1、The Third Period ReadingTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言：重点词汇和短语archaeology, tentative, accuracy, excavate, interrupt, ornament, assume, regardless, sharpen, cut up, scrape, ample, primitive, preserve, bead, botany, botanical, analysis, specific, seashell, specifically重点句子Im sorry to inter
2、rupt you, but how could they live here?We have been excavating layers of ash almost six meters thick, which suggest that they might have kept the fire burning all winter.Yes, indeed, as the botanical analyses have been specifically showing us, all the fields around there used to be part of a large s
3、hallow lake.2. Ability goals 能力目标Enable the Ss to tell the differences between modern people and Peking man and learn how Peking man lived their lives.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help the Ss learn to tell the differences between modern people and Peking man and learn how Peking man lived their liv
4、es.Teaching important & difficult points 教学重难点Talk about Peking man in Zhoukoudian Caves.Teaching methods 教学方法Listening, reading and discussionTeaching aids 教具准备A computer and a projector, a recorderTeaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方法Step I Revision and Lead-inCheck the homework. The Ss will how thei
5、r information about Zhoukoudian Caves in the following steps.Step II Lead in1. Ask the Ss to identify the picture in the pre-reading part. (skullcap)2. Ask Ss to assume what Peking man might have done and use thousands of years ago.3. Then by showing the table following to show whether their assumpt
6、ions are right or wrong.Modern people Peking man AccuracyPlaces of living Modern architecture, which is huge, like boxes with flat roofs, sharp corners and glass wallsCaves Very accurateFurniture Beautiful furniture with lots of ornaments mostly made of wood or other special materialsNatural furnitu
7、re made of stone or woodAccurateEntertainment Watching TV, surfing the Internet and travelingEnjoy the nature or family get-togetherInaccurateFood A good variety of cooked food, which tastes deliciousNatural food, such as nuts and fruitsAccurateClothing Clothes made form special material, such as co
8、tton and woodClothes made form animal skinsAccurateStep III Reading1. Play the tape once, and ask the Ss what they have learned about Zhoukoudian Caves2. Skimming (What is the text about? And three stages of the archaeologists part of the dialogue: An archeologist is showing a group of students from
9、 England around the Zhoukoudian Caves and telling them something bout the caves.)3. Scanning (Ask them to write down the three ways in which the life of early people differs from modern ones. Ask them to work in pairs and discuss the questions.Homes: Peking man lived in Zhoukoudian Caves of rocks an
10、d trees.Tools: They used needle that was made of bone sharpened stone tools and scraper made by stones.Dress: They wore clothes form animal skins and they also wore necklace made from seashells or animal teeth. 4. Careful readingLet the Ss read the passage again and answer the following questions.Sh
11、ow the questions on the Screen.1. How did the keep warm?2. What animals were their most dangerous enemies?3. How did they make clothes?4. What can we learn from the necklace they wore?Step IV Post-readingAsk Ss to fill in the chart on the life and habits of Peking man on page 37 and compare it with the list they made in the pre-reading. What differences are there?And then to clarify Ss difficult points in the text.Step V Homework1. Go over the text.2. Write a brief introduction to the Zhoukoudian Cave.
