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111Period 2 Reading教学设计一整体设计教材分析This reading passage is about a vivid description of the school life in Manchester made by Wei Hua, a Chinese girl who once studied in the UK. The students who are expected to learn this unit are the new comers to high schools. They will certainly curious about British high school life as well as their own school life. So the topic is an amazing one for the students, and it will definitely stimulate the students interest since they can imagine and arrange their own new school life. By learning this unit, the teacher can also help the students to get used to the new high school life as soon as possible.While the students are reading this passage, some reading strategies should be introduced: skimmingto get the general idea of a passage 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 chart; scanningto find certain information in a text quickly by looking for key words and phrases, dates, numbers, etc.Meanwhile, different in-class activities should be well organized for all the students to take part in according to the content of the text with the purpose of training their skills in not only reading, but also in listening and speaking. Some charts and tables are used for the students to find some information for the text. And the students should be encouraged to take part in different activities of pair work or group work. They should learn to enjoy team-work. More in-class activities are related to the students daily life and require common sense from the students. And more exercises are given in different forms to help the students to learn how to use some of the new words and phrases. 三维目标1. Train the students reading ability, introducing the two reading strategies, skimming and scanning.2. Enable the students to learn to talk about school life and identify the differences in the school life between the UK and China.3. Learn some useful words and expressionsattend, earn, respect, achieve, challenging, prepare, drop, miss, experience, introduce, for free, at lunchtime, word by word, on average, sound like4. Learn some important sentence structures1)This means I could. . .2)I found the homework was not as heavy as what I used to get. . . 重点难点1. Help the students to learn about the school life in the UK and get the students to talk about the differences in the school life between the UK and China.2. Help the students to learn to use some of the new words and expressions.3. Help the students to learn to make an outline of a plan for their new school life. 教学方法1. Discussion in pairs or in groups.2. Task-based in-class activities.3. Explanations of some language points. 教具准备A tape recorder and a multimedia classroom. 课前准备1. Ask the students to prepare for a free-talk for about two or three minutes. They can introduce themselves to their classmates or say something about their junior middle school life, or even make a plan for their high school life. This will help all the students to take part in in-class activities and help them adapt to high school life quickly. If some students really have some difficulty in doing this, the teacher can help them to prepare for it before class.2. Encourage the students to go to the library or surf the Internet to get some information about school life in the UK, if possible. They can also be divided into several groups to get some information about high school life in different countries as they like.3. Ask the students to read the passage School life in the UK on pages 2 to 3, as well as reading strategy on page 3. If time permits, ask them to finish exercises C1, C2 and D on page 4. 教学过程Step 1 Greetings and self-introductionThis is the first semester of the high school and most students are not familiar with each other, so self-introduction is necessary for them to get to know about each other. Encourage the students to volunteer to go to the front of the classroom to make a self-introduction or describe part of their junior middle school life and make a plan for their high school life. After one student finishes his or her free-talk, other students or the teacher can ask him or her some questions. Step 2 Lead inAsk the students to describe some parts of high school life in the UK based on what they learned in Welcome to the unit. If necessary, they can also talk about some of the differences between Chinese and British school life.Some possible answers: 1. Huge campus and low-rise buildings can often be seen in the UK. That is an outstanding sight when we travel in the UK, compared to so many high-rise buildings in China.2. What impressed me a lot are the lockers in the classrooms for students to put their stationery, books, exercise books and other belongings. I think it is really convenient for the students. While in China, we usually have a heavy burden of school bags. I often wonder if the heavy bags will do harm to the development of our bodies.3. From my point of view, most foreign teachers are humorous and kind-hearted. It seems that they have a close relationship with their students. And some of our teachers are too strict with us. Maybe not only the students, but also the teachers are under the pressure of the entrance examination.For the teacher, it is important to point out that the British school system is considered one of the best in the world. As is known to us all, education in the UK is compulsory for everyone between the ages of five and sixteen, and is provided by two kinds of schools: independent (fee-charging) schools and state-funded schools.