【正文】 e nature. 3. To get Ss to know and describe some mysterious things in nature. Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Introduction Purpose: To arouse Ss’ interest in learning about mysteries of the nature. 1. Pair work (1) Ask Ss to look at the four pictures on page 51 and give some descriptions in their own words. For your reference: ① A large foot which looks like a giant’s. It is similar to our human being’s but much bigger than it. Strangely it has only four toes. ② A huge monster like a gorilla, but looks taller and stronger than a gorilla. You may find the same creature in the film King Kong. ③ A kind of animal like a huge dragon in ancient Chinese legend. It lives in the water.[來源 :Zx x k .Co m] ④ A terrible creature with long grey hair and face. It has long claws instead of hands. (2) Let Ss read the four paragraphs and match them with the pictures. Suggested Answers: ① b ② a ③ d ④ c 2. Individual work Ask Ss to do Activity 2 on page 51 individually. Suggested Answers: (1) creature (2) monster (3) hairy (4) footprint (5) tail (6) dinosaur (7) spirit (8) claw (9) attack Step 2. Speaking Purpose: To enable Ss to practice reporting mysteries of the nature. 1. Pair work Ask Ss to suppose they are interviewed by a journalist to describe something about the monsters they saw. Ask them to do the roleplay in pairs. One acts the interviewer and the other acts the interviewee. Ask them to describe the four creatures in Activity 1 of Introduction one by one according the information showed in the introduction. Show Ss two examples to guide them. Example (1): Student A: Where and when you saw the Bigfoot? Student B: I was cutting the firewood in the mountainous forests that evening. About 6 o’clock, when I wanted to go home, it appeared in the woods 20 yards from me. Student A: What is it like? Student B: It looks like a very large monkey—tall and hairy with big arms and legs. Student A: Did you feel frightened then? Student B: Yes, very. I thought it would attack me. I was frightened to death. … Example (2) Student A: Can you describe the scene when you met the monster like The Yeti? Student B: yeah. It’s about two meters tall and has powerful arms and legs. Its head is very big and its eyes opened wide. It approached me slowly as if it wanted to attack me. I was very frightened but I didn’t dare to cry for help… Student A: It’s really exciting and risky. But what happened last? Student B: …. 2. Individual work Ask Ss to say the imaginary creatures and scene in details according the dialogue they made. Then report in individuals. Step 3. Homework 1. Ask Ss to revise the passages in the Introduction. 2. Ask Ss to practise making dialogue to say the monsters.. 3. Ask Ss to preview Reading and Vocabulary in the module. Period 2 Reading and Vocabulary, Writing Teaching Goals: 1. To let Ss master how to get useful information from a passage. 2. To let Ss master some words and phrases. 3. To get Ss to talk something about a monster. 4. To help Ss write a story about another monster. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Revision: Purpose: To check whether Ss master what they’ve learnt in the last period or not. Ask Ss to answer the following questions. (1) What will the Yeti do when it gets angry? (2) What does the Bigfoot look like? (3) Where does the Grey man live? (4) What’s the Loch Ness Monster like? Suggested Answers: (1) It will attack anyone who goes close to it. (2) It looks like a very large monkey – tall and hairy with big arms and legs. (3) The Grey man lives on mountains in Scotland. (4) It has a small head and a long tail and some people believe it is a dinosaur. Step 2. Leadingin Purpose: To let Ss have a discussion about the Monster of Lake Tianchi. 1. Group work Show four pictures and ask Ss to say something about the Lake Tianchi and the monster. 2. Group work Let Ss reported their discussions to the class and collect them. Then give a simple introduction to lead in the reading. For your reference: Lake Tianchi is located in the northeastern Jilin province near the border of North Korea, in China. The lake is 1,243 feet deep and has had some volcanic activity in the last 300 years. Tianchi is honoured as the deepest mountain lake and the largest crater lake in China. There have been more than 30 reported sightings by tourists from home and abroad over the past 20 years. They said that they saw the great monster in the lake. There are quite a few pictures and videos of this creature, but none is clear enough to give a good appearance of it. Some persons made the picture with puter images of it based on interviews. Someone drew a picture to show its shape, but it remains unconfirmed. Step 3. Reading Purpose: To improve Ss’ reading skills. 1. Skimming Ask Ss to read the beginning of the passage and finish Activity 1 on page 52. Suggested Answers: A newspaper. 2. Scanning (1) Ask Ss to read the first paragraph quickly and answer the two questions. ① According to the text, what did the monster look like? ② How many people saw it? Suggested Answers: [來源 :學科 網 ] ① Black in color。 its head looked like a horse. ② About 200 (2) Ask Ss to read the second paragraph and answer the questions: ① Who else saw the animal? ② What were they doing? ③ What did it look like? Suggested Answers: ① A group of soldiers ② They were walking along the side of the lake. ③ It was greenishblack and had a round head with 10cm horns. (3) Ask Ss to read the third and fourth paragraph and answer the questions. ① What did Li Xiaohe see? ② Why could they see the animal clearly? ③ How long was the history of reports of monsters in Lake Tianchi? ④ What do many people think? ⑤ What do the scientists think? Suggeste