The Magic of the Mask教学设计
一、指导思想
高中英语课程标准（实验）》明确指出阅读教学的目的是：培养阅读策略；培养语感；特别强调培养学生在阅读过程中获取信息和处理信息的能力。在教学过程中，教师要注意逐步培养学生的各项阅读微技能；如：略读（skimming）；找读（scanning）；预测下文；理解大意；分清文章中的事实和观点；猜测词义；推理判断；了解重点细节；理解文章结构、指代关系和作者意图；评价阅读内容。
学生的阅读能力是在阅读的实践和体验中获得的，课堂教学的任务是通过阅读材料的选择和提供，教学环节的安排，有目的、有步骤地帮助学生在阅读过程中进行有效的体验和语言输入，促进学生阅读能力的获得与形成。在本课的设计中，图片导入使学生形成对嘉年华庆祝活动的初步印象，形象直观地激发学生兴趣；在课堂中让学生完成根据阅读材料所设置的任务，体现任务型教学的理念，从中学习语言知识以提高语言应用能力。以小组讨论的形式让所有学生都参与到任务活动中来；让学生在实践中掌握阅读技巧和方法，提高阅读能力。教学中以学生体验为主，在语境中体会词义，培养学生爱思考的好习惯；英语学习不仅是对语言的学习，更是对文化的学习。在英语教学中，增强学生的跨文化交际意识。
二、教材分析
本节为阅读课，是本模块的第一课时。介绍了有关狂欢节的情况，围绕课文设计了与课文内容和词汇有关的练习，通过这些练习，学生可以熟悉课文内容，学会与课文内容有关的词汇。通过本文的学习理解狂欢节的描述、起源和发展，能读懂同等难度的有关节日的文章。在活动中，发展学生的语言能力并增强文化意识。在教学设计中，注重了对对教材内容的适当整合。
三、学情分析
根据授课班级学生的实际情况，在阅读的处理中，遵循了由浅入深、循序渐进的原则，要求学生通过略读、查读等方式完成不同的阅读任务。包括概括段落大意、细节理解、猜测单词等练习。提高学生阅读能力和对语言的领悟能力。
四、教学目标及重、难点
教学目标
1. 知识与能力：让学生通过阅读文章去了解狂欢节的起源和历史沿革。同时，在阅读训练中渗透略读、查读等阅读技巧来培养学生概括大意、查找特定信息、以及推理的能力。
2. 过程与方法：运用任务型教学法，提高学生阅读能力；让学生在实践中掌握阅读技巧和方法，提高阅读能力。教学中以学生体验为主，在语境中体会词义，培养学生爱思考的好习惯。
3. 情感态度与价值观：作为文化的重要组成部分，节日是学生了解西方文化的窗口。通过本次学习，学生可以加深对西方文化的了解，增强文化意识。
教学重点和难点
1. 教学重点：了解狂欢节的起源和历史沿革；掌握略读、查读、猜生词及推理判断等阅读方法和技巧。
2. 教学难点：提高学生对文章内容进行推理判断的能力及在实践中运用阅读技巧的能力。
五、教学步骤
Step 1: Lead-in
（这一环节我首先让学生展示了一些庆祝中西方节日的图片，要求学生说出节日名称。最后出示了狂欢节庆祝图片和狂欢节面具。旨在给学生直观的感受，激发学生的学习兴趣。）
Step 2: Reading
1) Fast-reading
Match the main idea with every paragraph.
Para. 1 A meaning of carnival and how it was celebrated
Para. 2 B the law about wearing masks
Para. 3 C general impression of carnival
Para. 4 D how it is celebrate today in Venice and the feature of it
Para. 5 E carnival in Venice and the problem it caused
Para. 6 F the revival of the tradition of celebrating it.
（设计意图：这一活动主要锻炼学生获取文章各段段落大意的能力。采用连线的方式降低了活动的难度。难度适中使得学生通过本活动了解文章大意，并增强了英语学习的兴趣。）
2) Further-reading
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1. Where does Carnival come from? What does it mean?
2. When was it celebrated?
3. Where was the most famous Carnival in Europe?
4. How long did the first Carnival in Venice last? What about now?
5. Did the government of Venice encourage the wearing of masks?
6. Who started the Carnival again, tourists or students?
（设计意图：这一活动帮助学生了解文章细节。要求学生个别活动，根据文中提供的信息，了解文章细节。）
3) Vocabulary
Activity 1: Read through the words in the box and have the students repeat them individually.
1. a situation where things do not seem well organized
2. When you feel this, your heart beats fast.
3. If you wear this, it hides your face and your feelings.
4. something you can’t explain
5. a power which doesn’t seem to be natural
6. special clothes
7. lots of people in the same place
8. a way of doing things passed on from generation to generation
9. the air you breathe, but also the feeling a place gives you
(Ask the students to complete the task individually, then check with a partner.)
Activity 2: Choose the correct meanings of the words and phrases. Check the answers one by one.
