Lesson 4 Car Culture
Background Information:
Topic: lesson4 Car Culture
Type: Reading
Students: Senior High School Students Grade1
Duration: 30 minutes
Teaching Models: Bottom-up model, Interactive model
Teaching Methods: Task-based Language teaching,
Situational Method
Teaching Objectives: ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) According to the students’ reading ability, the material and the objects are made as follow
Knowledge: 1. New ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Words & Expressions: accident, traffic jam, carbon monoxide, get stuck, compare to, etc.
2. Grammar Point—present perfect tense.
Ability: 1. Imp ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rove the students’ reading skill –how to take notes quickly and efficiently. (eg. If the reading material belongs to exposition, the students have to find out the number, percentage, date etc.)
2. Use skimming and scanning to improve the students’ reading speed.
Moral Lesson: 1 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ). Let the students know the negative effects caused by cars.
2. The students can brainstorm some suggestions about how to free from using a car. (eg. Use your legs; share cars; use public transport etc.)
Key Points: 1. Ne ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )w words and expressions (eg. accident, traffic jam, carbon monoxide, get stuck, compare to, etc)
2. Grammar Point—present perfect tense.
Difficult points: 1. Grammar Point—present perfect tense
2. Using ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the new reading skill—taking notes to finish the text, and find out the answer with the help of the note.
The note:
Traffic in Britain Answer
1、 Increase in the last 10 years
2 、Number of cars
3 、Number of road deaths
4 、Chemicals produced by cars
5 、Global temperature
Teaching Aids: Photos, chalk, PPT
Teaching Procedures:
Pre-reading: 1. Lead in
I begin this ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )part with some pictures that are the brands of cars, and let the students to guess what brands they are.
The pictures:
After showin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g the pictures, I will come to the title Car Culture on the blackboard, then ask them to guess what will be talked about in the text, e.g. accident, traffic jam, air pollution, etc.
From this step, the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) students can have some predictions what the text will be talking about, and the students’ interest will be raised.
2. Explain the new reading skill—taking notes to the students. In different styles, the new reading contains different kinds of information.
Style Useful information
Narration (记叙文) 5W+1HWho,what, when, where, why + how
Argumentation (议论文) Argument,Supporting Points,Conclusion
Exposition (说明文) Number,Percentage,Place,Date
While-reading:
1、Skimming: use the new reading skills to skim the text to
1)get the main idea (use two words).
The two words are destruction and suggestions.
2)find out the an ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )swers for the note in 5 minutes.(The note can be seeing in pre-reading)
2、Scanning: read t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he text again, then try to find out how many suggestions are mentioned and what are they.
The 6 suggestions: 1) Use your legs,
2) Use public transport,
3) Think before you go,
4) Share cars,
5) Don’t believe advertisements,
6) Take action somehow.
3. New Grammar Point—present perfect tense
1) Read the tex ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t again and find out the following sentences, then translate them into Chinese.
a). Have you heard these kinds of conversation
b). The number of cars on the roads in Britain has gone up by 30%.
c). I haven’t got time to walk.
d). I’ve got to pick up my daughter from school at four o’clock.
e). Then I’ve got to drive to Sainsbury’s to do the shopping.
2) Explain the grammar
Present Perfect Tense
Structure: have/has + v-ed
Conjunction: For, since, yet, already
Examples: I haven’t got time to walk.
Practice Sentences:
a)火车已经开走了。
The train has gone.
b工作已经做完。
The job has been finished.
Summary:
In this tex ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t, we have learned a new reading skill—how to take notes. We employed this skill in reading the text. From the reading, we have learned some destruction caused by cars and some suggestions about how to free from using cars. Finally, we study the new grammar point—present prefect tense.
Discussion:
Divide the clas ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s into two groups to debate the advantages and disadvantages of using cars.
Homework:
Write a composition against/for using a car.
No less than 150 words.
Blackboard Design:
Lesson 4 Car CultureI. Reading Skill-ta ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )king notes. II. Structure III. Grammar Point--1. Story Part1. Destruction Present Perfect Tense2. Argumentati ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )on Part2. six Suggestions IV. Homework3. Exposition
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