9A Unit 2 Great minds Teaching Content Listening,Speaking Culture corner By the end of the lesson,students will be able to 1.Listen for specific information about Einstein,Shakespeare,and Learning Confucius. Objectives 2.Leave and take phone messages. 3.Tell a story about a famous person. 4.Know about Isaac Newton. Procedures Activities Purpose Step 1: 1.Warm-up: 1.To activate Ss'prior Lead-in T and Ss review the interesting story about knowledge about Einstein,who is one of the great minds.T Einstein by reviewing gets Ss to guess who is the idol of Einstein what they have learnt in reading section. 2.Picture: T gives a hint by showing a picture of a 2.To gain Ss attention special tree and asks Ss to guess why the and arouse Ss'interest tree is special. by building up (Answer:Newton's apple tree in suspense. Cambridge University.Newton is probably the idol of Einstein.) Step 2: 1.Reading: 1.To enable Ss to have Culture Ss read the text about Newton and find out an overall corner the information about his name, understanding of nationality,job,achievements. Newton. 2.Language focus: 2.To introduce the brief T explains key words and phrases to Ss. explanation of some key (i.e.physicist,mathematician,astronomer, words. law of gravity) 3.Transition: 3.To prepare Ss for the T invites Ss to know about some other listening section. great minds from a listening program
9A Unit 2 Great minds Teaching Content Listening, Speaking & Culture corner Learning Objectives By the end of the lesson, students will be able to 1. Listen for specific information about Einstein, Shakespeare, and Confucius. 2. Leave and take phone messages. 3. Tell a story about a famous person. 4. Know about Isaac Newton. Procedures Activities Purpose Step 1: Lead-in 1.Warm-up: T and Ss review the interesting story about Einstein, who is one of the great minds. T gets Ss to guess who is the idol of Einstein. 2.Picture: T gives a hint by showing a picture of a special tree and asks Ss to guess why the tree is special. (Answer: Newton’s apple tree in Cambridge University. Newton is probably the idol of Einstein.) 1.To activate Ss’ prior knowledge about Einstein by reviewing what they have learnt in reading section. 2.To gain Ss attention and arouse Ss’ interest by building up suspense. Step 2: Culture corner 1.Reading: Ss read the text about Newton and find out the information about his name, nationality, job, achievements. 2.Language focus: T explains key words and phrases to Ss. (i.e. physicist, mathematician, astronomer, law of gravity) 3.Transition: T invites Ss to know about some other great minds from a listening program. 1.To enable Ss to have an overall understanding of Newton. 2.To introduce the brief explanation of some key words. 3.To prepare Ss for the listening section
Step 3: 1.Pre-listening 1.To encourage Ss to Listening T reminds Ss to preview the headlines and develop listening skills predict the possible answers before and strategy,e.g. listening.T asks Ss to pay more attention previewing,predicting, to time,place,statistics and events when and etc. listening. 2.To guide Ss to listen 2.While-listening: for specific information. Ss listen to a radio program about three great minds(Einstein,Shakespeare, 3.To help Ss consolidate Confucius)and complete the information their knowledge of three cards. great minds. 3.Post-listening:Matching game 4.To prepare Ss for the T shows the photos of three great minds following speaking up and their achievements in random order.Ss activity. need to match the person with the corresponding achievements. Step 4: 1.T asks Ss to introduce a famous person 1.To encourage Ss to Speak up according to the mind map(Einstein, seek and collect Shakespeare,Confucius,or Newton).Ss information on the are required to search the internet for more Internet. information about these three great minds before class. 2.To guide Ss to organize the Name information as well as their own ideas with the Job The help of mind map. famous person Interesting Date of birth 3.To allow Ss to experience /Nationality practise introducing a Achievements famous person according to the mind map. 2.T shows two video clips as an example. 4.To demonstrate the model use of the target language to Ss. Step 5: 1.Transition: 1.To draw Ss'attention Talk time The telephone of T's husband rings by contextualizing the suddenly.T answered the phone and took conversation phone message.T shows the conversation in PPT. 2.To consolidate Ss
