Using LanguageⅡ特级教师教学实录

Teaching

Design Unit

4

Learning

efficiently Writing：How to learn efficiently in Senior Three

Lecturer:

Hu Qiujuan from Xi’an No.8 Middle school I. General idea of the design for this lesson

1.Students will be able to complete a writing task to describe their senior three life by using the information they have got from the questionnaire under the guidance of the teacher.

2.Teaching activities designed in this lesson follow the principle from easy to difficult according to the ability of the students .In addition, the activities designed are practical. II. Teaching Background Analysis 1.

The analysis of teaching contents

The content of writing will be from students’ self- interview and discussion.

2.The analysis of the students As senior three students, their interest in English study is strong. They are eager to express themselves in English and they attach great importance to English writing and they look forward to improving their writing skills.

III. Goal Analysis 1.The students will be able to write a passage to describe their senior three life by using the information they have discussed with the guidance of the teacher.

2.The students will be aware that only by working hard and being efficient learners can they be admitted into their ideal universities. 3.After the discussion, students’ logic and systematic thinking can be developed. 4.Students’

knowledge integration capacity will be improved through cooperative learning. IV. Type of the lesson

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Writing V. Important points

1．To enable the students to write a passage to describe their senior three life by using the information they have got from the questionnaire

2．To enable the students to learn how to polish the passage. VI. difficult point：

To enable the students to learn how to polish the passage. VII. Teaching Aid

PPT VIII. Teaching approaches Communicative Approach and Task-based Language Teaching IX. Learning Strategies Cooperation and Autonomy X. Teaching Procedures:

Teaching Procedures What T does in class What Ss do in class Purpose of the (T’s expectation) design

Step1. Leading-in

（4 minutes）

Show students a video

Teacher Show students the video The students answer To arouse and after watching, ask them the questions questions like: What is your senior three life like? What is your ideal university? What will you do to achieve your dreams?

the students’ interest in expressing their dreams and their determination to achieve them.

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Step 2

Finishing the questionnaire

（4 minutes）

Teacher presents nine questions: Finishing the questionnaire•1.Pick out one or two words to describe your senior three life?A. tiring B. exciting C. busy D. meaningful •2.Why do you think so?•3.How many hours do you spend on study every day?•4.What are your effective ways to improve your study? Students answer the To encourage questions one by one students to by themselves. express themselves .

By finishing the

questionnaire, they will get some information about their senior three for 5. Who gives you so much pressure?A. teachers B. parents C. myself D. classmates 6. How do you deal with the pressure?7. Which university do you want to go to ?8.What will you do to achieve it?9. When you feel lost and tired, what will you say to inspire yourself?

their writing.

Step 3 Collecting information and note-taking

(6minutes )

Teacher asks the nine questions

1.Pick out one or two words to describe your senior three life? A. tiring

B. exciting C. busy D. meaningful

2.Why do you think so? 3.How many hours do you spend on study every day? 4.What are your effective ways to improve your study?

5. Who gives you so much pressure?

A. teachers

B. parents

C. myself

D. classmates

6. How do you deal with the pressure? 7. Which university do you want to go to ? 8.What will you do to achieve it? 9. When you feel lost and tired, what will you say to inspire yourself? 3 Students share their

answers with their

classmates by

answering the

questions and take

notes

To collect

enough Information about their

school life such

as what is their

senior three life

like, and their

effective ways to improve

study

and how to deal with pressure as well as their dream.

Step 4

Making the outline Teacher tells students that: Students make the

With the help of Your friend Mike is interested in outline according to the

the outline , your senior three life and you will information from the

students will questionnaire with the

write a letter to tell him what is clearly know help of the teacher your senior three life is like. how many Teacher asks students how many paragraphs should the letter consist of ?

what will each paragraph be about?

Teacher says: Now, please write a

letter to your friend Mike to tell

him about your senior three

life and keep the standards of

a good composition in mind

While writing. Teacher offers help

to those who are in need.

.

Students write their

letters to their friend

Mike to tell him about

their senior three life

based on their

questionnaire and

notes.

To make them know only by practicing, can they master the skills of writing.

Collecting information Para1. What is your senior three life like?

(5minutes)

paragraphs they will write and what they will

write in each paragraph.

Para 2. What should you do to improve your study and how do you deal with pressure?My Senior Three LifePara 3.What is your dream university and what will you do to achieve it?Step5

While-writing (12 minutes)

Step 6

Sharing and polishing

(14 minutes)

Teacher invites several students to

Students share and

share and evaluate their letters by

evaluate their letters

themselves and then asks other

and then polish the

students to make comments

letters.

according to the evaluation table.

4 To let them learn from each other and know how to polish the passage by using proper

And then asks students to polish the letters by using proper linking words,

advanced vocabulary and diverse sentences.

linking words,

advanced vocabulary and diverse sentences.

Students polish

To review how

their letters after class

to polish a

passage and and then hand them in. make students know“

Practice makes perfect.”

Step 7

Homework

Teacher lets the students polish

their letters after class. Blackboard

Design

Writing：My Senior Three Life

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