Advance with English Module 1 Unit 1 Reading 学案
Teaching Procedures (教学过程)：
Step 1 Lead-in and presentation
Step 2 Reading
I. Skimming
Ask the students to skim the passage quickly and try to find the answers to the following questions:
1. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Advantages of studying in Britain.
Exciting and happy school life experienced by Wei Hua in Britain
Wei Hua’s interesting experiences in Britain.
Cultural differences between Britain and China.
2. What are the key points of each paragraph?
Please match the key points with paragraphs
Paragraph 1 a. Attending assembly
Paragraph 2 b. Teachers and classmates
Paragraph 3 c. School time/ hours
Paragraphs 4-6 d. Feeling and hope
Paragraph 7 e. British food and her activities
Paragraph 8 f. Homework and subjects
II. Scanning
Ask the students to go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the questions on Part A , Page 2.
How long did Wei Hua stay in Britain?
What was the name of Wei Hua’s class teacher?
What did Wei Hua make in her woodwork class?
III. Careful reading
Ask them to read the passage to find some detailed information from each paragraph and then fill in the form.
Para.
Main ideas
Detailed information
1
School time
◆Starts ①. than that in Chinese schools;
◆②. around 15:30.
2
Attending assembly
◆Made friends with a girl, Diane;
◆Learnt ③. and the best way to earn respect
during assembly.
3
Teachers and classmates
◆One teacher for one subject;
◆Her class teacher: Mr. Heywood;
◆④. : Miss Burke;
◆Average size of class: ⑤. students;
◆Different classes and ⑥. students.
4-6
Homework and subjects
◆ All in English, a little challenging at first, not so heavy as that in China;
◆Some ⑦. be studied: Maths, English and Science;
◆Some can be ⑧. : Art and French;
◆Some can be chose out of interests: Woodwork and Spanish
7
British food and her activities
◆Missed Chinese food;
◆British food is different: they eat ⑨. after main meals
◆Often played on the school field;
◆Sometimes played football;
◆Sometimes relaxed
8
Feeling and hope
◆Felt ⑩. to have such an enjoyable and exciting experience;
◆Hopes to go back and study there again.
IV. Listening and consolidation
Play the tape for them to listen to an read the passage carefully one more time and try to find the best answers to the following exercises.
( ) 1. The passage mainly tells us about
A. Different ways that Wei Hua spent her life.
B. The reason why Wei Hua liked her life in the UK
C. Different aspects of her school life in the UK.
D. One aspect of her school life in the UK.
( ) 2. According to Wei Hua, we can know that
A. British schools are much better and larger than Chinese schools.
B. British people eat too many desserts before the main meal, which she doesn’t like.
C. British boy students like playing football, but girl students don’t
D. British schools and Chinese schools have something in common in some aspects.
( ) 3. Which is the best meaning for the underlined phrase in the sentence “I could e-mail my family and friends back home for free”?
A. without paying money B. without money
C. freely D. in my free time
( ) 4. The writer’s purpose of writing the text is to
A. tell us that she doesn’t like her school life in the UK.
B. excite more students to study abroad.
C. improve her English.
D. introduce her exciting and happy life in the UK.
( ) 5. Where is Wei Hua now?
A. In China B. In France C. In Machester D. In the US
Step 3 Group work
From reading the passage, we know that there do exist some similarities and differences between the schools in the UK and in China. Please discuss the similarities and differences in groups of two.
Aspects
In the UK
In China
Similarities
On the first day
The best way to earn respect
Activities
…
…
Differences
School hours
Homework
Subjects
Classmates and classrooms
…
…
…
Step 4 Reading strategy
Draw a conclusion about the reading strategies of skimming and scanning by Skimming: to get the general idea by looking at the titles and headings, the first and last sentences of paragraphs and the first and last paragraphs as well as pictures and charts.
Scanning: to find the detailed information by looking quickly for keywords and phrases, dates, numbers, etc. We don’t need to read the whole text word by word.
Step 5 Discussion
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad in groups of four.
Step 6 Summary and homework
What have you learnt in this class?
