Book 3 Unit 6 Starting out板块教学设计
教学内容分析
本部分包含一段关于被火山爆发毁灭的意大利庞贝古城的视频和四幅灾难电影的海报。视频旨在通过展示满目疮痍的庞贝古城,引发学生思考,了解自然灾害对于人类历史的重大影响;四幅灾难电影海报,能够进一步激发学生的学习兴趣,引导学生关注自然灾害的突发性和破坏性,对如何应对自然灾害有初步的感知。
教学目标
1. 通过观看视频,获得庞贝古城遭遇火山爆发的相关具体信息,激活背景知识,初步导入话题;
2. 能够了解人们面对灾难时的通常反映,初步思考如何面对灾害。
教学重点难点
引导学生通过观看视频材料,获取相关信息,谈论自然灾害对人类的巨大影响;
引导学生就海报谈论电影故事情节,分析影片主人公如何积极应对灾害,初步认知面对自然灾害的正确态度和行动。
引导学生分析人们如何积极应对自然灾害,初步感知面对自然灾害时应具备的正确态度和需采用的科学举措。
教学过程
Teaching contents Procedures Purposes
Teacher’s activity Students’ activity
Activity 1 1. T presents some pictures of Pompeii to enjoy. 2. T asks the Ss to read the questions in Activity 1 and T plays a video clip about Pompeii. 1. Ss look at the pictures and have a free talk. 2. Ss watch the video and answer the questions: Where is the city What happened there How did people there react to the disaster What was the result Enable Ss to get some details about Pompeii, activate their prior knowledge and lead in the topic.
Activity 2 1. T asks Ss to look at the four film posters, talk about the main plots of the films and answer the question: What do you think the main characters do in the face of these disasters 2. T asks Ss to work in pairs and talk about other stories about natural disasters. 3. T asks some Ss to share the stories they knew about natural disasters with the class. 1. Ss look at the posters, talk about the main plots of these films and discuss the question: What do you think the main characters do in the face of these disasters 2. Ss work in pairs and talk about other stories they knew about natural disasters. 3. Share the stories in front of the class. Develop Ss’ comprehensive language competence, expressing ideas and giving reasons in English in particular; get Ss to know something about how people usually react to natural disasters, including attitudes and actions.
Activity 3 Think and Say T asks Ss what would they do when a earthquake take place. T offers advice to the Ss. Ss look at the pictures and give the answers. Ss read the suggestions together. Make Ss be aware of the importance of the safety.
Activity 4 Vocabulary T plays the recording of the new words. T analyzes some key words and expressions one by one. Ss listen to the recording and repeat after the recording. Ss do the related exercises. Help Ss have a basic and better understanding of the new words and expressions.
教学反思
本单元的主题语境是“人与自然”,内容是自然灾害以及由自然灾害引起的一系列思考,包括环境保护和面对自然灾害应该持有的积极态度以及科学的应对措施。本单元从介绍人类历史上以及影片中的自然灾害开始,展现自然灾害对人类生存和发展的影响,以及人类面对自然灾害时的积极态度,介绍灾害防范、应对与救援措施,引发学生的环保意识和灾害防范意识,培养学生积极乐观的人生态度。同时,这一语境下有很多重要但对学生十分生僻的单词,需要教师进行指导和讲解。因此,本单元的这第一节课意义非凡。在实际教学过程中,一开始预估的时间比较充裕,但最后讲完starting out部分发现时间只剩一半,导致后面单词部分有些过快。