Unit1Talesoftheunexplained-WelcometotheUnit教案DescriptionInthissection,studentswillbeaskedtotalkaboutthefollowingphenomena,includingtracesofUFO,realexistencesofYetiandtheLochNessmonster,reasonsforbuildingStonehengeandtheGreatPyramidanddisappearancesofshipsandplanesintheBermuda.Allthesehaveacommoncharacteristic,thatis,noevidencesorproofshavebeenprovidedtoexplainthemysteriousphenomena.Studentsareexpectedtomakefulluseofresourcesandsharetheirimaginativeideaswitheachotherbyparticipatinginalltheactivities.SuggestedteachingproceduresBrainstorming1(beforetakingupthetask)Theteacherassignsstudentsatask,thatis,allofthemarerequiredtosurfthenetorrefertosomereferencebooks,inEnglishorinChinesetogetsomeinformationaboutUFO,Yeti,theLochMonster,Bermuda,StonehengeandtheGreatPyramid.Theactivitycanbeconductedlikethis:Thetopicswearegoingtodealwithinournextperiodarenotonlyveryinterestingandattractive,butabitmysteriousaswell.Theyarebeyondourknowledge.Eventheadvancedscienceandtechnologyoftodaycannotoffersatisfactoryanswers,soIrecommendifwe’dliketodiscussthesetopics,itisbestforallofustomakepreparationsfirst,eitherbysearchingforinformationontheInternetorlookingupbackgroundinformationinsomebooks.Besidescollectinginformation,youhavetonotedownyouranswers.It’llbemoreconvenientforyoutoreportbackyouranswersifyoudoso.2(focusingonthepictures)aAskstudentstoreadtheinstructionsandfocusonthesixpicturesandillustrationsindividuallyfirst.Theteachercanarousetheirinterestbyaskingthemthefollowingquestions:Dothesixpictureshavesomethingincommon?Whatisit?(unexplained;nosatisfactoryanswers;mysterious;noevidences…)Canscientistsexplainthesephenomena?Howdoyoufeelaboutthem?Areyouabitcurious?bAskstudentstothinkofasmanyexpressionsaspossibletoanswertheabovequestions,encouragethemtomakeupsentencesandreportbacktheiranswers.Theteachercansharethefollowingsentenceswithstudents.Theyaremysteriousbecausenosatisfactoryanswershavebeenofferedtoexplaintheirreasons.Thoughthesemysterieshavepuzzledpeopleforalongtime,peopleshowgreatinterestinthem.Peoplefeelpuzzledduetotheirmysteries.cAskstudentstoreportbacktheinformationtheyhavecollected.Asstudentshavebeenrequiredtoprepareforthetopics,theiranswersmightbevarious.Theteachercanvarytheactivitiesaccordingtostudents’responses.Ifpossible,someanswersstudentsprovidecanbeusedasapromptforaclassdiscussion.Forexample:Teacher:WhatinformationhaveyougotaboutUFO?StudentA:...……Teacher:DoyouthinkstudentA’sintroductioninteresting?Whatabouttheinformationyou’vegot?Istheresomethingdifferent?StudentB:………Thisactivitycanbeconductedflexibly.dAskstudentstohaveadiscussionaboutthetopicsbyexploringsomeotheractivities.Inordertoconductthemmoreconveniently,theteachercanarrangenumbersfromlefttoright,fromtoptobottomfirst.Forexample:(Picture1)HaveyoueverreadsomereportsaboutUFOinChinese?Areyouinterestedinit?Isitreallyfromanotherplanet?WhatdoesUFOstandfor?ForwhatreasonsdoyouthinkUFOvisitsourplanet?(Picture2)WhereisHimalayas?What’stheweatherlikethere?Whydosomepeoplemakegreateffortstoclimbit?(hobby;dream;challengethemselves;makediscoveries;overcome…)Yetiisreportedtobehalf-manandhalf-beast,haveyouheardofit?Doyouthinksomeclimbers’disappearancehavesomeconnectionswithYeti?(Pictures3,4and6)StonehengeandtheGreatPyramidofEgyptarebothculturalrelics.WhereistheGreatPyramidbuilt,ontheeastcoastoftheNileoronthewestofit?Whatarei...
