Unit3TravelJournalHello,everyone.MynameisZhuXinjie,fromZhongmouNo.2Seniorhighschool.It’sanhonorformetostandhereandinterpretmylesson.ThelessonplanIamgoingtotalkaboutisfromBook1Unit3TravelJournal.I’llexplainhowtoteachandwhydosofromthefollowing5aspects:thetheoreticalbasis,understandingoftheteachingmaterial,teachingmethodsandstudyingways,teachingprocedure,blackboarddesign.Ⅰ.ThetheoreticalbasisTherearetwotheories:schematheoryandtop-downmodel.First,schematheory.Accordingtoschematheory,readingcomprehensionisaninteractiveprocessbetweenthereader’sbackgroundknowledgeandthetext.Soinordertoimprovethestudents’readingspeedandreadingcomprehension,languageteachersshouldtrytoactivatetheSs’oldknowledgestoreandaddmorerelevantbackgroundknowledgebeforetheygetthestudentstoread.Accordingtothetop-downmodel,generalideaofthetextwillbegotfirst,andthencomethedetails.II.UnderstandingoftheteachingmaterialMyunderstandingoftheteachingmaterialincludes3parts:thestatusandthefunction,teachingobjectives,theimportantanddifficultpoints.ThispassageismainlyaboutWangKunandhissister’sdreamoftakingagreatbiketripdowntheMekongRiver,theirpreparationforthetripandsomemoredetailsoftheMekongRiver.Generallyspeaking,itisnotdifficultforthestudentstounderstandthetext,buttherearesomenewphrasesandsentencesthatmaybealittlebitdifficult.Sobeforethestudents’firstreading,Iwillexplainthenewwordsandphrasesbrieflyandafterreadingthewholepassage,Iwillembodytheusageofthenewswordsandphrases,andgetthestudentunderstandthedifficultsentences.Inordertofulfillthelearningtaskofthislesson,Iestablishthefollowingobjectives:a)Knowledgeobjectives1.Bylearningthistext,Sswillhaveabetterunderstandingofthemeaningandstructureofthetext.2.Sswillgraspsomeusefulwordsandexpressionssuchasdetermined,makeupone’smind,givein,befondof…,careabout…,stubborn,etc.b)AbilityobjectivesForlackofindependentreadingability.Inthisclass,Iwillencourageandhelpthemtoread,thinkandfindoutinformationbythemselvesmosttime.SincethemainobjectiveofreadingcourseistoimprovetheSs’readingability,I’lltraintheirabilityofidentifyingthegeneralideainthefastreading.Inintensivereading,I’lltraintheirabilityofinformation-gatheringandsummarizing.AndthewholeclassisforSstodeveloptheirreadingskillsasscanning,skimming,information-gathering,summarizingandguessingthenewwordsfromthetext.c)MoralobjectivesThoughJourneydowntheMekongismainlyaboutthetripdowntheriver,italsotalksaboutthesceneryandlifealongtheriver.Sobeforelearningthetext,wewillhaveashortdiscussionabouttheimportanceoftheriver.IwanttheSstohavetheawarenessofprotectingtheriverandprotectingourenvironment.III.TeachingmethodsandstudyingwaysGenerallyspeaking,Iadopttask-basedlanguageteachingandcommunicativeapproachinmyclass.Asforlearning,Sswilllearnthroughindependentreading,discussingandcooperating.Iwillusecomputerandblackboardasmyteachingaids.ⅣTeachingprocedureHerecomesthemostimportantpart,theteachingprocedure.Itincludes5steps.StepI:Lead-inandpre-reading(7mins)Thefirststep.IwillaskSstwoquestions"DoyouknowsomegreatriversinChina?""Whytheyaregreat?”and"Howdopeoplewholivealongariveruseit?”Iwillspend7minsonthem.ThenIwillshowtheSsapictureoftheMekongRiverandaskthemtolistthecountriesthatitflowsthrough.Thisactivityleadsinthewhile-reading.StepII:While-reading(21mins)While-readingisthemainpartanditwilltake21mins.HereIadoptthetop-downreadingmodel.Thisst...
