Chapter 1
Learning objectives
1. Read the text emotionally and feel the harmonious state of Thai people and elephants.
2. Recognize and read 8 new words in the text, and be able to understand the meaning of key words in context.
Teaching Key Points
1. Rely on the key paragraphs, feel the rhythm and precision of language expression, and experience the beautiful state of close relationship between people and elephants, harmonious coexistence.
2. Understand the relationship between the title and the content, initially appreciate the pun function of the title, and expand the scope of the proposition.
Teaching process
1. Introduce new lessons and reveal topics
1. Play pictures and music of Thai scenery before class: Before class, we first enjoy some exotic scenery Okay?
2. Introduction to Thailand. (Students, do you know where the beautiful scenery we admired before class comes from? In the south of our country, there is a country with charming scenery and unique culture-Thailand. The entire territory of Thailand is like a mighty elephant. This is called The beautiful country of "White Elephant Kingdom" has unique cultural traditions and national customs. It is known as the "Land of Thousand Buddhas, the Land of Yellow Robed Buddhas, and the Land of White Elephants")
2. Blackboard writing topic: Today, let us experience the beauty of "dancing with elephants" in Thailand.
2. Word expansion, initial understanding of the main idea
1. The teacher assigned two pre-study tasks before class: ① Read the text thoroughly and look for idioms with the word "见" . ② Guess this topic. If it were a topic composition, "Dancing with the Elephant", what would you write? Students who have completed these two pre-study tasks please raise their hands.
2. Large projection shows: turning a blind eye
(1) This is a new word that appears in this text, and it is also an idiom, and it also contains a new word. Who will read it? ( (Read by name)
(2) Do you know the meaning of this word? There are two words in this idiom that have the same meaning. Who discovered it? "Shi" - see; "见" - —See
(3) What’s even more coincidental is that the two words in this idiom have opposite meanings. Who knows this secret? The whole word says - (The people and things I often see don’t seem to be there. See the same).
Word analysis is a good way to understand words. Read together again.
3. What other idioms with “see” have you accumulated?
(1) Name students to answer.
(2) Let’s take a sneak peek at some of the idioms with “see” that you just talked about.
Show: Familiar, unseen, witnessed, first seen, heard and witnessed
(3) To learn Chinese, you must have such sensitivity that you can associate a word with something related to it. It is much easier to accumulate a string of words, and you need to pay attention to methods when accumulating words.
4. There is also a group of words with new words.
Present: Relaxing massage and awkward atmosphere
Students read together.
5. What is the connection between these two groups of words when put together? Think about it, which idiom would you choose in this bracket? Please read it out completely.
(1) Show the sentences and students fill in the blanks.
In Thailand, elephants have turned a blind eye to the crowd, so you can completely relax when you meet an elephant!
In Thailand, it is said that the most interesting thing is the elephant Giving massages to people is what everyone who travels there wants to do (sneak peek).
In Thailand, elephants doing massages occasionally joke with people. This is something that the audience can witness. You don’t need to be surprised, let alone embarrassed.
In Thailand, you (hear and witness) the scene of elephants and crowds dancing to the sound of joyful music. This atmosphere makes you intoxicated and unforgettable.
(2) Read the sentences together.
6. The four sentences you just filled in, did, and read, if put together, are the main content of our text.
3. Topic guesses, read the key points carefully
1. The inspection of the first preview task has come to an end. Please see the second preview task. Read the topic together.
2. Literally, what does this title mean? (Dancing with the Elephant) has the same meaning, if we choose a title, we will still choose - (Dancing with the Elephant), Because it - (brevity).
3. So, if you are asked to write this topic, if this is a topic composition and you have not seen this text, you should stick to the topic - Dancing with Elephants, you What will you write?
4. So, what about Mr. Zhao Lihong? His writing style is very strange. Please read the full text as quickly as possible. What will you find? Is this article about dancing with elephants from the beginning to the end?
