TeachingDesignforReadingUnit1Module1Analysisoftheteachingmaterial:Thisperioddealswiththereadingpassageofthisunit.ItisanarticlewrittenbyastudentnamedWeiHua,whostudiedintheUKforoneyear.Itistakenfromaschoolmagazine.ThisarticleservesasanintroductiontoschoollifeintheUK,andthestudentscanpracticethereadingstrategies:skimmingandscanningaswell.Thispassagehasaclearstructure,inwhichthefirstparagraphgivesouttheschoolhour.Inthesecondparagraph,thestudentscanfindinformationaboutschoolassembly.Thenextparagraphdealswithteachersandthewaytheyhaveclasses.Paragraphs4and6dealwiththesubjectsstudentsintheUKlearn.Inparagraph5,readerscanfindsomeinformationaboutschoolactivities.Thelastbutsecondparagraphgivesusinformationoffoodandlunchbreak,whilethelastparagraphisaboutthefeelingsandthoughtsoftheauthor.Inaword,thepassagecoversalmosteveryaspectofschoollifeintheUK.Afterthestudentsreadthispassage,theywillhaveageneralunderstandingofhighschoollifefromanotherculture.Duringtheperiod,teachersshouldstrengthenthereadingstrategybymeansofpracticingandgivingmorereadingmaterialsafterclass.Teachingaimsandrequirements:1.Tostrengthenthereadingstrategies:skimmingandscanning.2.TofinishamagazinearticleaboutschoollifeintheUK.3.ToenablethestudentstolearntotalkaboutschoollifeandidentifythedifferencesbetweentheschoollifeintheUKandinChina.4.Tohelpthestudentslearnhowtotalkaboutschoollife.Teachingimportantanddifficultpoints:1.TohelpthestudentstolearnabouttheschoollifeintheUKandgetthemtotalkaboutthedifferencesintheschoollifebetweentheUKandChina.2.Tohelpthestudentstolearntousesomeofthenewwordsandexpressions.Teachingmethods:Discussioninpairsoringroups.Students-involvedclassactivities.Teachingaids:Ataperecorderandamultimediaclassroom.Preparationsbeforeclass:Beforetheclass,encouragethestudentstogotothelibraryorsurftheInternettogetsomeinformationaboutschoollifeintheUK.,andaskthemtofinishC1andC2onPage4asapreviewoftheclass.Teachingprocedures:Step1.Greetingsandself-introductionEncouragethestudentstovolunteertogotothefrontoftheclassroomtomadeaself-introductionordescribepartoftheirjuniormiddleschoollifeandmakeaplanfortheirhigh用心爱心专心schoollife.Afteronestudentfinisheshisorherfree-talk,otherstudentsortheteachercanaskhimorhersomequestions.Step2.LeadinAskthestudentstodescribesomepartsofhighschoollifeintheUKbasedonwhattheylearnedinWelcometotheunit.Thefollowingquestionscanbeasked:Doyouliketheschoollifeyousawonpageone?DoyouwanttohaveapenpaloranetpalfromanEnglish-speakingcountry?Doyouwanttoknowsomethingmoreabouttheschoollifeofyourfuturepenpalornetpal?Step3.Readingstrategies1.SkimmingThisisthefirsttimethatthestudentshavegotachancetohaveareadingclassinhighschool.Somereadingstrategiesshouldbeintroducedfirst.Thereadingstrategiespresentedinthisperiodareskimmingandscanning.Firstofall,thestudentsshouldgettheideaofwhatskimmingandscanningareabout.Tounderstandthis,thestudentscangothroughthereadingstrategyonpagethree.Afterit,getthestudentstofinishdoingPartAonPage2topracticethestrategyofskimming.Whentheyaredoingtheexercises,tellthemtolookatthetitleandheadings,thefirstandlastsentencesofparagraphsandthefirstandlastparagraphsaswell.2.ScanningScanningistofindcertaininformationinatext.Thusthestudentswillbetoldtogothroughthetextforkeywordsandphrases,dates,numbers,etc.Theyarenotsupposedtoreadthewholetextwordbyword.Topracticethisreadingstrategy,thestudentsca...
