Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained
The First Period Intensive Reading
臨澧一中英語組 張鳳年
教材分析：本單元話題是神秘事件或現象，引發學生對一些神秘事件，例如，金字塔，雪人，巨石城，外星人等的興趣，然后聯系到課文中少年失蹤與外星人有關，讓學生有興趣去學習課文。
教學步驟：
Step 1：Lead-in
當welcome to the unit作為Reading為熱身，并且從互聯網上下載一些有關的圖片，讓學生除了看教材以外還可以看多的圖片更好的去了解那些神秘的事件。
Step2:Fasting-reading
從分析標題入手，引導學生思考文章內容，快速閱讀教材回答3個問題
1. What is the article about?
The article is about a missing boy and aliens.
2.Who is missing?
Justin Poster is missing.
3. Do the police know what happened to Justin?
No.
Step3:Listening
快速閱讀重要了解了課文中的人物和事件，可以使在聽力時讓學不不會感覺很吃力。
1.Why did Justin’s mother go to bed early.
Justin’s mother went to bed early because of a headache.
2.Does Justin have any brothers and sisters?
No.
3. What were the aliens like?
They were white-skinned, strange-looking creatures with large black eyes.
4.Who is in charge of the case?
Detective Sam Peterson is in charge of the case.
Step: 4careful reading
因為對于高一的學生來說，聽一遍課文，然后對文章的主要內容的掌握還有一些難度。所以必須仔細的閱讀，才能夠讀懂文章。問了更好的理解，所以把文章分為3部分。
Match each part with its main ideas
Part 1 (paras1-2) Justin Foster went missing.
Part 2 (para3-4) The police found that Justin returned home.
Part 3 (paras5-7) The boy was taken away by aliens.
細讀各個部分。
Part 1 考慮到湖南高考題中，聽力中有聽材料，填信息的題型，平時多設計這方面的練習。對學生的聽力的提高肯定有很大的幫助。
1. Police in America have stepped up their search for a fifteen-year- old boy _
who went missing two days ago in Dover , New Hampshire.
2. Justin Foster, a high school students, went missing Last Friday night.
3.Justin did not show up at the family lunch the next day.
Part 2 Read part 2 (Paras3-4) carefully and decided whether the following sentences are true or false. 仔細閱讀，訓練學生對于教材細節的處理。
( F )1. Justin left home to play football with two friends.
( T )2. Witnesses said that they saw Justin walking towards his home at 10:45 p.m.
( T )3. Kelly heard Justin put on his favorite CD after he went to his room.
Part 3 繼續結合高考，閱讀文章處理文章信息。
閱讀文章第三部分，并填表格。
The _ 1__ that Justin was taken away by aliens
Conclusion Supporting details
The boy was taken away by aliens Kelly saw a large _ 2__ flying out side
Kelly saw lots of white– siknned strange –looking_ _ 3_
with large black eyes.
Kelly heard Justin _ 4_
Maris Wood said that the aliens took her away sothat the could do _ 5__ on her.
Answers ：1，possibility 2，spaceship 3，creatures 4，shout 5，
research
Step5: Language points
1，step up: speed up, increase
When John realized he was going to be late, he stepped up his pace.
2,search, 搜查,搜尋
search sp. for 搜查某地以尋找
in search of = in one’s search for
The police searched the man but found nothing.
They searched the woods for the little boy
Birds fly south in search of winter sun.
3 due
應付的,到期的
The electricity bill is due tomorrow.
預期的,應到達的
The next train to London is due at 4:00 p.m.
由于,因為 because of , caused by
Due to his rudeness, I didn’t say one more word to him.
His success is entirely due to hard work.
4 show up
We’ve been waiting for you to show up.
arrive, appear
The marks on the wall show up in the sunlight .
to be easily and clearly seen
When we go to parties, my husband always shows me up by telling rude jokes.
to make sb feel embarrassed or ashamed
5 rule out : get rid of
The police ruled out the possibility that the boy had been murdered by his step mother.
Step 6: Discussion
經過聽力閱讀，學生對課文內容已經有了很好的了解，而且也開始對 Justin 的失蹤和外星人產生了好奇，所以可以讓他們討論。
If you met some aliens from outer space, what will you do? Go to outer space or not?
Step7: Homework
1. Finish Part D on page 4 and part E on page 5.
2. Review the new words and phrases.