LessonDraftFor“ThespiritofExplorers”Thecontentofmylessonsisreadingofthetext“ThespiritofExplorers”.Mypresentationismadeupoffiveparts:theanalysisoftheteachingmaterial,theteachingperiods,theteachingmethods,thestudyingmethods,andmyreflection.First,letmetalkabouttheteachingmaterial.1TheAnalysisoftheTeachingMaterial:1.StatusandfunctionThisunitisaboutexploration.Therulesconcludedintheearlierunitcanbeappliedheretoidentifyaleader.Ssshouldbeencouragedtodiscusswhatqualificationstheexplorerswouldhavewhentheyexploredthesea.Theknowledgeabouttheseaandtheexplorerswhichthestudentshavelearnedintheirearliertimecaneasilyarousetheirlearninginterests.Bystudyingofthisunit,studentswillnotonlylearnalotoflanguagepointsandthegrammaret.We’llenableSstoknowthathowtosolveproblemsintheirlife,andtryingtopromotetheSs’awarenessofexploringandinterestsforspecialinformation..Asseniorschoolstudents,theydon'treallywanttolearnEnglishonlybyreciting.Theypreferknowledgetogetherwithinterest,thusdevelopingtheirlearningabilities.Accordingtothenewstandardcurriculumandthesyllabus,afterstudyingtheteachingmaterialandanalyzingtheruleofchildren'sgrowingofmind,Ithinktheteachingaimsareasfollows:1)Knowledgeobjectivesi)GetSstolearntheusefulwordsandexpressionsinthisperiod.ii)Tolearnaboutexplorers,somefactsandviewsaboutexploringthesea.iii)Tolearnhowtheinformationisorganized.(2)Abilityobjectivesi)TodeveloptheSs’abilitiesofreadingbyskimmingandscanningthepassage.ii)ToimprovetheSs’abilitytocommunicateandcooperate.iii)TotraintheSs’abilitytodealwithvarioussituationsbylearningandusingEnglish.(3)Moralobjectivesi)TodevelopSs’senseofexploringandinterestsforspecificinformation.ii)ToenabletheSstolovelifeandenjoythepleasureofparticipation.Duringtheteaching,Ithink,thesetwoaspects:howtomakeSssuccessfullanguagelearnersandhowtoletSspass"Observation---Imitation---Practice"tostudyEnglishshouldbethekeypointsanddifficultpointsinteaching.II.Abouttheteachingperiods:Asweallknow,modernEnglishteachingmustfollowthetheorythatSsaretherealmasterinwhichteacherisadirectorandSs'abilityofinnovationshouldbefostered,too.Accordingtothistheory,Iplantohave6stepstocompletetheteachingaimsandtasks.II.Abouttheteachingperiods:Step1Lead-inShowsomepicturesofexplorershomeandabroadandintroducethemtotheclass,ask:whoarethey?LeadtheSsthink:whichofthefollowingpeoplearrivedinAmericafirst?Step2Reading1.SkimmingSkimthepassageandthenanswerthefollowingquestions:What’sthepassagemainlyabout?.......2.ScanningAskSstoreadthepassagecarefullytofillintheblanksandmatchthemainidea,andtolocatethedetailedinformation.3.Post-readingDiscussion:askSstodiscussthefollowingquestionsinsmallgroups,andthenreporttotheclass.DoyouthinkitmatterswhichEuropeansfirstreachedAmerica?..III.Aboutteachingmethods:Inmyopinion,themaininstructionalaimoflearningEnglishinSeniorSchoolistodevelopstudents’abilitiesoflistening,speaking,reading,writingandtheirgoodsenseoftheEnglishlanguage.Accordingtothecharacteristicsofseniorschoolstudentsandthethemeofthisunit,inthislesson,I’llmainlyuse"Content-basedInstructionTeaching","SuggestiveTeaching","SituationalApproach"and“Task-based”languageteaching.TheycannotonlyestablisharealsceneandtheinteractionbetweentheteacherandtheSs.,butcanalsooffertheSsanopportunitytocompletethetasksinwhichSsuselanguagetoachieveaspecificoutcome.Intheprocessoffinishingthetasks,letthestudentsbeth...
