A Teaching Plan for 9B Unit 5 Sport 9B Module 3 Unit 5 Sport Topic Reading:Skiing:an unforgettable experience Type Reading Time 40 minutes The unit is about sport. This lesson is from Unit 5,Module 3,Oxford English Grade The 9B.The main reading text is about a girl's unforgettable experience of Analysis skiing.The text gives a situation where a girl first experiences skiing of and tries her best to manage the skiing skills.She fails at first but she the keeps on trying and finally gets her success.Meanwhile,it provides article chances for students to have a taste of using certain language to show feelings instead of expressing directly. Grade 9 students have a better understanding of the structure The of the passage.They are curious about the world,different people and Analysis different lifestyles.However,skiing is not a common sport for our of students.They may not be familiar with this kind of sport,so they the probably have difficulty in the vocabulary concerning the sport. students Luckily,they are able to overcome the difficulty in vocabulary with the help of the pictures. By the end of the lesson,students will be able to 1.comprehend the article about a skiing trip; 2.understand the feelings of the character through certain words and Teaching expressions: objectives 3.admire the spirit of never giving up. Important 1.To understand the feelings of the character through certain words points and expressions; 2.To admire the spirit of never giving up. Difficult points To understand the feelings of the character through certain words and expressions: Teaching TBL:Task-based Learning Approach methods 1
1 A Teaching Plan for 9B Unit 5 Sport 9B Module 3 Unit 5 Sport Topic Reading: Skiing: an unforgettable experience Type Reading Time 40 minutes The Analysis of the article The unit is about sport. This lesson is from Unit 5, Module 3, Oxford English Grade 9B. The main reading text is about a girl’s unforgettable experience of skiing. The text gives a situation where a girl first experiences skiing and tries her best to manage the skiing skills. She fails at first but she keeps on trying and finally gets her success. Meanwhile, it provides chances for students to have a taste of using certain language to show feelings instead of expressing directly. The Analysis of the students Grade 9 students have a better understanding of the structure of the passage. They are curious about the world, different people and different lifestyles. However, skiing is not a common sport for our students. They may not be familiar with this kind of sport, so they probably have difficulty in the vocabulary concerning the sport. Luckily, they are able to overcome the difficulty in vocabulary with the help of the pictures. Teaching objectives By the end of the lesson, students will be able to 1. comprehend the article about a skiing trip; 2. understand the feelings of the character through certain words and expressions； 3. admire the spirit of never giving up. Important points 1. To understand the feelings of the character through certain words and expressions; 2. To admire the spirit of never giving up. Difficult points To understand the feelings of the character through certain words and expressions; Teaching methods TBL: Task-based Learning Approach
Teaching Procedures Steps Teacher's activities Students'activities Purpose Show four pictures Look at the pictures To lead to the topic and ask two questions: and answer the two and attract ss' Warming-up 1.Do you know these questions. interest. sports? 2.Do you like them? 1.Ask ss to pay 1.Pay attention to the To motivate ss to attention to the title: title. think and have a Pre-reading Skiing:an 2.Think about what rough unforgettable kind of experience can comprehension of experience and the be described as the author's choice adjective here unforgettable? of words. “unforgettable” 2.Raise a question: What kind of experience can be described as unforgettable? 1.Ask ss to skim the 1.Skim the text and 1.To review one of While-reading text and find out what find out what order the reading skill: Activity 1 order the text is in. the text is in. skimming. 2.Ask ss to find out 2.Match the main 2.To have an the main idea of each idea with each part. understanding of the part. text as a whole. Ask ss to read para.1 Read para.I and find To understand the While-reading and find out the time, out the time.the details of the text. Activity 2 the characters and the characters and the event. event. 1.Ask ss to read 1.Read para.2 and 1.To help ss better While-reading para.2 and show the find Calgary and understand the Activity 3 map of Calgary, Canadian Rockies in author's feelings Canada and some the map. towards the trip. pictures of the scenery 2.Enjoy the scenery 2.To make ss of Canadian Rockies. of Canadian Rockies. interested in more 2.Play the recording 3.Listen to the details. and ask ss to fill in the recording and fill in 3.To catch the blanks. the blanks. details through 3.Raise two 4.Answer the two listening. questions: questions and try to 4.To improve ss' (1)Was Vanessa understand the ability of finding out
