Teaching Goals:

1. To arouse Ss’ interest in learning about mysterious things.

2. To get Ss to learn some words to describe mysteries of the 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.

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 role-play 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: