A letter home教学设计

教学设计学科：英语内容：人教新课标版 选修7 Unit Four A letter home Reading设计人：王爱民 时间：2008-6-10 Period One Reading1. 教材简介本节课以阅读为主体活动。一位志愿者老师，在给朋友的答信中讲述执教学校的情况以及第一次去学生家做客的经历。通过本课的学习，让学生联系自己的校舍，教学条件，生活状况等，从而引发学生思考，树立正确的价值观和人生观2. 教学重点：1). 获取巴布亚新几内亚独立国各部落生活状况和风俗习惯的信息；2) 阅读能力的培养和阅读技巧的训练，如精读课文完成表格填空等。3. 教学难点：1). 理解志愿者工作的意义，从而树立正确的价值观；2)训练用英语获取信息、处理信息、分析问题和解决问题的能力。4.教学方法：1) 任务型教学法本课选择任务型教学，如要求学生课前预习阅读文章，课堂进行小组讨论，填写信息表及概括段落大意等，培养和强化学生的语言实践能力和自主学习能力。2) 合作性教学法教学过程中，充分调动学生的积极性，师生互动，生生互动，共同发展。5. 教学过程Step1 Lead in1.Would you like to share your something with others ,especially someone in need ?2. Sharing is perfecting- If everybody offers a little love, the world will become more beautiful. 3. What could we do to help them? Have you considered to be a volunteer like Jo ?设计说明：通过简单对话导入，帮助学生理解share的含义，并引出课文内容。Step 2. Pre-reading1. Introduce Jo and Papua New Guinea briefly.2. If you were Jo, and now you want to write a letter home, what would you write about?设计说明：通过第二个问题培养学生根据已有的线索对下文做出正确预测的能力，从而提高学生的写作能力，学以致用。Step3. Fast readingTask 1. How many people are mentioned in the text? Who are they?Task 2. Fill in the blanks with the names1）_ will receive this letter from Jo.2）_ become a lot more imaginative in teaching.3）_ did visit a village that was the home of one of the boys, Tombe.4）_ started crying “ iee ieee ” to welcome them.5）_ led us to his house, a low bamboo hut.Task 3. Get the main ideas of each part.设计说明：通过快速阅读，帮助学生快速掌握文章的中心思想 ，提高学生的阅读速度和归纳总结能力。Step4 .Carefulreading Task 1. Answer the following questions.1）Why did Jo send Rosemary some photos? 2）Why the high school was called a bush school?3）Were the boys and villagers friendly to Jo? How do you know?4）Why was Science the most challenging subject for Jo?5）Why did the boys start jumping out the window?6）Why did it take Jo and Jenny two and a half hours to get to the village? Task 2. Fill in the blanks.Table 1 ( about the school ) Jos high schoolIts a (an) 1_school-the classrooms are made from 2_and the roofs of 3_Theres no 4_ and we dont have any_ . Table 2 (about the life in the village )Jos first visit to a village Time to get there2_ of walkingDescription of the houseA low bamboo hut with grass 3_ of the roofNo windows4_ doorway1_ the houseA newly made 5_ for Jenny and her to sleep onA(n) 6_ in the centre of the near the doorwayA few tin plates and cups and 7_ pots Outside the houseMukap 8_ stones in the fire, and he placed the in an 9_with kau kau, corn and greensHe then 10_the vegetables with 11_and left them to steam 设计说明：通过阅读，查找到巴布亚新几内亚独立国里各部落居民的生活状况和风俗习惯，使学生对课外知识有了相应的了解，同时也培养了学生的查读和细读的阅读技巧。Step 5.Post-reading1. Choose the best answers.1）The purpose that the author wrote the letter is that _.Ashe wanted to tell Rosemary her teaching life in the high school.B. she wanted to tell Rosemary her learning life in the high school.C. she wanted to tell Rosemary that she couldnt get any money by teaching the poor studentsD. she wanted to tell Rosemary how happy she was in the small village.2）In a chemistry experiment the boys jumped out of the windows because they _.A. were frightened by the bubbling mixtureB. couldnt stand the terrible smell of the mixtureC. didnt like doing chemistry experimentsD. knew chemistry was not relevant to them3）Which of the following is TRUE about Jos attitude?A. She is sure that all the boys will go to college in the future.B. She believes that chemistry is very useful to the boys.C. She is wondering if she can make any difference to the boys lives.D. She doesnt like the simple life in the mountain village.4）Which of the descriptions is NOT right about Tombes house?A. It was a low bamboo hut with grass sticking out of the roof.B. It was dark and there was a fireplace in the centre of it.C. It was round-shaped, with small windows and a narrow doorway.D. There were only a few possessions in it.5）By writing “The only possessions that I could see were”, the author wants to tell us _.A. Tombes family were kind-heartedB. Tombes family were guest-loversC. Tombes family only used simple thingsD. Tombes family were too poor2. Discussion1）Why do you think Jo became a volunteer in PNG? 2）Would you like to work as a volunteer in a poor area? Why?设计说明：选择题注重培养学生的总结，归纳和判断能力；讨论题通过讨论Jo作为志愿者的原因，可以使学生更好地了解这个单元的主题：帮助