Reading 2: A brave young man优秀课堂实录

Unit 7 Abilities Reading (I)

无锡市天一实验学校

许漪

I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1.

learn about a brave young man Lin Tao; 2.

use proper expressions to describe dangerous situations; 3.

infer the general idea of the article from its title and picture.

II. Analysis of teaching material

The passage is a piece of news from a newspaper. It is about a brave young man called Lin Tao who saved his neighbor Mrs. Sun from a big fire. After learning the passage, students are supposed to be aware of the danger of fire and be careful with fire. Also, they should learn from Lin Tao to be brave and helpful.

By learning a piece of news, students can learn to tell a story clearly. They can learn some new words, phrases as well as sentence structures. Moreover, they will know some ways to protect themselves in a fire.

III. Teaching contents 1. New words and phrases: brave, burn, fireman, nod, save sb from a fire, hear sb shouting, a 79-year-old man, pour water over, put out the fire, be in hospital, rush into, be careful with, be alone, be badly hurt 2. New sentences: What a brave young man! Fire is dangerous. We should be careful with fire.

Be careful with fireworks. Don’t play with matches.

Don’t put anything hot into the rubbish bin. Keep your hair away from fire.

IV. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty 1. Use proper expressions to describe dangerous situations. 2. Skim the text for overall meaning and scan for details.

V. Teaching procedures

Step 1 Lead-in T: Hello, boys and girls. Today we will learn Reading of Unit 7. Do you want to be a helpful person like Spider-man? T: With great power comes great responsibility. So we should use our abilities to help others. Today we are going to learn about a helpful young man called Lin Tao.

Step 2 Presentation Task 1: New words 1. Learn new words

T: Look at the title first: What a brave young man! “Brave” means “not afraid”.

T: Have you noticed Sunshine daily above the title? It means the passage is a piece of news from a newspaper. Look at the picture here. The man is Lin Tao. Can you guess what happened to him？

T: Fire is useful, but sometimes it can be dangerous. If we are not careful with it, it can burn things or even hurt us. Even forests and tall buildings can be burnt in a big fire. So keep yourself away from fire.

2. If there is a fire, what should we do?

T: What should we do if there is a fire? S: We can shout for help.

S: We can also call 119. S: We can run out of the building as quickly as we can.

T: When rushing out of the building, we can put a wet blanket over our body. 3. Matching exercises T: Read the six words on the screen, and match each of them with the right picture.

T: Pay attention to the following language points.

The boy is pouring water over his head. (板书pour … over)

The plural form of fireman is firemen.

The doll is nodding its head. (板书nod—nodding—nodded) T: Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.

Task 2: Fast reading 1. Read and answer T: Read the passage carefully and choose the right answer: What’s the main idea of the passage?

S: We should choose C.

2. Divide the article into three parts T: Let’s divide the article into three parts according to the three pictures. Which paragraph(s) is Part 1

Para 1 Part 2

Paras 2—3 Part 3

Paras 4—6

Task 3: Detail reading 1. Para 1 T: Please read the first paragraph and answer the questions: (1) How old is Lin Tao? (2) Why was he brave? 2. Para 2 T: Read Para. 2 after the tape and do the True or False exercise.

(1) Lin Tao was at school alone on 10 May.

(2) He heard someone shouting “Fire! Fire! Help!”

(3) The 78-year-old Mrs Sun couldn’t get out of the bathroom because her left leg was hurt.

3. Para. 3 T: Read Para. 3 after the tape, and put the following sentences in the right order. Describe how Lin Tao saved his neighbour with the structure “First …Then … Later ...”

4. Paras 4—6 T: Choose the correct answers while reading.

(1) Which part of his body did fire burn?

A. neck

B. arms

C. face

(2) How long did Lin Tao stay in hospital?

A. two days

B. two months

C. two weeks

(3) What did many people give him?

A. money

B. flowers

C. presents

(4) What did Lin Tao think of fire?

A. helpful

B. dangerous

C. Careful

Step 3 Practice

Task 4: Thinking & practice 1. What do you think of Lin Tao?

helpful, brave, careful, clever 2. Act the dialogue out T: A radio reporter interviewed Lin Tao because of his brave behaviour. Please make up a dialogue between the reporter and Lin Tao. Then I will ask some groups to act the dialogue out. 3. Finish Part C T: Fire is dangerous. Do you know how to be careful with fire? Please finish Part C on Page 84. 4. Group discussion T: What can we learn from today’s lesson?

Be careful with fire; be brave and helpful.

VI. Homework 1. Finish exercises on Pages 83 & 84. 2. Write a short passage to recommend Lin Tao for the Bravery Award (英勇奖). 3. Search for more information about fire safety.

VII. Teaching reflections

本文新词汇较多，所以单词讲解时要细致并反复带读，为之后阅读文章扫清障碍；文章的篇幅较长，所以在精读前需要将文章分好部分，再逐个部分精读。本课上完时间还有结余，应该在阅读后部分再增加1-2个活动进行操练，且此班学生基础较好，在采访的对话环节可以让他们多补充些自己的语言，而不仅仅是基于PPT上的模板。此外，在此环节，可以邀请学生来到台前表演，更好地活跃课堂气氛，因此在设计课堂指令的时候需要更加明确活动形式。