Finish Parts D and E
Have a discussion with your partners about the topic in Part F.
Teaching design of
Advance with English Module 1 Unit 1
Reading School life in the UK
Analysis of Teaching Material (教材分析)
This reading text mainly introduces the British high school life about the aspects of school time, teachers and classmates, class size, subjects, homework, food and after-class activities from a Chinese student, Wei Hua’s experiences in the UK.
Analysis of Students (学情分析)
The students who graduated from Junior 3 and have just entered Senior 1 are curious about their own high school life as well as the high school life abroad. And they are to some degree familiar with some topics such as subjects, homework, school time and so on. All these will help come to the reading smoothly and lay good foundations for the comprehension and tasks.
The Three-dimension Objects of Teaching (三维目标):
Knowledge and Ability(知识与技能):
1. Help students to learn more about the school life in the UK.
2. Train Students’ reading skills of skimming and scanning.
二.Process and Methods (过程与方法):
1. Skimming to get the general idea of the whole passage.
2. Scanning to find the certain information in the passage.
3. Careful reading to get the detailed information about the whole passage.
4. Listening and reading exercises to consolidate the comprehension of the passage.
5. Group work to compare the school lives in the UK and in China.
6. Discussion to form an objective opinion of studying abroad.
三. Emotion, Attitudes and Values (情感、态度、价值观):
1. Help them to know about the educational differences between China and Britain causes by different cultures and histories.
2. Help them to form an objective opinion of studying abroad.
Teaching Important Points (教学重点):
Help students to have a full understanding of the passage about school life in the UK.
Teaching Difficult Points (教学难点):
How to help them to improve their reading ability of getting the general idea and certain information by using skimming and scanning.
Teaching Aids(教具):
A computer.
Teaching Procedures (教学过程)：
Step 1 Lead-in and Presentation (2 minutes)
A free talk about school life in China.
Show students some pictures about school life in the UK. And then tell them that we are going to read a passage by Wei Hua, who once studied in the UK as an exchange student, and know more about that.
（设计意图：通过与阅读文章相关的图片自然、直观地让学生了解课文的主题，激发学生进一步学习探索的兴趣和欲望，为下面的阅读理解提供相应的背景知识并做好铺垫。）
Step 2 Reading (27 minutes)
I. Skimming (5minutes)
Ask the students to skim the passage quickly and try to find the answers to the following questions:
1. What’s the main idea of the passage? B
Advantages of studying in Britain.
Exciting and happy school life experienced by Wei Hua in Britain
Wei Hua’s interesting experiences in Britain.
Cultural differences between Britain and China.
What are the key points of each paragraph?
Please match the key points with paragraphs.
Paragraph 1 a. Attending assembly
Paragraph 2 b. Teachers and classmates
Paragraph 3 c. School time/ hours
Paragraphs 4-6 d. Feeling and hope
Paragraph 7 e. British food and her activities
Paragraph 8 f. Homework and subjects
(Key points: 1, c; 2, a; 3, b; 4-6, f; 7, e; 8, d.)
（设计意图： 采用略读的方法，通过找文章中心思想和段落大意，培养学生阅读整体观念， 让学生形成获取主要信息的阅读能力。）
II. Scanning (3 minutes)
Ask the students to go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the questions on Part A , Page 2.
How long did Wei Hua stay in Britain? For one year.
What was the name of Wei Hua’s class teacher? Mr. Heywood.
What did Wei Hua make in her woodwork class? A small table.
（设计意图：让学生带着问题寻读文章相关信息，培养学生有意识地带着问题快速寻找答案并了解相关内容的阅读策略。 ）
III. Careful reading (11 minutes)
Ask them to read the passage to find some detailed information from each paragraph and then fill in the form.
Para.
Main ideas
Detailed information
1
School time
◆Starts ①.earlier than that in Chinese schools;
◆②.Ends around 15:30.
2
Attending assembly
◆Made friends with a girl, Diane;
◆Learnt ③.school rules and the best way to earn respect
during assembly.
