Unit 12 Reading 教学设计
Class Type Reading
Objectives Grammar : 1）To know more about Past Perfect Tense in passages.2）To understand certain grammar information better by setting questions. Read skills: Carefully reading the first sentence in each paragraph can activate your own background knowledge of the topic and help you guess what the whole text is about.
Difficulties How to better understand the reading and then talk about the April Fool’s Day.
Periods 1-2
Procedure
Lead-in Talk about April Fool’s Day
Step 1 Check phrases
Step 2 Read the passage quickly.Then match the paragraph with the main idea
Step 3 Free talk.Summarize the ways to find out the main ideas
Step 4 Finish the chart.
Step 5 Read the passage again and answer the question.Check and discuss in groups.
Step 6 Retell the passage according to the chart and questions.
Step 7 Fill in blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Check and discuss in groups.
Step 8 Think of some grammar exercises according to the reading. And PK with other groups.
Step 9 Summarize and question(共23张PPT)
Unit 12
Period 2(2a-3b)
Section B
语法 : 在语篇中进一步体会过去完成时态。
学以致用，通过尝试命语法题，再一次体会不同语法点。
阅读技巧: 通过仔细阅读每段话的第一句能够激活学生关于某个话题的背景知识，并且帮学生猜测该文章相关内容。
学习目标
Share the data you have collected with your classmates!
put up prank note on one’s back
Teacher’s share
put strange materials into the Cola
put the toothpaste on one’s biscuits
wear the costume to surprise sb.
stop growing spaghetti
lose weight
rather than around/across the country
by the end of the day
停止种植（生产）意大利面
减肥
而不是
全国各地
这一天结束之前
Check
发生
在4月1号
售完，售光
捉弄彼此/彼此开玩笑
以做某事结束
与某人结婚
Check
take place
on April 1st
sell out
play tricks and jokes
on sb.
end up doing
marry sb.
2b Read the passage quickly. Then match each paragraph with the main idea.
Para. 1
An introduction to April Fool’s Day.
Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fool’s Day.
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
A sad story that happened on April Fool’s Day.
One of the most famous tricks played.
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Reading skill
Carefully reading the fisrt sentence in each paragraph can activate your own knowledge of the topic and help you guess what the whole text is about.
Summary:
share your ideas
read again,finish the chart
April Fool’s Day Time： Activities： 3 famous jokes and tricks What happened Results
discuss the answers with your partners
1. Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day
2. What did the TV show say the special water could do
2c Read the passage again and answer the questions.
A reporter announced that there would be no more spaghetti as spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.
It was said that the special water would help people lose weight.
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3. Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending
4. When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth
5. Why did so many people believe Orson Welles
He lost both his girlfriend and his show.
It was in October 1938.
Orson Welles made it sound so real that hundreds of people believed the story.
6. Which of these stories is the most believable Which is the least believable Why
7. Would you be fooled by any of these stories
Retell
According to the chart and questions above, retell the passage in group.
2d Fill in the blanks with the correct words.
1. After the spaghetti story ________
(appear) in the news, everyone _______
(rush) to the supermarket.
2. By the time people __________ (find out) the story was not true, all the spaghetti in the supermarkets ___________________ (disappear).
appeared
rushed
found out
had disappeared
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3. By the time the day _____ (end), more than 10,000 people ___________ (call) the TV station to ask about the special water.
4. By the time the show _____ (end), the TV star __________ (lose) his girlfriend.
5. By the time police officers _____ (tell) the country that the story was a hoax, many people ______________ (run away) from their homes.
ended
had called
ended
had lost
told
had run away
show time
自主命题展示
仿照上面的填空题，在文章中根据中考语法考点设置一些空，
给你的同学命出一道针对中考考点的语法填空题。
要求：3-4个动词，2个名词，2个形容词或副词，2-3个虚词。
组间PK
丢炸弹
指定任意小组做出自己小组所出题目，对
方答对加两分，答错则自己组加两分。
答过题后继续叫下一组，以此类推。答对
的题目不再继续，重复出题倒扣两分。
知识小贴士
完成学案上知识点，并根据下附答案进行订正。Enjoy English, change yourself!