(For such a long article, only the first chapter The fifth natural paragraph is about dancing. Which sentence do you find the fifth natural paragraph is written around? Students find the central sentence)
5. Learn the fifth natural paragraph.
(1) Yes, the most unforgettable thing is watching elephants dance. Please read this paragraph softly. Have you discovered how elephants dance? Draw it with a pen. Writing on the blackboard: Elephant
Read by name——
The dancing elephants do not feel bulky at all. They move their heads and heads to the rhythm of the music, stand on tiptoes and raise their legs, and tremble their bodies back and forth, left and right, The long snout waved in the air.
(2) Oh, this sentence is about an elephant dancing. Recall what you think of an elephant. It has a tall and thick body, and thick and strong legs and feet. A long and powerful trunk, so what do ordinary people imagine a dancing elephant should look like? (Cumbersome, honest, silly)
(3) The elephant in the text Does dancing make you feel bulky? (No)
Does dancing make you feel silly and honest? (No)
Not bulky, not honest, let’s do it together Let go of your voice and read out the feeling of the elephant dancing (free reading, named reading)
(4) Look, he wrote how many movements of the elephant dance? Draw it quickly with a pen.
(The first one - shaking his head, the second one - standing on tiptoes and raising his legs, the third one - shaking his body, the fourth one - waving his nose)
(5) Condensed into four words and read it, what do you feel has changed?
(The length and rhythm of the text have changed)
(6) What does the elephant dance to? Circle " "Rhythm", have you heard the rhythm of music? Have you ever felt the rhythm of music? Sometimes the music is strong, and sometimes - (weak); sometimes it is long, and sometimes - (short); sometimes it is rapid, and sometimes - (Slowly), that's the rhythm.
(7) Language also has rhythm. In terms of the rhythm of language, as for the several movements of the elephant dancing, where do you feel it is short and where is long? Where is it quick? Where is it? Soothing?
(Shaking your head and head is urgent, standing on tiptoes and raising your legs is urgent, shaking your body is soothing, and waving your long nose in the air is soothing.)
( 8) This is called the rhythm of language. Read it with your voice at this rhythm. (Free reading)
(Reading by boys and girls)
(9) This article is about an elephant dancing, so the topic is "Dancing with the Elephant", who is " What about "Dancing with the Elephant"? Writing on the blackboard: People
The audience crowded into the spacious venue.
Circle "support". What do you read from the word "support"? (There are many people, eagerness, scrambling for the first place)
Let's feel everyone's eagerness and read aloud.
(8) Audience friends, why are you crowding in?——(Dancing with the elephant)
That is an elephant, you are not afraid of being attacked by that thick elephant Are your legs stepped on? (Not afraid——)
Aren’t you afraid of being flattened by an elephant? (Not afraid——)
Aren’t you afraid of elephants using their long trunks? Roll you up and throw you on your back? (Not afraid——)
Why?
(9) Children, this is "support", from this In the word "Hong", you can clearly feel the affection and relationship that people have for elephants. Then let us be in Nongba Paradise and become a happy member of it! Quote——
At the end of the performance, which was also the last moment, in the joyful music, the elephants danced gracefully. We all crowded into the wide venue. We mixed with the elephants and danced together. The warm atmosphere infected the audience. of everyone. The dancing elephants don't feel bulky at all. They move their heads and heads to the rhythm of the music, stand on tiptoes and raise their legs, tremble back and forth, and sway their long trunks in the air. There is no doubt that they are as intoxicated by the music as we are.
(10) So many spectators flocked to the square, and so many spectators danced with the elephant, but was the elephant nervous? (No——) Is it afraid? (No——) Is it afraid? (No——)
What a warm atmosphere, what an intoxicating scene. Children, if you were there at the Dongba Paradise in Pattaya, I think you would also be willing to be a dancing elephant. Really? Please put yourself in and become an elephant among them——
At the end of the performance, it was also the last time. In the sound of joyful music, we danced gracefully, and the audience crowded into the spacious venue. On the stage, the crowd mixed with us and danced, and the warm atmosphere infected everyone present. When we dance, we don’t feel cumbersome at all. We move our heads and heads to the rhythm of the music, stand on tiptoes and raise our legs, trembling back and forth, swaying our bodies left and right, and waving our long noses in the air. There is no doubt that we, like people, are intoxicated by music.
