会分享，学习语言材料的组织。