Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学设计实例

Roots

Designer: Jia Aiyuan

Boxing No.2 Middle School

Teaching Plan

【Teaching aims】

After this class, I will be able to help students 1.know why and how Alex Haley found out more information about his roots. 2.learn what the roots really are for a person and strengthen the belief of being rooted in our homeland. 【Teaching procedures】

StepⅠ.Lead-in What do you think the song is about? （用一首five hundred mile 的歌导入，借助歌词追问学生问题，即激发了学生学英语的兴趣，又导入了文章标题---Roots。）

StepⅡ.Fast reading Read quickly to get the main idea of each part.

Para. 1

A ________about Haley’s family history

Para. 2-4

What Haley did in ___________

Para. 5-7

What Haley did in ___________ （速读旨在获得文章结构框架，然后总结每部分的大意。）

Step

Ⅲ. Careful reading Part 1: Read and describe these 4 pictures using one or two sentences.

Roots

Designer: Jia Aiyuan

Boxing No.2 Middle School

Part 2: Read and answer these questions. What did he find out when he travelled around the USA?Why was he unsatisfied?Where did Haley think his ancestor must have come from?Who did he meet?

Part 3:Tell whether these statements are True or False.

1) Haley was financially supported by his boss, who shared the same

family name— Kinte. (

) 2) Haley found a group in the west of Gambia. (

) 3) There are many written records of family history in Gambia.(

) 4) In most parts of Africa, stories are passed down by word of mouth. (

) 5) Haley found a person who knew the story of his family history. (

) （细读旨在获取每部分的细节信息，第一部分的阅读反馈通过复述故事的形式展现，二三两部分通过时间轴来理顺Haley分别在美国和冈比亚为寻根所做的努力。）

Step Ⅳ. Group Work Suppose you are a success in 10 years, a foreign country needs you and

Roots

Designer: Jia Aiyuan

Boxing No.2 Middle School

promises to offer you a good position with high salary, will you move there or stay in your country? Why? List your reasons and share with your group members. （展望未来，10年后的自己，来进行知识输出，以便一会儿的主题升华----我们的根在中国。）

StepⅤ.Summary & Homework 1.Polish your own report and hand it in before 7:00 am tomorrow. 2.Go to the school library to borrow and enjoy the original novel ---Roots.