The relationship between humans and elephants has become so harmonious, so close, so harmonious. Can you use words to describe this harmony - intimate and harmonious coexistence (blackboard writing)
4. Around the center, feel the harmony
1. At this point in the text, do you have any other understanding of the word "dancing with the elephant"? Does it just mean dancing with the elephant? You Do you think there is anything else hidden in it? (Humans and elephants are in perfect harmony, and they have a close relationship)
Looking back at the first four natural sections, you can still find elephants and people in them A harmonious place, a beautiful and intimate situation?
2. Read the text quickly. Before speed reading, the teacher reminds everyone:
①Are these four natural paragraphs similar in narrative style to the fifth natural paragraph?
(They are all related in general terms. , all have a central sentence)
② Since they are all related in general and are narrated around the central sentence, think about it, what can you do to quickly grasp the main content of the text during speed reading? ( Grasp the central sentence)
3. Post-reading report (students may also answer specific situations, the teacher prompts to use the central sentence to summarize)
①In Thailand, encountering an elephant is a It's a very natural thing - it actually writes about the relationship between humans and elephants (intimate and harmonious coexistence)
②The elephant is Thailand's national treasure. ——What is written is that the relationship between humans and elephants is (intimate and harmonious coexistence)
③In Thailand, there is no distance between humans and elephants. ——Clearly telling us that humans and elephants (live in close harmony and harmony)
④Elephants are smart and spiritual animals.
The most interesting thing is that elephants give people massages - what we see is that elephants and people (coexist in harmony and intimacy)
……
4. In fact, people and people Is the closeness and harmonious relationship of elephants just reflected in the text? Please take a look at the illustrations in the text. What kind of scene do you see? (People are riding leisurely on elephants, and elephants are gentle and leisurely; although elephants So tall and strong, but the people walking beside it are not nervous at all...)
5. Don’t all of these illustrate the harmony between humans and elephants? The title of the article is not There is no deviation from the topic. This way of writing is called a pun.
5. Expansion of question types and divergent thinking
1. "Dance with ()***" has become a special language form, which reflects the relationship with someone The relationship is very close and harmonious.
For example: when you like butterflies very much and have a close and harmonious relationship with butterflies, you can say - dance with butterflies; if you particularly like reading and forget to eat and sleep, this is ——Dance with books.
2. Show:
Dance with dragon***, dance with shark***, dance with snow***, dance with lotus*** and dance with wall***
Which word is the most attractive? Which word do you have questions about?
3. This is a one-word question, and there are two-word questions. (Show: dance with Chopin, dance with kites, dance with pressure, dance with flying saucers) Which word are you most interested in?
4. There are also three words Enter the topic. (PPT: Dance with the Dream of Red Mansions, Dance with the World Cup, Dance with the World Horticultural Exhibition) Which word makes you stop and stop?
5. In fact, no matter who you dance with, What it wants to express is the close, harmonious and harmonious relationship that people hope to have with people and nature.
6. Choose a person you love to dance with and write down your "Dancing with ***" story.
Tip: Don’t forget to use “generally related” narrative style.
Chapter 2
Teaching objectives:
1. Recognize 8 new words, read and note "leisure, relaxation, embarrassment, atmosphere, infection, bulky, Words such as "turn a blind eye, be polite, charge into battle, dance gracefully, shake your head and shake your head".
2. Understand Thailand’s unique customs and culture, and feel the beauty of harmonious coexistence between humans and animals.
3. Understand the expression method of the text.
Teaching focus:
1. Understand the close relationship between humans and elephants.
2. Compare the similarities and differences in the writing methods of this article and "Boats in Venice", and understand the expression method of the text.
