Ann’s dream 教学设计
The first period
Structures:
(Ann) had a (dream).
(She) was (an astronaut).
(Ann) and (Ken) were (in a spaceship).
Warm-up
(1) Sing a song.
(2) Free talks.
Set the scene
Have the children talk about what they did during the summer vacation.Ask questions about where they went, who they saw, what they did etc. Have them share their experience with each other.
New lesson
Present the structure using your real information during the vacation, “I was in Beijing.” Then ask the children the question, “Where were you ” You can use Chinese to help the children. Ask a children in Chinese where he/she was in the summer vacation. Then say, “He/She was at home.” To other children. Repeat the process with several more children.
Get prepared
Ask children if they had any dream at night these days. Have them talk about their dreams with questions of “Were you in the dream What were you in the dream ”
Have the children open their books at page 2and 3. Tell them they are going to read about Ann’s dream.
Ask the children to look at the story and then have them describe what liiustrated in each picture and what the main plot is.
Have the children listen to the tape , checking children’s understanding or explaining the new words to the children. Point to the spaceship in picture 5 and say, “It’s a …” Have the children complete the sentence. Repeat with the words astronaut, Mars, Martians. Tell them that the context and pictures often provide clues for the meaning.
Tell the story
Now draw the children’s attention to the text at the bottom of the pages.
Tell them Ann is talking about her dream she had last night.
Have the children look at the pictures. The teacher tells the story to the children.
Now have the children read the text by themselves.
Play the tape. Have the children listen.
Play the tape again,ask questions to check the children’s understanding.
Homework:
Have the children choose a dream they had and talk about the dream.
Have the children create their own image of Martians.
The second period
Structures :
Ann had a dream.
She was an astronaut.
Ann and Ken were in a spaceship.
Review
Flashcard activity
Prepare the profession flashcard from last year. Review the cards one by one. Play a guessing game.
Words to learn
Have the children open their books at page 4. Draw their attention to the top half of the page. Point to the picture and have the children say what they can see in the picture.
Now point to the spaceship and elicit the name “a spaceship” from them. In this way you actually training the children to explore the meaning and pronunciation of the new words. The teacher then models the word and have the children repeat. Use the same procedure with the other words in the picture.
Now draw their attention to the words in the box. The children might still have interest to pronounce the words. Provide opportunity for them then.
Play the tape, and have the children point on their books.
Extended word game:
Show several words together and then take them away altogether. See how many words they can remember.
1.Listen and number
Have the children look at the pictures at the bottom of the page. Explain that each of the pictures describes a different dream of Ann.
Ask children to talk about where Ann was or what she was in each dream. Using the structure She was a doctor./ She was on Mars.
Play the tape. Have the children point to the corresponding picture.
Play the tape again. Now explain to the children that this time they need to write the corresponding sentence number in the box next to the matching picture.
When all the children finished, point to each picture and elicit sentences from the children.
2. Use the books.
Have the children open the books at page5 and look at the pictures on top of the page.
Have the children look at the two children in the picture. Explain that Sue and Peter are talking about where they were yesterday. Point to the picture on the right. Elicit the names for the places shown in the picture. Ask the children where they think Sue and Peter were yesterday.
Now tell the children to read the text below the picture on the left and answer your question. Elicit, “Sue was at the park. “Peter was at the movie theater.”
Read the dialogue. Act out the dialogue.
Homework:
Listen to the tape.
Read the dialogue .
The third period
Structures:
Where were you yesterday
I was at the park.
I had a dream.
1.Review.
Free talks.
Review the story.
2. Uncle Booky’s Blackboard
Tell the children to look at the blackboard on the top of page 6. Model the structures by reading them aloud to the class.
Have the children repeat the strctures in a class drill. Use all possible combinations.
3. Touch and say
Draw the children’s attention to the pictures at the bottom of the page.Tell them that Mocky had a dream last night and you want them to tell you about his dream and that they only need to say one sentence for each pictures.
Have the children talk about what illustrated in each picture:Who were in Mocky’s dream Where were they
Encourage the children to tell the dream together with you.
4. Read and write
Write the missing words
Have the children open their books at page 7. Draw the children’s attention to the letter on the top half of the page. Explain to the children that the letter was writing by a girl called Jane. Jane is staying at a friend’s house and the letter is to her mother. Tell the children that some words are missing from the letter. The missing words sre in the box at the bottom of the letter.Explain that the words can be used more than once.
Put the children into pairs and have them complete the letter.
At the end of the activity, read the letter aloud together.
Write about Uncle Booky’s dream
Have the children look at the picture in the middle of the page. Ask them to tell what illustrated in the pictures.
Tell them the pictures describe Uncle’s Booky’s dream. Ask the children what the dream is about. Have them tell the dream.
Explain that you want them to write out Uncle Booky’s dream, and they need to write only one sentence for each picture.
Have children work individually to complete the writing.
Tell the dream
When all the children finished, draw their attention to the instruction at the bottom of the page. Tell the children that you want to tell each other their dreams like the two children on the book. Put the children into pairs and practice. They can also choose to tell Uncle Booky’s dream.
5. Homework
Listen to the tape.
Can tell their dreams or Uncle Booky’s dream.
The fourth period
1.Special sounds
. Have the children open their books at page 78 and look at the first two pictures. Encourage them to read out the words.
. Play the tape have the children listen carefully for the difference between the two sounds/bl/ and /br/. Have the children repeat. Check that the children understood the defference in sounds and that their pronunciation is correct by asking individual children to repeat the words.
