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