Learning about Language教学实录及点评

Lesson Plan for Unit 1——In Search of the Amber Room Teaching objectives and demands：

A. Students can take a good master of the relevant vocabulary and knowledge about the text. They can understand and use the key language points. B. Students can use the words and phrases they learned to describe the situation in the pictures and make sentences. C. Students are active in class discussion and willing to express themselves in English. D. Students’ interests in learning English increases.

Teaching contents: A. Basic words and phrases in exercise 1:

Select, rare, reception, amaze, less than, wooden, in search of, survive, remove, artist, former, at war B. Important sentences and language points:

In Search of the Amber Room

It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels.

However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it.

In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers.

This was a time when the two countries were at war.

C. Class activity: discussion about other similar phrases like “be at war”. D. Tests about the words and phrases.

Important points and difficult points: A. Important points: 

Activate the students’ basic vocabulary and knowledge about the text. 

Improve the students’ ability to understand the important sentences and language points. B. Difficult points:



Get the students to use the language points. 

Activate the students’ relevant knowledge about the phrases like “be at war”.

Teaching approach A. The Task-based Language Teaching Approach

B. The Activity-based Language Teaching Approach (group work)

Teaching aids PowerPoint

Time allocations Step 1. Exercise

(5 minutes)

Step 2. Language Point

(25 minutes)

Step 3. Group discussion

(5 minutes)

Step 4. Test

(8 minutes)

Step 5. Homework

(2 minutes)

Teaching procedures: Step 1 Exercise

Check the answer to exercise 1. (select, rare, reception, amaze, less than, wooden, in search of, survive, remove, artist, former, at war)

Step 2 Language Point

A. Pick out difficult sentences and important language points in the text. Explain the meanings and usages of them to the students.

1. In Search of the Amber Room

2. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels.

3. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it.

4. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. B. Ask the students to describe the pictures and make sentences in English with the given phrases.

1. They went into the ancient tomb in search of cultural relics. 2. He decorated the room with balloons. 3. The doll belongs to my sister. 4. I sent him a present in return for his help.

Step 3 Group discussion

Ask students to think and discuss about other phrases like “be at war” in groups.

This was a time when the two countries were at war.

(be at work /be at peace /be at risk /be at school /be at table /be at

meeting)

Step 4 Test

A. Ask students to recall the words and phrases they learned just now from the pictures.

B. Ask students to complete the sentences with the phrases they learned. 1. I am not sure who that book ________

___. 2. Mr. Brown came to China ___ _______ ___ a better future. 3. When two countries were ___ ____, troops of soldiers were sent to the front line to fight. 4. She gave me food and clothes and she did not ask for anything ___ _______.

Step 5 Homework

Ask the students to complete Exercise 3 and Exercise 4 in page 4 and preview the passage "A FACT OR AN OPINION" in page 5.