【人教课标选修8】unit5 Meeting Your Ancestors

1.  Check the homework.

2．Ask the Ss to recite some useful words and expressions.

Step II  Lead-in

Ask the Ss to turn to page 43 and look at the picture, then try to describe what are these early people are doing. And imagine what their life was like.

Step III Language Points

Play the tape for the Ss to listen. At the same time, the students are asked to find the answers to the following questions.

1.      Which jobs did Dahu do? ( to make tools, catch fish, cut up meat, scraper the fish and welcome guests)

2.      Which jobs did Lala do?(to collect nuts and fruit, to prepare the meat over the fire)

3.      Who works cooperatively and who does tasks alone? (Both men and women work cooperatively. For example, Lala’s mother and aunts were preparing the meat of deer and pig over the fire. Men do tasks alone)

4.      Who does the most dangerous tasks?( men do the most dangerous tasks)

5.      Where does the danger come from? ( The danger comes from the wild animals)

Step IV Post Reading

1.      In groups discuss what the possible work division was between men and women at that time.

Mens’ tasks: making tools, fishing, making fire, protecting the family form wild animals, cutting up meat.

Women’s tasks: collecting nuts and fruits, making and sewing clothes, looking after baby, preparing food, doing housework.

2.      Then ask them to look at the above item and try to use adjective best describe each of them.

Adjectives best describe the women:

caring, affectionate, safe, co-operative

Step Ⅴ Homework

Practicing using two or more adjectives to describe the Saxingdui Ruins objects on page44.

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