1、Unit 8 Ill help clean up the city parksReading : No problemThe Seventh PeriodTeaching Aims and Demands1Knowledge Objects(1) Key Vocabularysolve, complain, your concern, trust, wheelchair, brilliant and so on.(2) Text: No problem!2Ability ObjectsTrain students ability of identify main idea.Train stud
2、ents ability of understanding words in context.Train students ability of reading for special information.3Moral ObjectHelp your family and friends to solve the lifes big or small problems with the ways you have learnt.Teaching Key Points1Key vocabulary.2Read the text to identify main idea.3Read the
3、text to understand words in context.4Read the text for special information.Teaching Difficult Points1Train students reading skill.2Train students writing skill.Teaching Methods1Up-down reading methods2Pairwork3GroupworkTeaching AidA ProjectorTeaching ProceduresStep Part 1This activity allows student
4、s to activate their background knowledge before attempting the reading.Call the students attention to the title of the article.Tell me the title of the article, please.Yes, its No problem. What do you think the article is about based on the title?Ask one or two to tell what they think of based on th
5、e title.Then ask the students to look at the picture on this page. Say, Look at the picture, please. What can you see in it?What is happening?Ask one student to answer the questions.He or she my say:I can see two women quarrelling in the picture.Then ask the whole class. Which student in your class
6、do you think has the least problems? What does he or she do differently?Choose one student to tell his own answer. He or she may say like this:I think Li Hua has the least problems in our class. She seldom complains about the homework and she has never quarrelled with any other student in our class.
7、Then tell the students to discuss the questions with their partners.Tell them to give their own answers and not to read the article.As they discuss, walk around the room looking at their progress. Once most students are finished, ask several pairs to report their results to the class. Let the whole
8、class compare their answers.Step Part 2This activity encourages students to read quickly for the main idea and then support the main idea with one detail. Ask one student to read the instructions to the class. Make sure that all the children know what to do.Call the students attention to the chart.
9、Have the students read the four headings together. Then tell them to see the example answer in the column of Explanation. Say, Now please read the article quickly and note to catch the main idea of each part. Fill in the forms with complete sentences like the example given.Ask the students to comple
10、te the task individually. More around the classroom while they are reading and writing, checking their progress and trying to find out what are difficult for them After they all finish filling in the blanks, have some students to report their answers to the class.The answers can vary, but they have
11、to express the main idea with correct complete sentences.Let the other students decide whether their answers are right or wrong and help correct the mistakes they may make.Offer some help in combining sentences to the children.Then ask the children to exchange their writing with their partners.Help
12、check the answers carefully. Point out any mistakes and help correct them.Sample answersHeading ExplanationLearn to forgetDont think about things that make you angry.Remember. its part of your jobDont worry about things you are supposed to do anyway.See it from another persons eyes Think of why othe
13、r people do things that make you mad.Think of something worse If you compare yourself to people who are not so fortunate, you still feel better.Step Part 3This activity encourages students to use the strategy of reading in context.We can see some words indicated in bold in the article.Please guess t
14、he meanings of them now.Then ask some children to guess the meanings of the bold words. Dont give them the correct answers.Do you want to know more about how to deal with the lifes problems? Please read the article more carefully this time and youll get more ways about it. Note to read in context. T
15、ry to guess the meanings of the words in bold from the other words around them. You can also guess the meanings of any words and phrases you cant understand from the other words around them.Ask the students to read the article again for comprehension.After a while, ask some students to tell the mean
16、ings of the words in bold. Discuss their answers with the whole class. Check their answers by showing these bold words and other new words in the article on a screen by a projector.deal v. 处理;应付deal with 安排;处理in fact 事实上solve v. 解决;解释complain v. 抱怨;发牢骚concern n. 关切;感兴趣的事trust v. 相信;信任disease n. 疾病wh
17、eelchair n. 轮椅brilliant adj. 卓越的;杰出的believe in 信任;信赖Ask students to raise their hands and say which sentences and words they still dont understand. Help them solve the problems.Read the instructions with the students and have them look at the example.Ask the students to match the words with their me
18、anings. Remind them to read the story again for extra help.Check the answers.Answerssolve b: complain a; your concern c; trust e; wheelchair f; brilliant d.Step Part 4This activity helps students read for specific information. Read the instructions to the students. Ask the first question as a sample
19、 to check if they know what to do. Ask the students to do the activity individually. Tell them to read the article again to get help.Check the answers by asking different students to answer the questions.Answers may very slightly.You should try to remember the answers before looking at the reading.T
20、hen let the students ask and answer the questions in pairs loudly.Sample answers1Tell yourself to forget.2He is still a very successful writer and teacher.3Angry or unhappy people may do things to make you angry.4You probably dont need a wheelchair to move or a computer to help you talk.5A students
21、most important job is to learn and show how he or she learns on tests.Step Part 5This activity helps students work in a group and think critically about what they have read.Read the tasks to the students, and ask them to have a look at the sample answers.Ask the students to do the activity in groups
22、 of five, Encourage each student to come up with a problem and a solution, and report them to their own group. The groups discuss the problems and solutions together, explaining the problems and solutions.Check the answers by asking each group to explain the problems and solutions.Try to ask for mor
23、e solutions from other groups for each problem.Sample answersProblem Solution Homework is too difficult.Make friends with brilliant students.The rules of the school are too strict.Remember that they are part of your job as a student.There is too little time to play.Your concern is to learn as a stud
24、ent.Worry about the future.Think of something worse.Always quarrel with classmates. Try to see it from another persons eyes.Step SummaryWe have read a very helpful article in this class. And weve learned how to solve the problems. We discussed the problems we had at school and the solutions. We have
25、 done much practice on comprehension.Step HomeworkRead the article in Activity 2 again for further comprehension.Try to solve your own problems and help the others.Step Blackboard Design Reading: No ProblemThe Seventh PeriodAnswers to Activity 3:solve b; complain a; your concern c;trust e; wheelchai
26、r f; brilliant dSample answers to activity 4:1Tell yourself to forget.2He is still a very successful writer and teacher.3Angry or unhappy people may do things to make you angry.4You probably dont need a wheelchair to more or a computer to help you talk.5A students most important job is to learn and show how he or she learns on tests.