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高二英语外研版选修8 Module 1 Deep South.教案
Module 1 Deep South
Part One Teaching Design
Period 1  Introduction and Reading -- Antarctica: the Last Continent
Goals
● To learn something about the North pole and South pole
● To learn to read with strategies
● To learn and master some useful words and expressions in the text
Procedures
Step 1: Warming up
1. Warming up by questions
Hello, class. Today we’re going to learn Module 1. This module is a common knowledge about Antarctica. Well, do you know the differences between the South Pole and the North Pole? Now let’s try a quick quiz. Work in pairs and find out the differences between the South Pole and the North Pole.
Keys:
1. The North Pole has no land. 
2. The South Pole has more ice. 
3. The North Pole has polar bears.
4. The South Pole has penguins. 
5. The South Pole has the longest period of total darkness. 
6. The South Pole has no inhabitants.
7. The North Pole was reach first by explorers. 
8. The South Pole is protected by an international agreement.
2. Warming up by studying new words
Before we read the text, we should firstly study some new words which appear in the passage. Well, look at these words and try to read them, and then practice the spelling exercises.
polar     penguin    explorer    Antarctica    annual    rainfall    state    depth gravity   inhospitable  extreme    flower      moss     algae     lichen   trap meteorite  extraterrestrial mass    balance      exploration   rivalry   treaty  commercial  nuclear    test        radioactive    promote
Spelling exercises
1. Do you know the ______(一年的) course of the sun?
2. The well is ten meters in d______.
3. France made a peace t________ with a neighboring country.
4. She left her purse on the table as a t_____ of the child’s honesty.
5. The house was in a dirty _____(状况)
6. The football team was ____(晋升) to the first division.
7. She _____(适应) herself quickly to the new climate.
Keys: 1.annual   2. depth    3. treaty     4. test    5. state    6. promoted   7. adapted
Step 2: Reading
1. Reading and find a heading for each paragraph
2. A text organization of Antarctica
Antarctica
Part 1  The land Antarctica is an inhospitable place to live in because it is the coldest and the driest continent on earth and is permanently covered with ice.
Part 2  Plants and Animals As a result of its extreme conditions, only few types of plants can survive there, but it is full of wildlife.
Part 3  A great place for researchers Antarctic ice and rocks can give researchers lots of useful information.
Part 4  The discovery of Antarctica Antarctica was the last continent to be discovered and Carstens Borchgrevink was the first man to set foot on the Antarctic mainland.
Part 5  The Antarctica Treaty The aim of the treaty signed by 12 countries is to protect Antarctica and Antarctica and it has become the most successful symbol of man’s efforts to work together for progress and peace.
3. Reading and answering questions
1. Which of the following sentences is WRONG about Antarctica?
A. Antarctica is not only the coldest place but also the driest place on earth.
B. Antarctica is the fifth largest continent in the world
C. A high mountain range, the Trans-Antarctica range, cuts the continent in two
D. Antarctica holds 70% of the world’s ice and 90% of the world’s fresh water.
2. Which of the following descriptions is RIGHT about the wild life in Antarctica?
A. There are flying birds, seals, whales and one type of penguins.
B. The long Antarctica winter night, the extreme cold and lack of rainfall make few types of penguins.
C. There are some trees on the large continent.
D. Only two types of flowering plants are found and no forms of algae can grow on ice.
3. Antarctica rocks are very important for research because ______.
A. the rock has become a window on the past
B. gases and minerals trapped in the rocks can tell us a lot about the weather in the past
C. most of the rocks are meteorites from outer space
D. most Antarctica rocks are dark in color
4. _________crossed the Antarctica Circle in the late 18th century.
A. The British explored James Cook
B. The explorer called Norwegian
C. The explorer called Carstens
D. The explorer called Borchgrevink
Keys: 1-4 DBCA
4. Complete the article with one word in each blank
Antarctica is the coldest and driest place in the world. It is technically a _______. It _____ 90% of the world’s ice and most of its fresh water is in a frozen _______. In some places it reaches a ________ of five kilometers.
The wildlife in Antarctica has ____ its extreme conditions, but few types of plants can survive there because of the long winter night, the extreme cold and _____ of rainfall.
Researchers can get a lot of ________ from the ice, gases, minerals and rocks there. Rocks in dark color which ______  ______ against the white are easy to find and collect.
In 1895, a Norwegian called Carstens Borchgrevink became the first man to ____  ___ _____ the Antarctica mainland. Today scientists from many countries travel to Antarctica to study its _________. A spirit of international friendship has replaced the _________. In 1961, 12 countries signed a ________, making Antarctica the world’s biggest nature reserve. Antarctica has become perhaps the most successful symbol of man’s efforts to work together for progress and peace.
Keys: desert   holds    state     depth    adapted      lack     
information    stand out   set foot on      resources     rivalry     treaty 
Step 3: Useful Expressions
on earth, close to, from east to west, cut…in two, in a frozen state, on average, be full of, adapt to,     as well as, lack of, the rest of, be made up of, as a result, in the form of, in colour, stand out,     the first/last… to do sth., set foot on, nature reserve, aim to do sth., keep…free from, make an effort to do sth.
Step 4: After reading
1. Why is Antarctica an important place?
2. Do you think the Antarctica Treaty is a good idea? Why / Why not?
3. What might happen to Antarctica if there wasn’t an international treaty to protect it?
4. What other international treaties do you know about ?
5. What other international treaties do you think the world needs?