TeachingPlanTeachingMaterials&Students:ThereadingmaterialisderivedfromUnit10,textbooksforGrade8students,publishedbyPeople’sEducationPress.Thetitleis“Hometownfeelings”.Thestudentsmayhavetheirownmemoriesbuttheymaynothavethehometownfeelings.TeachingObjectives:Languageknowledge:•Masterwordsandexpressionsrelatingtothistopic(pronunciation,spelling,usage)•Talkabouttheirmemories(comprehensiveoutput)Languageskills:•Acquirethestrategyofgettinginformationfromthepreviousinformation•Graspthelogicandthemainideaofthepassage(divisionofthepassage)Affectiveobjectives:•Developdeepaffectionfortheirhometownorothermemories•HavetheawarenessoftreasuringmemoriesandestablishgoodattitudestowardsthepastKeypointsanddifficulties:Guesswhatatextisaboutbyusingthepreviousknowledge.Writtenandoralproductionoflanguagerelatingtothistopic.Teachingmethods:CommunicativeApproach;SituationalApproach;Task-basedLanguageTeaching.Teachingprocedure:ActivitiesPurposesWarming-upGroupwork:Doyoumissyourprimaryschool?Photosofsomeprimariesschoolsareshowedandthestudentswhocomefromthesameschoolmaygettogetherandtalkabouttheirmemoriesthere.Meanwhile,theusefulexpressionscorrespondingtheymayusewillbeprovided.1.Toarousetheinterestofthestudents。2.Tohaveeveryonegetinvolved.3.Topresentsomenewexpressions.Pre-readingDiscussion:Ingroupoffour,talkaboutthefollowingquestions.Questions:Whydotheyleavetheirhometown?Cantheyvisittheirhometownoften?Howdotheyfeelwhentheyareawayfromtheirhometown?Predicting:Accordingtoyourideasofthemigrantworkers,thetitleandthepictures,predictthemainideasofthetext.1.Todevelopanawarenessofthemigrantworkerphenomena.2.Tostimulateinterestintothetext.3.Tohelpimplementthestrategy:predictingaccordingtothepreviousknowledge.While-readingTask1Skimthetextandfigureoutthedivisionofthetextandfillintheblankswithnumberswithdisplayedmainideas.ParaMainideasFactsofZhangWeiChangesofhometownsThingsneverchange1.Tograspthemainideasandthestructureofthetext.2.Tofosterthestrategyofskimming.Task2TrueorfalsequestionsaboutPara1.(T)Millionsofpeopleleavetheirhometowntosearchforwork.(F)ZWhaslivedinWenzhoufortenyears.(T)ZWusedtoreturnhometwiceayear.(F)ZWhasn’tbeenbackfortwoyears.TogetdetailedinformationofPara.,emphasizingonthefigures.Task3Pairwork:AskingstudentstoscanPara2&Para3andfillinblanksrespectively.hospitalschangesroadsschoolsTohelpgrasptheexactchangesbykeywords,enablingthemtoretellthestoryinthefollowingtasks.Task4Task4ScanPara4andfindoutthingsneverchange.“Haseverythingchanged?”softandsweetmemoriesanoldtreeTotriggeramemoryoftheirownchildhood.summerholidaysPost-readingTask1Groupdiscussion:figureoutZW’sdifferentfeelings.Takingnotesofthestudents’ideasontheblackboard.ShameFeelingsInterestMemoriesToreviewandsummarizeZW’sfeelings.Task2Interview:Aactsasareporter.Bactsasaleft-behindchild.Actoutaninterviewtotelltheparentsinbigcitieswhatthehometownislikerightnowandshowtheiraffectionforthem.1.Toprovideanopportunitytoretrieveandprocesstheinformation.2.Tomotivatethestudents’sympathyfortheleft-behindchildrenandtotreasuretheirownlife.HomeworkWritedownyourinterviewintoafewsentences.Tointernalizetheknowledge.BlackboarddesignHometownfeelingHometownchangesLeavethecountrysideSomethingsneverchangeWhyHowoftenhowwhathowWhathow