8AUnit 7 Seasons More Practice：How to improve your memory 表格式教案

Lesson Plan of Unit 7 Memory (More Practice)
Unit 7 More Practice Type Reading Time 20 minutes
Learning Objectives By the end of the lesson,students are expected to:
1.understand the meaning of some unfamiliar words&phrases 2.get the main idea of the passage and understand its structure 3.realize the importance of memory and know the three ways to improve it 4.know about the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve and get the idea of reviewing regularly 5.better understand parents’ enduring love for their children
Important and difficult points Important points: 1.understand the meaning of some unfamiliar words&phrases 2.realize the importance of memory and know the three ways to improve it Difficult point: 1.Divide the passage into three parts and summarize their main ideas 2.Understand the hamburger structure of the passage
Learning Procedure
Steps Aims Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Time
Warming up Let students know the learning objectives of the lesson and get them concentrated Greet the students and tell students what goals they are expected to achieve in the lesson Listen carefully and get a general idea of what they are going to learn in the lesson 1min
Pre-reading Lead in the topic and guide students to realize the importance of memory. 1.Ask students to think about the question “What will happen if I have a poor memory ” and play a video to show them some examples 2.Show the conclusion that a good memory helps us learn well,live well and also play well. 1.Think about the question and get some inspiration from the video 2.Try to understand how a good memory can help them and realize the importance of memory 1mins
While-reading 1.Enable students to understand the main idea of each paragraph and the whole passage 2.Enbale students to understand the structure of the passage and hopefully apply such a structure in future writing to make their passages clear 3.Guide students to read for detailed information and know better the three ways to improve memory Ask students to underline the topic sentence of each paragraph,play the recording for students to read after Show students the topic sentence of each paragraph and ask them to observe where these sentences appear Ask students to divide the whole passage into three parts according to the topic sentences they have just underlined and summarize the main idea of each part Go through the main idea of each part and guide students to understand the structure of the passage which is just like the hamburger in the picture,remind students to try the hamburger structure in writing to make their passages clear Show students an example,then ask students to read paragraph 3 carefully and try to tell what people specifically do to exercise their brain;introduce students to the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve Show an incomplete table and ask students to complete it; Check the answers with students and explain what a balanced diet is; Show the two questions: What else should we pay attention to in order to live a healthy life Speaking of diet,is there something we should eat more to improve our memory Play a short video clip for students Show the question: If you get too worried,what will happen to your memory Ask students to read paragraph 5 and find out the answer 1.Read after the tape and underline the topic sentence of each paragraph 2.Get the tip that the first sentence of a paragraph often tells its main idea 3.Divide the whole passage into three parts according to the topic sentences they have just underlined and summarize the main idea of each part 4.Understand that the structure of the passage is just like the hamburger in the picture 5.Read paragraph 3 carefully and try to find out what people specifically do to exercise their brain;know the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve and get the idea of reviewing what they have learnt regularly 6.Read paragraph 4 and complete the table; Try to guess what a balanced diet is;Watch the video clip and answer the two questions 7.Read paragraph 5 and find out the answer to the question 14mins
Post-reading Guide students to better undestand parents’ enduring love for their children. 1.Show the question: If someone develops Alzheimer’s disease,What will happen to his or her memory 2.Play a video clip for the students. 3.Answer the question and tell students:She may forget who he is ,but she never forgets loving him. 1.Think about the question 2.Watch the video and get some inspiration from it 3.Feel parents’ enduring love for their children 3mins
Summary Recall and consolidate what students have learnt Show the table and guide students to recall what has been taught in the lesson Follow the teacher’s guidance and recall what they have learnt in the lesson 1min