union3 Australia lession 9-10

ssions to describe a country, for example, Canada, so they are able to summary the feathers of Australia before class. During the class some of the Ss are supposed to introduce Australia to others and after that they are asked to talk about China following the way of writing about Australia either in groups or in pairs. The more things about China they can add, the better comment they will get. After class the Ss have to hand in their papers either in groups or in pairs. That means that one students only needs to write one or some parts of China and the whole group or pair makes a complete paper. )
教材分析
Lesson 10 & Lesson 11 Reading
This period mainly deals with the reading materials about Australia and trains students’ abilities of reading and speaking. Students read the passage about Australia, and then finish the related exercises, enabling the Ss learn about the country’s history, location, population, climate, and resources and describe other countries esp. China in English. During this period Ss are offered the opportunity to talk about their motherland to see how great and beautiful it is and to love it dearly in order that they can now try to study harder than before and do their best.

 

教学设计方案Lesson 10

Preparation: Get the Ss collect any information about Australia from the net before class.
Step 1 Warming-up exercise
Present the National Flag of Australia and make Ss know about the aims of the period
Step 2 Fast Reading
Lesson 10
1. Pre-reading questions
　　1). Where did the first Australians come from? (Asia)
　　2). What did Kooris use for hunting? (A curiously shaped piece of wood)
　　3). How many languages were once spoken in Australia? ( more than 250)
For the first time, Ss read the passage and give answers to these questions.
2. For the second time, Ss read the text and tell the topic sentence of each paragraph and sum up the topic and the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph.1  The earliest settlers –aborigines. The first people who settled in Australia came form Asia about 53,000 years ago. They are called Kooris today.
Paragraph.2  Way of life. Kooris developed a suitable way of life to live in this country.
Paragraph.3  Population. The Kooris’ population was reducing because of the arriving of foreign settlers.
Paragraph.4  Education. Kooris were treated badly by the white people.
Paragraph.5  Languages. Most of the Kooris’ languages have disappeared.
Paragraph.6  The date when Kooris were made citizens. Kooris were made citizens of Australia 53,ooo years after arriving in the country.
3. For the third time, Ss read the text and finish Part3. Note making on P. 15
Part.3  1). First people arrived in Australia (date):   53,0000 years ago
　　      2). Age of earliest cave paintings:   20,000years ago
　　      3). Food:   animals, birds, fish, roots, nuts, wild fruit.
　　      4). Tools:   fishing nets, shaped piece of wood
　　      5). Special skills:   finding underground springs
　　      6). Past Koori population:   3000,000 million
　　      7). Percentage of past population of Australia:   1000 %
　　      8). Percentage of present population of Australia:   a little over 1 %
　　      9). Causes of death:   diseases, killing
　　      10). Past number of Koori languages:   over 250
　　      11). Kooris made citizens of Australia (date):   1967
Next, talk about the discovery of Australia according to the following hint
age of earliest cave paintings/ food/tools/special skills/past Koori population/percentage of past population of Australia/causes of death/past number of Koori languages/the date when Kooris made citizens of Australia
4. Consolidation reading comprehension exercise for lesson 10
1). This text mainly talks about the _________.
　　A. special plants and animals in Australia
　　B. natural discoveries in Australia
　　C. Kooris and their life
       D. Kooris’ discovering ability
2). According to the text, the first people arrived in Australia by ________.
　　A. sea    B. land   C. air    D. swimming
3). What does faith mean?
　　A. fate   B. rail   C. force   D. developed
4). According to the text, the first people arrived in Australia by_________.
　　A. clever   b. lazy   C, humorous   D. developed
5). Kooris quite depended on ________.
　　A. farming and hunting    B. nature   C. the white people       D. the government
6). What does “curiously” mean?
　　A. badly   B. carefully   C. strangely   D. interestingly
7). Many Kooris were killed by ______which was brought to Australia by foreign settlers.
　　A. the law   B. the idea   C. the disease   D. the prejudice(偏见)
8). According to the text, to “make up ” is to ______.
　   A. amount to   B. pretend   C. put together   D. produce
9). According to the text, Kooris were treated______ in Australia.
　   A. equally   B. specially   C. kindly   D. unfairly
10). Te fact that school lessons were only held in English indicates that______.
　   A. Kooris are developing very fast.
       B. Kooris are living a poor life
　   C. Kooris couldn’t develop their culture.
　

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