Teaching Design
Unit 10 I’d like some noodles.
(Section B 2a--2c)
Teaching goals:
Language goals:
Key words and phrases: would, different, candle, age, cake, idea, blow, if, will, the UK, candy, answer, lucky, popular.
Key structures: The number of the candles is the person’s age. If he or she blows out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true.
Ability goals: Train students’ listening, speaking, reading, writing and thinking abilities.
Emotional goals: Different birthday foods have the same special meaning.
Key and difficult points:
Key points:
Key words and phrases
Key sentence structures: The number of the candles is the person’s age.
Difficult points: How to read a passage and find out the special meaning.
Teaching steps:
Step Teaching activities Learning activities Purpose
1 Play a song before the class. Greet the whole class. Enjoy the song and relax. Greet the teacher and get ready for the class. Be well-prepared for the class.
2 Warm Design some questions related Make sure they Review what they
up to the topic of this class: When is your birthday What does the birthday person do on his/her birthday What else do you eat on your birthday Do you know any birthday foods around the world What are they Present the topic of this class. And teach some key words in this passage. know what to do. Be concentrated and catch the key information in the questions. Try to answer the questions and have a free talk with the teacher. Learn the new words in this passage. have learned before by answering the questions. Emphasize some key words, key phrases and important sentences before reading the passage. Lead to the title of the passage. Get ready for the reading.
3 Fast reading Skimming: The students will be required to go through the passage quickly and find out the main idea of each paragraph. Require the students to read the passage quickly and fill in the chart. Skimming: Find out the main idea of each paragraph and match. Read and fill in the chart. Get the main idea of each paragraph. Try to grasp some key information by skimming.
Careful reading Ask the students to read the passage and answer the questions. True or false questions. Make proper comments while they are giving answers. The teacher has to find out whether the students understand the passage by asking them to finish the mind map. Read the passage and answer the questions. Then check the answers. Read the article and finish true or false questions. Finish the mind map after reading the passage. And check the answers. Read the passage carefully and try to find out the details they need. Practice how to finish the reading tasks. And teach them some reading strategies.
5 After reading Fill in the blanks and retell the passage. Fill in the blanks without looking at the Review what they have learned in this
Give the students some assignments. book. And try to retell the passage in their own words. Write down the homework. period. And practice the key structures after class. Practice makes perfect.
6 Summary Mother, a word means a world to me. Listen and learn and think. Emotional sublimation.