Unit7TheSeaCultureCornerCultureCornerZhengHeandHisSevenVoyagesExercise1KeyWordsinadditionto,fleet,voyage,supply,sink,exploration■AskstudentswhattheyknowaboutZhengHe.Encouragethemtosayasmuchaspossible.■Lookatthekeywordswiththestudentsandseeifstudentsalreadyknowsomeofthem.Donotpre-teachanynewwordsbutencouragethemtoguessthemeaningswhilereadingthetext.■Askstudentstorefertothenoteswhilereadingsothattheycanunderstandthepassagebetter.■MatchtheKeyWordswiththedefinitions.Answers1inadditionto2supply3voyage4fleet5exploration6sinkExercise2■Studentsworkinpairsreadingthetextandansweringthequestions.Answers1ZhengHewasoneofChina'smostfamoussailors.HewasorderedbyZhuDitosailtofarawaycountriesforexploration.2ZhengHe'sfirstmissionasadmiralwasthevoyageacrosstheIndianOcean.3ZhengHe'sshipscarriedgold,silver,silk,porcelainandothertreasurestogiveasgiftstotherulersoftheneighboringcountries.4ZhengHehadbroughtbackthingslikemedicines,spices,ivory,pearlsandstrangeanimals.Themostfamousofthesegiftswereagiraffeandazebra.5Afterhisdeath,thestoriesofhistravelsmadehimoneofChina'smostfamoussailors.OptionsExtension■Ifyouhavetime,askstudentstoworkinpairsandaskandanswerthequestions.EncouragethemtoaskmorequestionsifpossibleandtellthestoryofZhengHetotheclass.■Insmallgroups,askstudentsthinkofanotherfamoustraveler.Askthemtotalkaboutwhathe/shedidandmakenotes.HavethemwritedowntheirownstoryinEnglish.■Thenaskthemtoappointoneortwospeakerstotelltheclassaboutthispersonintheirownwords.BulletinBoardObjectives■Todiscussaproblem■Towritedescriptionsofseaanimals■Toexchangeideasaboutdifferentwaystodescribethings■TofurtherexplorethethemeoftheunitSteps■Studentsreadthenotes.■AskstudentswhateventscouldbeorganizedforaSeaAnimalShow.■Studentsdiscusswaystodescribeseaanimals.■Studentsdiscusswhatinformationisgivenintheseaanimaldescriptions.■Studentschooseoneseaanimalthattheyareinterestedinandwriteadescriptionofit.■Displaythedescriptionsontheclassbulletinboard.Encouragestudentstoreadotherstudents’descriptionsafterclass.UnitDiaryObjectives■Toencouragestudentstoreflectonwhattheyhavelearnedinthisunit■Toencouragestudentstothinkabouttheirownlearningstyle■Toidentifyeffectivelearningmethods■Todevelopstudents’confidence■Toencouragestudentstotakeactivecontroloftheirstudies■Tohelpteachersgetaclearerinsightintothestudents’learningstrengthsandweaknessesPart1(1)Thisasksstudentstothinkofthetopicsoftheunitanddecidewhichlessonwastheirfavourite.Part2(2-5)Thisdealswiththeunitobjectivesandevaluatesthedifficultyandpracticalityoftheunit’slanguageandtasks.Part3(6)Thisasksstudentstoreflectonlearningstrategiesandtoidentifyanddiscusswaystoimprovetheirlanguagelearning.Part4(7-8)Thisevaluatesstudents’preferencesinregardtolanguageskillsandtopics.Part5(9)Thisallowsstudentstoevaluatetheirprogressoverthecourseoftheunit.
