Shenzhen Foreign Languages School 教学设计 Teaching Reading Speaking:Unit 4 Reading-English Grade Nine contents Time 20 min Teacher Min Liu,English Department,Shenzhen Foreign Languages School Students Grade Nine Analysis of the teaching material The article is about four posts sent by teenagers to Aunt Linda in Unit 4.This artile tells us about the troubles and difficulties the teenagers are facing,including the problems with their friends,parents and other family members.All the problems are commonly seen in students'life.Therefore,it can not only arouse students'interest in reading but also help them to think about the problems and difficulties they are facing and encourage them to ask others for help if necessary.Each of the four posts is well structured and well written,which can be employed to train students'reading ability and strategies.Besides,they can act as good examples for students to follow when they write letters or posts. Analysis of the students As the topic is very familiar to students,they will have interest in reading the text and finishing the class tasks.In terms of reading ability and strategies,students in Grade Nine have received lots of related training,but there is still room for improvement,especially in how to acquire,process and integrate detailed information and summarize the main ideas properly. Teaching Objectives Knowledge objective 1.Enable students to know something about posts on the Internet. 2.Enable students to master some useful expressions and sentence patterns related to the description of problems and difficulties. Ability objective 1.Improve students'reading ability and help them to foster proper reading strategies. 2.Enable students to know how to ask for advice in a proper way. Emotional objective 1.Guide students to fully sympathize others'situations. 2. Inspire students to cultivate a positive attitude towards the problems and difficulties in their own life
1 1 Shenzhen Foreign Languages School 教学设计 Teaching contents Reading & Speaking: Unit 4 Reading — English Grade Nine Time 20 min Teacher Min Liu, English Department, Shenzhen Foreign Languages School Students Grade Nine Analysis of the teaching material The article is about four posts sent by teenagers to Aunt Linda in Unit 4. This artile tells us about the troubles and difficulties the teenagers are facing, including the problems with their friends, parents and other family members. All the problems are commonly seen in students’ life. Therefore, it can not only arouse students’ interest in reading but also help them to think about the problems and difficulties they are facing and encourage them to ask others for help if necessary. Each of the four posts is well structured and well written, which can be employed to train students’ reading ability and strategies. Besides, they can act as good examples for students to follow when they write letters or posts. Analysis of the students As the topic is very familiar to students, they will have interest in reading the text and finishing the class tasks. In terms of reading ability and strategies, students in Grade Nine have received lots of related training, but there is still room for improvement, especially in how to acquire, process and integrate detailed information and summarize the main ideas properly. Teaching Objectives Knowledge objective 1. Enable students to know something about posts on the Internet. 2. Enable students to master some useful expressions and sentence patterns related to the description of problems and difficulties. Ability objective 1. Improve students’ reading ability and help them to foster proper reading strategies. 2. Enable students to know how to ask for advice in a proper way. Emotional objective 1. Guide students to fully sympathize others’ situations. 2. Inspire students to cultivate a positive attitude towards the problems and difficulties in their own life
Shenzhen Foreign Languages School Teaching key points and difficult points Key points: 1.Students know some useful expressions and sentence patterns used to ask for advice 2. Students improve their reading ability and foster proper reading strategies. 3. Students review how to answer special questions and general questions. 4.Students review how to change the first-person singular form into the third-person singular form. Difficult points: 1.Students know how to acquire,process and integrate detailed information from the reading material. 2.Students know how to summarize the main ideas properly Teaching methods Elicitation Task-based Teaching Cooperative learning Teaching procedures Teaching steps Teacher's activities Students'activities Aims 1.Lead students to recall some Think about the To get the class warmed problems they may face problems and talk up and lead in the topic every day. freely about the topic. “problems'” Step 1 Leading-in 2.Guide students to discuss Talk about their choices To elicit students'prior who they usually turn to for and state their reasons. experiences related to the help if they don't know how topic. to deal with their problems and tell the reasons. Step2 Introduce the text by beginning Form a general idea of To get students fully Pre-reading with the explanation of the term what the text mainly prepared for the reading “an agony aunt'”. talks about. part. 2
