Title Unit 10 I’d like some noodles.
Teaching material Section B 2a—2e(Reading: Birthday Food Around the World)
Teaching objects 1.Knowledge objects(1)Key words and phrases: world,around the world, answer,different,cake,candle,age, make a wish, blow out, if, will, the UK ,candy,lucky, get popular, cut up, bring good luck to ,idea.(2)Target language:a. What would people like to eat on their birthday b. The birthday person must make a wish and blow out the candles.c. If he or she blows out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true.d. They bring good luck to the birthday person. 2.Ability objects:(1)Train students’ reading, understanding and cooperative abilities.(2)Get the main idea of each paragraph.(3)To grasp reading ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) strategies: brainstorm ,fast reading,careful reading & summarizing.3.Moral objects: (1)Know the food culture of different countries.(2)To love the people around you and show your love.
TeachingKey Points 1. The key words and the target language.2. Get the main idea of each paragraph.
Teaching Difficulties 1. The key words and the target language.2. Learn how to talk about food and food culture around the world using the target language.
Teaching Methods Pair work, communicative teaching method and audio-visual teaching method.
Teaching Aid Multimedia ;some objects
Teaching procedure
Steps Teacher’s activities Students’ activities The purpose of activity
Step1Lead-in 1. Greet the students.2. Play the “Happy birthday to you” song to the birthday person, ask the students to sing together. Sing the song together. To lead in and attract students’ interest.
Pre-reading Step2Brainstorm 1.Ask students to brainstorm as many words about birthday as possible, like song, party, cake,noodles…2.Draw a picture about these words on the blackboard. Students brainstorm as many words about birthday as possible. To get to brainstorm the words about the birthday.
Step3Pairwork2a 1.Have the Ss work in pairs, asking and answering the following questions:(1)When is your birthday (2)What do you do on your birthday (3)What do you eat on your birthday 2.Invite some pairs to role play the conversations to the class. 1.Work in pairs.2.Act out their conversations. To personalize the target language and prepare the students for the subsequent reading activity.
Step4Discussion 1.Ask the students to look at the title and the picture, and discuss the questions.2.Have them infer the girl’s age, explain some key phrases. 1.Learn to under-stand the title and the picture. 2.Infer the birthday person’s age, learn some key phrases:around the world, in one go, get popular, the number of. To make it easier to memorize the new words by inferring the picture.
While-reading Step5Fast reading 1.Ask the students to read the four paragraphs quickly and then match the main idea with each paragraph.Check the answers. Read the passage quickly to find the topic sentence of each paragraph. To read fast to get the main idea.
Step6careful reading2b 1. Get the students to read the Para2 and Para3 carefully, and fill in the chart in 2b.2.Check the answers together. 1.Read the Para2 and Para3 carefully.2.Complete the chart.3.Talk about their understanding in class. To provide reading practice and read for more details.
Step7careful reading2c 1.Have the students read the article carefully again and answer the questions in 2c. 2.Check the answers together. 1.Read the passage carefully and answer the questions.2.Check the answers together. To provide scanning and writing practice with the target language.
Post-readingStep8Emotional sublimation 1.Show the students some pictures about different birthday foods in other countries.Ask the students to think about the question: Why do people in different countries eat different birthday foods Help the students to understand: Different countries have different customs and cultures. We should respect all the cultures. 1.Watch the pictures and know more about what people eat in different countries on their birthday.2.Understand that people have different customs and different cultures in different countries. To learn about the different cultures in different countries.
BlackboardDesign Unit 10 I’d like some noodles .Section B (2a—2c)
Birthday
the
Food
Around
World
egg
cake
candy
noodles
Birthday
song
person
party
wish
candle