Unit1Friendship——PeriodonePartⅠTheanalysisoftheteachingmaterial1.AnalysisofthepositionofthelessonThelessonisthefirstperiodofunitoneFriendshipwhichistakenfromNewSeniorEnglishforChinaStudentsBook1.Thisunitfocusesonfriendshipandittellsusthatafriendcannotonlybeahumanbeingbutotherthings.Intoday’slessonwewilldiscustheWARMINGUPandPRE-READING.Thisunitbeginswithasurveywhichexamineswhetherthestudentsaregoodfriendsandmakethemconsiderwhatqualitiesandbehaviorsmakeagoodfriend.Thepre-readingactivityfocusstudents’attentiononthemaintopicofthereadingpassageandpreparethemtothinkcriticallyaboutthetopicandprovidesthemwiththeopportunitytoconnectsomeaspectofthetopictotheirownlives.Thepurposeofthispartistointroducethetopictothestudentsinaninterestingway.Inaddition,wedoabitofpreparationforalargelearningtask.Itcanhelpthestudentshaveabetterunderstandingonfriendship.2.Teachingobjectives①Toarosestudents’interestsinlearningEnglish.②Tohelpthestudentstorealizewhattruefriendshipisandwhatagoodfriendshouldbe.③Tocultivatestudents’abilitytocooperatewitheachother3.TeachingfocusesanddifficultiesTohelpthestudentstorealizewhattruefriendshipisandwhatagoodfriendshouldbe.PartⅡTeachingmethodsandteachingaidsThemodernteachingdemandstheteacherimprovethestudents’ability.Agoodteachingmethodrequiresthattheteachershouldguidethestudentsratherthanpourtheknowledgetothemsothisclassisastudent-centreclass.Thefollowingteachingmethodsandaidshelptoachieveit.Teachingmethods:Task-basedteachingapproach,Communicativeapproach,SituationallanguageteachingapproachTeachingaids:CAI,books,blackboard,etc.PartⅢLearningmethodsLearningbypracticingandCooperativelearningPartⅣTeachingprocedures用心爱心专心Asthisminimallessonistointroducethetopictothestudentsandtodoabitofpreparationforalargelearningtaskandtohelpthestudentshaveabetterunderstandingonfriendshipstudentswillbeaskedtocompletesometasks.Theteachingproceduresareasfollows:Step1:Leading-in(4minutes)Becauseitisthefirstclassinseniorhighschool,soIwillmakeaself-introductionfirst.Theninvitesomestudentstointroducethemselves,basedontheirintroductions,raisesomequestionssuchas:Doyouhaveanyoldfriendsinthisnewschool?Haveyoumadesomenewfriendshere?Whatgoodqualitiesshouldagoodfriendhave?Step2：Groupwork(7minutes)Divedthestudentsintogroupsof4or5studentsandaskthemtodiscusswhatgoodqualitiesshouldafriendhave.Thenseveralstudentswillbeinvitedtosharetheiropinionwithallthewholeclass.Whentheytalkabouttheirfriendstheylearnhowtoexpresstheirattitudeorviewsontheirfriendsandfriendship.Thisactivityreferstoarealsituationintheirlifesothestudentsaresupposedtobeactiveandhappy.Step3:Moreadjectivestodescribeaperson(4minutes)AfterstudentstalkaboutthepersonalitiesIwillshowsomemorewordswhichcanhelpthembetterdescribeaperson.Step4:Questionnaire(16minutes)①Beforestudentsdothesurvey,wewilllearnthenewwordsinthesurvey.Thispartwilltakeup3minutes.Thepurposeistocleartheobstaclessothatthestudentwillhavenodifficultyinfinishingthesurvey.②Studentsdothesurvey.Whiletheydothesurvey,theycandiscusswiththeirdeskmatesorpartners.Whentheyfinish,theyarerequiredtoadduptheirscoresandchecktheresults.③Explaineachitemandmakestudentsthinkaboutwhatagoodfriendshouldbe.Step5:Groupwork(10minutes)①Studentstalkaboutwhyfriendshipissoimportantwiththeirgroupmates.Afterthediscussion,studentshaveadeepthinkingonfriendship.Afterthat,Iwillpresentawonderfulpoemtoexplainthetopicandgivethemsometipstomaintaintheirfriendship.②Studentsargueaboutwhetherafriendalwayshastobeapersonandwhatelsecanbeafriend.(eg.Doesadiarycanbecomeafriend?Whyorwhynot?)Step6:Homework(4minutes)①Writeashortpassageaboutfriendship.HereIwillgivethemsomemodalsandtipsfirstsothatstudentscanbeguidedtothinkmoreaboutthetopic.②Prepareforthenextclass.Teachingreflection①Sinceitisthefirstlesseninhighschool,studentsarenotsofamiliarwitheachother,theymightnotbeconfidenttosaysomethingintheclass,Iwillencourage用心爱心专心them..②Becausemoststudentsarenewfriends,howtohelpthemcooperateplayanimportantroleintoday’sclass.Iwilldividethemintogroupsandaskthemtofinishsometaskstogether.用心爱心专心