2 2 Shenzhen Foreign Languages School Teaching key points and difficult points Key points： 1. Students know some useful expressions and sentence patterns used to ask for advice. 2. Students improve their reading ability and foster proper reading strategies. 3. Students review how to answer special questions and general questions. 4. Students review how to change the first-person singular form into the third-person singular form. Difficult points： 1. Students know how to acquire, process and integrate detailed information from the reading material. 2. Students know how to summarize the main ideas properly. Teaching methods Elicitation Task-based Teaching Cooperative learning Teaching procedures Teaching steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Aims Step 1 Leading-in 1. Lead students to recall some problems they may face every day. Think about the problems and talk freely about the topic. To get the class warmed up and lead in the topic “problems”. 2. Guide students to discuss who they usually turn to for help if they don’t know how to deal with their problems and tell the reasons. Talk about their choices and state their reasons. To elicit students’ prior experiences related to the topic. Step 2 Pre-reading Introduce the text by beginning with the explanation of the term “an agony aunt”. Form a general idea of what the text mainly talks about. To get students fully prepared for the reading part
Shenzhen Foreign Languages School 1. Ask students to go through Read the text,find 1.To help students have a the text quickly and choose out the correct general idea of the text. the correct adjectives which answers and their 2.To help students extract show how the four teenagers evidences. the important sentences feel. 2. Acquire a better to grasp the feelings of Step3 2. Help students to understand understanding of the four teenagers. Reading for some new words in an easy some new words skimming way by giving them simple according to the definitions. context. 3. Guide students to find out the evidence in the text which can help get the answers 1. Ask students to read the first Read the four posts one 1. To enhance students' by one carefully and post and answer two ability to locate key Step4 finish different tasks, questions to better information through Reading for understand it. including answering reading. 2. To enhance students' details 2.Ask students to read the comprehension questions,group reading ability through second post and complete a chart to find out the detailed discussing and judging focusing on details. whether a statement is 3. To provide information. 3.Ask students to read the third true or false according opportunities for post and find out the answer to the reading material, students to show etc. to a specific question and comprehension of the unit theme,through discuss an opening question. 4.Ask students to read the critical thinking and group discussion. fourth post and decide whether the three statements are true or false. Step5 Ask students to read the text Read the text To guide students to Reading for again and summarize the main thoroughly and take the extract the main idea of main ideas ideas for the four teenagers' challenge to summarize each post. problems by filling the blanks in the four problems a mind map. Step6 Ask students to work with his or Choose one of the other To improve students Role play her partner and continue a three posts and continue cooperative and dialogue to talk about the posts the dialogue by asking communicative ability and answering through mastering the questions about the reading material. problem the teenager faces
3 3 Shenzhen Foreign Languages School Step 3 Reading for skimming 1. Ask students to go through the text quickly and choose the correct adjectives which show how the four teenagers feel. 2. Help students to understand some new words in an easy way by giving them simple definitions. 3. Guide students to find out the evidence in the text which can help get the answers. 1. Read the text, find out the correct answers and their evidences. 2. Acquire a better understanding of some new words according to the context. 1. To help students have a general idea of the text. 2. To help students extract the important sentences to grasp the feelings of the four teenagers. Step 4 Reading for details 1. Ask students to read the first post and answer two questions to better understand it. 2. Ask students to read the second post and complete a chart to find out the detailed information. 3. Ask students to read the third post and find out the answer to a specific question and discuss an opening question. 4. Ask students to read the fourth post and decide whether the three statements are true or false. Read the four posts one by one carefully and finish different tasks, including answering comprehension questions, group discussing and judging whether a statement is true or false according to the reading material, etc. 1. To enhance students’ ability to locate key information through reading. 2. To enhance students’ reading ability through focusing on details. 3. To provide opportunities for students to show comprehension of the unit theme, through critical thinking and group discussion. Step 5 Reading for main ideas Ask students to read the text again and summarize the main ideas for the four teenagers’ problems by filling the blanks in a mind map. Read the text thoroughly and take the challenge to summarize the four problems. To guide students to extract the main idea of each post. Step 6 Role play Ask students to work with his or her partner and continue a dialogue to talk about the posts. Choose one of the other three posts and continue the dialogue by asking and answering questions about the problem the teenager faces. To improve students’ cooperative and communicative ability through mastering the reading material
Shenzhen Foreign Languages School Homework 1.Read the passage aloud three times. 2.Finish the exercises on P52 and P53. 3.Mini speech:What suggestions do you want to give to the four teenagers? Blackboard Design New words and phrases: Summary of the four problems: ·an agony aunt·ashamed ·Not know how to… ·embarrassed ·annoyed ·Regret not doing… ·Hate doing… ·Be disturbed by… Reflections
4 4 Shenzhen Foreign Languages School Homework 1. Read the passage aloud three times. 2. Finish the exercises on P52 and P53. 3. Mini speech: What suggestions do you want to give to the four teenagers? Blackboard Design New words and phrases: ·an agony aunt ·ashamed ·embarrassed ·annoyed Summary of the four problems: ·Not know how to … ·Regret not doing… ·Hate doing… ·Be disturbed by … Reflections