unit1theworldofoursensewelcometotheunit教案 teachingaims: 1。encouragestudentstopracticespeakingenglishmore 2。arosetheirinterestinlearningthisunitthroughactivities。 3。letthemknowtheimportanceofsensesandholdthecorrectattitudetowardsthepeoplewholoseoneoftheirssenses difficultpoints: encouragethestudentstosharetheiropinionsbyfullyparticipatinginthediscussioninordertorealizehowtheyandotherpeopleusetheirsensesintheirstudiesanddailylife。 teachingprocedures step1:leadin brainstorming withwhatcanweseeandhear? howcanweknowwhetheradishis delicious? howcanweknowthataflowerhasa pleasantsmell? whatdowedowhenwewanttoknow whetherthewaterinthebasinishotorcold? howdoweknowabouttheworldaroundus? thefivesensesare: thesenseofsight,thesenseofhearing,thesenseoftaste,thesenseofsmellandthesenseoftouch。 theyenableustoknowtheworldaroundus。 fillintheblanks wedowiththesense seeeyessight hearearshearing tastetonguetastebudstaste smellnosesmell touchfeelhandsfeetskintouch step2:dealingwiththeshortpassageonthetext(page1) doyouknowhowblindpeoplecanread? theycanreadbytouchingraiseddotswhichrepresentnumbersandletters。thissystemiscalled writethewordsblindanddeafontheblackboard。 writebrailleontheblackboard。 lookatthefourpicturesandanswerthequestionbeloweachpicture 8226;whatcanyouseeinthispicture? 8226;howwouldyoujudgethelengthofthetwolines? 8226;howcanyouprovethatthetwolinesarestraight? 8226;canthesymbolsbereadinonlyoneway? 8226;whyarepeoplemisledbytheirowneyes。 8226;picture1 8226;iftheylookatthewhitepart,youcanseeavase,ifyoulookattheblackpart,theycanseetwofaces。 8226;picture2 8226;youcanusetwopiecesofpapertocoverbothendsofthetwolines 8226;picture3 8226;theycanplacearulernexttotheline。theycanalsousearulerdrawmorestraightlineswhichrunparalleltothetwolines。 8226;pictures4 8226;kbrm,ork,13,r,m step3:sharinginformationandobservation showsssomepictures whyarepeoplemisleadbytheirowneyes? becausethebackgroundorotherlinesconfusetheeyes。 also,whatweexpecttoseecanchangewhatwesee。 actually,thebrainisconfusedandnottheeyes。 step4:discussion 8226;readthethreequestionsintheshortpassageanddiscussthemingroupsoffour。 8226;reportyouranswerstothewholeclass。 8226;weoftenuseoneortwoofthefivesensesmorethantheotherswhenweneedto。forexample,inthedarkness,thesenseofhaeringandthesenseoftouchbecomemoresensetivebacausewecannotseeanything,whenwelistentoourfavouritemusic,wemaycloseoureyesandjustlistenwithourears。whenweeatsomething,wenotonlytasteorsmellit,butlookatitaswell。 8226;ithinkthatwhenlearingenglish,thesenseofsightandthesenseofhearinghelpmealot。iusuallylistentothetapebeforeiread。whilei’mlisteningtothetape,i’lllookatthetext。andioftenreadiitaloud。thecombinationofthesensesbesthelpsmerememberwhatihavelearned。 step5consolidation reviewthefivesensesonceagainandfinishtheexercisesgivenonshow,which,ofcoursearerelatedtothesenses。 whenhegotthere,hethattherewasadarkhole。heintoit,butcouldnothing。hewithhisears,hecouldnothing,either。heitforalongtime。hesomethingstrange。hethesideofthehole。ithot。suddenlysomenoiseswerefromthehole。itlikesomeonewascookinginside。 1。noticed2。looked3。see4。listened5。watched 6。sensedtouched7。felt8。haerd9。sounded step6discussion doyouknowthatsomefamouspeoplearedisabled? raiseexamplesandtalkabouttheircontributions。 wecanturntothepicture。 step7assignments 1。previewthereadingpart,fog。 2。findmoreinformationaboutsenses。