1、 A Teaching Design School Zhenjiang First Foreign Language School Subject English Name Yin Wenxuan Title Unit 6 Reading 1 Analysis on teaching materials The topic of this unit is Birdwatching. We have learnt wild animals in Unit 5. We have found there will be no rare wild animals left if
2、we don’t protect them. So this unit links with a special meaning of Unit 5. This article comes from the society newsletter. It is focused on the topic of wetlands which is a good place for birdwatching. This lesson plays an important part in the English teaching of this unit. The main idea of the to
3、pic is to make us understand the importance of the wetlands. Since it is a reading with some new words, it’s helpful to improve students’ reading ability. Analysis on learners Students in Grade 8 are able to have the basic reading skills in English. They have known how to guess the meanings of so
4、me new words in the sentences and get some useful information they wanted after reading. They can express their opinions and feelings about the things, especially the things they are interested in. They may be willing to share their own feelings. Teaching objectives (including important and diffic
5、ult points) Teaching objectives By the end of the lesson, the students would be able to 1. understand the article about Zhalong Nature Reserve. 2. develop the ability of reading through fulfilling some tasks. 3. learn to love and protect birds and nature. Teaching important points 1. To und
6、erstand the whole passage. 2. To know the meanings of some new words and phrases. (wetland, provide for, cover, perfect, per cent, tourist, etc.) Teaching difficult points 1. To guess the meanings of some new words in the sentences.(prevent, lead to, society, record, describe, etc.) 2. To get
7、the ability of general reading and acquiring information. Teaching strategies Task-based teaching method and cooperative learning method Teaching aids Multi-media; exercise paper Teaching Procedures Steps Time Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Purpose Ⅰ. Warm-up 3min. Give instr
8、uctions, show Ss a video about Zhalong. Enjoy the video carefully. To get Ss to know something about Zhalong. Ⅱ. Pre-reading 15min. 1. Show some pictures about Zhalong, ask some questions about it. 2. Get Ss to finish Part B1 on the book. Answer the questions, read and remember some new wo
9、rds. finish Part B1 on the book. To help Ss understand difficult points of this lesson. To check if Ss have caught the meanings of these words and phrases. Ⅲ. While-reading 15min. 1. Skimming Get Ss to answer two questions. 2. Scanning Get Ss to find the main idea of each paragraph. 3.
10、Careful-reading Get Ss to read each paragraph, finish some exercises about the article. 1. Have a skimming, answer two questions. 2. Have a scanning, find the main idea of each paragraph. 3. Have a careful-reading, get the answers to the questions. To get Ss to understand the article
11、 To develop the ability of reading through fulfilling some tasks. Ⅳ. Post-reading 10min. 1. Get Ss to fill in the blanks. 2. Show some pictures about birds, tell Ss that birds faced some serious problems. 3. Have a discussion, What will you say to people if you are a bird from Zhalong?
12、1. Fill in the blanks. 2. Look and listen. 3. write down their own ideas on the exercise paper. Then have a discussion in groups. To consolidate the reading article. To consolidate and practice. To get Ss to love and protect birds and nature. Ⅴ. Homework 2min. Give assignment finish off homework To consolidate the article and take action to protect birds. Blackboard design Unit 6 Reading wetland perfect per cent provide for cover tourist prevent society lead to 注:1. 可以根据自己的教学设计调整教学步骤的行数。 2. 用A4纸小四号宋体、Times New Roman打印,页边距采用默认值,固定行距24磅。 3






