《英语》（九年级上册）
Unit 3 Teenage problems
Study skills
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. know the meaning of predicting;
2. use the new skill to guess what comes next in articles;
3. catch the main idea of a passage according to the title and headings.
II. Teaching contents
1. What is predicting;
2. Getting a general idea by asking some basic questions.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. Use the method to guess what comes next in articles；
2. Catch the main idea of a passage according to the title and headings.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Let’s do some reading
1. Which will you choose to read?
T: What do you usually do in your spare time?
S1: …
S2: …
S3: …
T: Do you like reading?
S4: …
T: Today I’ve brought you some English newspapers. Choose one you’d like to read.
Ss: …
2. How do you choose?
T: Which one have you chosen? (What’s it about?)
S: …
T: How did you choose?
S: …
T: So you choose what you want to read according to the title, right?
Ss: …
3. Predicting
T: When we read an article, we can often predict the content from the title. We can also use
headings in an article to predict the main idea of each part. Headings are the titles of the
different parts. Often, they are in bold.
【设计意图：通过让学生在许多报纸文章中选择自己想要阅读的文章导入新课，引出预测这一概念，学生可通过自身体验得出结论：我们可以通过文章的标题来预测文章的内容。】
Step 2 To predict the content from the title
1. Read the titles of the books and predict what these books are about
T: Here are some books. Can you predict what they are about?
S: …
2. Practice: Choose the one that may help you
T: I want to go on a tour to Europe, but I don’t know what attractions I shall visit. Which book
may help me?
S: …
T: If I have some problems with my English grammar. Which book may help me?
S: …
T: If I want to buy a new dress and a new bag, but I don’t know what colour is popular this year.
Which book may help me?
S: …
T: Which ones do you think may help you find the useful information about health?
S: …
【设计意图：让学生初步猜测每本书可能的内容，再通过具体的实例让学生感知如何用最快的速度获得自己想要的信息，将理论初步运用于实践。】
Step 3 To predict what each Para. is about according to the headings
1. Finish the exercise
T: There is an article called “The trouble with teenagers”. Predict the points that will be talked
about in the article and tick (√) the correct boxes.
2. Check the answers
T: Let’s see what you have chosen.
3. Group work
T: Now I will divide you into 7 groups. Each group choose a topic to predict what will be
written in this part. Discuss with your group members and write your sentences down.
…
T: Now, let’s share what you’ve written with each other.
S: …
T: Look! What an excellent article it will be if we put them together!
【设计意图：本环节首先要求学生根据大标题预测文章有可能谈到的内容，将选出的内容定为headings，再通过小组活动预测每部分会谈到的内容，最后将各小组的成果综合构成一篇完整的文章。此种做法给学生带来极大的成就感，同时也实现了信息共享。】
Step 4 Tip
T: To get a general idea of a book or an article, we should ask some basic questions. If we predict the answers that the questions might have, it will help us find the answers more quickly and easily when we read in detail. For example, if a question begins with when, then the answer will be a time or date. If a question begins with why, then the answer will give a reason, often beginning with because.
T: Millie is reading an article in Teenagers magazine. Match her questions with your predicted
answers. Write the correct letter in each blank.
T: Check the answers.
T: Now can you tell me the general idea of this article?
S: …
T: It’s about Zoe’s problem.
T: In fact, there are always problems in our lives. Stop being angry, and try our best to solve them. If we can learn from problems, we will have success in the future.
【设计意图：设计问题并就问题进行预测，这是快速掌握文章主要内容的阅读策略之一。本环节设计了一些问题并要求学生选择可能的答案，最后根据所选答案说出（写出）文章的主要内容（Zoe’s problem），最后回归单元主题问题。】
V. Homework
1. Read the titles in the newspaper and try to predict what comes next.
2. Preview Task.
