Reading(1)：The UN—bringing everyone closer together课堂实录【3】

Instructional Design for Reading (M6U4)

by Zhao Xiuxiang

Second High School Attached to Nanjing Normal University

Knowledge and skills: 1. Enable the students to gain some knowledge about the UN and the UN Goodwill

Ambassador. 2. Practise to reinforce students’ reading skills and improve their overall abilities. 3. Help the students to learn how to understand a speaker’s attitude during a speech. Aim of ethics: Make sure the students know we should care about people in need. Difficult point: Help the students prepare a short speech according to what they learnt today. Process and ways: 1. Fast reading to get the general idea of the text. 2. Careful reading for detailed information. 3. Pair and group work to make every student work in class.

Teaching Procedure Step I

Lead-in

1. Questions

What day is October 24th every year ? What problems can the UN help us solve? 2. Enjoy the video and fill in the blanks.

At this time of multiple crises, the United Nations is needed ____ than ever. _______, disease, terrorism, discrimination and climate change are exacting a heavy toll. Millions of people ______ from exploitative and _________ working conditions. The global ________ remains an uneven playing field. The United Nations was founded to ___such assaults on human dignity, and lead the way to a better ________.

There have been painful setbacks, and there is much more to go ahead. But we can take heart from our achievements in advancing ______, human rights and human dignity. The UN Millennium Development Goals have inspired the most successful anti-poverty campaign ever. 3. Show pictures about the UN helping the people suffering from wars and natural disasters. 4. Prediction

Show photos of some ambassadors.

What do UN Goodwill Ambassadors do? Suppose you were a UN Goodwill Ambassador.

What would you tell us about the UN? We'll read a speech made by a Goodwill Ambassador.

What will be mentioned in the speech? Step II

Tasting

Get the Ss to read for the structure. Part 1

______________ to the UN

Part 2

Working as a UN Goodwill ___________

Part 3

Two of the eight ________ for 2015 Which of the following shows the structure of the speech?

A.

B.

C.

①

①②③

①②

②③④⑤

④⑤

③④

⑥

⑥

⑤⑥

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Step III

Chewing

1. The UN is based on a charter that has ______

main purposes.

A. two

B. three

C. four

D. five 2. In South Africa women buy weaving materials to make baskets with the money that is____.

A. from themselves

B. from the government

C. from other countries

D. from both themselves and the government 3. One of the eight development goals by the year 2015 is ______. A. to develop friendly relationships among nations B. to ensure that fresh drinking water is available to everyone C. to ensure all children complete junior education D. to get rid of war 4.What sentences can prove Tang Ning speak in an positive attitude_______?

A. I have visited many countries in Africa.

B. Now let me tell you about the work.

C. I am very pleased…; I am very happy…

D.Later I shall tell you about some of the work I have done.

Step IV

Digesting

The United Nations Time October, 1945 Number ( originally) 51;

(recently) ①

_______

to help end ②_________;

to assist victims of wars or disasters;

to protect human③_________; Tasks to improve international peace;

to help with problems of poverty, disease…

to keep international ⑤

________ ; Its main four to develop friendly ⑥____________ among nations; ④_____________ to cooperate in solving problems and in promoting respect for human rights; to be a ⑦_________for organizing the actions of countries.

There are 8 in all, including: Goals (2015)

fresh drinking water available to everyone;

primary ⑧___________ of all children.

Step IV

Production 1 Pair work:

Retell what problems the UN can help solve?

2 Group work:

Choose one task

Task 1：What can we do to help those in need?

Task 2：Take yourself or one of your friends for example.

What did you or he/ she do to help others?

Reference words:

donate/contribute(捐赠),

volunteer(志愿),

call on(号召),

help...with

In the first place...additionally...moreover Step V

Ending words

Step VI

Homework

Polish up your speech.

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