2 Teaching Procedures Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Purpose Warming-up Show four pictures and ask two questions: 1. Do you know these sports? 2. Do you like them? Look at the pictures and answer the two questions. To lead to the topic and attract ss’ interest. Pre-reading 1. Ask ss to pay attention to the title: Skiing: an unforgettable experience and the adjective here “unforgettable”. 2. Raise a question: What kind of experience can be described as unforgettable? 1. Pay attention to the title. 2. Think about what kind of experience can be described as unforgettable? To motivate ss to think and have a rough comprehension of the author’s choice of words. While-reading Activity 1 1. Ask ss to skim the text and find out what order the text is in. 2. Ask ss to find out the main idea of each part. 1. Skim the text and find out what order the text is in. 2. Match the main idea with each part. 1. To review one of the reading skill: skimming. 2. To have an understanding of the text as a whole. While-reading Activity 2 Ask ss to read para.1 and find out the time, the characters and the event. Read para. 1 and find out the time, the characters and the event. To understand the details of the text. While-reading Activity 3 1. Ask ss to read para.2 and show the map of Calgary, Canada and some pictures of the scenery of Canadian Rockies. 2. Play the recording and ask ss to fill in the blanks. 3. Raise two questions: (1)Was Vanessa 1. Read para. 2 and find Calgary and Canadian Rockies in the map. 2. Enjoy the scenery of Canadian Rockies. 3. Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks. 4. Answer the two questions and try to understand the 1. To help ss better understand the author’s feelings towards the trip. 2. To make ss interested in more details. 3. To catch the details through listening. 4. To improve ss’ ability of finding out
excited on the first day author's feelings the supporting of her trip? through the details. (2)Can you find the expressions like“was supporting details? dying to”,“quickly jumped out of',“were like little children” and“could not wait to”. 1.Show a picture of 1.Look at the picture 1.To help ss While-reading skiing and teach the and know about the surmount the Activity 4 vocabulary about vocabulary about vocabulary barrier. skiing and show what skiing. 2.To help ss the ski gloves,the suit, 2.Read para.3 and understand the the skis.the ski boots complete the mind preparation of and the ski poles are. map. skiing. 2.Ask ss to read para.3 and complete the mind map. While-reading Ask ss to read para.4 Read para.4 and find To help ss learn Activity 5 and find out Vanessa's out Vanessa's about the tough improvements. improvements. process and try to admire Vanessa's spirit of never giving up. While-reading Analyze Vanessa's Learn about Vanessa's To improve ss Activity 6 feelings towards the feelings and find out ability of finding out trip. the supporting details. the supporting details. Summary 1.Present a summary 1.Fill in the blanks. 1.To check ss' of the text and ask ss 2.Answer the understanding of the to fill in the blanks question. whole text. according to the signs. 2.To reinforce 2.Raise a question: comprehension. What can we learn 3.To help admire from Vanessa? the spirit of never giving up. Post-reading 1.Present the text Read the passage and To help ss have a from English Book B: answer the questions better understanding Chinese volleyball of the spirit of never team defeats giving up. hometown favourites in Rio
3 excited on the first day of her trip? (2) Can you find the supporting details? author’s feelings through the expressions like “was dying to”, “quickly jumped out of”, “were like little children” and “could not wait to”. the supporting details. While-reading Activity 4 1. Show a picture of skiing and teach the vocabulary about skiing and show what the ski gloves, the suit, the skis, the ski boots and the ski poles are. 2. Ask ss to read para.3 and complete the mind map. 1. Look at the picture and know about the vocabulary about skiing. 2. Read para.3 and complete the mind map. 1. To help ss surmount the vocabulary barrier. 2. To help ss understand the preparation of skiing. While-reading Activity 5 Ask ss to read para. 4 and find out Vanessa’s improvements. Read para. 4 and find out Vanessa’s improvements. To help ss learn about the tough process and try to admire Vanessa’s spirit of never giving up. While-reading Activity 6 Analyze Vanessa’s feelings towards the trip. Learn about Vanessa’s feelings and find out the supporting details. To improve ss’ ability of finding out the supporting details. Summary 1. Present a summary of the text and ask ss to fill in the blanks according to the signs. 2. Raise a question: What can we learn from Vanessa? 1. Fill in the blanks. 2. Answer the question. 1. To check ss’ understanding of the whole text. 2. To reinforce comprehension. 3. To help admire the spirit of never giving up. Post-reading 1. Present the text from English Book B: Chinese volleyball team defeats hometown favourites in Rio. Read the passage and answer the questions. To help ss have a better understanding of the spirit of never giving up
2.Raise two questions: (1)Did Chinese volleyball team meet a very strong team in the quarter-final match? (2)What did they show after losing the first set of the match? Self-assessment ©©© 1l can comprehend the reading passage. 2 I can understand Vanessa's feelings through her description. 3 I know about the spirit of never giving up. Homework Compulsory: Level A:1.Finish the exercise D1 D2 in the textbook. 2.Make a journal of Vanessa's experience. Level B:1.Finish the exercise D1 D2 in the textbook. 2.Work in pairs to write a summary of Vanessa's experience. Optional: Write about one of your own unforgettable experiences. Evaluation This teaching design takes the students as the main part,using pictures and questions to help them clear away the vocabulary barrier and learn to admire the spirit of never giving up. 4
4 2. Raise two questions: (1) Did Chinese volleyball team meet a very strong team in the quarter-final match? (2) What did they show after losing the first set of the match? Self-assessment Homework Compulsory: Level A: 1. Finish the exercise D1 & D2 in the textbook. 2. Make a journal of Vanessa’s experience. Level B: 1. Finish the exercise D1 & D2 in the textbook. 2. Work in pairs to write a summary of Vanessa’s experience. Optional: Write about one of your own unforgettable experiences. Evaluation This teaching design takes the students as the main part, using pictures and questions to help them clear away the vocabulary barrier and learn to admire the spirit of never giving up
