本资料来自于资源最齐全的21世纪教育网www.21cnjy.com
Module 2
Unit 3 Amazing people—Project
Teaching goal:
1. Understand the related vocabulary correctly while reading. (orbit, astronaut, northeastern, army, fighter, pilot, project, candidate, survival, rocket, commander etc)
2. Develop the ability of understanding biographies and some details;
3. Write an easy biography
Teaching objectives:
By the end of this period, Ss will:
Language
1. Understand the passage correctly and master some key vocabulary;
Skills & strategies
2. Know the structure of a biography and how to write one;
Culture & morals
3. Encourage Ss to learn from Yang Liwei and set their own goals and work hard to realize their dreams
Keys & puzzles
1.How to get and deal with some information about Yang Liwei through adopting different reading skills;
2.How understand Yang Liwei’s story more deeply and learn to think the story and express in English;
Teaching approaches
1. Free-talk method to get the students to be interested in the topic and use their imagination freely;
2. Task-based method to get the Ss to understand the main idea of the passage;
3.Inductive method to make students master the structure of a biography;
4.Exercise method to consolidate what have been learnt in class
In detail
Step 1 Lead-in (2 minutes)
Draw Ss’ attention to the topic of the text--- Yang Liwei by asking a series of questions:
1.Have you ever read any books about some great explorers
2.What kind of person can be called “explorer”
3. Who is the typical example in your mind Why
Step 2 Fast reading (8 minutes)
1.Show a picture of Yang Liwei to the students and a short video of his life and career
2. Ask Ss to read the text quickly and try to find the answers to two questions:
1. How long did Yang Liwei’s journey last
2. What should be learned in ordered to be an astronaut
Step 3 While reading (20 minutes)
Ask Ss to find the missing information in a CV of Yang Liwei to be more familiar with the text as well as to review what have been learned in the early task.
1. Try to finish a CV of Yang Liwei.
Name: Yang Liwei Sex: Male
Born: ____________ Nationality: ____________
Education: 1998—2003 Trained to be an ____________
1983—1984 ____________ from the No.8 Aviation College
Work experience:
2003 Became China’s first astronaut
1998 Became a ____________ of Project 921
1983 Joined the ____________
Interests: Loves science and technology
2. Interview practice
Ask Ss to practice an interview between Yang Liwei and a reporter according to some requirements, and take notes while interviewing.
What is your job now, a pilot or an astronaut
When were you sent into space
Were you afraid before the sending up
Where and when were you born
What were you interested when you were young
Is it easy to be an astronaut
…
3. A mini discussion
Ask the students have a discussion about the following topic. This will encourage Ss to work hard to realize their dreams.
What spirit can we find in Yang Liwei
Which of Yang’s personalities attracts you most Why
Step 4 Post Reading (10 minutes)
1. Ask Ss to read the whole passage again and pay special attention to the structure of this biography through finding the missing information of the main idea of each paragraph.
Part One: The most important achievement of the main character.
Part Two: The main character’s hard struggle to success. Usually it is written in time order.
Part Three: A thought-provoking conclusion: Yang is really worth our respect.
2. Ask Ss to write a very short summary about Yang Li wei in pairs according to the structure. (One student writes the introduction in 3 sentences and the conclusion in 2 sentences, while the other student writes the body in 5 sentences. )
3. Share two works of Ss.
Step 5 Extensive reading, interviewing and writing
(5 minutes)
Hand out each S a copy of Helen Keller’s biography and one of Jay Zhou and ask Ss to select one in pairs.
First, skim the chosen passage and get some necessary information individually;
Then, interview the partner for the information of another biography and take notes through interviewing.
Step 6 Homework
1. Revise what we have learnt in this part.
2. Try to finish the writing of Helen Keller and Jay Zhou.
Feedback
Mine
In this period, T plays the role as a director and uses some encouraging ways to light the learning desire of Ss. Students’ interests were lit through individual reading, group discussion and interviewing etc. It also follows the 3 principles below:
First, the teaching content, teaching approaches and teaching activities can be flexible and open. So T simplified the teaching material according to the students’ level , and changed a free interview into a biography. However, Ss can still practice the skills interviewing, notes-taking and the lower level of biography writing.
\ Second, the teaching objectives are designed according to the task-based teaching approaches. And all the tasks are connected very smoothly and naturally. For Ss, they meet different challenges as the tasks change in order to develop their integrated skills.
Third, T pays much attention to the efficient output of language based on the efficient input of language material. It always sticks to the procedure: Read—speak---Write.
21世纪教育网 -- 中国最大型、最专业的中小学教育资源门户网站。 版权所有@21世纪教育网