Unit 3 A day out Reading Around the world in a day 教案

8A Unit 3 A day out
Reading I
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. identify the general information about the trip;
2. get the specific information about the trip;
3. describe the trip and express feelings;
II. Teaching contents
1. To learn some useful words and phrases such as
Words:
fine, join, myself, shine, clear, journey, sky, boring, finally, arrive, interest, main, culture, Internet, page, yourselves, themselves
Phrases:
a little boring , arrive at/in, can’t wait, place of interest, get off , not believe one’s eyes, by oneself, home page
2. New structures: We finally arrived at the park.
It is made of steel and is really tall.
We learnt a lot about different cultures.
Kitty’s classmate Daniel put them on his home page.
3. To improve students’ reading skills by skimming, scanning, analyzing, summarizing.
4. To know the importance of travelling and encourage the students to go travelling if possible.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. Identify the main idea and the specific information about the trip;
2. Understand how to describe the trip and to express feelings.
IV. Analysis of the teaching material
1. Clue of this lesson
The whole lesson is based on the school trip to the World Park. It tells us some time, place, weather, transport, what Linda saw and how she felt. It also tells us some places of interest. Students try to find out the changes of the writer’s feeling during the trip by reading. It’s helpful to enhance the students’ awareness of travelling . Go out, enjoy the trip and love our life.
2. Meanings of the material
Travelling is not just for fun. It helps us know people, nature, history…. We can open up our eyes, enrich our knowledge, learn more about different countries, different people and different cultures and improve ourselves by travelling.
3. Types of the material
The reading material is in a form of an email. It is easy for students to read and understand. After reading students can imitate to write a diary about a trip.
V. Teaching methods
1. Multimedia Computer Assisted Instruction
2. Elicitation Method
3. Communicative Approach
4. Task Approach
VI. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
1.Warm up Show pictures and ask questions
1. Can you speak out the names of places of interest we learnt yesterday
2. What place are you going to travel
3. Who are you going with
4. How are you going there
2. Learn some new words
(1) Tell a story of a superboy
T: (Show a picture of a superboy) Look! A superboy called Ben was living in the space. He was doing fine there. But he wanted to visit the Earth. The Earth was quite far away and he flew for a long time. Of course the journey was a little boring. (Show a picture of the sky.) He saw the sun shining in a clear blue sky, and he knew he finally arrived at the Earth. He couldn’t wait to get off his spaceship. (Show four pictures of the places of interest.) He saw many places of interest like the White House, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Great Wall and the Eiffel Tower. They were wonderful. He couldn’t believe his eyes. He saw the main sights of the world in just one day. (Show a picture of a home page.) He decided to put some photos of the trip on his home page. He said, “How amazing the Earth is! I enjoy myself! I want to visit the Earth again. Do you want to join me ”
(2) Match the words with the meanings
3. Show the background information
T: There are so many places of interest around the world. The superboy Ben visited them in just one day, but we can’t fly like him. Then how can we visit all the places of interest from all over the world in only one day We can go to the World Park. (Show the video.) There are models of over a hundred places of interest from all over the world.
【设计意图：让学生初步学习生词，了解词义。在语境中学习生词，可激发他们的学习兴趣.】
Step 2 Presentation
Teacher: The world is so big and I want to go and see. I have a dream and I’d like to go to the World Park in Beijing. There are models of more than a hundred places of interest from all over the world. We can see the Eiffel Tower and the Golden Gate Bridge in the park. What an amazing day it will be!
1. Watch a video and ask questions
How many places of interest can you remember
What are they
(Purpose: to lead in the new words, to check students’ memory, to arouse students’ interest)
2. Learn new words.
(Purpose: to input new words , to practice speaking correctly by imitating)
Step 3 Skimming
Teacher: Linda went to the World Park in Beijing. She wrote an email to her parents.
