Unit 2 It describes the changes in Chinese society.
ⅠTeaching model
Reading and writing.
ⅡTeaching method
Task-based approach
Ⅲ Teaching aims
Knowledge aim
Key vocabulary: act, show, common, describe, society, beginning, head teacher, college, novel, if, magic
Ability aims
1. Improve students’ ability of finding specific information.
2. Improve students’ ability of summing up the main idea.
3. Reading and understanding the sequence of events.
4. Leading the students to try to understand the passage deeply.
5.leading the students to try to write a short passage according to the reading material.
Emotion aim
Enable the students to have a strong sense of Beijing culture and shan’xi culture.
Ⅳ Teaching aids
Some prepared paper multimedia blackboard
Ⅵ Teaching Steps
Step 1 Warming-up
1. Enjoy a video: Lao She Teahouse
2. Try to encourage the students to say what they have seen on the screen, including what the tourists are eating, drinking and watching.
3. Pair work to Get clear idea about Lao She, Teahouse and Lao She Teahouse.
Step 2 Go through the passage and try to use one main word to sum up each paragraph.
1) Teahouse
2) Lao She
3) Lao She Teahouse
Step 3 Read and work in pairs to answer questions.
1 What do you know about Lao She
2 What is his most famous play
3 What does the story mainly describe
4 What can people do at Lao She Teahouse
Step4 Read paragraph by paragraph aloud and finish the different tasks
1. After reading paragraph one by themselves, they can play a asking and answering questions game between different groups. (close books and one group ask questions according to paragraph one, other groups try to answer these questions .)
2. After reading paragraph two, complete the timeline with information about Lao She.
LAO SHE
1957 ____________________________________
1924 ____________________________________
1918 ____________________________________
1913 ____________________________________
1899 born in Beijing
3. After reading paragraph three, try to use one sentence to conclude this paragraph.(what people can do there.)
Step 5 More questions to lead students to think more and deeper.
Why does Teahouse has three acts
2. Why was Lao She named “the People’s Artist”
3. Why is it called Lao She Teahouse?
4 Why are there so many people at Lao She Teahouse every day
Step 6 Write a short passage about ordinary word.
Try to compare laoshe’s Teahouse with Luyao’s Ordinary world.
Step7 show time
Invite several students to come to the front to read their passage.
Step8 sum up
Life is the most important and useful learning resources, we have not only known something about beijing culture and history,and shanxi culture and history , but also we have been familiar with laoshe and luyao, so learn to love your life and try to know more.
Step8 Homework: write a short passage about your favorite play or movie.
Blackboard design
Module5 Lao She Teahouse
Unit 2 It describes the changes in Chinese society.
One of para.1 Teahouse para.2Lao She Teahouse para3 Lao She Teahouse
The lives of common people one of 1957 can
From…..to wrote 1924
The end of has 1918 enjoy
The middle of shows 1913
Chinese society tells 1899 can
Give a warm welcome to describes