1. If you dress up, you put on ______.
(a) lots of clothes (b) special clothes
2. If you extend something, you make it ______.
(a) longer (b) shorter
3. If you pretend to do something, you ______.
(a) try to do it (b) behave as if you were doing it
4. When a crime is unpunished, the criminal _______.
(a) has been caught (b) hasn’t been caught
5. Firearms are ________.
(a) guns (b) fireworks
6. If something is banned, you are ______ to do it.
(a) allowed (b) not allowed
7. If you revive something, you _______.
(a) kill it (b) bring it back to life
8. If you are wandering, you are _______ in a particular direction.
(a) going (b) not going
（设计意图：词汇学习是英语学习的基石。阅读过程中同样要注重学生词汇学习和积累能力的培养与提高。本环节的练习源于课本，旨在提高学生的猜测词意的能力，练习应用新词汇并检测学生的词汇掌握情况。）
Step 3: Discussion
Nowadays more and more people tend to spend western festivals, such as Valentine’s Day, Christmas but don’t pay much attention to our Chinese traditional festivals. What do you think of this? (Groups of four)
（设计意图：越来越多的年轻人注重过洋节忽视了中国的传统节日。读后讨论活动旨在引发学生思考，并锻炼学生的思辩能力，培养团体协作和探究的精神。）
Step 4: Summary and Homework
Homework：
1. Read and retell the passage with the help of the verbs.
2. Get information about a traditional Chinese festival.
（设计意图：对本课所学内容进行总结归纳，并布置作业。课文朗读是提高学生语感的重要途径 而复述又有利于学生进一步熟悉课文内容，介绍中国传统节日的活动有助于培养学生收集资料和信息的能力和习惯，培养学生主动发现和探究的精神。）
六、板书设计
The Magic of the Mask
Match the main idea with every paragraph.
Para. 1 A meaning of carnival and how it was celebrated
Para. 2 B the law about wearing masks
Para. 3 C general impression of carnival
Para. 4 D how it is celebrate today in Venice and the feature of it
Para. 5 E carnival in Venice and the problem it caused
Para. 6 F the revival of the tradition of celebrating it.
课件19张PPT。 Book 5 Module 4 The Magic of the Mask
Before class Some requirements for you1. Be brave and not to be shy to express yourselves2. Cooperate(合作) with your group members to finish the tasks in the class.3. There are 6 paragraphs in the passage and number them.Making your own masks in groups and introduce
your design.
You can begin it like this:
I design this mask to express___________,
because________________________________Pre-class tasks Show yourselvesWhile-class tasks Lead in Carnival
(狂欢节) Para 1Para 2Para 3Para 4Para 5Para 6Skimming Read for structureChoose the topics the passage mentionsPeople’s general impressionOrigin of CarnivalSpecial foodCarnival in VeniceYou don’t read the passage word by word, sentence by sentence. Just master the main ideaTask 1: Read the para 1 and answer the following
question.
What’s people’s first impression of Carnival?Scanning Read for detailed informationC____C____C____Summarize: Carnival can bring us___________rowdsostumesonfusionexcitementRead through paras to find detailed informationTask 2: Read the para 2 and answer the following questions
Scanning Read for detailed informationThe origin of CarnivalWhereMeaningDo?EuropeNo more meatEating
Drinking
Dressing upCarnival in VeniceTask 3: Read the para 3-6 and fill in the blanks
Scanning Read for detailed informationlastedextendedlimitedbannedrevivedcelebratedmake carnival
day longerstarted againScanning Read for detailed informationbeginning14th century18th centurythe late
1970stodayHow was the author develop Para3-6?
A: By following the order of time
B: By giving examples
C: By making comparisons (对比)
D: By asking questions
What is the to carnival in Venice?Scanning Read for detailed informationkeyThe mystery/ magic of the maskYou have no idea what the faces behind them look like. If the masks come off, the magic is lostdon’t knowTask 4: Language appreciation:
If we delete the first “and”, what will the sentence
be like?
Think of carnival, and you think of crowds,
costumes, and confusion.Scanning Read for detailed informationThinking of carnival, you think of crowds,
costumes, and confusionSummary mindmap Origin of CarnivalmeaningCarnivalconfusionPeople’s impression of CarnivalcrowdsCarnival in VeniceThe mystery of the maskcostumesWhere doNo more meatEating, drinking and dressing upThe key to carnival in VeniceEuropeCarnivalPeople’s impression of
CarnivalOrigin of CarnivalCarnival in VenicecrowdscostumesconfusionmeaningWhere doNo more meatEuropeEating, drinking and
dressing upThe key to carnival
in VeniceThe mystery of
the maskPart 1Part 2Part 3Make an interview
Group workFour students in groups. Suppose one is a journalist from CCTV, and others are tourists in Venice who come to watch carnival in 2014. Make a dialogue about their feelings, masks and so on.
You can begin it like this:
Journalist: Hello, Nice to meet you! I’m a
journalist from CCTV. I would appreciate it if you
could answer me some questions.
Tourists: Go ahead
Journalist: What are your impressions for carnival
in Venice in 2014?
….
Journalist: Do you know the key to Carnival in Venice?
…
Journalist: What will you do in the Carnival?
…
Journalist: Thank you very much, Have a great time!Share my experience As we open up to the outside world, it helps us to
know about the traditional western festivals, but
some of us ignore our own festivals. As the
saying goes: Only when it belongs to the nation,
can it belong to the world. (只有民族的，才是世界
的)Cultural awareness近几年来，外国的节日纷纷登陆中国，比如：圣诞
节、情人节、母亲节、愚人节等。这些节日也越来
越受年轻人的青睐，而中国的传统节日反而不怎么
受重视了。比如在中国传统节日期间，很多年轻人
喜欢出外旅游而不想在家过节。对这一现象，人们
众说纷纭。请描述这一现象并说明自己的观点。Homework Thank you for your listening
