Unit 10 I’ve had this bike for three years.
Section B Reading
Hometown Feelings
Ⅰ Analysis of teaching material :
The topic is about hometown. And such a topic is so related to our daily life that it’s easy to arouse students’ learning interests.
Ⅱ Analysis of the students :
Students in Grade 8 have learned English for some years. And they can communicate with others in English, using the simple words and expressions.
Ⅲ Teaching objectives:
By the end of the class,
Students can master the important words and expressions, such as hometown, search for and so on.
Students can make predictions by using what they have already known, the title and the pictures in the passage.
Students can express their hometown feelings and arouse the students’ love to their hometowns.
Ⅳ Teaching key points and difficult points
Students can guess what a text is about by using the previous knowledge
Students can have their written and oral production of language relating to this topic.
Ⅴ Teaching methods
Task-based language teaching approach, situational teaching approach
Ⅵ Learning methods
Cooperation and self –studying
Ⅶ Teaching procedures:
Pre-reading activities
Step 1 Play a short video – The road to hometown
Then show a map about a group of people who are leaving their hometowns to big cities and ask students:
Q: Why do millions of Chinese leave their hometowns
Step2 Prediction:
Ask students to guess what the passage mainly talks about according to their previous knowledge and the title.
While- reading activities
Step 1 Read and match
Read the article quickly and match each paragraph with its main idea.
Part 1: Many Chinese leave hometowns to search for work, such as Zhong Wei
Part 2: Their hometowns have changed
Part 3: Some things never change, like _____ _______
Step 2 Read and answer
Show a picture of ZhongWei and ask students to read para1 carefully and find ZhongWei’s experience
Step 3 Read and fill in the blanks
Read Para 2&3 carefully and fill in the blanks.
Great Changes of Their Hometown
Buildings
Teachers
Students
Zhong Wei thinks such ________ are good.Because things need to change in order to become _________.
Step 4 Read and answer
Read Para 4 and answer two questions
1 _______ has become a symbol of Zhong Wei’s hometown.
2 Most of the children liked to _________ under that big tree.
Post- reading Activities
Step 1 Read and make a summary
Step 2 Read and have a discussion
Ask students to think of changes that are happening in our city. Are these changes good or bad
Show students some pictures about bronze sculptures and recall students’ memories about this city.
Step 3 Appreciate poetry
Step 4 Read and Write
Show a group of pictures of my middle school and the present a small passage about my school feelings. Try to encourage students to write something about their own memories and feelings.
Blackboard design:
Zhong Wei
Hometown
have changed
Will never change
feelings
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