选修六Unit 3 Reading教案.doc

Unit 3Reading教案教学内容分析This is the first teaching period of this unit. The central part of this period is two sections in the reading passage titled Advice from Grandad and How Can You Stop Smoking?Prereading provides some questions to help students focus on the topic of the reading passage and get the students to realize the harm of smoking. Teachers may provide students some advice on how to give up smoking.Reading is in two parts. The first part is a letter from a grandad to his grandson. Grandad lives a long and healthy life，but he has ever been addicted to nicotine，so he lists reasons for being addicted and the harm of smoking. The second part gives advice about how to stop smoking.Comprehending consists of three kinds of exercises for the students so as to help the students to get a better understanding of the text，that is to say，to help the teacher to check how much the students have understood the text. Exercise 1：fill in the form about the content of the text；Exercise 2：discuss the content of the text；Exercise 3：write down an outline on how to persuade people to give up smoking within five sentences.三维目标设计Knowledge and skills1To learn about some health problems and how to live a healthy life.2To develop the students reading ability by skimming and scanning the passage.3To develop the students speaking ability by talking about health problems.Process and methods1The teacher can lead in the topic of this unit by showing students some pictures of healthy or unhealthy activities. Students can practice their oral English by describing the activities. By reading a passage，students can have a better understanding of what is a healthy life.2During Prereading the teacher can go around the classroom and discuss the questions with several students. This discussion should be studentcentered and help students understand the harm of smoking. The teacher should lead the students to look at the title and layout of the two sections in the reading passage and try to find out the main idea of the text by skimming.3While doing Reading and Comprehending，the teacher may first ask the students to read the text quickly to get the general idea of each paragraph. After reading the passage，students are encouraged to answer some questions and study the organization of the text.4To consolidate the contents of the reading passage，the students should be required to discuss some questions about the text at the end of the class.Emotion，attitude and value1To get the students to reflect on some health issues which may concern them in the future and make sure they will be less likely to become addicted to risky behavior.2To develop students sense of cooperative learning.教学重、难点1To enable the students to learn about health problems and to develop their reading ability.2To enable the students to describe a healthy person or a healthy activity.教学过程Step 1Lead-in Ask the students the question: What do you think is important in our life? Show them some pictures and ask them whether these things, including cars, houses, money and so on, are important. Then ask the students to look at the following pictures and see what they are doing，then judge which are healthy activities while which are unhealthy ones. The students should be encouraged to describe the pictures in their own words.Picture one：They are singing.(Healthy)Picture two：They are drinking alcohol.(Unhealthy)Picture three：They are doing Taiji.(Healthy)Picture four：They are eating too much.(Unhealthy)Picture five：He is smoking.(Unhealthy)Picture six：They are playing basketball.(Healthy)Step 2Prereading1Discussion：(1)Have you ever smoked? (2)Is it easy for smokers to quit smoking?(3)In what ways is smoking harmful?Give students some pictures to help students finish the third question.2Skim the text and answer the following questions.(1) How many parts does the reading text consist of?(2) Who wrote the letter and to whom?(3)What is the purpose of the letter?Step 3Reading and comprehending1FastreadingAsk students to skim the passage so as to get the key words and general idea of each paragraph.Paragraph one：_Paragraph two：_Paragraph three：_Paragraph four：_ Paragraph five：_AThe writer leads to the topic of the letter by talking about James problem of smoking.BIntroducing some different ways of becoming addicted.CTelling the writers hope for his grandson.DTelling the harmful effects of smoking.EFrom the life the writer is leading now，we can know the importance of healthy life.F. The reason why James likes smokingSuggested answers：EABDC2Detailedreading(1) Listen to the tape, and fill in the blanks to get the information of para.1 and para.2.It is a beautiful day here and I am sitting under the big tree at the end of the garden. I have just 1_from a long bike ride to an old castle. It seems amazing 2_at my age I am still fit enough to cycle 20 kilmetres in an afternoon. Its my birthday in two weeks time and Ill be 82 years old! I think my long and active life must be 3_ the healthy life I live.This brings me to the real reason for my letter, my dear grandson. Your mother tells me that you started smoking some time ago and now you are finding 4_ difficult to give it 5_. Believe me, I know how easy it is to begin smoking and how tough it is to stop. You see, 6_ adolescence I also smoked and became addicted to cigarettes.(2) Ask students to guess the meaning of the follow woredsa. It is my birthday in two weeks time and Ill be 82 years old? What does “it” refer to?A. distance B. place C. weather D. timeb. Believe me, I know how easy it is to begin smoking and how tough it is to stop? What does the underlined “it” mean?A. to be addicted to smoking B. to give up smoking C. to start smoking D. to hate smoking c. What does the word “adolescence”in the last sentence of paragraph two mean ? A. When you are a child B. When you are a teenager C. When you are a baby D. When you are a adult (3)Ask students to read Para3 and fill in the bank. Information from the reading passageThe ways to become addictedto cigarettes1.become_ addicted to nicotine.2.become addicted through _ 3. become_ addicted(4)Divide all boys and girls into tow groups and have a competition between them. Do some true or false exercises about the text, in order to test which group know more about the text. Rules: Try to be the first to get the chance to answer the questions.If an answer is given correctly, the group will get 10 points; if an answer is given wrongly, the group will get 0 point.T or F Exercises:a. The writer has known the harmful effects of smoking since he was a young child.b. If a young lady often smokes, she may give birth to a bigger baby in the future. c. People who smoke are more likely to suffer from heart disease. d. After smoking for a few years, a man e. may find that he cant run as fast as before.f. The cigarette smoke could do harm to the secondhand smokers.g. The writers girlfriend didnt care about whatever the writer had become.h. The writer was a member of the school football team all the time during his school years.i. Smoking couples couldnt become pregnant.j. Not until he was kicked out did the writer realize that he should give up smoking.k. The writers girlfriend didnt want to go with me because I was smelly.(5)Ask students to read the second part of the text to get suggestions to quit smokingChoose a day that is not _ to quit smoking. Make a list of all the _ you will get from stopping smoking._ all your cigarettes at the end of the day before you plan to quit._ the list of benefits you wrote when you feel like smoking. Develop some other habits like walking，drinking some water，cleaning the house and so on to keep yourself busy. If you feel nervous or stressed，try to do some _ exercises like deep breathing. You can stop smoking with a friend or join a group. If you feel really bad，ask a doctor or _ for help. The most important thing is to keep trying. Dont feel _ if you _ and have a cigarette，because some people have to try many times before they finally quit smoking. Never give up and you w