Lesson 34: The Fisherman and the Goldfish
Teaching aims:
Knowledge aims:
To master the words : coast, handbag, servant, guard, queen,
crash, among,mad,serve. 2. To master the phrases: go on/off, at once, what else, right now,
on the coast, towards
Ability aims:
Improve the students’ ability of speaking, listening, reading and
writing. To be able to talk about the story in English.
Emotion aims:
Know more about movies and theatre. Don’t be greedy and learn to work hard and practice more to achieve one’s dreams.
Teaching important points:
To master the words and phrases
Teaching difficult points:
To be able to talk about the story in English
Teaching procedures:
Step 1: Warming up
Talk something about the fairy tales.
(Let students know something about the fairy tales)
Check the homework: Invite some students to act out the story in lesson 33. Then retell the story together to review what they have learned.
(Review lesson 33)
Step 2: Reading
Skimming: Go through the text quickly to find the answer to the question:
What happened at the end of the story
(Train the students’ skimming ability and know the result of the story.)
Scanning:
How many wishes does the wife have
How many scenes are there
What’s the result
Let students find the answers to the questions. Then match the lines with each character.
( Know more details about the story.)
Step 3: Group work
Finish the work-sheet and then act out Scene 4.
Read with feelings.
( Enable students to appreciate the fable.)
Step 4: Brainstorm
Let students talk about each character:
What do you think of the fisherman, the wife and the goldfish
What do you learn from the story
(Let students learn: No pains, no gains. Don’t be greedy!)
Step 5: Summary and Homework
Summarize what we have learned today!
Homework:
1. Retell the story and act it out.
2. Preview the next lesson.