外研版 (2019)选择性必修 第二册Unit 3 Times change!教案

Background information

Teacher

XXX

Title

A New Chapter

Types of lesson

Reading

Lesson duration

45 minutes

Material

Unit 3 Times Change! Book 5, FLTRP (New Standard)

Date

6/4/2023

Thursday

Material analysis

Thematic context: Man and Society—Comparison and differences of lives in new and old eras.

[What]

1. The theme of this passage is Man and Society—Comparison and differences of lives in new and old eras. And its topic is a personal story (narrative) which talks about the recreational changes in the Rainbow Bookstore from the author’s perspective.
2. The title of this passage is “A New Chapter”, and the passage is to introduce the differences of physical bookstores in old and new eras and the author’s feeling about the changes, which shows the key factor of changes and positive attitude towards social development.

[Why]

1. The author writes the passage to share the experience of witnessing the old Rainbow bookstore changed into the new one.
2. Through reading to analyze the author’s feelings and attitude towards the changes, students will be expected to be reminded of the awareness of protecting and promoting the development of traditional cultures and handcrafts, and especially strengthening their sense of national pride.

[How]

1. The author follows the structure of a narrative of present the author’s changing feeling with the development of the passage.
2. After witnessing the changes of the Rainbow Bookstore, the author presents his attitude towards that kind of changes.

Students analysis

There are 46 students in the class, who comes from Class 10. To be specific, 6% of students have a good foundation of English so that they can follow the teacher easily; 26% of students English ability are at an average level and 68% of students have difficulties in learning English and need to make up for basic knowledge. Half of the students in this class are interested in English and have been familiar with cooperative study.

However, only a few of them are good at expressing themselves and active in class. It’s important to arouse students learning interest and encourage them to share their ideas in a logical way. And the material comes from the first passage in unit 3. They are unfamiliar with some of the vocabularies, for example, sympathy, mist, dusty, humble, emphasize, and leadership. So they need to preview the words and passage in advance. In previous lessons, students were introduced some reading skills, like skimming, scanning and predicting. Moreover, the theme of this unit is Times change, specifically, the topic of the reading passage is about the changes of physical bookstores with the social development. Most of the students have experiences in buying books in physical bookstores and online bookstores. Actually, when they are facing with this topic, they are very glad to express the changes they have went through in their daily life so that they are willing to do something important to maintain and promote Chinese ethnic traditional handcrafts. All in all, it’s also of great significance to arouse students’ awareness of maintaining and promoting Chinese ethnic traditional handcrafts.

Objectives

Teaching Objectives

1. Core competence

By the end of the lesson, students are expected to:

◆     Linguistic ability

1)      predict and summarize the main idea of the passage by the pictures and the title, describe the changes and unchanged things of the Rainbow bookstore by carefully reading the passage,

2)      tell the author’s feelings towards the Rainbow bookstore according to the development of the story.

3)      talk about their opinions about how to promote the development of Chinese traditional culture in recreational ways in modern society.

◆     Thinking capacity

1)      improve the logic of reading through the diagram and story line.

2)      Think deeply about the author’s changing feeling with the development of the passage in time order and the author’s attitude towards the changes of Rainbow Bookstore.

◆     Cultural awareness

1)      Learn from the key factor (creativity, people’s love of reading) of Rainbow Bookstore’s changes and the author’s positive attitude towards it, as well as reflect on their own growth, and establish positive values and goals in life.

◆     Learning ability

1)      Learn to read with strategies.

2)      analyze and resolve problems through group cooperation.

3)      Know how to protect and spread Chinese traditional culture and handcrafts in modern society.

2. Personal objectives:

In this class, the teacher is able to

1)      give clear guidance and instruction of reading activities.

2)      manage the class and time well and orderly.

3)      help students know the importance of developing traditional Chinese artworks in modern society.

Focal Points

1. To guide students to summarize the main idea of the reading passage and describe the changes and unchanged things of the Rainbow bookstore by carefully reading the passage.
2. To guide students to analyze the author’s changing feelings and attitude towards changes in the old Rainbow Bookstore.

