Reading(1)：The UN—bringing everyone closer together国家获奖教案

the UN and some International organizations

——M6 U4 Reading & Word Power 教学设计

教学目标及重点: 通过这节课，学生能

（1）利用思维导图把握文章的框架结构；

（2）了解联合国的下属组织分类、名称及缩写; （3）借助文本，了解联合国的工作目标和工作方式，并且自己设计工作思路与步骤来实现一个联合国千禧年目标

。

重难点设计：

(1)

利用思维导图把握文章的框架结构；

(2) 学生批判式地阐述个人见解。

(3) 站在联合国秘书长的角度针对实际情况来设计实现目标的工作思路。

Step1: lead-in: 1)

Show students photos of war, lack of food, poverty and natural disasters to ask students to questions to introduce the topic of the UN.

a.

How can we help these poor people?

b.

Through which organization can we help these poor people?

2)

Watch a video about the UN, and ask students to find out what problems can the UN help with.

With the question of how the UN works, students are introduced the reading passage.

Step2: Reading comprehension of the passage.

1)

Show ss a picture of Zhou Xun who was once a UN Goodwill Ambassador to introduce the writer of the speech.

2)

Reading comprehension: a.

Students read the passage quietly and individually.

b.

Students are asked to find out the main ideas of each paragraph by looking for the key words from the text and filling them into the blanks. c.

Check the answers. d.

Students use numbers to represent the paragraphs, and draw a mind map to demonstrate the structure of the text. e.

Students share their mind maps in groups, and one or two of them are to show and explain their maps to the rest of the class. Maps may vary based on different angles of perceiving the text.

Step 3 : Words of the international organizations

1)

Read Part A on page 54, and finish the chart of part B, using the information offered in part A. Ask ss to use the acronyms of the organizations to fill in the chart.

2)

Complete the passage in Part C on page 55 using the information from part A and B.

Step 4: Group discussion

1)

Show the 8 millennium development goals of the UN and the aim of the UN to let students understand the work of the UN more thoroughly.

2)

Students work as groups of 4 and have a discussion about : If you were the Secretary of the UN,

choose one of the development goals and discuss with your partner how will you work to make it come true.

Step 5：Homework

According to what you have discussed in the class, write a composition about how to realize one of the goals of the UN.