Unit 6 An old man tried to move the mountains.
SectionB(2a-2e) Lesson Type: Reading
Teaching Objectives
Knowledge Objective:
Keep learning to tell a fairy tale, memorize new words and expressions.
Find out the text type and learn some language features of the play..
Ability Objective:
Improve students’ reading, comprehension and expression abilities.
Moral Objective:
Learn from fairy tales to become a brave and wise person.
Teaching Key Point
Retell a story by means of the key words and expressions in the play.
Teaching Difficulty
Summarize the plot of the play and retell the story.
Teaching Methods
Reading, discussion, retelling and group work
Teaching Aids
Multi-media; Paper models
Teaching Procedures
Step 1? Lead in
1. Play a part of cartoon to review a fairy tale learned before.
2. Show some pictures and another part of cartoon to lead in the new lesson.
3. Introduce three levels of the reading game and the game rules to the students.
Step 2? Pre-reading (Level 1)
1. Have students find out the text type. (Activity 1)
2. Introduce some language features of the play.
3. Ask students to answer the questions. (Activity 2)
Step 3? While-reading (Level two)
1. Students read through the play and match each description with the correct scene. (Activity 3)
2. Check the answers and students read the play aloud.
3. Students read the play again and write down some key words from each scene. (Activity 4)
4. In pairs, Students discuss answers with partners and present themselves.
Step 4? Post-reading (Level three)
1. Students act out the play in groups of six. They can use either the dialogues in the play or their own words.（Activity5）
2. Retell the story. Students complete the summary of the play and then retell the story . (Activity6)
3. Students retell the story and present themselves.
Step 5? Summary and Homework
Imagine you are a writer, please write the finale of the story and adapt it into the play. Afterwards, teacher organizes students to perform the play.
Blackboard Design
课件21张PPT。 Unit 6 An old man tried
to move the mountains.
Section B(2a-2e)Watch A Cartoon CinderellaSleeping BeautyLittle Red Riding Hood Post-reading(Activity5,6)While-reading(Activity3,4)Pre-reading(Activity1,2) Hansel and Gretel Level onePre-readingCLICK TO ADD CONTENTSCLICK TO ADD CONTENTSCLICK TO ADD CONTENTSActivity1 Find Out the Text Type(体裁 ) Language features of the play Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel lived near a forest with their father and stepmother. One year, the weather was so dry that no food would grow. The wife told her husband that unless he left the children to die in the forest, the whole family would die. Gretel heard this and Hansel made a plan to save himself and his sister.
SCENE ONE :____________________________
Gretel, Hansel
Gretel: Did you hear our stepmother planning to kill us?
Hansel: Don’t worry! I have a plan to save us.
Gretel: How can you save us ?
Hansel: Be quiet! I’m going outside to get something in the moonlight. Now, go to sleep.
Background Introduction
背景介绍Scene 场景 Character 人物Dialogue 对白Activity2 Answer the questions 1.How many scenes and characters in the play?
Seven scenes and four characters.
2. Who are the characters?
Gretel, Hansel, Wife , Husband. Level TwoWhile-reading A.The children get lost.
B. The children wake up.
C. The children cannot find the pieces
of bread.
D. Gretel learns about Hansel’s plan. E. The children surprise the parents.F. Hansel has to change his plan.G. The children learn that something
bad is going to happen.
Activity3 Scanning. Match each description below with the correct scene. SceneActivity4 Read the play again and find out some key words from each scene .Then discuss them with your partner. Gretel: hear, stepmother ,plan, kill…Hansel: save, go outside, get something…get up, bread…come with, get wood…what,doing…sleep, wake up… go out, moon…thought, coming back…Scene 1Scene 2Scene 3Scene 4drop white stones,shine bright,lostHusband: Gretel: Hansel: Wife: Wife: Hansel: Husband:
Scene 5 Scene 6
Scene 7
Gretel: Hansel: Hansel: Gretel: have no more stones…drop, moon rises, follow…lost, lead, house, candy…song, follow, eat, house…see any bread, birds…Cretel:Hansel:keep walking, find way out… Level ThreePost-readingActivity5 Groupwork
Act out the play in groups of six.
You can use either the dialogues
in the play or your own words.
. Activity6 Complete the summary of the play. Then retell the story one by one in the group.Gretel heard that their___________ planned to ______ her and her brother. But Hansel had a plan to _______ himself and his sister. He went to get some white______ before he went to bed that night. The next day, the wife sent the children to the_______. Hansel _______the stones as they walked. Later that night, they could see the stones because of the shining _____. The stones showed them the way home. Hansel wanted to get some more stones, but his stepmother did not let him go out. The next morning, the wife sent the children to the forest again. Hansel had no stones, so he dropped _______of _____. But the______ ate them, so Hansel and Gretel were_______ in the forest. They walked until they saw a ______made of food. Hansel wanted to______ the house, but then they heard the voice of an old _______coming from the house.
stepmotherkillsavestonesforestdroppedmoonbreadpiecesbirdslosthouseeatwoman
Imagine you are a writer, please write the ending of the story and adapt it into the play. Perform the play afterwards. Summary and HomeworkThe World’s Three Famous Fairy TalesAnderson’s Fairy TalesGrimm’s Fairy TalesArabian NightsEnjoy reading to become a brave and wise person.Thank You
