Study skills: Using a library优秀教学设计内容

《英语》（七年级下册）

Unit 7 Abilities Study skills

I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. group the books according to their topics; 2. use the library to look for information.

II. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty Find out the topic or subject of a book.

III. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in

Free talk T: Hello, boys and girls, look at the subjects on the screen! Which are you interested in? T: If you want to learn more about it, what can you do?

S1: I can ask my Science teacher for more information. S2: I can look for more information on the Internet. S3: I can go to the library to learn more. T: Yes. A library is a useful place to find information. And there are many famous libraries in the world. Look, this is the largest library in the world. It is in the USA. Do you know the largest one in China? It is in Beijing and it’s also the largest in Asia.

T: This is Harvard Library—the oldest one in the USA. It is often full of students. How hard-working they are! We should learn from, right? So today we will learn how to use a library.

【设计意图：通过简浅的自由会话，导入本课主题——图书馆。】

Step 2 Presentation

1. How to use a library T: Do you want to find the book quickly and correctly in a library? S: Yes, of course. T: So please remember this tip. Books about different subjects are put in different sections. That is books about similar topics are put in the same area.

T: Look, there are many subjects or topics in the library. Do you know these? S: Yes. T: Can you think of other subjects? S: Art/Computer/Travel/Geography/Biology/Math/Cooking. 【设计意图：通过对边呈现边引导的方式，让学生了解图书馆书籍的各种学科属性。】

2. Match the information with the subjects T: Look at the following information and tell me what subjects they are about.

(1) I would like to learn French.

(2) I will learn how to make cakes.

(3) I want to borrow some books about the violin.

(4) I don’t know where to spend my summer holiday.

(5) I want to read Harry Potter.

【设计意图：通过匹配练习，让学生学会判断已知信息所涉及的学科属性。】

Step 3 Practice Write the titles of the books in the correct sections. T: Look at the books on the screen and put them into the correct sections. 【设计意图：让学生根据书名判断该书的学科属性，同时反馈所学内容的掌握效果。】

Step 4 Presentation

1. Novels: in alphabetical order according to the authors’ surnames T: The Cat Goes Shopping

and Ronnie Goes into Space

are novels. Do you like reading novels? For example, Harry Potter. It is a very popular novel. Its author, that is its writer, is J. K. Rowling. T: There are lots of interesting and famous novels in the library. And the novels are put in the alphabetical order of the author’s surnames.

2. Put the novels in the correct order T: Look, here are some books and their authors. Can you help to put them in the correct order? a. Harry Potter’s author is J.K. Rowling.

b. Gone with the Wind’s author is Margaret Mitchell.

c. The Old Man and the Sea’s author is Ernest Hemingway.

d. Who Moved My Cheese’s author is Spencer Johnson.

e. The Last Leaf’s author is O. Henry.

【设计意图：让学生明白小说类书籍是按其作者姓氏的字母顺序摆放的，并通过给小说排序，让学生进一步领悟该内容。】

3. Librarians

T: If we meet any problems in the library, what shall we do?

T: We can always turn to this person. Look at her. She works in the library. What does she do?

S: She is a librarian.

T: Yes. Librarians are there to help you. If you have any questions, turn to them. 【设计意图：引入图书管理员，让学生知道在图书馆遇到麻烦时，可以求助图书管理员。】

Step 5 Practice 1. Be a polite library user T: You’ve learnt how to use the library, but remember you should be a polite library user. What can’t we do in the library? S1: We can’t run in it. S2: We shouldn’t shout in it. S3: We can’t get the books dirty or broken. T: Good job! Now tell me whether the following behaviours are wrong or right. (1) Take good care of the books.

(2) Be polite to the librarians there.

(3) Mr Li smokes in it.

(4) Tom sees his classmate and shouts to him.

(5) Ann talks loudly and happily with her friend.

(6) Underline the beautiful sentences in the book.

(7) Keep the mobile off or set it to mute mode.

T: Well done! Always remember: keep quiet in the library! 【设计意图：通过具体行为案例的正误分析，让学生进一步明晰图书馆内的规范举止。】

2. Go and use the library T: We have 8 teams in the classroom. Each team will have a task. Each member of the team should find at least one book and write down the name, author and publishing house of the book. Now, let’s go to our school library. Task 1: Find books by Mark Twain. Task 2: Find books about American history. Task 3: Find books about country music. Task 4: Find books about English grammar. Task 5: Find books about computers. Task 6: Find books by Jack London. Task 7: Find books about Olympics. Task 8: Find books about butterflies. Check students’ work and make sure everyone has learnt how to use the library.

【设计意图：通过去图书馆搜寻资料，让学生真实体验和运用所学内容。】

IV. Homework Keep your books at home in a right order.