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Teaching Plan for Book 8 Unit 2 The Return Of The Dinosaurs 执教人

广州市南海中学

霍婉云

I.Topic: Reading The Return Of The Dinosaurs

II. The analysis of the teaching materials:

The aim of the reading passage is to state the view that it is technically impossible to bring dinosaurs back to life even though people are long for cloning extinct animals like dinosaurs and explain the reasons, which shows the students how an argumentation is developed.

III. The analysis of the students:

The 50 students of class 7 are on an average level, including 10 art students with lower grades in all subjects. Their ability for reading comprehension needs to be improved, especially the ability for analysis, judge and summary. They have learned some basic background information about cloning. So in this class, they are expected to learn an argumentation about whether people can bring dinosaurs back to life by cloning. In the meantime, they have to accomplish the reading comprehension, make clear about the structure by using mind-map and learn how to write an argumentation. IV. Teaching aims: 1. Target language

1) To apply the topic expressions. 2) To cultivate students ability to decode the structure of the passage 3) To learn how to write an argumentation. 2. Study abilities: 1) To apply the organizing method of passage and paragraphs by using mind-map 2) To develop students ability to get information, to judge and analyze and to predict from the title and the pictures 3) To develop the ability to summarize the main idea of each part through the key information. 3. Thinking abilities: To develop students critical thinking, creativity and dispersing thinking ability through group discussion. 4. Culture awareness: 1) To arouse the moral awareness of cloning. 2) To convince whether an extinct animal is suitable to bring back to life or not. 2) To cultivate the love for science. V. Important teaching points: Students can comprehend the reading and know how to write an argumentation.

VI. Difficult Teaching Points:

Students can analyze the structure of the passage by using mind-map. VII. Teaching method: Task-based approach , cooperative-study

VIII. Teaching aids Happy Class Multi-media teaching system, Computer, project, worksheet of students, ipads

IX. Teaching procedure: Steps Activities Aims Time 1.

Leading in Enjoy a video clip and answer To introduce the topic 5’

two questions of the reading material and arouse the students’ interests 2 Prediction Predict the information of the To cultivate students 1’

passage according to the title ability to get and the pictures information through prediction

3 Reading 1)

Read the text, sum up the To develop the ability 10’

main idea of each paragraph. to summarize the

main idea of each part through the key information. 2)

Judge the writer’s attitude To develop students 5’

and the genre of the passage.

ability to analyze and

to judge. To arouse the moral awareness of cloning. 3)

Read the text carefully and To develop students 10’

answer the questions. ability to get information and analyze. 4 Group work Discuss in groups, work To develop students 5’

together to draw a mind-map critical thinking, and decode the structure of the creativity and passage. dispersing thinking ability.

Describe their mind-maps to To develop students 3’

the classmates ability to express their ideas clearly.

5 Assignment

Decide which extinct animal Consolidate and 1’

(listed on P.16) you would like reflect what they have to clone, draw a mind map to learned after class. show the advantages and To convince whether disadvantages of bringing it an extinct animal is back to life and write a short suitable to bring back argumentation essay to to life or not. persuade others.