Reading(1)：Not just watching a film…PPT专用教学设计内容

Not just watching a film... Teaching Plan 南京市第三高级中学：刘惠

Teaching Targets: Senior one students Teacher: Liu Hui, Nanjing No.3 Senior High School Teaching duration: 45 minutes Type of Lesson: Reading Teaching Ideology: According to the English curriculum standards for senior high students(2017), core competencies of English subject discipline is language ability, learning ability, cultural awareness and thinking quality. Therefore, this lesson has designed three reading steps: fast reading, detailed reading and critical thinking, which can not only enable students to have a better and deeper understanding of this passage, but it can also develop their core competencies through speaking, reading, summarizing and discussion. Besides, this lesson has designed several learning activities: reading comprehension, pair work an discussion, intended to develop students’ independent learning, critical thinking and cooperative learning. The analysis of the teaching material This passage is an exposition selected from the Reading part of Unit3, Module 4 of Advance with English, with the title of Not just watching a film..., which talks about a new product named RealCine: how it works, its advantages and other applications of Virtual Reality. Expository writing is comparatively difficult for students to read, so it is necessary to teach them how to read it. Also, since the topic of this passage is not very familiar to students, a brief introduction of some background information is needed. Besides, this passage is a little old and somewhat out of date, so it is important to add some latest information of the development of Virtual Reality. The analysis of the students: Students are very likely to become interested in new things, especially those which can bring them excitement and joy. However, their ideas of Virtual Reality is

limited to video games and films and they lack the knowledge of how VR works and other applications of it. Teaching objectives: By the end of the class, the students will be able to: 1.

Read a passage about a new product RealCine which uses Virtual Reality. 2.

Have more knowledge about VR and its applications. 3.

Have a better understanding of expository writing and how to read an expository

passage. 4.

Develop a critical attitude towards VR, recognizing both its advantages and disadvantages. Teaching important points: The understanding of this passage; The learning of some important words and expressions; The development of critical thinking through recognizing advantages and disadvantages of VR. Teaching difficulty: Since students have little knowledge of Virtual Reality which has little connection to their daily life, they may have difficulty in understanding how RealCine works and the applications of VR. Teaching procedures: I.

Warming up (5mins) Ask students to watch a video of Ready Player One (《头号玩家》) and let them talk about some questions: What’s the video about? What does Virtual Reality mean? Do you have some VR experiences that you want to share with us? What equipment is used in VR? How do you feel when you are in virtual reality? Justification: this part aims to arouse students’ interest and lead in the topic. Also, brief introduction of Virtual Reality is necessary for students to better understand

the passage. II.

Reading Fast reading (10mins) Step 1 Ask students to read the passage quickly and answer the three questions: 1.What is the name of the product? 2.How many of the user's senses does this product connect with? 3.What are the advantages of using RealCine for urban planning? Step 2 Reading Strategy: reading expository writing 1.Multiple choice: what type of passage is this? 2.A brief introduction of expository writing: What is expository writing? How to read expository writing? (The structure of an exposition) Step 3 Ask students to read the passage again and find out the structure of the passage (How many parts can the passage be divided into and what is the main idea of each part) Justification: This part is meant to let students have a general ideal of the whole passage. Also, learning the ‘Reading strategy: reading expository writing’

can help students master the definition, purpose and characteristics of this type of writing and improve their reading ability. Detailed reading (20mins) Step 1 Ask students to read prat 2 ( paragraph 2 ) carefully and answer the following questions: What is the difference between a film and RealCine? Which film do you most want to use VR to watch? Why? Step 2 Ask students to read part 3 ( paragraph 3 ) carefully and find out how RealCine works to excite viewers’ senses. Senses

Equipment

Effects

Step 3 Ask students to read part 4 ( paragraph 4-7 ) carefully and find out how RealCine can be used in other ways? Then ask students to talk about what other uses of VR they know about. Justification: This part aims to make students have a better and deeper understanding of this passage: how RealCine works, what its advantages are and what other ways it can be used.

III.

Critical Thinking (8mins) Step 1 Ask students to work in pairs and talk about what they want RealCine to do in the future. Step 2 Ask students to think about the author’s attitude towards Virtual Reality and then work in groups of four and talk about their own attitudes towards it. Justification: This part is meant to relate ReaCine to students’ daily life and develop their imagination and creativity. Also, it can guide students to voice their own opinions about Virtual Reality through discussion ( advantages & disadvantages ), thus developing their language ability and thinking quality. IV.

Summary and Homework (2mins) Briefly summarizes this class and then assign the homework today: 1.Review what we have learned today; 2.Read the passage as fluently as possible; 3.Complete the exercise on page 44-45 in the textbook; 4.Write a passage about your opinions on VR in about 120 words. Justification: This part aims to summarize this class and encourage students to review what they have learned after class.