(If the multimedia is available, this design is recommended. )Show part of the video about the school life in the UK or show several pictures of the school life in the UK, and then ask the students to describe some of the scenes in the video/some of the pictures about the school life in the UK.Some possible answers: 1. Im surprised that they only have about 20 students in their class while we have 54 students here. And they have a lot of chances to express their opinions. Their presentations are beyond my imagination. I hope I can do that in my class.2. They are so many in-class activities in the their class. I think we should have more opportunities to work in pairs or in groups.3. It seems that their classes are loose, but in fact well organized. The teacher talks less, and the students do a lot. Step 3 ReadingSkimmingCome to the article from a school magazine, written by an exchange student Wei Hua, who once studied in the UK. She gives us a brief but vivid description of what school life in the UK is like from her own experience. Ask the students to read the text quickly and answer the three questions in Part A.Check the answers.1. For one year.2. Mr. Heywood.3. A small table.After the students finish it, the teacher can raise this question: You are really quick in mind and action. By the way, how do you get the answers in such a short time?Possible answers: 1. Firstly, these questions are very easy to answer. Secondly, there are some skills in reading these questions, that is, we should find out some key words in the questions. For example, in the first question, how long reminds me to focus on some numbers. In question 2, we should pay special attention to the name and class teacher, which will help us find the information in the text quickly.2. For the last one, Woodwork class leads me to paragraph 6 soon, so I find the answer to question 3 easily.The teacher should note that usually its not necessary to read an article word by word, or sentence by sentence to get the general idea or some main information. While reading, we should use some reading strategies. In this unit, two reading strategies are introduced, which are basic reading skills and used by many people. Ask the students to read the reading strategy on page 3 and finish the form on the screen.Or we can use another way to help the students to learn how to skim a passage.In order to help the students to know how to skim a passage, the teacher can also get the following passage, which is also related to the topic of this unit, for the students to read. The students are supposed to get the main idea of this passage as quickly as possible. Reading material: Education system in the UKThe UK is made up of 4 different countriesEngland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Education in the UK is compulsory for everyone between the ages of five and sixteen, and is provided by two kinds of schools: independent and state-funded schools.Education system in ScotlandThe education system in Scotland differs at school and under-graduate level to the other countries that follow a similar system. The main differences are as follows: Students can enter university at the age of 17 rather than 18, as university courses in Scotland are normally one year longer than in England.Between the ages of 16-18 years, students in Scotland often study a broader curriculum than in other parts of the UK and often do not specialize in the sciences, arts, and humanities.Education system in England, Wales and Northern IrelandChildren normally start school at the age of 5 and move to secondary school at the age of 11. Pre-school programs are also available to students at the age of 3 or 4. . . .After the students read this passage, raise these questions for them to answer: 1. Whats the main idea of this passage?2. And how do you know that?3. Is there any other way to help us to get the main idea quickly?Possible answers: 1. It mainly tells us the education system in the UK, especially that in Scotland.2. From the title and the subtitle.3. Usually the pictures will help us a lot. Sometimes, the first and the last paragraph are very important for us to read, as well as the first sentence of each paragraph.The teacher should tell the students that all these are very good reading skills, which are often adopted by many people while they are reading. And then ask the students to skim the text, and find the answers to the three questions as quick as possible, using the methods talked about.Then check the answers.Reading strategy is very important while we are reading a passage. Here, two reading strategies are introduced in this unit. Ask the students to read the reading strategy on page 3 and finish the form on the screen.Reading strategyReading strategyPurposesMethodsSkimmingScanningSample answers: Reading strategyPurposesMethodsSkimmingTo get a general idea of what the text is aboutBy 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 to guess what the text is about. ScanningTo find certain information in a text quicklyBy scanning the text for key words and phrases, dates, numbers, etc. BrainstormingBefore the students move on to the details of this reading passage, ask them to have a brainstorming.Question: When we come to the title School life in the UK, what do you expect to read in this passage? This design is used to help the students learn to predict what to read in this passage, to know how to select different materials, to arose their interest in reading this passage, to let other students share their creative ideas, to encourage more students to take part in in-class activities and to give every student a chance to express their ideas.List all the things suggested by the students on the blackboard. If necessary, the teacher can add more items according to the text.Suggested answers: Things expect to read aboutSchool hoursSchool locationSchool assembliesSchool teachersSchool facilitiesSchool classesSchool homeworkSchool subjectsSchool holidaysSchool feesSchool activitiesSchool food. . . Listening for informationAfter the students give some suggested answers, ask them to listen to the tape of the text with their books closed, and then tick the things mentioned in the passage. Things expect to read aboutSchool hoursSchool locationSchool assembliesSchool teachersSchool facilitiesSchool classesSchool homeworkSchool subjectsSchool holidaysSchool feesSchool activitiesSchool food. . .ScanningNow its time for the students to scan the passage to get certain information quickly. Let the students have a group competition. Since team work plays a very important part in the school life for the teenagers, if possible, more chances should be given to the students to let them be aware of team spirit. Tell the students that they will be divided into four groupsGroup 1, 2, 3, and 4. They should try their best to find the details about the things talked about in the passage. If one student can get one of them, he or she will be given 10 marks. Ask them to remember to use the reading strategyscanning.Suggested answers: Things mentionedSome detailsSchool hours. . . starts around 9 a. m. and ends about 3. 