I.Teaching aims:
Knowledge aims:
Understand these new words: act, show, common, twentieth, describe, society, head teacher, college, novel, magic, if
Understand the passage in Activity2.
Ability aims:
Grasp the reading skills of fast reading.
Improve their ability of reading and writing.
Use mind map to help them to read and write.
Emotional aims:
To arouse their interest in Chinese culture and literature
II.Important points:
Understand the new words and the passage.
III.Difficult points:
To introduce Lao She teahouse according to a mind map.
IV.Teaching procedures:
Step1 Lead-in
T: (wears sports suit to pretend to be a guide) Good morning, boys and girls! I’m your guide today, do you know “guide” (shows a picture of a guide to help the students to understand the word)
S: Yes!
T: Ok, I’m your guide, and welcome to Beijing. (shows a picture of Tian’an men) Do you know Beijing It’s the … of China
S: capital!
T: Oh, capital! Yes, Beijing is the capital of China. So, do you know where are we going today Look! (Shows a picture of Lao She teahouse) We are going to Lao She teahouse today. Are you exciting Are you ready Ok, now the bus is coming, let’s get on the bus and go! Go! Go!
Step2 while-reading
Task1 Fast reading
T: Now we are on the bus, before we get there, I will introduce something to you. Do you want to know the story of Lao She teahouse Or something about Laoshe Yes Ok , please look at the materials about our trip(point to the passage on the book),you can get some information from it. Firstly, you can match the headings with the paragraphs to know more about the teahouse quickly.
Ask the students work in pairs to talk about where they can find out the answers.
Explain the reading skills to the students.
Task 2 careful reading
T: now, let’s know something about the story of Lao She teahouse. Please read paragraph1 and answer:
How many acts are there in the play teahouse
What does the play show
When did the story take place
What is the story’s main idea
Ask some students to answer the questions, show the right answers on the PPT and write down the key words on the blackboard at the same time, and then teach the students to read these new words for three times: act show common twentieth describe society
Draw the following mind map on the blackboard by using the key words.
(
T
he story of
Teahouse
(three
act
s)
c
ommon
people
who
in
China
nineteenth century to
twentieth
century
where
when
describes
the changes
what
Teahouse
)
T: Now, we are going to know something about Lao She. Please read paragraph2 and complete the timeline with information about Lao She (Ask one student to fill in the form on the blackboard).
1899
1913
1918
1924
Works
(Check the answers, show right answers on the PPT and teach new words: head teacher, college, novel) .
(
T
he story of
Teahouse
(three
act
s)
c
ommon
people
who
in
China
nineteenth century to
twentieth
century
where
when
describes
the changes
what
Teahouse
1899 born
1913 teacher
’
s school
1918
head teacher
1924 at a
college
W
orks plays,
novels
, stories
)
T: wow! It’s really an exciting moment, we get to the Lao She teahouse, do you want to have a look Please read paragraph3 and fill in the blank.
Come to Lao she teahouse in Beijing ____ you like the Beijing Opera, traditional music or ____ shows and you can ____ delicious Beijing food and ____ tea here.
(Check the answers and teach new words : if magic)
(
T
he story of
Teahouse
(three
act
s)
c
ommon
people
who
in
China
nineteenth century to
twentieth
century
where
when
describes
the changes
what
Teahouse
1899 born
1913 teacher
’
s school
1918
head teacher
1924 at a
college
W
orks plays,
novels
, stories
Lao She Teahouse
Beijing opera
magic
show
Beijing food
tea
)
Step3 Consolidation
T: Now I will give out the souvenir to you all. Please read loudly and pay attention to the new words. (Purpose of my design: to help the students remember new words in the sentences and in the context.)
Step4 post reading
1. Ask the students to introduce Lao She teahouse to Tony and Betty according to the mind map.
2. Ask four groups to introduce Lao She teahouse in front of the class.
Step5 Homework:
1. Ask the students to draw a mind map about Mo Yan.
2. Write a passage about Mo Yan according to the mind map.