Teaching Plan
Date Feb. 14th, 2022 Name
Unit Unit 4, Book 1 Title Unit 4 Friends Forever - Understanding IdeasClick for a Friend
Class, Grade School Type Reading lesson
Objectives: By the end of the lesson, the students will …
get the main idea and learn to analyze the author’s attitude towards the topic by details.
master the structure of the passage and know the features and skills of writing an argumentation.
cultivate the critical and logical thinking ability.
treat online friendship rationally based on daily-life experience.
Key points and / or difficult points
Key points: (1) Get the main idea of the passage and understand the writing purpose of the author; (2)Master the structure,features and writing skills of the argumentation.
Difficult points: (1) Master the structure,features and writing skills of the argumentation; (2)Treat online friendship rationally and critically.
Methodology & Strategies
P-W-P模式
Aids and / or Materials
Courseware, textbook, worksheet, etc.Worksheet is shown as follows:
Discourse Analysis
主题语境(Theme):Human and Society - Friendship 语篇类型(Genre):Argumentation 文本分析(Discourse analysis):The text is aimed to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of online friendship. By comparing the difference between making friends in the past and at present, the author raises a question, namely “when you ‘friend’ people online, does this mean that they are your real friends ”. By objectively presenting the advantages and disadvantages of friending online, the author calls on readers “do not throw the baby out with the bathwater” .
Procedures
教学环节Steps 活动形式与步骤Activities 活动意图Activity goals 活动层次Activity Level 环节时长time
Lead-in Ss look at three questions about friendship and tick their answers.1)How do you prefer to make friends 2)How do you prefer to communicate with friends every day 3)How do you stay in touch with faraway friends To activate Ss’ background knowledge and lead to the topic. 激活与表达 3mins
Pre-reading T guides Ss to observe the title and given pictures in the passage.1)What’s the title of the passage 2)What can you see from the picture 3)What will the article mainly talk about 4)Is the question mark essential Why 5)Can we replace the title “Click for a friend” with “Online friendship” Why or why not (Question 4-5 will be left to be discussed in the post-reading part) To attract Ss interest and gain useful information given by the editor. 感知与注意分析与推理 2mins
While-reading Activity 1:T asks Ss to fill the blanks with given choices to complete the passage according to the context.But we need to keep in mind that what we see on social media is often not the whole truth about a person.such as collecting model cars or playing an unusual instrument.As Aristotle said, no one would choose to live without friends, even if he had all other goods.What if the only way of getting news from faraway friends was writing letters that took ages to be delivered Nowadays, we can move around the world and still stay in touch with the people that we want to remain friends with. To improve Ss’ analyzing and reasoning ability. 分析与推理 8mins
Activity 2: Read for text typeT asks Ss to read the passage quickly and focus on the text type with the help of task 1. To improve Ss’ analyzing ability. 分析与判断 1 mins
Activity 3: Read for structure and main idea1)T plays the listening tape of the passage. Ss work individually to divide the passage into three parts with the hints and then fill the blanks.T asks Ss to complete the blanks about the advantages and disadvantages of online friendship in Para6-7.T shares an interesting video to help Ss understand the meaning of the sentence “Remember the saying: on the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.”Ss choose the writing purpose of the argumentation. To practice Ss’ ability in locating the specific information and develop their analyzing and summarizing abilities.To figure out the author’s writing purpose. 获取与梳理概括与整合分析与判断 11 mins
Activity 4: Read for skillsSs work in groups to discuss the skills of writing a good argumentation. ask questions (arouse interest and trigger thought)give examples (give more details and resonated with readers)quote famous remarks (make the opinion more persuasive) To help Ss gain more useful writing skills to write an argumentation in the future. 观察与分析 8mins
Post-reading Think and shareSs share their opinion about the following questions1)Is the question mark essential Why 2)Can we replace the title “Click for a friend” with “Online friendship” Why or why not 3. Could you explain “throw the baby out with the bathwater” in English Do you know of any similar sayings in China To cultivate Ss’ critical thinking and to encourage Ss to treat online friendship objectively. 分析与论证内化与表达 5mins
Conclusion & Homework T summarizes the lesson and assigns homework: In the era of the pandemic COVID-19, are you for or against online friendship Design a poster to call on students to friend online or say no to it.[Three skills are encouraged to be used.] To review and consolidate what they have learned in this lesson. 运用与创新 2 mins
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