Teachingdesign――ThestoryofXiWangThisteachingdesignismadeupof6parts,includinganalysisofteachingmaterial,analysisofstudents,teachingobjectives,teachingmethods,teachingtheoriesandprocedures.AnalysisofteachingmaterialThisarticle,thestoryofXiWang,isfromthereadingpartofUnit5,8A,FunwithEnglish.Thetopic,wildanimals,accordswiththecognitiveabilityandlivesofstudents.Thiscourserequiresthatstudentsreadapassageaboutlivesofgiantpandas.Bylearningit,studentscanknowthegrowingprocessofpandasanddeveloptheawarenessofprotectingwildanimalsbyexploringthedangersgiantpandasface.AnalysisofstudentsThetargetstudentsareinlevel4,theyhavecertainreadingability.Theirlisteningandspeakingabilityareenhancedinacertaindegree.Theyhavelearningconsciousness.Withregardtotheconditionabove,Iwilltraintheirreadingabilityfurtheranddeveloptheircomprehensivelanguageskillsbylistening,reading,speakingandwritingactivities.TeachingobjectivesStudentsareableto(1)gettoknowsomebasicinformationofXiWang.(2)befamiliarwithandidentifythenewwordsandexpressions:serious,none,mainly,beborn,inthebeginning,takeaction,looklike,eatbamboo,liveon,faceseriousproblems,inthewild,indanger,rightaway.(3)improvereadingabilitybytrainingskimmingandscanning.(4)raiseawarenessofprotectingwildanimalsbyknowingthetruththatmanywildanimalsareindanger.TeachingmethodsTask-basedlanguageteaching,communicativelanguageteachingandtheguided-discoverymethod.Teachingtheories(1)MakestudentstherealmastersoftheclassandIactasafacilitator.(2)Fromeasytodifficult,fromshallowtodeep,fromsimpletocomplicated.TeachingproceduresItincludes4steps:lead-in,pre-reading,while-reading,post-reading.Step1Lead-in(haveaguess)Firstly,Iwillpresentstudents3sentences,theyarethedescriptionof3animals.Thenletstudentsguesswhatanimalstheyare.Secondly,askstudents“What’syourfavouriteanimals?Why?”Iwillasksomestudentstosharetheirfavouriteanimalswithus.(Purpose:Toleadinthetopicandtoarousestudents’interestbyaguessinggame)Step2Pre-readingActivity1:importantwordsandexpressionslearning1.Instep1,studentshavesharedtheirfavouriteanimals,soIwillaskthem:“Doyouknowwhat’smyfavouriteanimals”toarousetheirinterest.ThenHaIwillalsogivethemadescriptivesentencetoguesswhatitis――gaintpanda.2.ShowstudentsashortparagraphofthereasonwhyIlikethemandsomebasicinformationofgaintpandas.(Thesesentencescontainimportantwordsandexpressions)3.HavestudentsfinishB1toconsolidatethewordsandexpressions.(Purpose:Todealwiththedifficultlanguagepointswhichmayimpedetheunderstandingandtohavestudentsbepreparedforthereading.)Activity2:PredictingI’llaskstudents“Canyoupredictthecontentofthearticleaccordingtothetitle---ThestoryofXiWang?”Inthisprocess,I’llencouragestudentstothinkandspeakoutfreely.(Purpose:Toenablestudentstopredictbeforereadingandtrainthestrategyofpredicting)Step3While-readingListeningIwillhavestudentslistenthearticlebeforereading.Beforelistening,Iwillaskthemaquestion“Howmanypandasarethereinthewild?”.Havethemanswerafterlistening.(Totraintheirabilityoflisteningwithquestions)Fast-reading(matching)Ihavedividedthearticleinto4partsandpresentthemainideaofeachpartrandomly.Havestudentsreadthearticlequicklyanddothematching.(Toimproveabilityofskimming)Careful-reading1.Fill-in-tableactivity.Havestudentsreadpara1-3,discusswithpartnerstofillinthetable.2.Havestudentsreadpara4tofindtheseriousproblemsgiantpandasface.3.Discussion:groupworkGivestudentsaquestion“Whatcanwedotoprotectwildanimals?”Havethemdiscussingroupstoputforwardsuggestions.(Purpose:Toimproveabilityofscanningandtoenhancetheirawarenessofcooperationinpairandgroupwork)Step4Post-reading1.Review:askonestudentstoleadthewholeclasstoreviewwhattheyhavelearnedinthislesson.2.WorldWildlifeProtectionDayHomework:havestudentssurfintheinternettolookforinformationofWorldWildlifeProtectionDay.Inthenextlesson,sharetheinformationwiththewholeclass.(Purpose:TotraintheirabilityoflookingforinformationandhavethemawaretheimportanceofwildlifeprotectionintheprocessofsurfingtheInternet)