2019新人教高中英语选择性必修三
Unit4 Adversity and Courage
Reading and Thinking 公开课教案
Teaching aims:
1.Enable students to figure out the important events that happened during the expedition and summarize the main idea of each diary.
2.Guide students to grasp the change of the author’s feelings.
3.Help students to infer the characters’ traits based on their words or actions.
Teaching key points:
1.Help students summarise the main idea of each diary according to the genre.
2.Lead students to understand the adversity that the expedition faced.
3.Enlighten students to infer the characters’ traits and emotions by analysing their words and actions.
Teaching difficult points:
1.Lead students to grasp the change of the author’s feelings.
2.Lead students to express their opinions on the characters’ traits.
Teaching procedures:
StepⅠLead-in
Activity 1　Read this advertisement that was posted by a famous British explorer and discuss the following questions with your group members.
1.What does “small wages” mean?Do you think there could be many people who would work hard but not caring much about wages?Why?
2.What is the meaning of “bitter cold” here?What kind of men do you think could overcome the bitter cold?
3.What kind of men was Ernest Shackleton looking for?Use your own words to describe them.
4.If you saw an advertisement like this,would you like to join the expedition?Why or why not?
Suggested answers:
1.“Small wages” means very low salary.Definitely many people who don’t care much about money and pursue their dream of adventure will apply for the job.
2.“Bitter cold” means extremely cold or freezing cold.The person who must be fit and adapt to the extreme weather conditions could overcome the bitter cold.
3.He is looking for men who were not interested in money or comfort,but in honour and achievement,which can’t be bought.
4.I would like to join an expedition like this.Although it would be extremely tough,the sense of achievement I would get from doing it would be worth it.I don’t think I could get the same feeling from anything else.
StepⅡOverall Understanding
Activity 1　Go through the passage,find out the followingsort out his feelings elements and fill in the blanks.
Basic information about the expedition
Time
Destination
Leader
The author’s name
The ship
Suggested answers:
Basic information about the expedition
Time
1914.10.31　1915.11.21　1916.5.20
Destination
To Antarctica
Leader
Sir Ernest Shackleton
The author’s name
Perce Blackborow
The ship
Endurance
Activity 2　Summarise the main idea of each diary according to the genre.
Diary
Date
Main idea
1
1914.10.31
The first diary is about how  
 
2
1915.11.21
The second diary is about how  
 
3
1916.5.20
The third diary mainly describes  
 
Suggested answers:
Diary
Date
Main idea
1
1914.10.31
The first diary is about how the author joined the Endurance expedition/became a crew member on the Endurance.
2
1915.11.21
The second diary is about how Shackleton and his crew abandoned the ship Endurance.
3
1916.5.20
The third diary mainly describes the crew members’ life on Elephant Island.
Diary 1:Find out the key words showing how Blackborow came to join the expedition,and then try to complete it in full sentences.Add some linking words if necessary.
Suggested answers:
Diary 1
★At the very beginning,Perce Blackborow bought a newspaper and was excited when reading the advertisement about the expedition. 
★Then he applied to join the expedition.However,he was turned down by Shackleton because he was too young and not qualified. 
★Later he secretly went aboard Endurance,but he was discovered after three days. 
★Finally he was assigned to be a steward and served meal for the crew. 
Diary 2:Answer the following questions.
1.After the ship got crushed and sank,what did the crew members have to do?
2.Why did Shackleton throw away all his gold?
3.Why did he allow Hussey to keep his banjo?
Suggested answers:
1.The crew had to abandon it,collect essential supplies and camp on the ice.
2.First,now that he don’t allow other sailors to keep their personal belongings,as the leader of the expedition,he must set an example for them.Second,when their survival was uncertain,gold is just a burden.
3.To keep their spirits up.
Diary 3:
Activity 1　Answer the following questions.
1.What did Shackleton do to make sure all crew members could survive?
2.What did crew members have to do to make sure they could survive?
3.What do you think would happen next?

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