Unit 4 Reading(1)
Teaching aims:
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. skim the article for the main idea of the whole text;
2. scan the article for detailed information
3. guess the meaning of the new words according to the context;
4. love our school and enjoy their school life
Importance and difficulties:
1.The practice of reading skills
2.Analyze the structure of the text
Teaching procedures:
Step1 Lead-in
Daily report: My day
Step2 Pre-reading
1. Free talk: Ask some questions and show some new words and phrases , such as: first, practise, at eight, chat with, each other and best wishes according to students’ answers or my own statements.
2. Show a photo of Millie and ask students if they remember the name of this girl. Tell them she wrote an e-mail to her online friend Tommy. Ask them if they want to know what she wrote.
Step3 While-reading
1. Read the e-mail quickly and answer: What’s the e-mail about
2. Read again and match each paragraph with its main idea.
Paragraph Main idea
1 School activities
2 After-school activities
3 The name of Millie’s school
4 Millie’s friends
5 Millie’s feeling about her school
3. Read paragraph1~2, and then ask and answer these four questions:
①Does Millie like her school
②When does Millie’s school start
③What do they usually do first in a day
④Which subject does Millie like best
4. Read paragraph3~5 and finish some T or F questions. If the sentence is false, please tell me how to correct it.
①Millie seldom chat with her friends after class.
②Millie only goes to the Reading Club on Tuesday.
③Millie is a member of the school swimming team.
④Millie enjoy her school life.
Step4 Post-reading
Mike is a reporter from China Daily. He wants to know something about Millie’s school life in the new school. So he asks her some questions. Help them complete the dialogue and act it out.
Mike: Hello! I’m Mike, a reporter from China Daily.
Millie: Nice to meet you!
Mike: Do you like your new school
Millie: Yes, I do.
Mike: When does your school start in the morning
Millie: It starts at eight.
Mike: What do you do first in a day
Millie: We do morning exercises first.
Mike: ...
Millie: ...
1. Read the e-mail at least 3 times. Try to recite it.
2. Finish your workbook.(P36).
3. Work in groups of 4 and introduce Millie’s school life to your partners. Choose one student from your group to say something about Millie’s school life in front of the whole class.