Extend the activity by turning it into an prediction game. Tell the children that you are going to read a word but you only say the beginning of the word. Have the children listen and predict which word you are going to read. Or you can ask the children to brainstorm for more words that have the/bl/ or /br/ sound. Write out the words and then have the children group them.
The message
.Ask the children to open their books at page8 and look at the words on the page. Ask them if they can read the message.
.Explain that Martians leave this message and that the children can figure out the message by using the code provided. Have the children look at the code. Make sure that they understand that each letter of the alphabet is represented by another letter, i, e. A is represent ed by Z.
.Begin with the first Martian word,DV. Have the children look at the code and say what letter is represented by D. The children will say W. Repeat for letter V. Then the children will have the first word,WE. Ask the children to decipher the message by themselves.
1.Write the message
.The book also provide opportunity for the children to write their own message to Martains. Have the children work in pairs and write their own
Message. Then they give their message to each other decode the message.
.Explain that they can use the code provide on the book,or they they can design their own code.
2.Listen and match
.Have the children look at the picture on top of page 9. Tell them that they are going to listen to a passage about where several children were yesterday.
.Have the children talk about what illustrated in each picture. Tell them they are going to listen to the tape and they must match the children to the places where they were. Play the tape straight through. Have the children match the names with the pictures.
.When they finish ,have them tell you the name of the children in each picture. Or you can ask them to tell where each children was in the pictures.
3.Let’s find out
.Have the children look at the pictures at the bottom of the page. Have them read the dialog ,then tell you what they are talking about.
.Explain that the two children are interviewing each other for where they were yesterday. Tell them that you want them to find out where their friends yesterday .
.Have them walk around the classroom and interview each other.
.When they finished have them report their findings.
The fifth period
Read the story
.Have the children open their books at page 10 . Tell the children they are going to read the first part of a traditional European fairytale .The rest of the story appears in the next five Units. Before reading the story ,direct the children’s attention to the box containing new words. Explain the meaning of the words in it. You can have the children predict the meaning of the new words in the story .Or you can choose to explain the words after the children read the story .
.Have the children read the text by themselves first. Tell them you will be there if they had any questions.
.Read the entire passage slowly with the children . Check their understanding with simple factual questions. You can also use the tape.
Have the children listen to the story carefully.
Number the pictures
.Have the children look at the pictures. Explain to the children that each other of the five pictures illustrates a different sentence in the story .They must read the passage again and then number the pictures in the order in which the matching sentences appear in the text.
.Point to the pictures in turn. Have the children talk about the picture or find the sentence matches the picture. Have the children read the story again and number the pictures in the order in which the matching sentences in the text.
Check the correct answer
.Explain to the children that the unfinished sentences all relate to the story they read in the previous page. All the information they need to complete the sentences is in the text on the facing page.
.Point to the beginning of the first sentence. Then explain that only one of the possible endings is correct. The children must check the box next to the correct answer. Read the beginning of the sentence aloud with the children together and elicit the correct ending. Have the children check the box next to the words, a young man.
.Have the children complete the activity in pairs.
Listen and write the words
.Explain to the children that they are going to hear another version of the first part of Jack and the beanstalk. This time the story will be told by the cow.
.Point to the cows speech bubble. Tell the children that as they listen to the story on the tape they will fill in the missing words. Now point to the box of words . Explain that all the missing words are in this box.
. Play the tape straight through. Have the children write the missing words in the spaces provided. Stop after each sentence if it is necessary.
.Review the completed sentences in a class drill.
.There are many extended activities for the story.
.Have the children write several sentences about the story from Jack’s mother’s point of view.
Home work
.Ask the children to tell the story to their parents.
The sixth period
Review
.Review the main story together with the children. Have the children opan at page2 and 3.Encourage the children to role- play the story . To help the children ,you can be the narrator of the story.
Let’s sing
.Have the children open their books at at the picture. Ask what they can see in the picture. Elicit spaceship,planet etc.
.Have the children read the lyrics first by themselves. Make sure that they all understand the meaning. Explain or demonstrate the meaningof the phrase goes around if necessary.
.Play the tape and have the children listen.
.Play the song again. This time play the first verse only. Have the childrensing after the tape. Repeat with other verses. Play the song from the beginning and have the children sing along.
Self-assessment
Find the words
.Tell the children to look at the picture on the top of page 13.The first activity in the assessment is a word game. Explain that in the letters around the picture there are 5words and they need to find out the words and then write on the space provided on the left. You can have the children complete the activity in pairs.
It is also a good idea to have the children make up their own word puzzle.
In this way they will be both more motivated and involved mentally in the activity.
Write about Ann’s dream
.The children wrote about Uncle Booky’s dream or their own dream in lesson 3. In this activity the requirement is to write about Ann’s dream.
Go over the main story with the children . Explain that this time you want them to tell the story from the third person’s perspective. Beginning the story with the sentence“Ann had a dream last night.”Have the children complete the rest.
.Have the children look at the second activity. Tell them that you want them to write 3 sentences about Ann’s dream. Leave enough time for the childrento complete the writing. You can also ask the children to finish the work at home.
Reflection
.As you may notice, item in Reflection card in this book are written in English. You will need to help the children with the meaning of certain item or items so that they can check their learning during the Unit by themselves.
.Ask the children to read the items Reflection card by themselves. Tell them to ask the teacher where they have difficulty with the meaning.
. Put the children into groups of 4 to complete the Reflection card .
.You are suggested to leave some time for the children to report their result when they finish. For example, the teacher can ask the children“Do you like Ann’s dream ”for item 1. Then ask individual child to give their reason for why or why not.
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