Using LanguageⅠppt配套的教学设计方案

人教版必修2

Unit 1 Cultural Relics

Using language No.1 Middle School Pingxiang

Sun zhaohuan

I.

Analysis of the learning material

This learning material is the fourth part of Unit1, Book2 Cultural Relics, the topic of which is cultural relics protection. It is made up of two short reading passages and a listening task. This period is aimed at improving students’judgment on people’s statements; deciding what to believe or not and listening for specific words.

II.

Learning objectives Knowledge objectives 1.Students can tell the difference between a fact and an opinion. 2.Students can understand the listening material and make notes quickly. Ability objectives After the class, the students can 1. understand the difference between a fact and an opinion. 2. find out clues to identify a fact or an opinion. 3. listen for key words and specific information. Emotional objectives 1. Arouse the students’ interest in making judgment on a story. 2.Cultivate the students’

good habits of predicting before listening according to what they know in the incomplete sentences.

III.

learning important points 1. Students could find out how to make judgment on whether a story is a fact or an opinion. 2. Students can focus on some specific information while listening (who, where, what). 3. Students can make notes quickly while listening by using abbreviation.

IV. Learning difficult points 1. Help students learn how to tell a fact from an opinion.

2. How to predict the whole story with incomplete sentences.

V. learning aids

Multi-media, a projector and a blackboard.

VI. Learning methods

Task-based learning; Pair & group work; Practicing through activities

VII. Learning procedures Step 1

Lead-in (2 minutes) Talk freely about the disappearance of the Amber Room.

Many people are curious about the Amber Room. Till today, many people are hunting for the lost one, which is now still a mystery. Where is it now? How did it disappear? Today we will read or listen to 3 stories about what happened to the Amber Room, and find if a story is a fact or just an opinion. Before doing this, we should know what a fact is and what an opinion is. 【Purpose: to review what the students have known about the Amber Room and to lead in new topic.】

Step 2

Skimming (3 minutes)

Read this passage A FACT OR AN OPINION? and answer the following questions:

What is a fact? What is an opinion? (individual work) 【Purpose: to grasp the definitions of a fact and an opinion.】

Step 3

Comprehending (10 minutes) Show some sentences to check whether the students understand the difference between a fact and an opinion.

1)I have a happy family. 2)Our art festival will be a success. 3)The sun is in the centre of the universe. 4)Liu Xiang is the most handsome man. 5)Nine plus one equals ten. Ask the students to compare their ideas and discuss the sentences when they disagree. Then help them to conclude. (group work) 【Purpose: to help the students grasp the general guide for deciding if a statement is this: To see is to believe. A fact can be checked; an opinion cannot.】

Step 4

Consolidation (5 minutes)

Fill in the table about Jan Hasek’s story after reading. (individual work) Decide whether the story Jan Hasek tells is a fact or an opinion and give the reasons, using the following structure: I think it is

because

【Purpose: to put into practice what they have known about the difference between a fact and an opinion. Help them to express logically.】

Step 5

Pre-Listening (4 minutes)

Let the students go through the directions and exercises, guessing what the listening text is about. Explain new words: treasure, attack, melt, sink. (class work)

Lead the students to use abbreviations for help in listening, such as A R for the Amber Room. Encourage them to form their own style. 【Purpose: to teach the students to form good habits of predicting and using abbreviations, thus enhancing their confidence in listening.】

Step 6

Listening (12 minutes) Listen for specific information. After they check the answers in groups, report them to the class. Pause and repeat the key sentences if necessary. (group work)

【Purpose: to improve their listening ability for specific information about what, who, where】

Step 7

Assessment (4 minutes) 1. Tell each other a piece of news in our school and judge whether it is a fact or an opinion. (pair work) 2. Ask several students to report their sentences in class. Others give comments. (class work)

【Purpose: to check the students’

understanding of the reading passage; to encourage the students to evaluate their own performances and learn from their peers.】