30 p. m. School locationSchool assemblies. . . told us about the rules of the school and the best way to earn respect from the schoolSchool teachersMr Heywood was the class teacher and Miss Burke was Wei Huas favorite teacher. . . were helpfulSchool facilitiesSchool classes. . . there were 29 students, which is about the average size for British schools. . . . had to move to different classrooms for different classes. . . had different students in some classesSchool homework. . . not as heavy as. . . was a bit challenging. . . was in EnglishSchool subjectsEnglish, History, English Literature, Computer Science, Maths, Science, PE, Cooking and French. . . students can choose and drop some subjectsSchool holidaysSchool feesSchool activities. . . read English in the library. . . went to the Computer Club at lunch time. . . had an extra French class on Tuesday evenings. . . cooking. . . held a class party at the end of term. . . played football on the school fieldSchool food. . . is very different. . . eat lots of desserts after the main mealIf time permits, we can guide the students to focus on the structure of the passage. In this way, we can also help the students to learn how to scan a passage.While reading a passage, we should pay special attention to the structure of the passage. By doing that, well find it easier for us to understand the text. Ask the students to come to the structure of the text, scan the text and find out how many parts the text can be divided into and get the main idea for each part. PartsMain ideasPart 1(Para. 1)Wei Huas feeling about staying in a British high school for one yearPart 2 (Paras. 2-7)Different aspects of school life in the UKPara. 2the advice the headmaster gave during assemblyPara. 3school teachers and classmatesPara. 4school homework and subjectsPara. 5school activitiesPara. 6choices about subjectsPara. 7school food and entertainmentPart 3(Para. 8)Wei Huas hope(About this part, students can be divided into four groups and be encouraged to find the answers as quickly as possible. The teacher can ask some simple questions to guide the students. )Now its time for the students to do more consolidation exercises. Ask the students to turn to page 4, and come to C1 first. Let the students to work in pairs, that is, one student read the question and the other answers it.(Allow the students several minutes to finish it and give some guidance if possible. )Then ask the students to come to C2. Ask one student to read one sentence, and he or she will ask one of the other students to decide whether the sentence is true or false. If it is false, let him or her correct it.Comparison in detailsSince the students have already got some details about the school life in the UK. They should be encouraged to learn to compare the school life between the UK and China. Ask them to work in groups to find out the information and use their common sense to fill in the blanks.Differences and similarities about school life between the UK and ChinaDifferent aspectsthe UKChinaDifferencesSchool hours9 a. m. -3: 30 p. m.7: 30 a. m. -4: 30 p. m.Class sizeabout 30 studentsabout 50 studentsClassesdifferent classroomsin the same classroomClassmatescant remember allremember them easilyHomeworknot heavytoo muchSubjectsEnglish, History, English literature, Computer Science, Maths, Science, PE, Cooking, Woodwork French, ArtChinese, Maths, English, Physics, Chemistry, History, Politics, Geography, PE, BiologySchool foodlots of desserts after their main mealregular three mealsSimilaritiesSchool assemblyrules, ways to earn respect and achieve high gradesSchool teachershelpful, friendlyFurther understanding of this textTo help the students to improve their reading skills, the teacher can also prepare some reading comprehension exercises for the students to do.1. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Not all the students are familiar with each other.B. Students can choose any of the subjects or drop any one.C. Students in that school have to move to different classrooms for different classes.D. Students should work hard to get high grades.2. Which of the following sentences about Wei Hua is TRUE according to the text?A. Wei Hua couldnt get used to the school hours there.B. Wei Hua couldnt get on well with her classmates, for they didnt know each other.C. Wei Hua soon adjusted herself to the homework in English there though it was a bit challenging.D. Wei Hua didnt like British food and couldnt get used to eating desserts.(Before the students get down to these exercises, ask them to pay attention to the details of the passage. The teacher should point out that the students should learn to find the supporting sentences in the passage. )Suggested answers: 1. B 2. CGuessing the meanings of the new wordsThe main idea of this passage and some of the details have been further discussed. Now, its time to come to some new words in this passage. Ask the students to turn to page 4, and come to Part D. Ask them to find these new words in the article, guess their meanings from the context and then match them with the correct definitions.(Give the students several minutes to finish this part. Then check the answers. )To see if the students have fully understood these new words, the teacher can design some exercises for the students to do. For example, the teacher can ask the students to fill in the blanks with the seven words.(Ask the students to fill in the blanks and then check the answers. )1. Cathy is making herself up, for she will_ a wedding party.2. With the exam drawing near, all the students are busy_ for it.3. To be a journalist is more_ than to be a worker, but I like it.4. The couple_ a lot of money by running that restaurant.5. Do you eat_ after your main meal?6. Once Zhang Hua wanted to_ English, but now he is good at it.7. We have some_ homework before our examination.(This kind of exercises can help the students to master the usage of some of the important words in this unit. If the students find it difficult to do, then the teacher can ask them to work in pairs first. )Suggested answers: 1. attend 2. preparing 3. challenging 4. earn 5. desserts 6. drop 7. extraAfter the students finish this exercise, they will be asked to come to Part E. A British student has read Wei Huas article and wants to b
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