人教版必修一Unit 1 Friendship Reading教案

Unit 1 Friendship Reading教案
Teaching important points:
Get the students to learn different reading skills
Teaching difficult points:
Get the students to learn different reading skills for different reading purposes
Teaching methods
1.Task-based teaching and learning
2.Cooperative learning
3.Discussion
Teaching aids
The multimedia and other normal teaching tools
Teaching aims
1.Get the students to learn the following useful new words and expressions: reason list share feeling Netherlands German series outdoors crazy nature purpose dare thunder entirely power according trust indoors share …with… go through hide away set down a series of be crazy about on purpose in order to in one’s power face to face according to
2. Help the students to find the words that they find most difficult and help them to understand
3. Help the students develop their ability and learn to use some reading strategies such as guessing ,key sentences, skimming, scanning and so on
4.Enable the students to realize the importance of friends and friendship ,value the friendship between friends by learning the reading text and tell true friends from false friends in their lives.
Teaching procedures
Step1 Revision
Ask some students what a friend is
Step2 Pre-reading
Ask the students the following questions so as to begin to focus students’ attentions on the main topic of the reading passage
Why do you need friends? Make a list of reasons why friends are important to you .
What do you think a good friend should be like? List the qualities a good friend should have.
Does a friend always have to be a person What else can be your friend?
Have you ever considered making friends with animals ,plants or even an object? Why or why not?
(The teacher can also tell students some background before starting to read .This is a true story. It took place in Amsterdam, Holland in the early 1940s after German Nazis had occupied most of Europe. They killed many Jews. To avoid being killed ,some Jewish families went into hiding places,often with the help of non-Jewish friends. This is what Anne’s family did.)
Step3 Reading
1.Get the students to try to guess what Anne’s friend was and what the passage is about by reading the title and having a quick look at the pictures in this passage without reading it.
2. Get the students to skim the first two paragraphs to confirm their guessing.
3. Have the class read the passage silently and then ask them to answer the following questions.
1).What was Anne’s best friend? Why did she make friends with it?
2) Did she have any other true friends then? Why?
3) What is the difference between Anne’s diary and those of most people?
4) Do you keep a diary? What do you think most people set down in their diaries?
We going to read one of Anne’s diaries, but before reading, can you tell me what the diary is about with the help of one key sentence in the second paragraph?
4. Reading Anne’s diary
While reading , guess the meanings of “spellbound”, “hold me entirely in their power” from the discourse.
After reading , ask the students how Anne felt in the hiding place and get them to give the two examples to show her feelings then.
Choose the best answers according to the diary.
(1)Anne made friends with her diary because ------------
She didn’t like her other friends B. She was a shy girl
She trusted nobody D. She didn’t have a chance to communicate with her friends
(2) From the diary we can infer that--------------
A. Anne was a girl who loves nature B Anne was good at writing diaries
C. Anne was longing for a normal life and she especially missed going outside and enjoying nature
D. Anne had good observation in her daily life
(3)Why did Anne and her family have to hide?
A. Because they were not Germans.
B. Because they were asked to do so.
C. Because they did something bad.
D. Because they were Jewish.
(4)What is the author’s attitude towards Anne in this passage?
A. Angry. B. Happy C. Sorry D. Disappointed
(5)What is Anne’s tone from her diary?
A. Her interest in nature. B. She had no friends.
C She couldn’t get outdoors for a long time. D. She could do nothing but watch nature
Suggested answers: 1-D 2-C 3-D 4-C 5-A
Ask the students to read the diary again and try to retell it. The retelling must include the information required below;
Anne in world warII how to enjoy herself?
-what?—why?
Sample retelling:
The diary by Anne ,a Jewish girl, gave a glimpse of her life during her family’s shelters in Amsterdam from the German Nazis’ killing in the Second World War .She treated the diary as her best friend, and in it she revealed her longing for a normal life and close contact with nature ,which helped her get through the days.
Step3 Reading aloud
Play the tape of the passage for the students to listen and follow .Make sure the students phrase long sentences correctly by pausing at suitable places.
Anne’s Best Friend
Paragraphs
main ideas
useful words and expressions
Paragraph1
Anne made her diary her best friend whom she could tell everything
feeling go through
Paragraph2
Anne’s diary acted as her true friend during the time she and her family had to hide away for a long time
hide away set down a series of
Anne’s diary
Having been kept indoors for so long, Anne grew so crazy about everything to do with nature
Crazy nature on purpose in order to dare face to face…..
Step4 Post-reading
Get the students to do the exercises in the part Comprehending.
This part helps students further understand the text by doing multiple choices, questions and answers, and matching.
Group work
Think about and work in groups to discuss the following questions
1) What would you do if your family were going to be killed just because they did something the Emperor did not like?
2) When would you plan to hide ?
3) How would you arrange to get food given to you every day?
4) What would you do to pass the time/
Step5 Consolidation
1. Books shut .Get the students to tell something about Anne.(From the story, we can see that a war is cruel. Wars can bring us lots of trouble and disasters. These disasters are human , not natural. We should love peace and get rid of wars. We should create a world full of peace and harmony.
2. Books Open. Get the students to discover useful words and expressions from the part Reading to complete the following sentences
Show the exercises on the screen or give out exercise papers.
She has grown ---------about computer games.
Was it an accident or did David do it on----------?
From the beginning, Paul made it clear that he would be---------- (完全地)in control.
He used to work ------even in the middle of winter.
---- get her boyfriend to find her, she -------for many years.
----------what he said, we can draw a conclusion that he just told----------white lies
Born in a poor family, the president--------lots of hardships in his childhood.
A diary is often kept to -----what happens in people’s daily lives.
When they met with each other on a quiet evening at the end of the street, they said nothing-----.
First get the students to do the exercises. Then the answers are given. The teacher can give them explanations where necessary.
Suggested answers:
1)crazy 2)purpose 3)entirely 4)outdoors 5)in order not to, hid away
6) According to , a series of 7) went through 8)set down 9) face to face
Step7 Homework
1. Read the passage again and try to retell it.
2. Finish off the related Workbook exercises.
3. Write one or two sentences to express your understanding of friends and friendship