Topic: Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum Section B (2a—2e)
Teaching aims design Knowledge goal: Learn some new words and phrases that describe the beautiful places. Teaching key points and difficult points Key points: 1. Key words and phrases.2. Use reading skills to understand the article.
Ability goal: Develop the students’ ability of introducing places.
Moral goal: Love beautiful places, and love our hometown. Difficult point: 1. Present perfect tense.2. Reading strategy.
Teaching aids: Multimedia courseware, learning plan, pictures, and blackboard.
Teaching steps Content Teacher’ s activities Students’ activities Design aims
One Warming up Enjoy a piece of music. Listen to the music. Draw the students’ attention to the English class.
Two Leading in Show the pictures and ask the students what the names of the countries are. Read the names of the countries and lead in the new lesson. Learn about the countries’ names by looking the pictures.
Three Pre-reading Watch a video about Singapore.Ask some questions:1. What do you know about Singapore 2. Do you like it 3. Look at the picture, the title, the first and the last sentences to guess the main idea. 1. One group of students says something about Singapore.2. One group of students says something about Night Safari. Inspire the students by watching a video.
Four While-reading 1. Ask students to skim the article to find the answers to the questions. 2. Ask students to scan the article and find out the key word in each paragraph.3. Ask students to read the passage carefully and answer the questions. And ask some groups to show their key points and difficult ones.4. Ask students to listen carefully and finish the task. Then ask them to read the passage and work in groups to answer the questions5. Ask students to read aloud and correct the mistakes.6. Do the exercises. 1. Skim the article and answer the questions.2. Scan the article and find out the key word in each paragraph.3. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions. Show their key points and difficult ones. Work in groups and solve the problems.4. Listen carefully and work in groups to answer the questions.5. Read aloud and correct the mistakes.6. Do exercises. 1. Understand the whole passage by skimming, scanning, intensive reading, listening, reading aloud, and reciting2. Learn the reading skills.3. Mobilize the enthusiasm of students to learn English by working in groups.
Five After-reading 1. Ask students to tell something about Singapore in groups.2. Ask Students to answer why they like Singapore or not. 1. Tell something about the Singapore in groups according to the mind-map.2. Tell the reasons they like the Singapore or not. 1. Understand the text by reading, reciting, andretelling the stories.2. Finish the moral goals.
Six Summary Ask students to sum up the class. Work in groups and sum up the class. Develop the students’ ability of summarizing.
Blackboard design Unit 9 Section B 2a—2eNew phrases Singapore Competition ①language Group 1(Students’ writing) ②food Group 2 ③zoo Group 3 ④temperature Group 4 Make notes about Singapore. Write down anything about that you remember. Do not look at the article.
