Unit2UnderstandingideasTheWellthatchangedtheworld教案高中英语

THEWELLTHATCHANGEDTHEWORLD

UnitTitle

Makingadifference

Students

45seniortwostudents

Duration

45mins

Lesson

Understandingideas

Topic

Thewellthatchangedtheworld

Teachingphilosophy

ThewholedesignisbasedontheNewEnglishCurriculumStandards.Inthislesson,thetextanalysisisunderthecertainthemeofcontextandwholeunit,andstudents’Englishcorepetenceswhicharelanguageability,culturalawareness,thinkingqualityandlearningabilitywouldbetakenintoconsiderationandimprovedthroughactivities.

Thisisaninstructionaldesignbasedonthestudentcenteredteachingphilosophy.Inthislesson,inordertohelpstudentshaveabetterunderstandingofthispassage,theteacherwilldesignsomeactivitiestoguideandhelpstudentsdoteamworkandselfstudytocultivatetheircriticalandcreativethinking.

Textanalysis

Thematiccontext:humanandsociety

Genre:narration

Sourceoftext:Theteachingmaterialofmylessonischosenfrom2019ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressBook3Unit2,Makingadifference.Andthetopicisfrom,Understandingideas,Thewellthatchangedtheworld.

What:Inthisarticle,theauthorintroducesRyan’sstoryofbuildingwellsinAfricaandencouragingmoreandmorepeopletojoinhiminhelpingmaketheworldabetterplace.

Why:theauthorhopesstudentslearnthataslongasyouhavetheawarenessofhelpingothersandputitintopractice,youwillmakeadifference.

How:ThestorygoesbasedonRyan’slifeexperience.ItisdevelopedbythreelinestoshowhowRyanhelpsothersandmakesadifference.First,Ryan’sawarenessandbehaviorofbuildingwellstohelppeopleinAfrica.Second,peopleinAfricahavebenefitedfromRyan’shelp.Third,moreandmorepeopleareinspiredbyRyan’sbehaviortohelppeopleinAfrica.

Studentsanalysis

Whattheyhave

My45studentsareinseniortwo,thesecondyearofseniorhighschool.Actually,moststudentshavemasteredsomereadingstrategies,likescanning,skimmingandgettingthemainideas,butmostofthetime,theyjustreadforgrades.Andasateenager,theyhavebasicinformationaboutAfricaandtheawarenessofhelpingothers,buttheydonotknowhowtostart.

Whattheyneed

Inthislesson,Iexpectmystudentstoreadformeaning,andduringthereadingprocess,theywouldimprovetheirabilityoforganizingandanalyzinginformationtoformlogical,criticalandcreativethinkingandtoexplorethemeaningbehindlines.Andafterlearningthispassage,theywouldunderstandthatapartfromhavingtheawarenessofhelpingothers,theyareexpecttounderstandhowtotakeactiontohelpothers.

Teachingobjectives

Bytheendofthislesson,mystudentswouldbeableto:

1.illustratehowRyanhelpedAfricanandinfluencedmorepeople.

2.understandputtheirawarenessofhelpingothersintoaction.

3.writeotherwaystohelpAfricangetfreshwater.

Focalanddifficultpoints

Focalpoints:

Studentswillunderstandthethemeofthispassagebehelpfultoothersandthinkabouthowtohelp,thenyouwouldmakeadifferencebyorganizingandanalyzinginformation.

Difficultpoints:

StudentscanintroduceRyan’sstorytoothersandgivetheirownopinionsaboutRyanandhisexperience.

StudentscandiscussandexploreotherwaystohelpAfricansolvetheproblemoffreshwatershortageandputtheirrandomideasintoalogicalwriting.

Teachingmethods

Activitybasedteachingmethod，Situationalteachingmethod,

Cooperativelearningmethod.

Teachingaids

Blackboard,PPT

Teachingprocedures

Parts

/Time

Teachingactivities

Purposes

Teacher’sactivities

Students’activities

/Learningstyles

Prereading

8mins

Step1.Leadin

PlaysavideonamedFreshwaterproblemsinAfricaby2025.Andasksstudentstothinkaboutthese2questions:

1).What’soneofthemostsevereproblemsinAfricaby2025?AndwhatkindsofotherproblemsdoesitbringtoAfrican?

2).Canyoubrainstormsomesolutionstosolvethisproblem?

Step2.Prediction

Guidesstudentstofocusonthetitleandthepicturesinthetextandasksthemtothinkaboutthesefollowingquestions,thenpredictwhatthepassageisabout.

1).Whoarethesetwoboys?/wherearetheyfrom?/What’stherelationshipbetweenthem?

2).What’sthemeaningofthesewords“Ryan’swell”inthepicturewhichisinthetoprightcorner?

3).Whydoesthetitlementionthatthewellchangedtheworld?

Watchthevideocarefully.

Andthinkaboutthose2questionsandanswer.

(Classwork\TeamWork)

Focusonthetitleandthepicturesinthetext.Thinkaboutandanswerthese3questionstopredictthecontentofthispassage.

(IndividualWork)

Toarousestudents’interestsaboutthistopic.

2.TocreateacontextandleadtothetopichelpingAfricangetfreshwater.

3.Tolearnsomekeynewwords,like,setup,donateandsoon,tomakethereadingeasier.

Toleadstudentstoreadthispassageeasierandmorepurposefulwiththeguideoftheprediction.

Whilereading

20mins

Whilereading

20mins

Whilereading

20mins

Whilereading

20mins

Step3.Fastreading

Asksstudentstoreadthistextquicklytofindwhethertheirpredictionarerightorwrongandanswerthesequestionsinpredictionpartagain.

