Unit4WildanimalsThelessonIwillteachtodayisabouttheReadingPartnamed“TheStoryofXiWang”,in8A,Unit4.Theteachingaimofthislessonis:1.toguessthegeneralmeaningfromcontext;2.toinfermeaningfromstudents’ownbackgroundandknowledge;3.toidentifyspecificmeaningsbyscanningthetext.Theteachingstepsofthislessonare:1.Revision2.Elicitation3.Reading,listeningandpractice(Paragraph1-3)4.Reading,listeningandpractice(Paragraph4-8)5.Reading,listeninganddiscussion6.HomeworkInthelastlessonSslearntthenamesofsomeanimals,sointhefirststepIwillshowSssomepicturesoflovelyanimals,andgetSstosaytheirnamesoutonebyone;ThesecondstepisElicitation.First,IwillshowthepicturesofgiantpandastomySs,tellthemtousetheirownknowledgeaboutpandastocompletethefollowingtable;IfSshavesomedifficultydoingthis,Icanaskthemsomequestionstohelpthemfinishthework,like:Whatcolorarethepanda’seyes?Whydowelovethemsomuch?,encourageSstosaytheiranswersouttotheclass;Then,IwilltellSswearegoingtolearnalessontogetmoreknowledgeaboutpandas.LetSsreadthereportonpage60,andlookattheexerciseontheScreen,thatistoletSsfindtherightparagraphsaccordingtothemainideas.Checkanswerstogetherafterdoingit.Step3Reading,listeningandpracticeisdesignedaboutParagraph1-3.First,IwillletSsreadthefirst3paragraphsofthereporttoknowsomethingaboutgiantpandaXiWang,afterthat,theywillbeaskedsomequestionstochecktheirunderstanding,suchas:1.Atbirth,howmuchdiditweigh?2.Whatdidshelooklikewhenshewas10daysold?3.Whenshewas4monthsoldhowheavywasshe?Andwhatdidshestarttodo?4.Whendidshestarttoeatbambooshootsandleaves?Then,PlaytherecordingofParagraph1-3inthereport,andgetstudentstoreadthese3paragraphswiththetape;Afterthat,letstudentslookatagrowthchartofXiWangontheScreen,andmatchthesentenceswiththepictures,thenwritethecorrectlettersintheboxes;ChecktheanswersandgetSstoreadthesentencesandtellusthegrowthofXiWangintheirownwords.Step4Reading,listeningandpracticewhichisdesignedaboutParagraphs4-8has3parts:Inthefirstpart,IwillgetSstolearnsomewordsappearinginP4-8byaskingthemtolookattheScreenandmatchthewordsontheleftwiththemeaningsontheright.Iftheyhavesomedifficulty,theycanlookatthephrasesontheBbtohelpthemguessthemeaningofeachword,afterfinishingit,letSsreadthephrasesontheBbtogether.InPart2,I’llgetstudentstoreadParagraph4-8ofthereportandletthemfindoutwhatproblemsgiantpandasarefacingandwhatwecandotoprotectthem,askSstofindouttheinformationfromtheparagraphs,andputitintothefollowingtable.Inthethirdpart,playtherecordingofParagraph4-8,andletstudentsreadtheseparagraphsatthesametime;Then,getstudentstoclosetheirbooksanddotheexerciseontheScreen;Aftertheyfinishit,checktheanswersandletthemreadthecompletedsentencestogether.Step5Reading,listeninganddiscussion.Askstudentstoreadthewholereporttogether,thenletthemclosetheirbooksandlistentotherecording,makesurethattheyhavegotthemeaningofthereport;Then,letthemlookatthequestionsontheScreen,anddiscussthequestionswiththeirpartners.Encouragesomestudentstopresenttheirideastotheclass.Step6Homework.:1.Writeanarticleabouttheotherproblemsgiantpandaswillhaveandtheactionsweshouldtake;2.Read“theStoryofXiWang”,finishsomeexercisesinAssessmentBook
