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Lesson type

Unit3 Australia Reading Teaching time

40 minutes Teaching Context Analysis of teaching material: The topic of this unit is about Australia. This passage includes five parts that introduces Australia to students from several aspects by using five different writing styles. The exercises in this unit involve both extensive and intensive reading. Therefore, it will be a reading lesson which will focus on improving students’ reading skills in skimming and scanning, and language points will not be stressed in this class. Analysis of the students: The objects of this lesson are students in Grade 1. Although most of them are in middle level of English learning and have the basic knowledge of Australia, they have never been to Australia and know little about its culture and geography. Meanwhile, most of the students lack the reading abilities of skimming and scanning and critical thinking. Thus, this lesson is going to use a short video to show the scenery of Australia and will show more exercises about reading as well as critical thinking to improve students’ ability in these aspects.

Teaching Aims

Aims of knowledge:

learn some important words, such as associate, ecology, citizenship, tolerance,

splendor and so on. Aims of ability:

improve students’ reading ability in skimming and scanning. Aims of emotion:

inspire students’ passion to learn English; have a deeper understanding about Australia and its culture. Teaching Points Key Key points: learn the reading skills of skimming and and scanning; learn the basic information about Australia Difficult Points

Difficult points: read the whole passage and find the information in such a limited time

Teaching Methods

1.

Task-based Teaching Method 2.

The Communicative Language Teaching Method 3.

Computer-assisted Instruction Teaching Aids

1.

Text book 2.

Power point 3.

A short video clip Teaching Procedure

Step1: Lead-in (5 minutes) 1.

Have a short conversation with the students on Australia: Do you feel hot? But there is a country which is in winter now. Do you know which country it is? Have you ever been to Australia? What do you know

about Australia? 2.

Watch a short video about Australia.

Justification: to catch students’ attention and arouse their interests; to liven up the lesson and lead in the topic---Australia. Step2: Pre-reading (5 minutes) Let the students glance quickly at the five titles and the pictures below and then answer the following questions.

1.

What topic is common to all five texts?

Answer: They are all about Australia. 2.

What aspect of the topic is discussed in each text?

Answer: A. A general description of Australia. B.

A citizenship ceremony. C.

Two journeys. D.

Uluru E.

Cradle Mountain National Park

3.

Match each reading passage with a description below. D.

A postcard from someone on holiday A.

Part of a text in an encyclopedia E.

Part of a tourist brochure

B.

A newspaper article C.

An advertisement Justification: to grasp the topic of this article and master the key information of this lesson. Step3: While-reading (15 minutes) 1.

Read the passage quickly and answer the questions below. (1)

Where do most Australia live? (2)

In what city do federal politicians work? (3)

How many people live in Australia? (4)

When is Australia Day? (5)

How far is it from Perth to Sydney? (6)

How many World Heritage Sites are there in Australia?

(7)

Which part of Australia gets the most rainfall? (8)

Why do most people choose not to climb Uluru? (9)

What two World Heritage Sites are named in these texts? 2.

Read the passage again carefully. Underline any information about Australia that you did not know before. Write down five facts that you consider to be the most interesting. Share your facts with others in

your class. Justification: to improve students’ reading skills in skimming and scanning; let students have a deeper understanding of this article. Step4: After-reading (11 minutes) Role-play: One student acts as a tour guide, and four students act as tourists. Make a short conversation by using the information in this passage. Justification: to give students the chance to use and show the new knowledge they have learned; to cultivate their confidence; to arouse their interest in learning English. Step5: Summary (3minutes) Give a brief introduction to the reading tips about skimming. Justification: to summarize and consolidate the knowledge in this lesson. Step6: Homework (1 minute）

Write a short tour passage about 100 words, in which you need to choose at least two things in this passage to describe Australia. Justification: to use and master the new knowledge in

this lesson.