Unit 5 Problems and advice教学设计和教学实录

Unit Five Problems and advice Reading:

What should I do?

School: Shanghai Cao Yang No.2 High School Teacher: Xu Yue Students: Class 2, Senior 1 Teaching Material: Reading of Unit 5, Oxford English, S1B

Teaching Objectives: 1.

To get students familiar with the new words and phrases in the text: smash, high-rise, tease, bully, have a guilty conscience, etc. 2.

To help students understand the problems and dilemmas the writers face. 3.

To improve students’ reading skills, including predicting, scanning and retelling through various activities. 4.

To instill students with the awareness of facing the problems in life and the importance of asking for advice.

Teaching Procedure: Stages Activities Purposes Pre-reading

Ask Ss if they have any problems and who

Elicit the title. they will turn to for help. Improve Ss’ ability Let Ss make predictions based on the pictures of predicting and from the text.

arouse their interest in reading the text.

Step 1.

Ask Ss to scan the first letter and find out Help Ss get the 1 what the first story is about with the help general idea of the of a table.(when/ where/ who/ what)

first letter. (high-rise, smash) 2.

Ask Ss questions: Help Ss get the Q1: What would happen if the flowerpot did details of the first not narrowly miss the children? letter and Q2: How did the writer feel? understand this Q3: Why? dilemma.

(have a guilty conscience)

Step 1.

Ask Ss to listen to the second letter and Improve Ss’ ability 2 retell the story. of retelling. (tease, bully) 2.

Ask Ss questions: Help Ss Q1: How did the writer feel? understand the Q2: If you were him, what would you do on dilemma the writer the train? faces. While-reading

Step Let Ss read the third letter and ask Ss one 3 question : Q: What are the differences between the third and first two letters?

Post-reading

Divide Ss into groups and ask Ss to act out one story from the three letters. Ss may change the ending of the story.

Assignments

Finish Exercise D&E (P66-67). Write a small letter about one problem you are facing these days to our school counselor.

Help Ss try to give advice. Help Ss summarize the problem and further understand the three letters. Help Ss review the content and integrate facts from the text with their own thoughts. Encourage Ss to express their own opinion.