八下unit5 Section B Reading.doc

The Lesson Plan for Grade 8By Wang Jing from No.4 Middle School in JinzhouTitleUnit 5 Section B ReadingTeaching Objectives1. Knowledge Objectives: New words and phrases:Passage, pupil, completely, shocked, silence, recently, terrorist, date, tower, truth, take down Useful sentence structures: remember doing sth., so.that. , Somebody was doing sth .when we heard the news.2. Ability Objectives: Learn to use different reading strategies to deal with the reading information.Strategy 1, strategy 2, strategy 3.3. Emotional Objective: Learn to love nature and peace.4. Culture Objective:Learn to know about two important events in American history. 5. Strategy Objective: Use different reading strategies to deal with the reading information.Key PointsKnow how to guess new words by using context in the passage and use pictures to guess the content .Understand the article and express oneself by using the mind map.Difficult PointWrite a short article an important event about yourselves.Teaching Aids and MaterialsCAI, Pictures, Worksheets, Mind mapTeaching ProceduresStepsTs activitiesSs activitiesPurposesStep 1 Warming-upPlay a video about Martin Luther King.Help Ss prepare for the new lesson.Step 2 Lead-inDo you know this man?What do you know about him?Let Ss say sth about Martin Luther King.Today we will learn a passage about Martin Luther King. An important event in America history.Do you want to know more about this event?Guess something about video.Say sth about Martin Luther King. Yes .Lead in the topic.Help Ss prepare for the reading. Step 3 Pre-readingReading Strategy 1Reading strategy 2Step 4 While-readingParagraph 1Show two pictures about the passage. Try to describe pictures and guess themeaning of picturespicture 1. Who is he ? What is he doing? Picture 2. Whats happening in picture 2? Is it in city or in countryside?In this part we use reading strategy 1 Guessing the meaning of the pictures.If you want to understand the passage better,guessing the pictures is not enough.You d better pay attention to the title and firstsentence in each paragraph.This time ,we need reading strategy 2Reading the title and first sentences.Read it and answer the questions:Read it by yourselves and answer the questionsQuestion : What was the event in paragraph 1? When and where did it happen?Look at the picture and answer the questions.S: Martin Luther King He is talking to a crowd of people.S: A building is on fire. Maybe it is in city.Read reading strategy 2Read and underline the title and first sentences in each paragraph.Students answer the questionsLead in the reading strategy1Use pictures to guess the meaning of the passage.Lead in the reading strategy2Reading the title and first sentences.Step 5 Paragraph 2 and Paragragh 3Reading strategy 3Step 6 Paragraph 4Step 7 Post-reading2cStep 8 Retell the eventsStep 9 writingRead Para.2 and Para.3 by yourselves, try to match the new words to the same meanings.In this part , we need reading strategy 3, guessing the meanings.Learn the new words and phrases.Robert Allen is now over 50, but he was a school 1.pupil at that time. “I was at home with my parents,” Robert remembers. “We were eating dinner in the kitchen when we heard the news on the radio. The news reporter said, Dr. King died just 10 minutes ago. My parents were 2.completely 3. shocked! My parents did not talk after that, and we finished the rest of our dinner in 4. silence.”More 5. recently, most Americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York was 6. taken down by 7.terrorists. Even the 8. date -September 11, 2001 has meaning to most Americans.Take out your papers and finish it.Questions: What was the second event? When did it happen? Where did it happen?Read it by yourselves and fill in the blanks.This was a day Kate Smith will never_. She _ working in her office near the twotowers. “My friend _ that a plane just_ the World Trade Center! I didnt _ him at first, but then I _out of the window and _ that it was true. I was so scared that I could hardly _clearly after that.”2c Read the passage . Are the following statements true (T) or false (F),or is the information notgiven (NG)?And correct the false sentencesLook at this mind map, try to retell the two events.According to the mind map , write a short article. An important event An important event that I remember well was _. It happened in/ on_ at/in _. When I heard the news of this event/ When this event happened, I was_. My friends were_. This event is very important to me because_./I remember this event well because _Read reading strategy 3,and finish the papers.New pletely3.pupil4.silence5.recently6.take down7.terrorist8.dateAnswer the questions.Read it by yourselves and fill in the blanks.Read the whole passage.Finish 2cUse mind map to retell two events.Use the information from mind mapHelp Ss comprehend the passage Lead in reading strategy 3.Guessing the meanings.Lead Ss to guess the meaning of the new phrase from the context.Lead Ss to understand the passage better.Train Ss listening comprehension, reading comprehension.Lead Ss to understand the new word and phrases by guessing the wordsTrain Ss exploring learning.Help Ss understand para.2 and 3.Train Ss abilities