Unit 1 The world of our senseWelcome to the unit-教案Teaching aims:1. Encourage students to practice speaking english more2. Arose their interest in learning this unit through activities.3. Let them know the importance of senses and hold the correct attitude towards the people who lose one of theirs sensesDifficult points: Encourage the students to share their opinions by fully participating in the discussion in order to realize how they and other people use their senses in their studies and daily life. Teaching proceduresStep 1:Lead-in BrainstormingWith what can we see and hear?How can we know whether a dish is delicious?How can we know that a flower has a pleasant smell?What do we do when we want to know whether the water in the basin is hot or cold?How do we know about the world around us?The five senses are:The sense of sight , the sense of hearing , the sense of taste , the sense of smell and the sense of touch.They enable us to know the world around us.Fill in the blanksWe doWiththe senseseeeyessighthearearshearingtastetongue/ taste budstastesmellnosesmelltouch/ feelhands/feet/skintouchStep 2: dealing with the short passage on the text(page1)Do you know how blind people can read?They can read by touching raised dots which represent numbers and letters. This system is calledWrite the words “blind” and “deaf” on the blackboard.Write “braille”on the blackboard.Look at the four pictures and answer the question below each picture What can you see in this picture? How would you judge the length of the two lines? How can you prove that the two lines are straight? Can the symbols be read in only one way? Why are people misled by their own eyes. Picture 1 If they look at the white part, you can see a vase,if you look at the black part, they can see two faces. Picture2 You can use two pieces of paper to cover both ends of the two lines Picture3 They can place a ruler next to the line. They can also use a ruler draw more straight lines which run parallel to the two lines. Pictures4 K B R M, or K,13,R,MStep 3: Sharing information and Observation show Ss some picturesWhy are people mislead by their own eyes?Because the background or other lines confuse the eyes.Also ,what we expect to see can change what we see. Actually, the brain is confused and not the eyes.Step 4: Discussion Read the three questions in the short passage and discuss them in groups of four. Report your answers to the whole class. We often use one or two of the five senses more than the others when we need to . For example,in the darkness, the sense of haering and the sense of touch become more sensetive bacause we cannot see anything, when we listen to our favourite music, we may close our eyes and just listen with our ears.when we eat something, we not only taste or smell it, but look at it as well. I think that when learing english, the sense of sight and the sense of hearing help me a lot. I usually listen to the tape before I read. While Im listening to the tape, Ill look at the text. And I often read iit aloud. The combination of the senses best helps me remember what I have learned.Step 5 Consolidation Review the five senses once again and finish the exercises given on show, which, of course are related to the senses.When he got there, he _ that there was a dark hole. He _ into it, but could _ nothing. He _ with his ears, he could _ nothing, either. He _ it for a long time. He _ something strange. He _ the side of the hole. It _ hot. Suddenly some noises were _ from the hole. It _ like someone was cooking inside.1.noticed 2. looked 3.see 4.listened 5.watched6.sensed/touched 7.felt 8. haerd 9.soundedStep6 Discussion Do you know that some famous people are disabled?Raise examples and talk about their contributions.We can turn to the picture.Step 7 Assignments 1. Preview the reading part，fog.2. find more information about senses.- 4 -用心 爱心 专心