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Teaching DesignReading and vocabulary in Module 5Zhang xiaomei一 Teaching Aims and Demands：a) Get the students to master the new words and phrases appearing in the text.b) Improve the students reading ability and speaking ability. c) Let the students to know about the three great philosophers, arousing their sense of responsibility in society, building up their characters towards a miserable life.二. Designing Train of ThoughtThe new goal of the school courses stresses the students active role in a class while a teacher acts as a guide and adviser. It demands a teacher to enable his students to investigate thoroughly and cooperate among themselves while they are learning. Now most learning materials in students books are from everyday life, so the goal also requires a teacher to enable his students to put their knowledge into practice, as a result of which, not only students knowledge is enriched, but also their practical abilities are improved. It emphasizes the human nature. In a nutshell, the new goal requires an effective, active, advanced way to teach and learn.I have considered all of these theories in my teaching design. 三. Teaching Points a) Important teaching points: enable the students to have a deep understanding of the text by analysising the reading material.b) Difficult teaching points: how to improve the students integrating skills, for example, reading ability and abilities to solve problems. 四. Teaching Methoda) Medium Tool used: make use of media to show masses of pictures and words material, which makes the teaching vivid and direct b) Discussion: encourage the students to discuss in different ways to solve the problems in reading. Let the students perform actively to show their main characters in a class.c) Inspiration: develop the students mind by designing some meaningful questions, bring up their abilities with a logical thought. 五. Knowledge StructurePhilosophers of Ancient Chinanew words: stress important resign governor.language study new phrases: be at war with difficult setenses a) b) c)reading material analysis the text and discussion.The Three PhilosophersNamesLiving periodLife experiencesIdeasConfuciusMenciusMozi七. Teaching Process1. warming up and lead inShow media 1. 2. 3 and enable the students to say something about Confucius, Mencius, Mozi. Thus lead to the topic.2. preparationShow media 7, 8, 9. let the students to pre-view the meaning of the words and phrases they have to meet in the text. The students are asked to give the Chinese or English meanings of the words they see on the screen.Show media 10, asking the students to tell the supporters of each statement. 3. readinga) skimmingRead the text quickly and try to find out the answers to the followingquestions. 1. When was Confucius born?2. What about Menciusfamily background?3. What does Mozi believe?4. What is Mohism? 5. Which philosopher thinks that we should love those who are weaker than ourselves? 6. What was Ancient China? b) scanningAsk the students to make choices among the different answers.1.The Chinese people( )for over 2,000 years.A. Followed Confuciusideas B. Influenced Confucius2. Mozi did not agree with ( )A. Kindness B. War 3. Confucuis stressed the importance of the following except( ). A. duty B. force C. kindness D. order4. Mencius believed ( ).A. The government should be kind to its people.B. The government shouldnt treat its people kindly.C. The government is more important than its people.D. The government should have wars with other states. 5. Unusual ( ) made Mozi famous. A. ideas and behavior B. hairstyle and clothesC. clothes and behavior D. hairstyle and teachings6.Mozis ideas of love was ( ) that of Confucius.A. opposite to B. similar toC. the same with D. different fromc) summaryEnable the students to fill the in the blanks after a deep understanding of the text, which is also the conclusion of the text. Ancient China was a place where _ were often at war with each other and a time when there were many great _. Among them, there are three famous ones. they are: _, _,and _. Confucius ideas _ Chinese history for more than 2,000 years. He _ the importance of kindness, duty and order in society.Mencius was a thinker who was_ by his mother. He believed that people were more _ than rulers. He had ever been given an important _ by the government. However, the _ didnt follow his advice, so he finally _. Mozi was another philosopher whose ideas were also _. He founded the philosophy called _. Mencius believed all men were _and we should love all _ and loo