山东省泰安市肥城市第三中学高中英语 Unit 4 Astronomy the science of the strars阅读学案 新人教版必修3
教学内容
学习目标:
1.知识与能力:To grasp the main idea of the passage by making use of some reading skills
2.过程与方法:To grasp the main idea by self-directed learning ,discussion ,cooperation
3.情感态度价值观: To know the importance of protecting the earth and environment
学习重点: To learn more knowledge about how life began on the earth
学习难点: To learn more knowledge about how life began on the earth
【学案使用说明】请充分预习课文,结合词典及课后单词表完成此学案。
学习指导
即时感悟
【课前预习】
Each religion and culture has its own ideas about how life began on earth. What do you know ?
【自主 合作 探究】
Step 1 Fast Reading
1.What’s the main idea of the text?
A.A brief introduction on how human beings were born.
B. A brief introduction on the birth of the universe and life on the earth.
C. The “Big Bang” had a great effect on the birth of the earth.
通过本环节,督促学生深入教材,并查阅资料,为本节课话题积累相关知识。
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D. The appearance of human beings was a disaster to the earth.
2. Scan the text and decide what the writing style of the text is?
A. Narrative 记叙文 B. Explanation 说明文 C. Essay 散文
3.Match the main idea for each paragraph.
Paragraph 1: a. The importance of water for life
Paragraph 2: b.The development of plants and animals on the earth
Paragraph 3: c.The formation of the earth
Paragraph 4: d.A widely accepted theory about
the formation of the universe
Paragraph 5: e. The arrival of humans and
their impact on the earth
Step 2 Detailed-reading
Read the text carefully and look for the detailed information
Task1.Paragraph 1:
Answer the following questions to understand the formation of the universe:
Q1: How did the universe begin?
__________________________________________________
Q2: What happened after the “Big Bang”? __________________________________________________
Q3: What does “bodies” mean here?
A. Persons or animals’ bodies B. Planets and stars
Task2.Paragraph 2:
Answer the following questions to understand the formation of the earth and the appearance of water:
My questions in this class:
_________
__________
My answers
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Q1:
Time
What is the earth like?
several billion years after the Big Bang
between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years
Q2:Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one?
It is more important that when the earth cooled down, water started to appear.
_________________________________________________________
Task3.Paragraph 3
True or false(find out the information).
Read Paragraph 3 to understand the importance of water.
( ) Water on the earth disappeared later.
( ) It was obvious that water is necessary and important to the development of life.
( ) Water was helpful in dissolving the harmful gases and acids into the oceans and seas.
Task4.Paragraph 4-5:
Read Paragraph 4-5 to understand the development of life.
After many millions of years _______(on the surface of the water)began to appear→they encouraged the development of and fish→green
after my researches:
__________
__________
___________
___________
____________
The keys after discussions in my co—group:
___________
_____________
___________
__________
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plants began to grow on land→land animals( and )followed → appeared for the first time→after that, huge animals( )developed→the rise of on the earth→finally clever animals with and
【当堂达标】 Fill in the blanks according to the text:
After the “Big Bang”, the earth was just a cloud of dust.
It loudly with fire and rock, which were _________to produce the water vapour, ___________ and other gases. Then small plants grew. They ___________and filled the oceans and seas with oxygen. Many millions of years later, the first green plants began to ________on land. When the plants grew into forests, reptiles appeared for the first time. They produced young generally by _________eggs.
When dinosaurs disappeared, mammals became more i_________. Now small clever animals with_____________ appeared and ___________ all over the world. As time went by, they covered the earth and they are putting too much carbon dioxide into the__________, which ________heat_________ the earth into space. Whether life will continue on earth for millions of years to come will ________whether this problem can be solved.
【总结提升】Discussion
As a student,what little things can we do to protect the earth?
【拓展延伸】Homework
1. Read aloud the reading passage and underline the useful phrases and sentence patterns.
2. Preview using language.
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答案:
B
B
Dcabe
With a big bang
Actions began to form and combine to create stars and other bodies.
B
A cloud of dust a solid globe
What’s even more important is that as the earth cooled down,water began to appear on its earth.
FFT
Small plants shellfish insects amphibians reptiles dinosaurs mammals heads feet
Exploded in time carbon dioxide multiplied appear laying important hands feet spread atmosphere prevents from depend on
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