Do you want to know what she did and what she saw there
1. Read for the general information and answer the following questions:
What’s the title
What’s the topic sentence
(Purpose: to develop students’ reading skills by skimming in a short time)
2. Discuss in groups and answer the following questions:
How many paragraphs
How many parts can the article be divided into What are they
3. Match the words with the meanings
1. Join a. full
2. journey b. get to
3. boring c. places of interest
4. finally d. take part in
5. arrive e. not interesting
6. whole f. a long trip
7. main g. after a long time
8. sights h. most important
(Purpose: to input information and to check if students understand the new words better by skimming)
4. Read and judge
(Purpose: to check if students understand the article better by skimming)
Step 4 Scanning
1. Scan Para1-2 and answer questions
Paragraph 1
Where did Linda go
Who did Linda go
Paragraph 2
How long was the journey
Did she enjoy the journey at the beginning
(Purpose: to practice speaking in pairs, to develop the reading skills of finding out details by scanning)
2. Fill in the form
A trip to the World Park
Who Linda , Mr. Wu…
When yesterday
How By bus
How far About 2 hours
Weather Fine and warm
Feeling A little boring
(Purpose: to know about six basic details of a trip by scanning)
3. Scan Para3-5 Choose what Linda saw inside the park.
A. the Golden Gate Bridge
B. the Opera House
C. Tian’anmen Square
D. the Eiffel Tower
C. Big Ben
D. the pyramids
(Purpose: to practice speaking in pairs, to develop the reading skills of finding out details by scanning)
4.Scan Para.6 and choose the correct answer.
Where can Linda’s parents see the photos of the trip
( )______ put his photos on the Internet for______ to look at.
A. Linda; her mum B. Mr. Wu; all the students C. Daniel; everyone
(Purpose: to develop the reading skills of finding out details by scanning)
5.Scan the whole letter and finish Exercise B2 on P33.
What did Linda think of the trip
( Purpose: to practice speaking in pairs, to develop the reading skills of finding out details by scanning)
6. Complete the notes
(Purpose: to improve the reading skills of finding out details by scanning)
【设计意图：让学生初步阅读文章，了解大意。然后让学生运用略读、查读、研读的阅读技巧，加深对文章的理解。】
Step 5 Discussion
1. Match the main ideas with the paragraphs
Part 1 (Para.1-2) C. the beginning of the trip.
Part 2 (Para.3-5) A. What Linda sawin the park.
Part 3 (Para.6) B. Daniel’s home page.
(Purpose: to discuss in groups and develop students’ reading skills by analyzing and summarizing )
2. Analysis the changes of Linda’s feeling
1) How did Linda feel
2) How do you know
Beginning of the trip ------ Fine, warm, shining, clear, blue
On the way ------ Quite far away, a lot of traffic, a little boring
During the trip ------ Finally, couldn’t wait to, wonderful, excited, couldn’t believe my eyes, amazing, wonderful
(Purpose: to develop students’ reading skills by finding out some key words and analyzing the changes of feeling in different places)
Step 6 Consolidation
1. Complete a diary
Dear diary,
It was______ today. The sun was ______ in a ______blue sky. I ________Kitty’s school trip to_______________. It is _____ far away. It______ us about _____hours to get there by____. There was a lot of _________ on the way and the __________was a little boring.
We ______ ________at the park. I couldn’t ______to get off the bus. I was so excited.
There are _______of more than a hundred _________________ from all over the world. I saw the model Eiffel Tower and the model Golden Gate Bridge. I couldn’t________________.
I not only enjoyed myself, but also learnt a lot about________________.
(Purpose: to check students’ reading skills by retelling )
2. Pair work --- An interview.
Make up a dialogue about a trip. Ask questions by using
--- Who did you go with
--- What did you see and what did you do
--- When did you go there ,
--- Where did you go
--- How did you go
--- How long did you stay there
--- How did you feel
--- …
(Purpose: to practice speaking and listening by outputting the information)
Step 7 Extension
1. Talk about the ways on how to read
Find the title and topic sentence. Find the detailed information. Find the structure and enjoy the beautiful words.
2. Complete a table and a conversation according to the text
Why do people like travelling
(Purpose: to have a moral education, to output the information)
【设计意图：设计任务型阅读练习的目的是让学生运用本课所学的阅读策略提升学习效率。】