B9 Unit12 April Fool’s Day Reading学习方案（学案）
_________ 学校______年级/班 姓名________
学习目标
语法 : 在语篇中进一步体会过去完成时态。
学以致用，通过尝试命语法题，再一次体会不同语法点。
阅读技巧: 通过仔细阅读每段话的第一句能够激活学生关于某个话题的背景知识，并且帮学生猜测该文章相关内容。
Preview before class
一，了解文化背景
课前搜集有关西方愚人节的视频和相关背景知识，小组内及全班分享
二，学会自主先学、独立思考
课前在小组内熟练朗读新单词及课文。（组长将难读易错的单词白板展示，再领读，小组成员互教，纠正发音)
我能写出下列短语的中英文释义：
stop growing spaghetti ____________ lose weight__________
rather than________ around/across the country___________
by the end of the day_________ 发生____________
在4月1号____________ 售完，售光____________
捉弄彼此/彼此开玩笑____________ 以做某事结束____________
与某人结婚____________
Read the passage quickly.Then match the paragraph with the main idea.
Para 1 The most famous trick played.
Para 2 Examples of funny stories that happened on April Fool’s Day.
Para 3 An introduction to April Fool’s Day.
Para 4 A sad story that happened on April Fool’s Day.
Learning procedures
一．有效合作，总结方法，踊跃展示
1.Discuss the results in groups and summarize the ways to find out the main ideas and share.
Ways:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.Read the passage again, finish the chart below.
April Fool’s Day Time：
Activities：
3 famous jokes and tricks What happened Results
Discuss the answers with your partners.
3.Read the passage again and answer the questions.Check and discuss in groups.
(1). Why did the supermarkets run out of spaghetti one April Fool’s Day
(2). What did the TV show say the special water could do
(3). Why did the TV star’s joke have a bad ending
(4). When did Orson Welles tell people about aliens from Mars landing on the earth
(5). Why did so many people believe Orson Welles
(6). Which of these stories is the most believable Which is the least believable Why
(7). Would you be fooled by any of these stories
4. According to the chart and questions above, retell the passage in group.
5. Fill in blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Check and discuss in groups.
After the spaghetti story ________(appear) in the news, everyone _______(rush) to the supermarket.
2. By the time people __________ (find out) the story was not true, all the spaghetti in the supermarkets ___________________ (disappear).
3. By the time the show _____ (end), more than 10,000 people ___________ (call) the TV station to ask about the special water.
4. By the time the show _____ (end), the TV star __________ (lose) his girlfriend.
5. By the time police officers _____ (tell) the country that the story was a hoax, many people ______________ (run away) from their homes.
三、学会大胆质疑、自主命题
仿照上面的填空题，在文章中根据中考语法考点设置一些空，给你的同学命出一道针对中考考点的语法填空题。要求：3-4个动词，2个名词，2个形容词或副词，2-3个虚词。
For example：
1. They said this water ____________(help) people lose weight and that one customer had lost a lot of weight in just four months. （出题目的：此题没有典型的时态标志，学生需通过语义判断出过去将来时。）
The lady was so happy _______she really wanted to get married. (出题目的：此题考察学生对语境的理解，部分不仔细的学生看到so后面加从句就直接填that。)
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3. 组间PK
丢炸弹 ：指定任意小组做出自己小组所出题目，对方答对加两分，答错则自己组加两分。
答过题后继续叫下一组，以此类推。答对的题目不再继续，重复出题倒扣两分。
四、学会归纳总结、自我评价
What have you learned today in lesson or in group work Write them down.（通过本节课，你在本课内容以及小组合作中收获了什么？）
知识小贴士
take place/ happen take place 必然发生 happen 偶然发生
某人发生某事________________________ 某人碰巧过了某事 ________________________
announce v. 词义___________ n.__________________
discover v. 词义___________ n.__________________
辨析discover/find/invent/ find out
discover_______________________________ find________________________________________
invent_________________________________ find out_____________________________________
4.end up ____________(do) 结束/终止做某事 end up ____________ 以……结束
5. rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词应与rather than ____________（前面的/后面的）名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。
6.believe v. 词义___________ adj.__________________ adj.反义__________________
Answers: 1. sth. happened to sb. ; sb. happened to do sth. 2.宣告，宣布；announcement 3.发现；discovery; discover发现本身已存在的东西；find找到，强调寻找的结果；invent发明创造以前不存在的物品；find out经过一番努力最终找到 4.doing; with 5.前面的 6. 相信； believable; unbelievable
本课学习后，你依然存有的疑问？
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