教 学 设 计
教学设计个人信息
姓名
单位
联系方式
设计者
教学基本信息
课题
Unit7 Journeys
Lesson 20 Life Is a Journey
学科
英语
学段
初中
年级
九年级
相关领域
初中英语
教材
书名：义务教育教科书英语 出版社：北京师范大学出版社 出版日期：2015.7.
1.指导思想与理论依据
《英语课程标准》在课程目标总体描述和内容标准上都对中小学诗歌教学提出了具体要求，如：能理解和欣赏一些经典的英语诗歌，在语言的学习过程中，加强语音语调的训练，培养良好的语感,提高学生赏析英文诗歌的能力、启发学生的思维，进一步提高语言综合应用能力。
本节课以课标的这些理念为理论依据，设计思想主要体现在以下几个方面：
对诗歌Life Is a Journey进行有感情的朗读，培养英语语感，并对学生进行美的熏陶。
让学生在反复朗读中，读出诗的节奏韵律，感受韵律美，体味诗中的情感。
在对诗歌的赏析中，对学生进行文化意识和德育渗透。
英语诗歌是英语知识和英语语言国家思想文化的载体之一，诗歌中蕴涵跨文化交际等方面的知识。本课在整个教学设计中注重让学生从外在形式（诗歌的标题、作者、诗的小节等）和意义内涵（如何理解生命是一次旅行，在旅行中如何去做）两方面欣赏英文诗歌，感受诗歌的美，在诗歌中感受生命的深刻意义。
引导学生欣赏英文诗歌由浅入深，从外在形式到意义内涵循序渐进，从而提高跨文化交际的能力。
鼓励学生大胆写诗，让学生体验合作做诗的快乐。
启发学生的思维，模仿Life Is a Journey，小组进行合作，共同编写一首小诗：Life Is a/an……进一步提高学生语言综合应用能力。
2.教学背景分析
教材分析：
本节课Lesson 20 Life Is a Journey是北师大版教材《义务教育教科书英语》初三年级（全一册）Unit7 Journeys的第二课时，是一节诗歌欣赏课。本课以生活是一段旅程行为主题, 主要讲的是如何面对人生旅行。通过对诗歌内容的学习，使学生在了解诗歌的同时，学会如何欣赏诗歌，如何面对生命的旅行。
本课对教材做了以下的处理和拓展：
先从学生熟悉的话题“Journey”导入，之后了解诗歌的外在形式（诗歌的标题、作者、诗的小节等）然后再进行赏析，对诗歌深层意义内涵进行挖掘，最后合作编写一首小诗，达到语言综合应用的目的。
学情分析：
学生在初中阶段很少接触英语诗歌，会让他们觉得很新鲜，对这首诗会很感兴趣，所以会有很高的学习热情。但同时也会存在不知道怎样去学习这首小诗，对诗歌的外在形式和意义内涵都会存在很大疑问，如何去仿写一首小诗也会有很大的挑战。
3.教学目标(含重、难点)
教学目标：
能够在朗读中感受英语诗歌及语言的优美，体会英语诗歌中渗透的情感 。
能够正确分析诗歌的外在形式，体会生命是一次旅行的深刻含义。
能够谈论生活，并小组合作仿写一首小诗。
能用积极乐观的心态看待生活中的起伏。
重点：
能够正确分析诗歌的外在形式，体会生命是一次旅行的深刻含义。
难点：
能够谈论生活，并小组合作仿写一首小诗。
突破途径：
从诗歌的外在形式，如标题、作者、诗的小节等到诗歌深层意义内涵进行挖掘来逐一分析。为学生提供一篇范文 “life is an adventure”，让学生小组合作进行仿写。
3.教学过程
环节设计
教师教学活动
学生学习活动
设计意图
Step1 Warming-up
(2’)
Show some pictures about journey.
Help the students consider:
Have you ever taken a journey?
What kind of feeling do you have about a journey ?
Look at the pictures, and talk about the journeys that they have taken.
通过图片，把学生带进本课的话题，目的是激起了学生的学习兴趣。
Step2
Pre--
Reading
(4’)
Help the Ss talk about the following question:
Life is often compared to a journey.
In which ways is life like a journey?
Then encourage the Ss to discuss with their partners.
What is life?
Do you enjoy your life now?
What attitude do you have for your life?
Discuss with a partner and exchange their ideas.
帮助学生架起人生与旅行之间的桥梁。
Step3
While--
Reading
(14’)
The 1st Reading
Ask the students to read the poem and help them consider the following questions:
What could another title for the poem be? And why?
Read the poem and choose another title for the poem .
Talk about the reason.