Teaching time:
One class hour
Teaching preparation:
Collect written materials, pictures, etc. about Thai customs.
Teaching process:
(1) Passion introduction:
In the last class we visited the strange boats in Venice, today we are going to visit the beautiful Thailand . Thailand is one of the important tourist countries in Asia. Its charming tropical scenery and unique Buddhist culture are important reasons for attracting tourists. Thailand is a Buddhist country with a long history. This beautiful country known as the "Kingdom of White Elephants" has unique cultural traditions and national customs. Thailand is also known as the "Land of Buddha", "Land of Yellow Robe Buddha" and "Land of Elephants" , the capital is Bangkok.
(2) After class, everyone collected information about Thailand, communicated in groups, and sent students to report.
(3) When studying the text, we need to clear the obstacles of words and suggest the following pronunciation:
1. The initial consonants of "Chi" (chí) and "gentry" (shēn) are Do not pronounce the "curved tongue" sound as a flat tongue sound; do not pronounce "Mo" (mó) as one tone; do not pronounce the final of "bin" (bīn) as a back nasal sound; do not pronounce "ambience" (fēn) as a fourth tone; "embarrassing" (gāngà)
2. Word and sentence analysis.
Turning a blind eye means not caring about objective things. Although you often see them, it is as if you have not seen them.
One is worth ten, one is worth a hundred: the original description is that the army is brave and good at fighting. The article stated that an elephant is worth ten or a hundred people, and its role in working and serving the Thai people is huge.
Tame: to make obedient.
Massage: pushing, pressing, pinching, kneading, etc. with your hands (the elephant’s feet or trunk in the text) to promote blood circulation, increase skin resistance, and adjust nerve function, also called massage .
Awkward: The article refers to an unnatural expression or attitude.
Polite: Describes an elegant manner.
Dancing gracefully: describing dancing briskly.
(4) Study the text:
1. Understand the main idea of ??the text and talk about what is written in each paragraph of the text?
The first natural paragraph: an overview In Thailand, elephants turn a blind eye to the crowds and have a close and harmonious relationship with people.
The second natural paragraph: Talk about elephants being Thailand’s national treasure. Thailand's initial development and prosperity were closely related to elephants.
The third natural paragraph: By describing the appearance and expression of the elephant, it shows that there is no distance between Thai people and elephants.
The fourth natural paragraph: tells some examples to illustrate that elephants are a very intelligent and spiritual animal.
The fifth natural paragraph: The most unforgettable thing for the author is watching elephants dancing.
2. The text is about an elephant. What characteristics of the elephant can you capture? Find out the relevant sentences and read them.
Appearance: Personality:
Mentality: Intelligent
Action: Good at performing:
3. In what order are the texts narrated?
It is described in the order of summarizing first and then detailing.
4. What are the characteristics of the structure of paragraphs 2 to 5 of the text?
Each natural paragraph has a central sentence that clearly indicates the main meaning of the paragraph, and is placed in this sentence. The beginning of a paragraph is a very typical way of giving an overview first and then describing it in detail.
Teacher summary: In this way, everyone can grasp the key points of the text more quickly, clarify the ideas of the text, and grasp the main content of the article.
(5) What are the similarities in expression between "Boats in Venice" and this article?
