Lesson 14: Catkin the Kitten教学目标

1B Lesson 14 Catkin the Kitten

Teaching aims:

1.

Students can understand the development of the story, read it and act it out; 2.

Students can understand that the letters c and k can both make the sound of /k/; 3.

Students can be aware of the importance of taking care of pets. Focus points and difficult points:

1.

To let students have a clear picture about the development of the story by explaining the pictures, after which the task-based listening will be involved; 2.

To let students read the story; 3.

To have adaptation of the story to make a new one. Teaching preparation:

1.

PPT; 2.

Recording of the text. Teaching procedure: (T=teacher, S=student) 1.

Revision: T shows the pictures of last lesson and asks Ss to read the story out. 2.

Warming-up: T shows some pictures of cats on the PPT. T: Boys and girls, what are they?

S: They are cats. T: Yes. Do you like cats? T shows a video of funny moments about cats.

T: Cats are very cute and funny, right?

S: Yes.

T: Today, we’re going to learn a story about a cat too. 3.

Pre-reading: T shows the title picture and asks Ss to read the title.

T (point at the bell): Boys and girls, look! This is a bell. What is it used for? 4.

Telling the story:

T (show Picture 1): What’s the name of the cat? Is Catkin a good name for it? Why? (pay attention to the spelling of Catkin) T (show Picture 2): Why did Catkin run off? Where did Catkin go? T (show Picture 3): How do you think Wilma felt when she realised she had lost Catkin? T (show Picture 7): How do you think Wilma felt when she found Catkin? T (show Picture 8): What do you think of Catkin? 5.

While-reading: (1)

Listen and imitate: T: Let’s listen one more time. This time, please try to imitate

(2)

Read the story: Read in groups. Let’s read together/ in groups/ boys and girls. Present in groups. 6.

Post-reading: (1)

Readers’ theatre: T asks Ss to have a group work to read the story by different characters. (2)

Adaptation: T asks Ss to change the characters and settings of the story to make a new one. e.g.

Biff had ____________. Biff lost ____________. It was not ___________. It was not ___________. It was not ___________. But it was ___________. 7.

Homework: (1)

Listen to the story and read it skillfully and dramatically. (2)

Rewrite the story.