unit1theworldofoursenses-Task教案(牛津译林版模块3).doc

Unit 1 The world of our senses
Task
Telling a story
Teaching Aim:
l To learn and practice their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills
l To learn how to tell a story.
l To get some practical advice on plotting a story.
Teaching Procedure:
Step One: Leading in
Do you like reading stories?
What kinds of stories do you like reading? Why?
What are the common elements in stories?
Step Two: Skills Building 1
Ask students what stories they like
Ask students what the common elements are in stories.
1. Start
The start of the story introduces the background of the story and the main characters. It answers these questions: Who? Where? When? Why?
2. Body
The body of the story tells about the problems experienced by the characters,
e.g., a problem the main character wants to solve or something he/she needs to
learn from the experience.
3. Ending
The ending of the story tells how the problem is solved or how the story ends.
Step Three: Practice
Ask students to complete a checklist. And give an example.
Step Four: Skills Building 2
Help students to recognize different elements of a comic strip and ask them to practice.
Ask students to tell a story according to the pictures.
Work with your group members to work out a surprise ending according to the five pictures given in Part A. You should draw a picture, write a caption and add thought, speech or sound bubbles where necessary.
Prepare a story with a surprising ending. And practice it.

Step Five: Skills building 3
Help students to use adjectives and adverbs in the stories.
Help students to learn how to describe different things.
Step Six: Writing stories
Ask students to do exercises in the textbook and share their stories. At the same time help them write their stories.
Step Seven: Homework:
1. Do part B on Page 97.
2. Prepare a story with a surprise ending.
3. Preview Project.