"Boats in Venice"
1. Grasp the characteristics of things and write descriptions according to several aspects of the things
《Dance with Elephants》
2. Grasp people and things (or animals) Write in a close relationship with each other
3. The narrative is clear and the language is vivid. Follow the order of summarizing first and then describing.
(6) Summary of discussion
1. Tell me how you feel after learning this lesson?
2. The intimacy and harmony between humans and elephants relationship.
(7) Tell everyone what other exotic customs you know about
Teaching reflection
1. Before class, I assigned preview texts and collected Information about Thai customs.
2. Because this is a skimming text, when teaching, I first ask the students to follow the reading prompts and guide them to think while reading: What is the relationship between humans and elephants in Thailand? Contact "Boats in Venice", compare the similarities and differences in the writing methods of the two texts. (Group discussion, exchange, report)
3. When guiding students to discover the similarities in writing between this article and "Boats in Venice", especially the natural paragraphs 2 to 5 of the text, each natural paragraph has A central sentence that clearly indicates the main meaning of the paragraph is placed at the beginning of the paragraph. This is a very typical way of describing in summary first and then in detail
This structural form can also be used in daily scene-drawing practice training, but it cannot be imitated mechanically. The form must serve the expression of expression.
Chapter 3
Teaching objectives
1. Read the text emotionally, connect the four-character words to feel the bravery, gentleness, intelligence and aura of the elephant.
2. Understand Thailand’s unique customs and culture, and feel the harmonious coexistence of Thai people and elephants.
3. Understand the expression method of the text and learn to write a paragraph that is summarized first and then specific.
Teaching focus: Understand the close relationship between humans and elephants, and feel the harmony between humans and elephants.
Teaching difficulties: understanding the expression method of the text.
Teaching time: 1 class hour
Teaching process:
1. Introducing excitement and getting to know Taixiang for the first time
1. Show the big picture Elephant picture, what kind of animal is this? Blackboard elephant, where have you seen them? When you see it, what words do you think of to describe it? (Behemoth, huge, powerful, etc.)
2. The writing on the blackboard dances with the elephant, who dances with the elephant? How do you feel when you see these four words?
However, such a thing really does happen, it happens In Thailand in the south of our country.
3. Introduction to Thailand. Question: How much do you know about Thailand?
The teacher added: Thailand is a country with beautiful scenery and unique culture. It is known as the "Land of Everything"! The huge elephant with legs as thick as pillars and a body like a city wall is a symbol of good fortune in the minds of the Thai people. Every year on the third weekend of November, a grand elephant festival is held in Surin City, which has the largest number of elephants. Today, let us follow the author into Thailand and "dance with the elephants"!
2. Words lead the way and initial perception
1. Use courseware to display the following words:
(1) Read these words aloud.
(2) What did you find after reading these words?
(3) Let’s categorize these words?
Elephant’s brave words: Charge into battle, attack a city and defend a fortress, one is worth ten, one is worth a hundred;
Words for elephant attitude: turning a blind eye, unhurried, leisurely and calm, crystal clear and gentle;
Elephant movements Words for: Be careful, walk away leisurely, bend your knees and nod, be polite,
Dance gracefully, dance, shake your head, stand on tiptoes and lift your legs;
Word reading guidance. Group 1: Read about the bravery of elephants. Point to read, read together.
Group 2: Are you still afraid of such an elephant? Read the various expressions of the elephant as if the elephant is right in front of you.
Group 3: When you read these words, what kind of picture will appear in front of your eyes? There is a picture hidden in the words. When you read the words and imagine the picture, you will read it. The meaning and emotion contained in the words, let's try it now, imagine the picture and read it at the same time.
Now I ask you to use several words to describe the elephant. Do you have more words accumulated in your mind than just now?
2. After reading these words, everyone read the book five times. What impression do you have of the elephants in Thailand?
3. The teacher has a question: In Thailand, what is the relationship between people and elephants? This is also a question in the introduction. Writing on the blackboard: Human image (harmony, intimacy)
Does everyone feel this way? What reasons do you have to prove it?
3. Study as a whole and feel the harmony
1. Read the text silently, find sentences in each paragraph that illustrate the harmonious and intimate relationship between humans and elephants, and draw wavy lines. I will tell my classmates and teachers the reason later.
2. Exchange sentences.
Default:
①The elephant has turned a blind eye to the crowd. Writing on the blackboard: Turn a blind eye
Tips: What does "turn a blind eye" mean? To what extent is it a blind eye? Why is it so blind? (No longer afraid and wary, but have a feeling of trust in people)
②The elephant is a national treasure of Thailand.