初步理解诗歌，思考诗歌的中心大意。找出与诗歌题目相近的标题,并说明理由。
The 2nd Reading
Ask the student to read the poem again and complete the table about the poem.
Help them to learn about the five parts of the poem.
(Activity 3)
Read the poem again and complete the table about the poem.
Learn about the five parts of the poem.
通过填写表格，帮助学生分析诗歌的构成，从诗歌的外在形式上（标题、作者、诗的小节等）进行赏析。
The 3rd Reading
Ask the student to read each verse and talk about its main idea，and then choose the summary for each verse.(Activity 4)
Read each verse and talk about its main idea.
Choose the summary for each verse.
通过对诗歌的每个小节大意的总结，体会诗歌中四个小节之间的关系。
The 4th Reading
Ask the students to read again and get them to answer the questions about the poem.
(Activity 5)
Help them discuss their ideas about the theme of the poem. .
Read and answer the questions about the poem.
Discuss their ideas about the theme of the poem. .
通过对诗的每个小节问题的回答，深入挖掘诗歌的意义内涵。
The 5th Reading
Get the students to read the poem aloud after listening to the recording.
Read the poem aloud after listening to the recording.
跟读并模仿录音，纠正学生的发音，同时训练语音语调，并感知英文诗歌的韵律美。
Step4
Post--
Reading
(24’)
1. Have the students discuss the following questions in pairs:
What do you think of the metaphor in the poem ?
Do you agree with the writer? Why or why not?
Pair work :
Present their opinions about the metaphor in the poem.
在本诗中，作者把Life 比喻成 a journey，学生就这个比喻用法来谈谈是否同意作者的观点，并说出理由。
2. Get the students to use other metaphors to describe life.
Life is a/an _________ (race, song, adventure, book…… )
Use other metaphors to describe life.
Life is a/an _________
用其他比喻手法来描述一下生命是什么。
3. Get the students to work in groups . Use their ideas to write a short poem about life.
Give them a sample poem before they write. (Life is an adventure.)
Work in groups of four to write a short poem about life.
Follow the sample poem if necessary.
让学生在自我创作中能够体味到成就感，陶冶情操，锻炼语言能力，增强对英语学习的兴趣和自信心，达到综合运用语言的目的。
4. Get the students to act out their poems in front of the class.
Act out their poems in front of the class.
与大家分享小组共同创作的诗歌。
5. Have them to enjoy a poem---Life is a journey --- Written by Jack London???
make and Enjoy a poem---Life is a journey
运用本课所学欣赏诗歌的知识，再赏析一首由杰克伦敦写的诗“Life is a journey”，
Step 5
homework (1’)
Polish the poems in groups .
Polish the poems in groups .
课外延伸，在听说的语言训练基础上，强化写作的练习。
Try to search more poems about life and enjoy them.
拓展学生视野。
课件21张PPT。 Lesson 20Unit 7 JourneyHave you ever taken a journey?
What kind of feeling do you have about a journey ?
Life is often compared to a journey.
In which ways is life like a journey?
Do you enjoy your life now?
What attitude do you have for your life?
Enjoying the Journey of Life
Going on a Trip
The Past and the Future
My ChoicesRead the poem. What could another title for the poem be?The 1st Reading Complete the table about the poem.Life Is a JourneyAnonymousfourthree or fourcomparing life to a journey which goes left and rightThe 2nd Reading Choose the summary for each verse. Write 1-4.I need to make my own decisions.
Our choices lead to different futures.
It’s best not to worry and keep working hard.
Life can be compared to a journey.1234The 3rd Reading Answer the questions about the poem. (Activity 5)
1. The path of a journey goes left and right and there are good things and bad things in life.
2. b
3. c
4. We should enjoy life and never give up.The 4th Reading What’s the theme of
the poem?Read the poem aloudThe 5th Reading What do you think of the metaphor in the poem ?
Do you agree with the writer?
Why or why not? Use other metaphors to describe life:
Life is a _________ because ______________.Life is …a treea booka racea journeyLife is like … riding a bicycle
a game
a movie
climbing a mountain
a race
a book
a box of chocolates
a painting Life is a leaf of paper white, there on each of us may write his word or two.
—— A. Lowell
生活是一张白纸，每个人都在上面写上自己的一两句话。
—— 洛威尔Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
—— S. Butler
生活是一种艺术，要在不充足的前提下得出充足的结论。
—— 巴特勒Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.
对于感受生活的人来说，生活是一场悲剧，对于思考生活的人来说，生活是一场喜剧 。TO be a poetWork in groups . Use your ideas to write a short poem about life.Sample poem: Life is an adventure
---By Andrew Mitchell Enjoy a poem:
Life is a journey
--- by Jack London??? Thank you !
