冀教2011课标版（衔接三年级起点）《Lesson 8 Marco Polo and the Silk Road》公开课教案下载-宣城市优质课

5.Try to know more about the history and culture of the Silk Road.

Teaching

focuses.Learn to understand and use the following words and phrases:” age, Europe, Asia, journey, king, coal, discover, invent, other, at the age of, be new to.” by reading in detail;

2.Be able to use the Simple Past Tense to describe Marco Polo and the Silk Road.Teaching

methodsCommunicative Lang. TeachingTeaching

aidsPPT, a video of the Silk Roadprocedure

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Step 1 Pre-reading (5 min)

Greet the students and have a free talk with them.

Watch a video and ask the students to guess what they will learn in this lesson.

Step 2 While-reading(25min)

1.Scan the lesson and answer the questions:

1).When did Marco Polo go to China?

2). Who did he travel with?

3). How did they travel?

2.Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words

Marco Polo______(is) a man from Italy. ______________________, he went to China with his father and uncle. Together, they moved goods ___________ Europe _______ Asia on the Silk Road. Later, Marco Polo travelled with his brother. They travelled on boats, horses and camels. Their journey lasted about twenty years! In 1275, Marco Polo travelled to Beijing. He _____ (meet) the king and worked for him for 17 years. During those years, Marco Polo learned about ____ and paper. The Chinese d__________coal and i___________ paper. These things were new to Marco Polo. He _________ (bring) some coal ,silk, tea,paper and other goods back to Italy with him.At last, he ______(write) a book about his travels to China. What a great man he was!

3.Read and complete the map together.

Step 3 Post-reading(9min)

1.work in groups:(Choose one of them）

1).Can you retell the text of Marco Polo and the Silk Road?

2).A “Hot Seat” game:

Choose one student to be “Marco Polo” to sit on the hot seat and other members ask questions.

2.Work in groups:Imagine

1. What happened to Marco Polo during his journey?

2.Marco Polo brought back a lot of silk, tea and other goods to Italy. What are other goods for?

3.If you have a chance to travel along the Silk Road, how will you travel? Why?