Guidesstudentstoreadthispassageagaintodivideitinto3partsandtalkaboutwhateachpartmainlytalksabout.

Step4.Detailedreading

Asksstudentstoreadpart1andanswerthe3questions.

1).WhatmadeRyanfeelunbelievable?

2).WhatquestiondidRyanthinkaboutwhenhefoundhecangetfreshwatereasily?

3).HowoldwasRyanwhenhedecidedtohelp?

Asksstudentstoreadpart2andanswerthesefollowingquestions

2.1Readpara.2

1).WhatwasRyan’splanandwhatdidRyandotosupporthisplan?

2).Didhesucceedinmakinghisplanetrue?

3).WhatcouldhedoforAfricanpeoplebyusingthemoneyhesaved?

1).DidRyangiveuphisplan?Ifnot,whatdidhedothen?

2).Didhesucceedthistime?

3).Wherewasthewell?AndwhatbenefitsdidthewellbringtoAfricanpeople?

1).WhatdidstudentsinUgandadotoweleRyan?Why?

2).HowdidRyanfeelwhenhesawthefinishedwellhebuilt?

1).AftergoingbackfromUganda,whatdidRyando?

2).Whatkindofinfluencedidhisexperiencebringtopeopleintheworld?

3).Howmanypeopleandcountrieshavebenefitedfromthewellshebuilt?

2.5GuidesstudentstosummarizethatRyanbroughtspiritualbenefitstopeopleintheworldandbroughtmaterialbenefitstoAfricanpeople.

1).WhatkindofbenefitdidRyanbringtoAfricanpeople?

2).WhatkindofbenefitdidRyanbringtootherpeopleintheworld?

Asksstudentstoreadpart3(para.6)andfindouttheanswersofthese2questions

1).Nowadays,asanadult,whatkindofquestiondoesRyanthinkabout?

2).WhatmadehimsucceedinofferinghelptoAfricanpeopleorwhathelpedhimmakeadifference?

Guidesstudentstothinkaboutthetitleagain.

1).Doestherealwellchangetheworld?

2).FromlastquestionweknowthatRyan’shelpmadeadifference,butwhythetitlementionshishelpchangedtheworld?

AsksstudentstodiscusswiththeirteammateswhattheycanlearnfromRyan’sstory.

Readthispassagequicklytochecktheirpredictions.Andanswerthose3questionsinpredictionpart.

(IndividualWork)

Dividethispassageinto3partsandtalkaboutthethemeofeachpart.

Part1(para.1)Ryan’sawarenessofhelpingAfricangetfreshwater.

Part2(para.25)Ryanputhisthoughtintopractice.

Part3(para.6)thereasonswhyRyanmadeadifference.

(TeamWork)

Readpart1andanswerthese3questionstograspRyan’sawarenessofhelpingothers.

(IndividualWork)

Readpara.2andanswerthese3questions.

(IndividualWork)

Readpara.3andanswerthese3questiontofindoutRyanpersuadedhisneighbourtodonatemoneytobuildawellinAfrica.

(IndividualWork)

Readpara.4andthinkaboutthese2questionscarefully.

(IndividualWork)

Readpara.5andanswerthese3questions.

(IndividualWork)

AnswerthetwoquestionsandexplorethedifferentbenefitsthatRyanbroughttodifferentpeoplewiththehelpofteacher.

(ClassWork\

IndividualWork)

Readpara.6andanswerthese2questionstohaveabetterunderstandingaboutRyanandhispersonalquality.

(IndividualWork)

Readthetitleagainandthinkcarefully,andanswerthese2questions.

(IndividualWork)

DiscusswithteammatesandvoicetheirownopinionsaboutthethingstheycanlearnfromRyan.

(TeamWork)

Tocheckstudents’prediction.

Toletstudentsgetthegeneralmeaningofthispassage.

TohelpstudentsunderstandRyanhadtheawarenesstohelpAfricanpeople.

TohelpstudentsknowtheeffortsRyan,himself,hadmadetohelpAfricanpeoplebuildawell.

ToguidestudentstofindRyanstartedtoinfluencethepeoplearoundhimtojoinhimandofferhelp.

ToencouragestudentstoexplorethebenefitsthatRyanbroughttostudentsofaprimaryinUganda.

ToassiststudentstounderstandthatRyan’sexperiencehaveattractedandinfluencedmoreandmorepeoplejoinhimofferinghelp.

TohelpstudentsexplorethebenefitsthatRyanbroughttodifferentpeople.

ToguidestudentstoexplorethereasonswhyRyanmadeadifference.

Toassiststudentstohaveabetterunderstandingofthistitleandthepassage.

TohelpstudentslearnRyan’sbehaviorandgoodquality,like,hisdetermination,courageandperseverance.

Postreading

15mins

Step5.RoleplayandintroduceRyan’sstory

Asksstudentstoworkinteamsof4toprepareapressconferencewhereRyanistoanswerquestionsraisedbydifferentreports.(3studentspresentquestionsasmediareporters.OnestudentplaysapartofRyan)

Reporters:eupwiththreequestionsregardinginformationaboutRyanandwhathedidtobuildwellsinAfricaandthebenefitshebroughttootherpeopleintheworld.

AsksstudentstointroduceRyan’sstorytoothers.

Step6.Brainstorming

Asksstudentstothinkaboutthesefollowingquestions:

1).IsRyan’swayofbuildingwellstheonlywaytohelpAfricanpeopletosolvetheproblemoffreshwatershortage?

Thenletstudentsworkinteamsof4discussotherwaystohelpAfricanpeople.

2).DoyouhaveotherwaystohelpAfricanpeople?

Workinteamsof4toprepareapressc