3
Teachers and classmates
◆One teacher for one subject;
◆Her class teacher: Mr. Heywood;
◆④.Her favorite teacher: Miss Burke;
◆Average size of class:. ⑤.29 students;
◆Different classes and ⑥.different students.
4-6
Homework and subjects
◆All in English, a little challenging at first, not so heavy as that in China;
◆Some ⑦.must be studied: Maths, English and Science;
◆Some can be ⑧.dropped: Art and French;
◆Some can be chose out of interests: Woodwork and Spanish
7
British food and her activities
◆Missed Chinese food;
◆British food is different: they eat ⑨.desserts after main meals
◆Often played on the school field;
◆Sometimes played football;
◆Sometimes relaxed
8
Feeling and hope
◆Felt⑩.lucky to have such an enjoyable and exciting experience;
◆Hopes to go back and study there again.
（设计意图：通过表格的形式将文章中的重要信息加以呈现，让学生认真阅读课文，并积极思考; 让学生深层地了解具体内容，并完成理解和文字的输出。）
IV. Listening and consolidation (8 minutes)
Play the tape for them to listen to and read the passage carefully one more time and try to find the best answers to the following exercises.
( B ) 1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Wei Hua used to get up at 8:00 a.m.
B. She likes the school hours in the UK.
C. She was such a good cook that she liked cooking the British food .
D.She didn’t like history or art, so she chose woodwork.
( D ) 2. According to Wei Hua, we can know that
A. British schools are much better and larger than Chinese schools.
B. British people eat too many desserts before the main meal, which she doesn’t like.
C. British boy students like playing football, but girl students don’t
D. British schools and Chinese schools have something in common in some aspects.
( A ) 3. Which is the best meaning for the underlined phrase in the sentence “I could e-mail my family and friends back home for free”?
A. without paying money B. without money
C. freely D. in my free time
( D ) 4. The writer’s purpose of writing the text is to
A. tell us that she doesn’t like her school life in the UK.
B. excite more students to study abroad.
C. improve her English.
D. introduce her exciting and happy life in the UK.
( A ) 5. Where is Wei Hua now?
A. In China B. In France C. In Machester D. In the US
（设计意图：该题的精心设计遵循了高考阅读理解的规范性和整体性原则，既考查了学生的概括、推理能力， 也考查了利用上下文猜测词义的灵活运用语言知识的能力及事实细节的理解能力。）
Step 3 Group work (6 minutes)
From reading the passage, we know that there do exist some similarities and differences between the schools in the UK and in China. Please discuss the similarities and differences in groups of four.
Aspects
In the UK
In China
Similarities
On the first day
Attending assembly and learn ing school rules
The best way to earn respect
To study hard and achieve high grades
Activities
Playing; playing football; relaxing after school
…
…
Differences
School hours
9. a.m.—3:30 p.m.
8.a.m.—5:30p.m
Homework
Not too heavy
A little(much) heavy
Subjects
English Literature,
History,Maths,Cooking, Woodwork …
Chinese, Maths, English, Physics …
Classmates and classrooms
Different
Fixed
…
…
…
（设计意图：通过组织学生对中国和英国中学生活的异同进行比较，进一步加深中英两国在文化及教育差异方面 的体会和感悟。 有助于提高学生运用所学知识解决问题的能力。）
Step 4 Reading strategy (3 minutes)
Draw a conclusion about the reading strategies of skimming and scanning by asking the students “How can you get the general idea and detailed information from the passage?”
Skimming: to get the general idea by looking at the titles and headings, the first and last sentences of paragraphs and the first and last paragraphs as well as pictures and charts.
Scanning: to find the detailed information by looking quickly for keywords and phrases, dates, numbers, etc. We don’t need to read the whole text word by word.
（设计意图： 本课的难点通过前面学生在学习过程中所采用的无意识的阅读策略到老师对其进行总结归纳中得到了突破。 使得学生进一步有效掌握阅读技巧和方法，将之运用到以后的学习当中，不断提高阅读能力。）
Step 5 Discussion (6 minutes)
Ask the students to work in groups of four and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad.