Tips: It’s not surprising that Thai people have cordial feelings for elephants. Why isn’t it surprising? What have elephants done for this country and the people? To sum it up in one sentence: Elephants It is Thailand’s national treasure. From the word national treasure, we can know that Thai people like and respect elephants. Writing on the blackboard: National treasure
③In Thailand, there is no distance between people and elephants.
Tips: To what extent is there no distance? Who does this person include?
Thai people think of elephants:
Writing on the blackboard: Calm and calm
④The elephant performs for tourists. The most interesting thing is that the elephant gives massage to people. (Trust the elephant.)
What’s interesting is that it occasionally makes jokes with people. (What a cute and naughty elephant, how much joy it brings to tourists, from which we also feel how close and harmonious humans and elephants are)
Blackboard writing: (performance, massage, joking)
⑤The end of the performance was also the most...infecting everyone present.
IV. Focus on the study, "Dancing with the Elephant"
1. There is so much content in the text, why is the title just called "Dancing with the Elephant"? ( Because dancing with an elephant best reflects the harmony and intimacy between people and elephants), make an arrow on the blackboard.
2. Okay, let’s study this paragraph. The courseware shows this sentence: The most unforgettable thing... In the sound of joyful music, the elephants dance gracefully... If elephants can laugh, what they are showing at this moment is their unique smile.
3. Which sentence best reflects the intimacy and harmony between humans and elephants? (Refers to reading aloud throughout life, marked in yellow)
Tell me how you feel. (Immediately call)
Crowds and elephants, who are included in this crowd? Why do everyone have to go up and dance with the elephants?
(Infected by the joyful atmosphere, seeing the dancing I have a sincere love for elephants, and I can’t help but want to get close to them. Looking at them from a distance is not enough. Only by dancing with them can I fully express my love for them.)
At this time, among the tourists In his eyes, elephants are like ()
4. Guided reading: Bring your feelings in and read this sentence again.
And the dancing elephants, with the participation of the crowd, looked even more excited and happy. Where can you see it? In the eyes of the elephant, the dancing people look like ()
5. Let us go into the hearts of people and elephants, show fill-in-the-blank questions, and practice speaking.
At this moment, if you are a tourist dancing with an elephant, you will excitedly think:
If you are a dancing elephant, you may think:
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Teacher: This dance brings out happiness, trust, harmony and harmony.
6. Read this paragraph again with a variety of feelings.
7. What is the main content of this paragraph? Which sentence summarizes the main meaning? The courseware displays the sentences. Have you discovered the structural characteristics of this paragraph? First summarize and then be specific. (Writing on the blackboard) First, write in general terms that the most unforgettable thing is watching elephants dance, and then write specifically about how elephants dance, and how people and elephants dance together. This is the way to write generally first and then more specifically. Let’s go back to the above and see which paragraphs also have this structure? Find them out
The courseware provides summary sentences one by one: Like the national treasure of Thailand.
In Thailand, there is no distance between people and elephants.
It is said that the elephant is a smart and spiritual animal.
There are four paragraphs that are written in a general and then specific way. Make it very clear.
5. Summarize the text and transfer writing methods
1. The teacher summarizes the text.
In this class, we studied the text carefully and deeply felt the unique customs of Thailand: people and elephants dancing, a harmonious scene. Want to see these pictures? The teacher found a few for us to appreciate carefully and feel quietly.
Maybe you will have a deeper sense of the harmony and intimacy between humans and elephants.
2. In this lesson, we also learned a writing method: first give a general introduction and then describe in detail. Such as sections 2-5 of the text.
3. Classroom exercises:
How harmonious and harmonious the relationship between humans and elephants is!
Blackboard writing design:
With elephants ***Dance
↓
Harmony and intimacy
People ←————→Xiang
Calm and calm, turning a blind eye
National treasure performance, massage, joking