外研版精品英语资料（精校版）The Sixth Period Extensive ReadingTeaching goals 教学目标 1. Target language 目标语言 a. 重点词汇和短语 anthem, lyrics, resourcefulness, icon, ballad, shearer, suicide, swag, competitive, ritual, extremely, incredibly, astonishing b. 重点句子 1. It is recognized by every Australian, and has attained international status as the nations unofficial national anthem. 2. The song, however, has long been the subject of controversy. 3. This is astonishing for a country of only four million people. 2. Ability goals 能力目标 Enable students to understand the history of the unofficial national anthem of Australia. Enable students to learn about the sporting ritual of haka in New Zealand.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标 Help students learn how to understand the meaning of a national anthem. Teaching important and difficult points 教学重难点What makes Waltzing Matilda so popular among Australians Teaching methods 教学方法Skimming, scanning and discussion. Teaching aids 教具准备Projector, tape recorder Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式Step I Lead-inAsk students about Australias national anthem.T: What is Australias national anthem?S: Advanced Australia Fair. T: Good! It was officially declared the national anthem of Australia on 19 April 1984. Do you like to enjoy the song? Lets listen! Play the song, and show the lyrics on the screen.Advance Australia FairAustralians all let us rejoice,For we are young and free;Weve golden soil and wealth for toil;Our home is girt by sea;Our land abounds in natures giftsOf beauty rich and rare;In historys page, let every stageAdvance Australia Fair.In joyful strains then let us sing,Advance Australia Fair.Beneath our radiant Southern CrossWell toil with hearts and hands;To make this Commonwealth of oursRenowned of all the lands;For those whove come across the seasWeve boundless plains to share;With courage let us all combineTo Advance Australia Fair.In joyful strains then let us sing,Advance Australia Fair.T: This song, as the national anthem, is known and beloved by every Australian. But today, I am not going to tell you about this song. We are going to learn something about Waltzing Matilda.Write Waltzing Matilda on the board. Step II ReadingSkimming T: Now turn to page 26, read the Introduction and find out what Waltzing Matilda is. (after reading) Look at the four choices in Activity 2 on page 25. Have you got the answer? S: Yes, the answer is (b), the national anthem of Australia.T: We have just listened to Australias national anthem. Do you mean Australia has two national anthems?S: This one is the nations unofficial national anthem.T: Right! Today we will focus on this song and stories behind it. What does the Introduction mainly tell us?S: It is mainly about the origin of the song and its meaning.T: So in which paragraph can you find about its origin and which paragraph its meaning?S: Para. 4 is about the creator of the lyrics and how the lyrics came about.S: Para. 5 is about two different versions of story behind the lyrics.T: Excellent! I think you have got the general idea of the passage. Now read the passage again and number the events of the song in the correct order. ScanningLet students finish activities 3 and 4. Check the answers. Then help students learn some new words by doing activity 5: anthem, resourcefulness (resource-resourceful), icon, ballad, lyrics, shearer (shear), suicide(commit suicide), swagNote:Swagman, billabong, billy, jumbuck, squatter are Australian wordsStep III DiscussionTalk about why Australians like the song so much and the questions in activity 6.First let students read the lyrics of the song.T: After reading the lyrics, we can find the song tells about a story of a swagman. Who can tell the story in your own words?Ask a student to tell the story.Sample version:A happy swagman lived by a billabong under a tree. One day as he boiled his belly over the fire, a sheep came and drank water at the billabong. The swagman jumped up and grabbed the sheep. Then he put the sheep in his bag. At that time, a squatter and three troopers came and shouted at him. The swagman jumped up and sprang into the billabong to avoid being caught. T: Good job! We know that Advance Australia Fair was proclaimed as Australias national anthem, on 19 April 1984. But if you ask an average Australian to sing the national anthem, chances are that they will recite only the opening lines. However, if you ask an average Australian to sing Waltzing Matilda, it is almost certain that they will sing about the swagman who stole a jumbuck and fled from the troopers with some flourish. Here I have question: Why are Australians moved by such a petty criminal? Ask students to think independently. Then ask some students to share their ideas.Show the following passage on the screen. It will help students understand the song an