Amazingpeople教案

详细内容

prehension
1. Prediction
Today we’ll learn the special curse, the curse of the mummy.

Look at the title, can you guess what the article is about?
What more information can we get from the first paragraph?

2Introduction of Carter.
Read paragraph 1 to know the main idea.

Howard Carter ,an explorer, discovering many amazing things
Predict what might be mentioned in the following passage.
For example , his interest, discovery, and family and so on.

3. Skimming
Go through the whole article to see the prediction is right or wrong and answer the following question.
1.What was the name of the Egyptian king whose tomb Carter found?
2.What happened to some of Carter’s team members after the tomb was opened?

4 Careful reading
Read paragraph 2 to introduce Carter aording to words in the diagram.

(Job) Howard Carter, a famous ______________________________________.
(education) He did not go to ________________________________________.
(interest) He was curious about ______________________________________.
(discovery )In 1891, ______________________________________________.
By the 1920s, __________________________________________.

5 Playing video
Carter was at the gate of the tomb. Let’s following him to get into it. After students finish watching , ask questions: what are there in the tomb? What would you do if you see these treasures? What did they do aording to paragraph 3? Is it right to empty other’s tomb of everything? Were they lucky although they became rich?

6 Reading paragraphs 4 and 5
Read it and fill in the blanks and pay attention to the right form.

7 Listening to the tape
Discussion: Why did these people die strangely? ( For example : They died because of the coincidence and explain the meaning of coincidence: What a coincidence , I am wearing the same coat as you. )
Eg. These people died because of the coincidence.
because
because of
due to
result in
as a result of
as a result
Fill in the blanks. Focus on the sentence structure. Ask students to show their opinion with the sentence structure.

8 Discussion
Do you think Carter was an amazing person? Why or why not?
Homework
Choose one of the two (1) .Write a summary about Howard Carter.
(2). Do you think Carter was a real amazing person ? Would you like to be an explorer like Carter? Why or why ?