高一英语教案推荐
教学内容分析
本单元的中心话题是“著名（杰出）女性”，话题涉及谈论著名及你最崇敬的女性“妇女独自南极探险”，“美国电视著名黑人女主持人奥普拉·温茀丽的故事”等，语言技能和语言知识都围绕中心话题而设计。本节课为此单元的第二课时——阅读课。
“读前”（Pre-reading）设计了三个有关旅行和南北极的问题，具体涉及极地探险、动物等内容, 能够诱发学生的探索精神和想象力。通过学生的讨论、探究，自主地发现下面阅读故事的背景，有助于学生正确理解文章的深层意思，真正体会主人公Helen Thayer的伟大。
“阅读”(Reading)材料是一篇记叙文，故事描叙的是作者Helen Thayer在她60岁时，独游南极洲的冒险经历。在恶劣多变的气候条件及险恶的地理状况中，作者在危急关头，虽感孤独恐惧，但表现出冷静、顽强、乐观的态度，最后克服险境。对学生今后的人生道路、心理素质、生活态度起到了陶冶和积极的导向作用。
1 Train the students’reading ability.
2 Learn and master the following words and phrases;
1) Words: mile Antarctic threaten optimistic somehow shelter regret extreme climate value
www.b9b8.com2) Phrases: struggle through threaten to do sth lie down be thankful for in good health struggle to one’s feet make a decision
Teaching Important Points：
1. Improve the students’ reading ability.
2. Enable the student to understand the text better.
3. Let the students have strong wills and determination by reading the passage.
Teaching Difficult Points：
1. How to improve the students’reading ability.
2. The use of some useful expressions.
1. Discussion before reading to make the students be interested in what they learn in class.
2. Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.
3. Careful reading to answer some detailed questions.
4. Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids:
1. a map of the world
2. a tape recorder
3. a computer
Step I Greeting and speech
Greet the students as usual and the student who is on duty give a speech before class.
Step II Lead-in
1 Do you like travelling ?
Where do you like to travel best ?
How will you travel ?
2 Imagine you are traveling alone to the South Pole, what will you take with you ?
3 Why do polar bears never eat penguins ?