Step 3: Listening 1.Pre-listening T reminds Ss to preview the headlines and predict the possible answers before listening. T asks Ss to pay more attention to time, place, statistics and events when listening. 2.While-listening: Ss listen to a radio program about three great minds (Einstein, Shakespeare, Confucius) and complete the information cards. 3.Post-listening: Matching game T shows the photos of three great minds and their achievements in random order. Ss need to match the person with the corresponding achievements. 1.To encourage Ss to develop listening skills and strategy, e.g. previewing, predicting, and etc. 2.To guide Ss to listen for specific information. 3.To help Ss consolidate their knowledge of three great minds. 4.To prepare Ss for the following speaking up activity. Step 4: Speak up 1.T asks Ss to introduce a famous person according to the mind map (Einstein, Shakespeare, Confucius, or Newton). Ss are required to search the internet for more information about these three great minds before class. 2.T shows two video clips as an example. 1.To encourage Ss to seek and collect information on the Internet. 2.To guide Ss to organize the information as well as their own ideas with the help of mind map. 3.To allow Ss to practise introducing a famous person according to the mind map. 4.To demonstrate the model use of the target language to Ss. Step 5: Talk time 1.Transition: The telephone of T’s husband rings suddenly. T answered the phone and took phone message. T shows the conversation in PPT. 1.To draw Ss’ attention by contextualizing the conversation. 2. To consolidate Ss’
knowledge about taking 2.Language focus: and leaving phone T summarizes how to leave and take phone messages by explicit message by focusing on the key explanation. expressions in the conversation. 3.To urge Ss to practise 3.Consolidation: taking and leaving T provides a context for Ss and asks Ss to message in a make a dialogue based on this context. meaningful and (Context:You want to remind your purposeful context. classmate Betty that there will be a story-telling competition next Monday. However,Betty cannot answer your call because she is out at the moment.Luckily, Betty's mother offers to take phone message for you.Please make a dialogue between you and Betty's mother.) Step 6: T asks Ss to recall what they learn today 1.To invite Ss to recall Summary and complete the self-assessment rubric and summarize the (Self-assess one by one lesson together. ment) √I know about Issac Newton. ⊙⊙ 色 2.To encourage Ss to evaluate their learning I can listen for specific and behavior,which can information about e色 develop Ss'learning Einstein,Shakespeare, autonomy in long-term. and Confucius. I can tell a story about a famous person according to the mind map. I can leave and take phone messages. Step 7: 1.Speech: 1.To provide more Homework Introduce a famous person that you admire opportunities for Ss to most to the class.You can collect practice the target information in the internet and organize language. your introduction with a mind map. 2.Role play: Practise taking and leaving phone message with your classmates.You can imagine a context creatively
2.Language focus: T summarizes how to leave and take phone message by focusing on the key expressions in the conversation. 3.Consolidation: T provides a context for Ss and asks Ss to make a dialogue based on this context. (Context: You want to remind your classmate Betty that there will be a story-telling competition next Monday. However, Betty cannot answer your call because she is out at the moment. Luckily, Betty’s mother offers to take phone message for you. Please make a dialogue between you and Betty’s mother.) knowledge about taking and leaving phone messages by explicit explanation. 3.To urge Ss to practise taking and leaving message in a meaningful and purposeful context. Step 6: Summary (Self-assess ment) T asks Ss to recall what they learn today and complete the self-assessment rubric one by one. I know about Issac Newton. I can listen for specific information about Einstein, Shakespeare, and Confucius. I can tell a story about a famous person according to the mind map. I can leave and take phone messages. 1.To invite Ss to recall and summarize the lesson together. 2.To encourage Ss to evaluate their learning and behavior, which can develop Ss’ learning autonomy in long-term. Step 7: Homework 1. Speech: Introduce a famous person that you admire most to the class. You can collect information in the internet and organize your introduction with a mind map. 2. Role play: Practise taking and leaving phone message with your classmates. You can imagine a context creatively. 1.To provide more opportunities for Ss to practice the target language
Please take a short video to record your speech or role play
Please take a short video to record your speech or role play