Listening and vocabulary课时教案

Listening and Vocabulary教学设计

Teaching Contents

In this period，

we’re going to read a passage My First Ride on a Train. This reading passage is a travel diary，

mainly about Alice Thompson’s experience of travelling to the central part of Australia. In her travel，

she describes food，

the scenery，

the people as well as the train she took. This section aims at improving students’ reading ability，

developing their reading strategies，

learning about the writing characteristics of a travel diary，

and mastering some important words.

Teaching

Goals Knowledge and Skills

1. Understand the following core words and phrases：

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2. Learn to get the main idea，

find the topic sentences，

and catch the effective information of the passage by predicting，

skimming and scanning.

3. Know about the writing characteristics of a travel diary and try to write one to describe their own travel experiences with learnt words,，phrases and expressions. Process and Methods

1. Understand the core words，

phrases and “-ed” form used as attribute through the context of the passage.

2. Improve their reading ability by predicting，

skimming and scanning. Emotion and values

1. Know more background knowledge of Australia.

2. Raise their awareness of cooperation and exploration in their study by pair work or group work.

3. Be inspired to be familiar with the general configuration of the earth’s surface and respect local conditions （human and environmental）

around the world. Teaching Important Points

1. Students can improve their reading ability of grasping the main idea and catching the effective information of the passage by predicting，

skimming and scanning.

2. Students can learn about the writing characteristics of a travel diary. Teaching Difficult Point

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Students can understand the deep meaning behind the reading passage.

Teaching Methods & Strategies

Learner-centered，

task-based teaching method，

cooperative learning method. Teaching Aids

1. a computer

2. a projector

3. the blackboard Teaching Procedures Step Ⅰ Greeting Pre-reading Step Ⅱ Lead-in

Activity ：

Background knowledge of Australia.

The teacher show the students some pictures about Australia on the screen

1．Organize a brainstorming activity to bring in words about Australia.

2．Make a presentation about Australia. While-reading[来源:Z.xx.k.Com]

Step Ⅲ Skimming for the main idea of each paragraph

Activity ：

Read the text quickly and match the main idea with each paragraph.

The students read the text quickly and silently to get the main idea

of each paragraph. And then，

the group members discuss with each other

to finish this exercise.

Para 1：

The writer’s first ride on a long distance train recently.

Para 2：

The food on the train and the scenery during the journey.

Para 3：

What the writer did on the train during the days and nights.

Para 4：

The reason why the train is called the Ghan.

Para 5：

The use of camels in the past.

Para 6：

How the Afghans dealt with the camels. [来源学。科。网]

Step IV

Scanning for details

The students read the text again，

based on what they have known of the whole passage，

to obtain required specific information. The teacher gives some guidance on how to focus on what is necessary information，

and ignore what is unnecessary information.

Activity：1. Do some T or F exercises

2. Fill in some key information in the chart

3. Answer some questions Q1：

Did Alice travel on the train a long time ago? (No, she travelled on the train recently.) Q2：

Was her destination on the coast of Australia?(No, it was Alice Springs in the central part of Australia)

…

Step V

Filling in the blanks Fill in the blanks with some key words according to the passage. Step VI

Summary What’s the passage about? (The writer travelled on a train to Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia)[来源:Zxxk.Com][来源学§科§网]

Post-reading Step VII Homework

Write a composition about your trip.(when, where, with whom, how will you

go there, what will you do and see, what’s your feeling)

Teaching evaluation: We finish the teaching aims basically in this class. The students have learned some useful words and expressions, and get the main idea and necessary details of the passage. They know how to write a travel diary through the class. At the same time , they raise their awareness of cooperation and exploration in their study by pair work or group work.