Journey-Down-the-Mekong-说课稿

Unit3ReadingJourneyDowntheMekongPart1TheDreamandthePlan说课稿廖娟一.Analysisoftheteachingmaterial1.StatusandmainideaofthepassageThepassageisthehighlightofthisunit.ItisapieceoftraveljournalwrittenbyWangKun.ItmainlytalksaboutWanKunandhissister’sdreamoftakingagreatbiketripdowntheMekongRiver,theirpreparationsforthetripandsomemoredetailsoftheMekongRiver.2.Teachingaims1)Knowledgeaims:TogetstudentstoknowhowtoprepareforatripandsomegeographicalknowledgeabouttheMekongRiver;Guidestudentstograsptheusageofsomeimportantwordsandphrasessuchaspersuade,insist,befondof,determine,givein,etc..2)Abilityaims:Todevelopstudents’readingskillslikeskimming,scanningandconcluding;Guidethemtousethesereadingskillstocollectanddealwithinformation.Meanwhileencouragethemtoexpresstheirowntravelplansusingthelanguagetheyhavelearnedintheclassandcultivatetheirabilitytocooperatewithothers.3)Emotionalaims:TolearntoenjoythefunoftravelingandappreciatethebeautifulsceneriesinChinaandthewholeworld,thusmakingthemloveourcountry,lovetheworldandlovenature.Meanwhileraisetheirawarenessofprotectingourenvironment.2.Keypointsanddifficultpoints1)Thekeypointsarehowtogetstudentstounderstandthetextbetterandmasterthereadingskillssuchasskimming,scanningandsoon.2)Thedifficultpointsarehowtogetstudentstomastertheimportantwordsandexpressionsintheunitandhowtohelpstudentstoexpressthemselvesusingwhattheyhavelearnedinthispassage.二．AnalysisofthestudentsMostpeopleareinterestedintraveling,andourstudentsarenoexception.Sothetopiccangenerallyarousetheirinterest.Generallyspeaking,itisnotdifficultforthehighschoolstudentstounderstandthetext,buttherearestillsomenewphrasesandsentencesthatmaybealittlebitdifficult.三．Teachingmethodsandaids1.Teachingmethods:brainstorming,task-basedteachingandlearning,situationalapproach,multimediaassistance,cooperativelearning,discussion2.Teachingaids:aprojector,amultimediacomputersystemandothernormalteachingtools四．LearningmethodsAsisdescribedinmoderneducationaltheory,“Theprocessofobtainingknowledgeismoreimportantthanobtainingknowledgeitself”,soIwilltrytoarousestudents’potentialandmakethemobtainknowledgebyself-learningandcooperation,andatthesametimeformgoodlearningmethodstoimprovetheirlistening,reading,speakingandwritingabilities.五．TeachingproceduresStep1Lead-inandpre-readingTask1Showstudentssomepicturesofgreatriversandaskthemwhattheirnamesare.Task2Requirestudentstodiscussthequestionsbelowandreporttheiranswerstothewholeclass.Q1:Manypeoplelivebesideariver.Howdotheymakeuseofitintheirdailylife?Q2:Theworldhasmanygreatrivers.Ifyoucouldfollowtherouteofonlyoneofthem,whichonewouldyouchoose?Andhowareyoutraveling?Q3:LookatthemapbelowandlistthecountriesthattheMekongRiverflowsthrough.Purpose:(1)leaduptothetopicnaturallyandarousetheirinterestinlearningthepassage.(2)Checkstudents’preparationsbeforeclassandtheirabilitytosearchinformation.Step2While-readingTask1SkimmingAskstudentstoreadthepassagequicklyandanswerthefollowingquestions.Q1:WhatwereWangKunandWangWeigoingtodo?Andwhocomeupwiththeidea?Q2:WhoplannedthetriptothetriptotheMekong?Q3:Whatdidtheydobeforethetip?Purpose:Enablestudentstofindouttheclueofthetextquicklyandgetthemtounderstandthegeneralideaofthepassageasquicklyaspossible.Task2ScanningEncouragestudentstoreadthepassagecarefullyandfinishthetwotasks.Task1KnowbetteraboutthetripQ1:WhatpreparationsdidWangKunandWangWeido?Q2:WhatdifficultiesdidWangKunandWangWeifindabouttheirjourney?Task2KnowbetterabouttheriverQ1:Whereisthesourceoftheriverandwhichseadoesitenter?Q2:WhatcanyouseewhenyoutravelalongtheMekong?Purpose:EnablestudentstofindouttheexactinformationaboutthetextandhaveabetterunderstandingofthetripandtheMekongRiver.Task3StudyreadingGetstudentstolistentothetapeandfindoutsomeimportantwordsandphrases.Thenencouragethemtoanalyzeandmemorizethem.1.Wordsandphrasesthatindicatepeople’sattitudeandpersonality:dreamabout,befondof,careabout,determined,stubborn,insist,shortcoming,makeuphermind,changehermind,givein,reliable2.Wordsandphrasesthatrelatetoatripplaneversince,persuade,graduate,cycle,organize,schedule,journey3.Namesofcertainplacesglacier,rapids,valley,waterfall,deltaPurpose:toguidestudentstograsptheusageofsomeimportantwordsandphrases.Encouragethemtoexpresstheirowntravelplansusingthelanguagetheylearnedintheclass.Task4consolidationAskstudentstousetheirownwordstorewritethepassageofthereading.Purpose:Cultivatestudents’abilitytosummarizeandconsolidatewhattheyhavelearntintheclass.Step3Post-readingAskstudentstobrainstormsomeadjectivestodescribethecharacteristicsofWangKunandWangWei.WangKun’scharacteristic___________________WangWei’scharacteristic____________________Purpose:Developstudents’abilitytoanalyzeandsummarizeusingwhattheyhavelearnt.Step4SpeakingWithyourpartnerdiscussthefollowingquestionandmakeadialogue.ThenActitoutbeforethewholeclass.Q:Assumethatyouaregoingtotravelabroadwithyourfriends,whatwillyoudobeforeyourtrip?Trip:(schedule,route,budget,transport,…)Step5HomeworkFinishoffthereadingtaskonworkbookandpreviewthetasksinlearningaboutlanguage.六．Blackboarddesignandtimedivision1.Blackboa