Unit3 Topic2 Some things usually have different meanings in different cultures.
Section C
Ⅰ. Material analysis
Student: Junior school students, Grade 9, Class 3
Textbook: Project English , Unit 3, Topic2, Section C
Ⅱ. Teaching aims
1. Knowledge aims:
Be able to master key words and key phrases and learn different cultures in different countries.
2. Skill aims:
Be able to use what they learned to understand idioms correctly.
3. Emotional aims:
Be able to love animals and plants,and respect cultural differences.
Ⅲ. The key points and difficult points
1. Key points:
Words and phrases: differently, consider, honest, ancient, compare, courage, mistake, pride, wisdom, be regarded as, compare ...to..., pay attention to , take pride in, at times .
Sentences: In ancient times, dragons are regarded as...
The ancient emperors compared themselves to dragons.
Everybody makes mistakes at times.
2. Difficult points:
To understand and respect cultural differences correctly.
Ⅳ. Teaching aids
tapes, PPT, pictures, video
Ⅴ. Teaching procedures
Stage(time period) Interactionpatterns Teacher activity Student activity
1 Revision(3mins) Class activity Play a game to present all kinds of gestures and let the Ss speak them out in English. The teacher will give some gestures and students speak out what they mean.
2 Lead-in(3mins) Class activity Watch a video and let the Ss guess the different cultures about the moon Let the Ss know the moon has different meanings in different cultures.
3 Pre-reading(5mins) Fast reading and careful readingIndividual work Step 1: Present the idioms in 1a. Let the Ss discuss them in groups and guess the meaning.T: Look at these idioms. Discuss them and try to guess the meaning of them.Example : A Ba homeless dog a lucky doga mad dog Every dog has its daya running dog a dog catching a mouse Step 2: Let the Ss read 1b. Guess what this passage is mainly about. Learn the word “under+line=underline”.T: Read 1b, you may find what this passage is mainly about. You can guess the new word “underline”. Translate the idioms about dogs into Chinese.S1:流浪狗S2:疯狗S3:一个正在跑的狗S4:一个正在抓老鼠的狗S5:一个幸运的狗S6:每个狗都有它的一天Read 1b. Guess what this passage is mainly about. Learn the word “underline”.
4 While-reading (3mins) Individual work Let the Ss read 1a, underline the names of animals and plants. Then do 1b.T: Now, let’s read 1a. When you are reading, underline the names of animals and plants. Then finish 1b.T: First, let’s check the answers to 1b. Read 1a; underline the names of animals and plants mentioned in the passage. Then do 1b.
5 Post-reading(21mins) Individual workIndividual workGroup workIndividual work Step 1: Write down the new words on the Bb, ask the Ss to guess the meaning according to the context, then let the Ss learn them according to the word-formation and synonym.Step 2: Let the Ss read 1a again. Then do 1c.T: We have learned the new words; next, you will read 1a again and do 1c at the same time. If you finish, raise your hand.T: Well, I find most Ss have finished the task. Let’s check the answers.Step 3: Let the Ss read 1a again, discuss in groups and find out the key points.T: There are many useful expressions in 1a, read 1a again, discuss in groups and try to find them out.T: Now, it’s time to report.Step 4: Let the Ss retell the content of 1a based on the table in 1c.T: We have read the passage three times. I wonder how much you member. So, let’s retell the passage, the table in 1c may give you some help. One, Two, Three, Begin! Guess the meaning of the new words through the context. Learn the new words by word-formation and synonym.Read 1a and do 1c. Check the answers.Read 1a, discuss in groups and list the key points.S1: at times =sometimes, as we (all) know,...S2: be regarded as ...,compare ..to.. ,S3: as a symbol of ..., stand for,...S4: pay attention to sth. / doing sth.S5: ... Retell 1a according to 1c.T&Ss: In Chinese culture, dogs usually have negative meanings. But in western culture, they are considered honest and good luck ....
6 Finishing Task (5mins) Group work Use what we have learned today to write a passage Each group will present their paper
Ⅵ. Blackboard design
Some things usually have different meanings in different cultures.Section C
Words and phrases:negative meaningpositive meaningconsider≈ regardbe considered as..... Sentences:In ancient times, dragons were regarded as ...The ancient emperors compared themselves to dragons.Everybody makes mistakes at times.
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