Chapter5Lesson:ReadingGrade:8AChapter5Time:20minClasspresentationⅠ.Statusandfunction:Thetopicofthischapterisaboutfindingandunderstandinginformation,especiallyfromencyclopaedias.ThepartIwillconductisReadingPart,whichcontainsthreeshortarticlesfromachildren’sencyclopaedia.Itiscloselyrelatedtothechapter’stopic.Byreadingthethreearticles,studentscangetinformationondinosaurs,DisneyWaltandDiogenes.Inthisway,theyareabletohandletheusefulexpressions,masterthevocabulary,andbasefortheUsingEnglishpart.Ⅱ.Analysisofthestudents:Accordingtothestudents’interestandabilityaboutthisreadinginGrade8,theycaneasilyhandlethewordsandgetinformationfromit.SoIthinkthemostimportantstepistoenablethestudentstomakeupsentencesandretellthearticleswiththewordsandphrases.ThestudentsmayhavedifferentopinionsaboutDiogenes’thoughtonhowtobehappy.Sotheyneedtodiscussandpresenttheirownideas.Ⅲ.Teachingaimsanddemands1.Knowledgeobjects:Wordsandexpressions.2.Abilityobjects:a.Usingthenewvocabularytoretellthearticle.b.Showingthestudents’ideaswiththeexpression.c.Writinganarticleaboutoneofthetopics.3.Moralobjects:Bekindtoothers,bekindtoyourself.Ⅳ.Teachingkeyanddifficultpoints1.Teachingkey:a.Useofvocabulary.b.Understandingofreading.2.Difficultpoint:Furthercomprehensionaboutrelatedtopics.Ⅴ.Teachingaids:Multi-media.Ⅵ.Teachingmethods:a.Task-basedteachingmethodb.Environmentalteachingmethod.Ⅶ.TeachingprocedureStep1:Warm-up(3min)a.Reviewformercloselyknowledge.b.WatchaDVDtoarousethestudents’attractions.Step2:Presentation(7min)a.Displaythenewwordswithpictures.b.Matchthenewwordsandtherightpictures.Step3:Reading(10min)a.Listentothereadingandgetthemainidea.b.Skimmingreading:Readthearticlesquicklyandanswersomequestions.c.Scanningreading:Readseparatelytogainsomemoredetails.Step4:Practice(5min)Fillintheblanksofsummarywithvocabulary.Step5:Group-work(11min)a.Discussioningroups:Differentwaystobehappy.b.Expression:Theresultsfromtheirdiscussion.c.Writing:Ashortarticleofbeinghappy.Step6:Conclusion(3min)Retellthemainideaandexpresstheiropinionsaboutthethreearticles.Step7:Homework(1min)a.Searchforasimilararticlefromencylopaedias.b.Use“dinosaur”,“Diogenes”,“DisneyWalt”tomakeastory.Ⅷ.BlackboarddesignChapter5ReadingDinosaursDisneyWaltDiogenesexistamusementGreeceharmlesscreatejarfootprintcartoonkneelbyleavebehindcharacterfountainⅨ.RethinkingTofacetheOxfordEnglish,studentsshouldbemastersfromactivities.Weshouldpaymoreattentiontopracticestudents’survivalEnglish.Fromcommunicatingbetweenteachersandstudents,students’abilityoflanguageusingandcreationspiritcangetfurtherdevelopment.SoIdesignmyclassinthiswaytoimprovethestudents’comprehensiveability.
