Lesson Plan for Water Talks—Reading
Analysis of teaching material
This reading material centers around a conversation between Dora, a little girl, and a drop of water. The topic is close to students’ daily life, so it is familiar to students, which can easily arouse their interest. The difficulty level is medium, so it’s proper for Junior 1 Ss to read.
Analysis of students
Junior 1 students have a comparatively small amount of vocabulary. Their sense of grammatical rules is not strong. So they may make mistakes in English expressions. But Junior 1 students are full of energy and imagination. As the topic is familiar to them, hopefully, they will present a lively class.
Important and Difficult Points:
Students can find key information to help them understand the whole picture.
Students can understand the writer’s attitude through the words used in the passage.
Students can associate literature with real life and deepen their understanding of real-life situations.
Learning Objectives
After this lesson, students are expected to:
1.Remembering: Memorise key information and the main process of water recycle.
2.Understanding: Understand the deeper meanings beneath words and expressions.
3.Applying: Use different words to deconstruct a key word.
4.Analysing: Analyse deeper meanings behind words.
5.Evaluating: Finish the self-evaluation form and evaluate their own class performance.
6.Creating: Make a poster to call on people to cherish water and natural resources.
Teaching methods
1.Task-based teaching approach 2. Communicative approach 3.Cooperative method
4. Situational study
Learning method
Student-centered learning
Procedures Teacher’s activity Students’ activity Learning purpose
Lead-in 2min Free Talk:introduce a new friend Drizzle, a drop of water. Video time: show a video about daily use of water, and ask some questions. Introduce the background information of water shortage. Enjoy the video, brainstorm and discuss. Ss can concentrate and recall the related vocabulary with the help of the video. Ss can warm up quickly through the Q&A task. Ss can relate real life to the present topic.
Pre-reading 2 mins Let Ss read the title and the pictures, and then ask the questions: What do you think I would say to the girl Look at the title and the pictures and answer the questions. Ss have a prediction of what the text is about.
While- reading 8 mins Fast reading Task1: The map below shows the water’s journey. Read the story and write the names of the different places on the map with the words from the box. (play the water cycle video) Read the passage quickly and finish the map. Ss can get a general understanding of the text and find out the process of water cycle.
Careful reading Task2: Read the article again carefully. Think and discuss the questions with your partner. 1) What was Dora doing when the tap was on 2) What qualities or characteristics of water can you find 3)What is the right attitude towards water Task3: Word Deconstruction From the qualities and characteristics we found about water, we can explain “water” in another way. Read the text carefully. Find out the answers to the questions. 3) Think and deconstruct water with other words. Ss can understand the details of the text. 2)Ss can comb their thoughts of the main lines of the text. 3) Ss can train their deeper thinking and reading strategies.
Post- reading 8 mins Deep thinking & Creative thinking 1.Find out valuable qualities of water. 2.Make a poster of how to save water. Think, Imagine, discuss, and find out famous sentences with water in them. Finish the poster through cooperation. Ss can develop their logical thinking, creative thinking and critical thinking through finishing the tasks of high autonomy. Students can improve mutual understanding through cooperation.
Homework Group project: In the background of water shortage, try to make a video about the relationship between human beings and water resource, including current situation and proper solutions. Ss can apply what they’ve learnt in class to finish the homework, and make full use of their own activeness.
Self- Assessment Design and hand out the chart.(see appendix) Finish the chart. Ss can review what they’ve learnt in class.
Appendix
Self-assessment
I know something about guide dogs.
I’ve learnt some reading skills.
I know how to analyse characters’ actions and intentions.
I can use English to express myself on relevant topics.
I can think deeper between lines and associate联想 topics with my daily life.
I have fun learning English because I can learn how to deal with real life situations.
Blackboard Design(共24张PPT)
Module 3 Natural elements
Unit 5 Water
Hello, children!
Welcome to the fairyland of water!
I'm your guide Drizzle
Let's explore!
How much do you know about water Try the short quiz below. Circle the correct answers.
Near the end of 2021, many people in Shenzhen got this message.
Human beings are in short of water resource.
Save water !
Of course, a great number of people were caught by shock. It never occurred to them that Shenzhen, such a big city, should lack water!
As a member of the water family, I’m happy that saving water is arousing more and more attention.
However, one day, I met a girl who was letting the tap run when she was not using it. It's such a waste of water! I felt it was my responsibility to teach her a lesson.
Pre-reading
Look at the picture and the title of the story on page 59. What do you think I would say to the girl
Water talks
Water is telling the girl not to waste water.
While-reading 1. Fast reading
Task1 The map below shows the water’s journey. Read the story and write the names of the different places on the map with the words from the box.
Clean the water here
WATER TALKS
Clean the water here
clouds
Dora’s bathroom pipes reservoir river sea
clouds
river
reservoir
pipes
sea
Dora’s bathroom
Clean the water here
WATER TALKS
Clean the water here
clouds
Dora’s bathroom pipes reservoir river sea
/rez vwɑ:(r)/
While-reading 2. Careful reading
Task 2 Ask & Answer Read the article again carefully.
Think and discuss the questions with your partner.
1. What was Dora doing when the tap was on
2. What qualities or characteristics of water can you find
3. What is the right attitude towards water
1
2
3
Dora was waking herself up.
Water can adapt its form.
Water can transmit(传输） substance.
Water can eliminate（消除） dirty substance.
Water can recycle.
Water is valuable-cherish(珍惜）water.
Task3
Word deconstruction(解构)
From the qualities and characteristics we found about water, we can explain “water” in this way.
water
wake
adapt
transmit
eliminate
recycle
Pair work: try to deconstruct the word again with your own understanding.
wash
absorb
tend
enlighten
raise
Post-reading Deep thinking & Creative thinking
Hi boys and girls! Now you know something about me, but actually what make me proud are not only our great functions. our family have many valuable qualities that human beings always praise.
上善若水，水利万物而不争
The supreme good is like water. Water benefits all things and does not contend with anything.
Can you think of other examples
屠呦呦
Ms. Tu youyou has devoted most of her life into the medical cause, and found artemisinin(青蒿素) to fight against malaria(疟疾).
袁隆平
Mr. Yuan Longping, the Father of Hybrid Rice, saved countless people's lives with his studies.
水滴石穿
Constant dripping wears away a stone.
Do you know other expressions with “water” in them
Brainstorm with your group members.
水能载舟，亦能覆舟
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
海不辞水,故能成其大
The ocean is vast because it rejects no rivers.
水不流，会发臭；人不学，会落后。
If water does not flow, it will stink; if people do not learn, they will lag behind.
Group work
Poster-making
Although human beings acknowledge(认可) our value, there are still a lot of waste and pollution, which cause much harm to the environment. So please help us do something and appeal to people to cherish water.
Remember to be creative!
My family will give prize to the most creative one.
For example
Title:
Reasons:
Appealingwords/slogan:
Logo:
no water, no life
Today waterdrop,
tomorrow teardrop
Homework
Group project: Make a video about the relationship between human beings and water resource, including current situation and proper solutions.
