Reading 1：Homes around the world教学设计和教学实录

7B Unit 1 ReadingHomes around the world Teaching plan for 7B Unit 1 Reading

Homes around the world

Teaching contents: 1. the four passages in 7B Unit 1 Reading Part A

on Page 8-9.

2. new words: balcony, town, centre, quiet, wooden,

ladder, share

Teaching task: learn to introduce one’s dream home

Teaching focus: the introduction of one’s dream home

Teaching difficulties: teach the students to learn how to describe

their own dream homes

Teaching approaches : 1. Task-based approach

2. The integrated approach

3. Classroom activities( Pair work ; Group work )

Teaching aids :

multimedia

Teaching procedures:

Step 1

Warm-up activities:

1. Play a game.

Before the class , play the game “Beating the drum and passing the flower” together with the students.Ask one student to come to the front to beat the drum , the other students pass the flower .

When the drum stops, the student who gets the flower must give any of the following performances . The teacher may supply necessary props .

A . dress up as a Monkey King

B. play with a yo-yo

C. tell the class his/ her family members in English

D. sing an English song

2. Ask a question and teach an English song .

Ask the class Do you like singing English songs? Most students

will probably answer “Yes!”

Teach the class to sing an old English song《Country road》

While singing, let the students clap together.

3. After singing the song, tell the students that “Country road takes me home , it makes us think of our homes, now I’ll show you my home.”

Step 2

Presentation

1. Introduce my family members to the students .

Ask the students to look at the big screen. On the screen is a photo of my family

which is taken in front of my house. Tell the students who they are and what they are .

2.Introduce my house in the photo to the students.

Ask and answer :

T:

Where are we standing now?

S : You’re standing in front of your house.

T : How many floors can you see in my house?

S :Two .

T : What’s this? Is this a balcony?

S: Yes, it’s a balcony.

3. Teach new words by describing my new house on the big screen.

Tell the students: We live in a town near Taizhou. My house is in the centre of the town . There are too many cars , too many people and too much noise here,so it is not quiet . There is also a wooden house on the top .But I must climb a ladder to get into the wooden house .There are six rooms in my house .My son and I live in the same room.That is to say , I share the bedroom with my son .Because he is so young that I must look after him . This is my house .Welcome to my

house !

Teach : balcony, town, centre, quiet, wooden, ladder, share

4. Read new words.

Lead the students to read the new words using chant . Make sure they can pronounce

correctly

e.g. balcony(clap)---balcony(clap)---balcony(clap)

town(clap) ---town(clap)---town(clap)

Step 3

Lead-in

1. Go on talking about my house .

Have the students look at my house in the photo again, ask What is my house made of? Help the students to answer

It’s made of bricks.

2. Tell the students that our classroom is also made of bricks.

There’re many kinds of houses in the world.

3. Look , listen and answer .

Get the students to watch a film and try to find “ How many kinds of

houses are there in the flash?” The student who can answer the question the most quickly will get a present as a reward--- a nice wooden house. Encourage the students to look and listen carefully

and try to be the first .

4. Tell the students more about different houses .

Tell the students that different people live in different houses. There are also some other kinds of houses in the world. Some of them are places of great interest. They are interesting places to visit .

Ask the students if they would like to have a look at these places of interest.

5. Play a guessing game.

Show another film to the students. Let them guess what places of interest they are.

Step 4

Reading

1. Introduce my four friends to the whole class.

After enjoying some places of interest, introduce my four friends to the whole class. Because I think “The more friends we have , the happier we are !” tell the students they are Stephen , Madee , Neil and Anna .

They come from different countries ,they live in different dream homes .

2. Look and talk about the pictures .

Ask the students to look at the picture of Stephen on the big screen .

Talk about the picture with the class .Ask questions by:

a.What can you see in Picture 1 ?

b.Where is Stephen now ?

c.What is he doing ?

3. Do the same work for the next three pictures about Madee , Neil

and Anna .Ask questions by :

d.Which kind of house does Madee live in ?

e.Where is the wooden house ?

f. How can Madee get into the house ?

g.What is Neil’s favourite room ?

h.what is Neil doing in Picture 6 ?

i.Where are Neil and his dog ?

j.What is Anna doing ?

k.Where are Anna and her sister ?

4. Listen and do T or F exercises .

Books closed . Ask the students to listen to the recording and get ready to do T or F exercises :

1. Stephen lives in a small house in California, the USA.(F)

2. Madee’s house is near the river.(F)

3. Neil likes the kitchen best.(T)

4. Anna and her brother live in the same bedroom.(F)

5. Read and do WH-questions.

Books open! Ask the students to read the four passages freely by

themselves and then discuss WH-questions with their partners to check

for understanding :

a. What can Stephen do on the balcony ?

b. How does Madee get into her house ?

c. What do Neil and his family often do in the kitchen ?

d. Which floor does Anna live on ?

Step 5

Further reading

1.

Do a survey.

Ask the students to scan the four passages and try to get the main points about the four friends to fill in the table below .Then check the

answers with the whole class.

person country house favourite place things to do

Stephen the USA a large house balcony play games, read comics and chat

Madee Thailand a wooden house / /

Neil Britain a small house kitchen sit there

Anna Russia a flat sitting room play games and chat

2.

Choose two students to read about Stephen’s and Madee’s houses .

3.

Get the whole class to read together about Neil’s and Anna’s houses .

Step 6

Competition

1. Make an interview .

Present four pictures about different kinds of houses on the big screen. Divide the students in groups of four to discuss which kind of house they like best and why ?

The teacher goes around the classroom and gives students necessary help .

Ask one student to dress up as a reporter.He/She chooses some students to report their answers to the whole class.

2. Choose the best answer .

Compare and choose which group has the best answer .And this group will be the winner of the competition .

Step 7

Homework

Write a short passage about your dream home in exercise book .