Unit4 sharing--a letter home
---teaching design
teaching aims
1．语言知识目标： (1)学生能够正确读写及运用以下单词： airmail；fortnight；roof；muddy；textbook；concept；weekly；relevant；remote；weed；adjust；platform；broom；tin；jar；participate；interpreter；otherwise；privilege (2)学生掌握下列词组的意思并能在句子中熟练运用： hear from；(be)dying to；the other day；dry out；dry up
语言技能目标： (1)强化略读、查读等阅读技能，训练通过寻找关键词、主题句等方式更快速并准确地获取和处理文章细节信息的能力。
语言能力目标：增强阅读理解能力；发展借助图片、表格等非语言信息进行语言输出的能力。
4．情感态度价值观目标： (1)帮助学生理解志愿者工作的意义，培养学生在日常生活中乐于助人的爱心。 (2)在小组合作互动中，增强学生的团队合作精神与分享意识。重点难点
二、Learning aims
1. To learn about Jo’s experience as a volunteer teacher in PNG.
2. To learn to analyze and get the detailed information by skimming and scanning; learn to describe the life of people in PNG and express yourself with pictures in the passage.
3. To learn from the volunteering spirit and develop a good practice of sharing.
三、importance and difficulties
1．importance：a.获取巴布亚新几内亚独立国各部落生活状况和风俗习惯的信息； b．阅读能力的培养和阅读技巧的训练，如精读课文完成表格填空等。
difficulties：a.理解作为志愿者工作的意义，从而树立正确的价值观； b．训练用英语获取信息、处理信息、分析问题和解决问题的能力。
teaching procedure
Step I: Pre-reading
Activity 1
T: Show a picture of Santa Claus and ask students who the man is and what role the man acts.
S: Answer the questions together. Santa Claus is a helper who help others often.
[purpose] It is helpful to introduce the main character Jo who is also a helper in PNG. And Santa Claus is familiar to students, which can arouse their interests.
Activity 2
T: Introduce the character Jo and her friend; show the world map of PNG.
S: Know some general information of the character and the country PNG’s location.
[purpose] To introduce the topic and it is convenient to read the letter to get more details.
Step II: While-reading
Activity 3
T: Now, students let’s go together to know more about Jo’s experience as a helper in PNG. Read the passage by yourselves by skimming and scanning and pay attention to the pictures shown in the passage. Then you can describe the life in the picture with your own words or words you can get in the passage.
S: Read the passage quietly and get the information to describe the life in the picture; express your thoughts freely.
[purpose] To practice the reading skills-- skimming and scanning; to train students to get and deal with the detailed information in the passage and express their own thoughts with pictures which are very vivid.
Activity 4
T: Reread the passage and compare the school in the passage with our school.You can look around to think about it carefully.
S: From various aspects express your opinions freely in different forms.
[purpose] It is related to our life and things around us, which can arouse students’ interests and is easy for them to say something about the differences between the two schools.
Activity 5
T: Reread Jo’s letter and fill in the chart: find or guess reasons for the facts by scanning; have a little discussion about your answers, show your puzzles on the blackboard and try to correct them(please find the basis in the passage).
S: Present your answers on the blackboard and have a discussion and correct them.
[purpose] To practice to get and analyze the information and make students cooperative to solve questions; individuals can make a difference.
Step III: Post-reading
Activity 6 speaking
T: From the letter we can see Jo is indeed a helper to help people in PNG. There are many helpers / volunteers in the world. Let’s see them and read the words together. There’s also a woman called Malala who got the Nobel Peace Prize. Let’s take a good look at it! Then say something about it: Do you want to be a volunteer (a helper) like Jo and the great men? what can you do ?
After speaking, show the symbol of the volunteer and make them know what the hand, the dove stand for.
S: Enjoy and read the words and video together. Then think about the question carefully on your own and express your opinion freely.
[purpose] To educate students to be a helper / volunteer in life using the video about Malala, the words of great person and the symbol of the volunteer; to practice their ability to express their thoughts.
课堂学生学习效果评测工具
请在对应的选项内划上对勾√。
能够理解文章大意
充分理解
基本理解
不理解
能够借助文中的图片获取相应的信息并且能够用语言描述图片
能够流利准确描述图片
不够流利准确地描述图片
不能够描述图片
自主学习积极有效度
积极有效
不够积极有效
消极应付
合作探究参与度
积极主动性高
积极主动性稍差
消极应付
用英语进行交流表达观点明确
积极主动且语言流利
参与度不高；表达不够流畅
未参与
评测练习
I. Find or guess the reasons for these facts according to Jo’s letter.
Fact
Reason
The boys jumped out of the windows in the science lesson.
Jo wondered how relevant chemistry was to the boys.
Tombe’s mother cried “ieee ieee” when she saw Jo.
The tin can was standing upside down on the grill
II. Do you want to be a volunteer(a helper) like Jo and the great men? what can you do ?
课件17张PPT。pre-readingWho is the old man?Santa Claus--
a helperA Letter Home --By Jo
(a volunteer works in
Papua New Guinea) Rosemary, a friend of Jo in
Australia is dying to know
all about Jo’s life at
Papua New Guinea. Jo, a young Australian woman
of Australian Volunteers
International, has worked as a
volunteer teacher in Papua
New Guinea for two years. Independent State of Papua New Guinea self-study&discussion
1.The differences between the school in
this passage and our school
2.The reasons for these facts according to Jo's letter.while-readingStudents putting new grass on classroom roof(describe the pictures on the book)
task II:
Because they were frightened and they had never come across anything like that.
Because most of them will be going back to their villages after year 8 anyway.
Because it was her way to welcome visitors.
Because the tin can was used to dry out the leftover food, which might attract evil spirits, so they threw it out of the hut.why / the reason ------ becausefull informationWhat did Jo experience in PNG1 My class2 Students putting new
grass on classroom roofs3 Building a new
science lab4 View of the village from the ridge5 Some of Tombe’s family with Mukap
on the left6 Kiak preparing vegetables7 Tombe’s family and Jenny waiting for the
meal to cookWhat did Jo experience in PNG8 A woman and baby
we saw on the way home9 Tombe with his
grandfather
who’s digging up
peanuts10 Village hutsWhat did Jo experience in PNGAs Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations said “ … each contribution- no matter how small- can help make a difference.”Enjoypost-reading Give roses to others
and the lasting fragrance
will remain in your hand.Mother Teresa
She lived in India (1910-1997).She helped the poor and the sick and won the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE in 1979 .speakingDo you want to be a volnteer(a helper) like Jo and the great men? What can you do ?What does the sign remind you of?A hand: _________________
A heart:_________________
A dove: _________________
helplove and carepeaceSharing Sharing is helping.
Sharing is enjoying.
Sharing is understanding. Sharing is perfecting. Share your happiness with others,
happiness doubles.
Share your sadness with others,
sadness halves.
Share your love with others,
love spreads.课后反思
本节课学生积极参与活动，获得了一定的阅读理解文章获取和处理信息的能力和用英语进行思维表达的能力，提升了自己的精神境界，达到了乐于助人的效果。但是本节课的设计还可以更加大胆的放手让学生在充分理解文章信息之后给予充分时间去表达流淌自己的思想，形式可以多样小组话剧表演，个人陈述或两人对话等，充分锻炼学生表达能力，给更多学生展示的机会。
