高中英語readingunit1module5必修一

TeachingDesignforReadingUnit1Module1

Analysisoftheteachingmaterial:

Thisperioddealswiththereadingpassageofthisunit.

ItisanarticlewrittenbyastudentnamedWeiHua,who

studiedintheUKforoneyear.Itistakenfromaschool

magazine.Thisarticleservesasanintroductiontoschool

lifeintheUK,andthestudentscanpracticethereading

strategies:skimmingandscanningaswell.Thispassagehas

aclear

structure,

in

which

thefirst

paragraph

givesout

the

schoolhour.Inthesecondparagraph,thestudentscanfind

information

aboutschoolassembly.Thenextparagraph

deals

with

teachers

andthe

waythey

haveclasses.

Paragraphs4and

6deal

with

the

subjects

students

in

the

UK

learn.

In

paragraph5,readerscanfindsomeinformationaboutschool

activities.

The

last

but

second

paragraph

gives

us

information

offood

andlunch

break,while

the

last

paragraph

isaboutthefeelingsandthoughtsoftheauthor.

In

aword,

thepassagecoversalmosteveryaspect

ofschool

lifeintheUK.Afterthestudentsreadthispassage,they

willhaveageneralunderstandingofhighschoollifefrom

anotherculture.

During

the

period,

teachers

should

strengthenthereading

strategybymeansofpracticingandgivingmorereading

materialsafterclass.

Teachingaimsandrequirements:

Tostrengthenthereadingstrategies:skimmingandscanning.

Tofinishamagazinearticleaboutschoollifeinthe

3.Toenablethestudentstolearntotalkaboutschoollife

andidentifythedifferencesbetween

theschoollifeintheUKandinChina.

4.Tohelpthestudentslearnhowtotalkaboutschoollife.

Teachingimportantanddifficultpoints:

1.Tohelpthestudentstolearnabouttheschoollifein

theUKandgetthemtotalkaboutthe

differencesintheschoollifebetweentheUKandChina.

2.Tohelpthestudentstolearntousesomeofthenewwords

andexpressions.

Teachingmethods:

Discussioninpairsoringroups.

Students-involvedclassactivities.

Teachingaids:

Ataperecorderandamultimediaclassroom.

Preparationsbeforeclass:

Beforetheclass,encouragethestudentstogotothelibraryorsurftheInternettogetsomeinformationaboutschoollifeintheUK.,andaskthemtofinishC1andC2onPage4asapreviewoftheclass.Teachingprocedures:

Step1.Greetingsandself-introduction

Encouragethestudentstovolunteertogotothefrontof

theclassroomtomadeaself-introductionordescribepart

oftheirjuniormiddleschoollifeandmakeaplanfortheir

highschoollife.Afteronestudentfinisheshisorher

free-talk,otherstudentsortheteachercanaskhimorher

somequestions.

Step2.Leadin

Askthestudentstodescribesomepartsofhighschoollife

intheUKbasedonwhattheylearnedinWelcometotheunit

Thefollowingquestionscanbeasked:

Doyouliketheschoollifeyousawonpageone?

Doyouwanttohaveapenpaloranetpalfrom

English-speakingcountry?

.

an

Doyouwanttoknowsomethingmoreabouttheschoollifeofyourfuturepenpalornetpal?

Step3.Readingstrategies

1.Skimming

Thisis

the

first

time

that

the

students

havegot

achance

to

have

a

reading

class

in

high

school.

Somereading

strategies

should

be

introduced

first.

The

reading

strategies

presented

inthis

period

areskimmingandscanning.

First

of

all,

the

students

should

get

the

idea

of

what

skimmingandscanningareabout.Tounderstandthis,the

studentscangothroughthereadingstrategyonpagethree.

After

it,

get

thestudents

tofinish

doing

Part

AonPage

2topracticethestrategyofskimming.Whentheyaredoing

theexercises,tellthemtolookatthetitleandheadings,

the

first

andlast

sentences

ofparagraphs

andthe

first

and

lastparagraphsaswell.

Scanning

Scanningistofindcertaininformationinatext.Thus

thestudentswillbetoldtogothroughthetextforkeywordsandphrases,dates,numbers,etc.Theyarenotsupposedtoreadthewholetextwordbyword.

their

besttofind

thedetails

aboutthethings

talked

about

in

the

passage.If

onestudent

cangetoneofthem,heorshe

will

begiven10marks.Thegroupwhichgets

the

highest

marks

isthewinner.

Step4.Listeningandwordsexplanation

After

skimmingandscanning

thepassage,

the

students

have

gotsomeideaofthemeaningandwordsinthepassage.Ask

themtolistentothetapeandtrytofindthewordsinpart

DonPage4,andafterthattrytomatchthem.

After

thematchwork,PartEcanbeusedasaconsolidation

ofthewordsinthepassage.

Step5.Intensivereading

1.Letthestudentsdiscussingroupsanddecidethemainideaofeachparagraph.

Askthestudentstoscanthetextandfindouthowmanypartsthetextcanbedividedintoandgetthemainideafor

eachpart.(Aboutthispart,studentscanbedividedintofourgroupsandbeencouragedtofindtheanswersasquicklyas

possible.Theteachercanasksomesimplequestionstoguidethestudents.)

GetthestudentstocompareschoollifeintheUKandChina.

DifferencesandsimilaritiesaboutschoollifebetweentheUKandChina

DifferencesSimilarities

Step6.Discussion

Topic:Nowadays,moreandmoreyoungstudentsaregoingabroadtostudy,whateffectswillthenewschoollifehaveonthem?

Step7.Homework

Revisethereadingcomprehensionandtrytoretellitwiththeirownwords.

WriteapassageaboutthedifferencesandsimilaritiesoftheschoollifeintheUKandChina.

WritingontheBlackboard

Readingstrategies

Structure

Differences

Similarities

Skimming:

partsmainidea

Scanning:

1

2

3

Reflectiononteachingandlearninginthisperiod:

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