TEACHING DESIGN
Topic Beauty in Common Things
Grade Junior Three
Section Reading in Section B 2b(Experience beauty in Chinese traditional art & greatness of Chinese people and spread Chinese cultures)
Analysis About the lesson This unit is talking about what products are made of and where they were made. This lesson focuses on reading and writing. In this lesson, students will learn about three kinds of traditional Chinese art forms: sky lanterns, paper cutting and Chinese clay art.The passive voice is to be taken up and the reading skills are to be developed including the love of Chinese culture and our country.
About Students Junior Three Ss have a good command of some reading strategies such as skimming for gist, scanning specific details, understanding the cohesion. Besides, most learners are very familiar with traditional Chinese art and culture, so this passage is comparatively easy to understand.
TEACHING OBJECTIVES
Knowledge goals 1. Keep the new words, such as celebration, balloon, paper cutting, scissors, lively, historical, heat, polish and complete 2. Know about the materials, the procedures and the symbols of the three kinds of art forms.
Ability goals 1. Get to know the organization of this passage2. Improve the reading skills 3. Draw mind maps and retell the passage according mind maps.
Affection goals 1. Arouse students’ interest in English learning. 2. Learn how to find beauty in these traditional Chinese art forms.3. Develop the pride of our own traditional culture and country
TEACHING ASPECTS
Important & difficult points 1. Make the learners be able to learn the following useful words and expressions such as: celebration, paper cutting, scissors, historical, polish and complete. They are made of bamboo and covered with paper.2. Continue to learn Passive voice and understand the structure of this passage.3. Draw mind maps and retell the passage according mind maps.
Learning strategies ● Cooperative learning ● Communicative learning● Task-based learning ● Comprehension learning● Situational learning ● Learning by doing
Teaching aids A multi- media computer system
TEACHING PROCEDURES
PROCEDURES Ss’ ACTIVITIES TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES PURPOSES
Pre-class warmer Enjoy several pictures and see how they change. Greet Ss and elicit the material to be learned by showing the changes of pictures. A warmer to get Ss involved in the topic.
Pre-reading Activities Task 1 SkimmingRead the whole passage quickly and find the main idea of the passage. Help students get the main idea of the passage by asking and answering questions. Understand the passage as a whole.
Task 2 ScanningRead the first paragraph and find out three common things.
Task 3 SkimmingRead the rest three paragraphs and find out three objects of beauty.
While-reading Activities(Beauty Exploration) Task 4 ScanningFind answers to the questions related to Sky lanterns Ask Ss find out answers from the reading material. Get detailed information and build up the formal schema.Besides, give students more chances to work together and develop team work spirits.
Task 5 Making mind mapsSs work in a group of four, read the third paragraph about paper cutting and draw their own mind maps. Help Ss use the contents to create mind maps.
Task 6 Mind mapRead the fourth paragraph and complete an unfinished mind map. Then retell according to the mind map. Help Ss dealing with information through scanning.
Post-reading Activities Task7 Structure analysisRead the whole article again and find out how many parts it has. Help Ss find out the passage level, from general to specific, which is the target skill in this class. Walk around and give help if needed. Help students to understand the structure of the passage.
Task 8 Beauty appreciationSs enjoy a short video which introduces more about culture. Give Ss help to find beauty in these traditional art forms. Develop the pride of our own traditional culture and country
After-class ActivitiesHomework Ss need to write a short passage after school. Achievethe moral objective&Improve writing skills
BLACKBOARD DESIGNING
Unit 5 Reading
Mind Maps Beauty in Common Things
Traditional Art Forms
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