\s\up7()教材分析WarmingUpprovidestwoactivitiestosparkstudents'interestinthetopic
Ofcourse,beforetheclass,thestudentsmusthavegatheredsomeinformationtomakepreparationsforthisclass
Manykindsoftheirfavoriteseaanimalsarepresentedintheirvividpictures
Studentsareencouragedtointroducethemusingsomenewexpressionssuchasatanaquarium,onasnorkellingtrip
Pre-readingisdesignedtofurtherstimulatetheirinterestinthetopicoftheunit
Meanwhile,studentsmayhavesomebasicinformationaboutthetext
ThereadingpassageOldTomtheKillerWhaletellsabouttwoanecdoteswitnessedbythewriterhimself
Theteachercanfirstgetstudentstoskimthetextforthecharactersinthetwoanecdotesandgetthemainideaofeachanecdote
Thenletthemscanforfurtherunderstanding
Inordertoletstudentspayattentiontothewriter'svividdescription,theteachercanaskthemtodoabl