Unit3ThemeaningofcolourTask1Teachingaims:Afterlearningthislesson,studentswillbeabletolearnadjectivesdescribingpeople’spersonalityandpracticelisteningaswellasreadingskills.TheywillalsolearnaboutBeijingoperamasks.Teachingprocedures:Step1Skillsbuilding1:understandingadjectivesdescribingcharacteristicsorpersonality1.AskSstodescribetheirpartnersusingthreeadjectives.2.CollectSs’answersandgroupthem,pointingoutsomeadjectivesdescribeappearancewhileothersareaboutpersonality.3.EncourageSstogivemoreadjectivesdescribingpersonalityandlistthemontheBB.4.GetSstoworkingroupsof4,guessingChineseequivalentsofadjectivesandtheiroppositesonP42accordingtothegivendefinitionsinEnglish.5.ShowSstheanswersandgetthemtoreadaftertheteacher.[Explanation]从学生已知的描述人的形容词开始，引入到形容性格的这一类别的形容词。从学生已知的知识引到课本中列出的9组词汇。学生先理解英文解释并猜词义，再提供答案供学生参考，最后通过跟读加深记忆。Step2Gettingtoknowthecharacters1.AskSstoreadtheinstructionsinpartAonP42toknowaboutthetask.2.GetSstolistentotheplaywrightertalkingaboutthedifferentcharactersinthenewplayandwritedowneachcharacter’spersonality.Listentoitagainifnecessary.3.LetSscheckwiththeirpartenersbeforecheckingtheanswersinclass.[Explanation]了解任务的大背景和第一个小任务，明确听力练习中需要搜集的信息。与同桌讨论后再检查答案，以增加学生信心。可根据学生能力听一遍或两遍。Step3Choosingarolefortheperformer.1.GetSstoreadtheinstructionsinpartBonP43.2.MakesureSshavenodifficultyunderstandingthegivenadjectives.Givesimpledefinitionorsynonyms/antonymstoremindSs,ifnecessary.3.TellSstocirclethewordsdescribinghislastrolewhilelistening,pointingouttheymaynotheartheexactwordsbutsometimeswordswithsimilarmeanings.4.GetSstolistenforwantedinformation.Playthetapetwice,ifnecessary.5.CheckanswerswithSsfirstbetweenpartnerstheninclass.[Explanation]明确第二个小任务,即为某位演员选定角色。帮助学生为听力练习做好准备，降低练习难度。Step4Choosingcolorstobeusedonthemask1.GetSstoreadtheinstructionsinpartConP43.Question1:Whatisthefollowingpassageabout?Answer:It’saboutdifferentcolorsusedinBeijingoperamasks.Question2:Whatareyousupposedtodo?Answer:TochoosetherightcolorsforCaptain’smaskaccordingtohispersonality.2.AskSstoreadthepassageandfindouttheanswer.3.ChecktheanswerwithSs.[Explanation]该部分侧重于让学生从文章中寻找到需要的信息，并结合已知信息，作出判断。文章中的生词多为已知词汇的派生词，不会造成理解困难，一笔带过。个别新词也只疏通词义。重点在有效地提取信息。Step5Homework1.Reviewadjectivesdescribingpersonality.2.ReviewmeaningsofdifferentcolorsusedinBeijingopera.
