Unit 11 Sad movies make me cry.
Background Information
Classroom Class1 Grade 9
The Lesson Unit 11 Sad movies make me cry. Section A 3a+SectionB1a
Teaching Analysis 1. Teaching ContentThe content is reading of Unit 11 Section A 3 for Grade 9 junior high school student. Topics: Using the structure “make sb. do” to talk about the happiness. 2. Learner ProfileThe previous class had already developed students’ sense of using the structure of “make sb. to” to talk about things. And students are familiar with the topic of happiness. And the reading material is about a story which explains the true meaning of happiness, it is interesting to class to get the meaning, so students may not have too many difficulties in understanding the content.
Teaching Objectives KnowledgeObjective Students can know the new words and phrases like power, king queen,wealth, call in, examine by reading and according to the pictures
AbilityObjective 1) Students can talk about their opinions by using “make sb. do” and “make sb. adj.” . 2) Students can understand the reason why characters are unhappy by finding out the key points in the passage.
Affective AttitudeObjective Students can know the true meaning of happiness and cherish what they have after learning 3a.
Teaching Focuses 1. Pay more attention to analyze the passage and the characters, and reveal the deep meaning of the title. 2. Use the structures of “make sb. do” and “make sb. adj.” to talk about happiness.
TeachingDifficulties Analyze the passage and the characters, and reveal the deep meaning of the title.
Aids Multi-media, blackboard, chalk
Teaching Methods Task-based Language Teaching MethodCommunicative Language Teaching Method
Teaching Procedures
Step 1Lead-in 1.Greetings2. Free talk Talk about happiness, let student tell the opinions by using the sentence structure of “make ab. do sth.” “make sb. adj” eg: The music makes me feel happy, and that is my happiness.( Draw the mind map on the blackboard )Questions: Is it easy to get happniess
Step 2Before reading Introduce the king who is unhappy, guess the reason. And teach the new word of queen, wealth, power fame by using pictures.
Step 3While reading 1.Read the passage quickly and answer the question.What’s wrong with the king 2. Read again and find out the following things.What should the king do call in, examine the shirt of a happy man3. Read paragraph 3,4,5 and find out the person that the king found. 4.Read again and find out the reasons why they are unhappy.
Step 4After Reading Guess what will happen. (Watch a video and see the happenings )Answer the questions: 1)How long did it take to find the happy man 2)What made the poor man so happy Pair WorkWork in pairs, and talk about the end and write it down. (Put the end on the blackboard)
Step 5Conclusion Teacher sum up the content that this story and the characters and find out the reason why they are unhappy, and further point that they all worry about the futhre and don’t cherish what they have. Therefore, we should chrish things what you have and know that happiness is contentment.
Reflections 本次课主要是以不开心的国王寻找开心的人的衬衫为主线,揭示开心其实就是珍惜自己拥有的,知足常乐。在文章处理上,我提前让学生把后半部分的故事改编成短剧表演出来,让学生在课堂上直接观看找答案。在讲课过程中,学生能够根据提示一步步找到线索,能够最终理解快乐的涵义。但是在讲的过程中,对于文章标题的解题,the shirt of a happpy man, shirt 到底是指的什么,需要进行解题,这样能将文本深挖,也让学生真正明白文本的深意,落实核心素养。