Using LanguageⅠ优质课一等奖

A teaching plan for Book 2 Unit 1 Using language I I. Teaching aims: 1.

Students will be able to tell the definition of a fact and an opinion and tell the difference between a fact and an opinion by reading the passage. 2.

Students will train their skills of catching detailed information by listening to some stories about what happened to the Amber Room 3.

Students will train their speaking ability of asking for and giving opinions by using some phrases. II. Important points: Help students learn the difference between a fact and an opinion and improve their reading, listening and speaking abilities III. Difficult point: How to guide students to identify facts and opinions and give reasons. IV. Teaching procedures: Step 1 lead in Present two statements and ask students to judge whether they are facts or opinions. Step 2 Reading A.

Read the passage on Page 5, and find the answer to the following questions: 1.

What is a fact?

(A fact is anything that can be proved.) 2.

What is an opinion?

(An opinion is what someone believes is true but hasn’t been proved.)

3.

What is evidence?

(Evidence is true information which must be facts rather than opinions.) B.

Ask students to check their former judgments and give reasons. Step 3 Discuss language clues to help identify facts and opinions. Facts: What I told you is true because…

The fact is that…

They did it last night…

Opinions:

I think that…

In my opinion, …

My view is that…

He/She is very kind/considerate/mean…

I don’t like…

Step 4 Discussion and judgment Read the man’s story about what happened to the Amber Room quickly. Do you think it is a fact or an opinion? Give your reasons. Step 5 Read the story again and fill in the table: Name Place What he heard What he saw What he believes

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Step 6 Listening A.

Listen to another two people talk about what happened to the Amber Room. Listen to Part A and write down where the Amber Room was lost. B.

Listen to part A and B again, find the detailed information and fill in the blanks. Step 7 Speaking

A.

Discuss in groups: of the three persons, which one gave the best evidence? The following expressions may help you : Do/Don’t you think that…? Would you consider…? Do you have any idea about…? How do you know that? Are you sure that he/she was telling the truth? What do you think of…? What’s your idea /opinion? How do you feel about…? Who do you think was…? What are your reasons for saying that? I think /don’t think that…

I agree/ don’t agree with you.

That can’t be true. It can be proved. I don’t believe… because…

I think… is telling the truth because…

B.

Choose one student in each group to present the discussion result to the class. Example: It can be proved that____ gave the best evidence because____________.

Homework:

Retell the three stories about what happened to the Amber Room