（设计意图：通过比较留学的优缺点，使阅读学习通过讨论活动成为学生交流的动力和源泉，并为自我探究，自我发现，主动实践和合作交流的载体，完成了阅读的超越和拓展。同时也让他们正确看待现实社会中的“留学热”，形成客观的世界观和价值观。）
Step 6 Summary and homework (1 minute)
Sum up what has been learnt in this period;
Ask them to finish Parts D and E;
Ask them to have a discussion with their partners about the topic in Part F.
（设计意图： 通过小结，进一步巩固所学知识，做到“堂堂清”。同时让学生学会思考问题，提高自主学习能力，不断探索，不断进步。）
Record after teaching
课件30张PPT。Reading IStep 1 Lead-in and presentation
Please look at these pictures and say something about them.Campus and school buildings Library Wei Hua,
an exchange student ,
studied in the UK for one year I. Skimming
Please skim the passage quickly and
try to find the answers to the following
questions: What’s the main idea of the passage?
What are the key points of each paragraph? Step 2 ReadingWhat’s the main idea of the passage? A. Advantages of studying in Britain.
B. Exciting and happy school life experienced by Wei Hua in Britain
C. Wei Hua’s interesting experiences in Britain.
D. Cultural differences between Britain and China.（B）2. What are the key points of each paragraph?Please match the key points with
paragraphs.
Para.1 a. Attending assembly
Para. 2 b. Teachers and classmates
Para. 3 c. School time/ hours
Paras 4-6 d. Feeling and hope
Para. 7 e. British food & her activities
Para.8 f. Homework and subjectsII. Scanning Please go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find answers to the questions on Part A , Page 2.
1. How long did Wei Hua stay in Britain? .
2. What was the name of Wei Hua’s class teacher？
.
3. What did Wei Hua make in her woodwork class ？ .For one yearMr. HeywoodA small tableIII. Careful reading
Please read the passage to find some detailed information from each paragraph and then fill in the form.earlierEndsschool rulesHer favorite teacher29differentmustdroppeddessertsluckyIV. Listening and consolidation Please listen to the tape and read the passage carefully one more time and try to find the best answers to the following exercises.1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? ( )
A. Wei Hua used to get up at 8:00 a.m.
B. She likes the school hours in the
UK.
C. She was such a good cook that
she liked cooking the British food .
D. She didn’t like history or art, so she chose woodwork.
B 2. According to Wei Hua, we can know that ( )
A. British schools are much better and larger than Chinese schools.
B. British people eat too many desserts before the main meal, which she doesn’t like.
C. British boy students like playing football, but girl students don’t
D. British schools and Chinese schools have something in common in some aspects.D3. Which is the best meaning for the underlined phrase in the sentence “I could e-mail my family and friends back home for free”? ( )
A. without paying money
B. without money
C. freely
D. in my free timeA4. The writer’s purpose of writing the text is to ( )
A. tell us that she doesn’t like her school life in the UK.
B. excite more students to study abroad.
C. improve her English.
D. introduce her exciting and happy life in the UK.D5. Where is Wei Hua now? ( )
A. In China
B. In France
C. In Manchester
D. In the USA Step 3 Group work From reading the passage, we know that there do exist some similarities and differences between the schools in the UK and in China. Please discuss the similarities and differences in groups of two.
Attending assembly and learn ing
school rules
To study hard and achieve high
gradesPlaying; playing football; relaxing after school9. a.m.—3:30 p.m.8.a.m.—5:30p.mNot too heavyA little heavyEnglish Literature,
History, Cooking
Woodwork…Chinese, Maths,English, Physics …Different
Fixed
Step 4 Reading strategy “How can you get the general idea from the passage?”
Skimming: to get the general idea by looking at the titles and headings, the first and last sentences of paragraphs and the first and last paragraphs as well as pictures and charts.
“How can you get the detailed information ?
Scanning: to find the detailed information by looking quickly for keywords and phrases, dates, numbers, etc. We don’t need to red the whole text word by word.
Step 5 Discussion Please discuss the advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad in groups of four.Step 6 Summary and homework
1. What has been learnt in this period?
2. Finish Parts D and E
3. Have a discussion with your partners about the topic in Part F after class.
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