Difficult points

1. To guide students to develop an awareness of protecting traditional Chinese culture and handcrafts, strengthening their sense of national pride and discuss what will be done to maintain and promote the traditional Chinese culture to stimulate the students’ sense of mission.

Methods and Aids

Teaching method

Situational teaching method, Activity-based approach to English learning

Learning method

Autonomous Learning & Cooperative Inquiry Learning

Teaching aids

Blackboard, chalk, muti-media and handout

Teaching Procedures

Teaching contents

Procedures

Designing purposes

Teacher’s activity

Students’ activity

Lead-in

(2 min)

1.  Teacher creates a situation that Lily, a Miao girl, wants to ask for some help in buying books by a video call on WeChat. 

Q1: Where do you usually buy books, physical bookstores or online bookstores?  Why?

S1: I usually buy books in online bookstores. Because it is very convenient and much cheaper.

S2: I usually buy books in physical bookstores. Because I like to reading with others.

…

1. Ss pick up the video call and answer the question.

It aims to use a video call to create a situation and lay a foundation about the development of buying books.

Pre-reading

(5 min)

1. Teacher presents two charts about the sales made by physical and online bookstores in China from 2011 to 2017 and ask students to answer the two questions and think about what will happen to the physical bookstores.

Q1: What information do the charts show?

S1: The charts show the sales made by physical and online bookstores in China from 2011 to 2017.

Q2: What conclusions can you draw from these charts?

S2: More and more people are choosing to buy books online instead of in physical bookstores.

2.  Teacher asks students to think about what the title means with pictures of the Rainbow bookstore and summarize the main idea of the passage.

Ss: It means a new start/ beginning/ appearance/ period of the Rainbow bookstore.

…

1. Students answer the questions and think about the future of physical bookstores.

2. Students predict and summarize the main idea of the passage.

1. To lead students to predict the changes of physical bookstores under the social development and arouse their curiosity about it and learning interest.

2. To lead students to predict the passage from the clues of its title.

While-reading

(22 min)

1.  Teacher asks students to read the passage carefully and work in groups to find out the changes and unchanged things of the Rainbow Bookstore to complete the diagram, and then teacher invites some of students to describe them in class.

2.  Teacher guides students to find out how the author’s feeling changed with the development of the passage.

3.  Teacher leads students to think about the key factor behind the bookstore’s changes in the 21st century and share their ideas in class.

1. Students read the passage carefully and complete the diagram in groups. Then some students describe the changes and unchanged things in class.

2. Students describe the author’s changing feeling towards the Rainbow Bookstore. 

3. Students express their ideas in class.

1. To train students’ reading skills of locating certain information.

2. To encourage students to express themselves logically.

3. To develop students’ thinking ability.

Post-reading

(16 min)

1. Teacher guides students to think about the recreational solution to promote traditional Miao embroidery in today’s society.

2. Teacher guides students to summarize what this passage is about, why the story happens, and how it happens.

3. Teacher asks students to think and share their ideas towards the question: When we face changes in our lives, what should we do?

1. Students discuss in groups and share their ideas in class.

2. Students summarize what they learned this class with the help of teacher and the flow chart.

3. Students share their ideas in class.

1. To help students get the awareness of thinking critically and get a deeper understanding of the theme and arouse their cultural awareness and national pride.

2. To help students consolidate what they learned in this class.

3. To train students’ ability to express themselves in a logical way.

Homework

1. Finish your letter to Lily in at least 100 words.
2. (Optional) Work in groups. Make a presentation about one successful case of promoting the development of traditional cultures in modern society.

Teaching

flow chart

Lead-in → Predicting → Careful reading → Post reading (Summary & Think and share) → Homework

Blackboard design

Book 5 Unit 3 Times Change!

A New Chapter

                          Changes

The Rainbow Bookstore

                           Unchanged things

Feelings: heartbroken → sympathetic → depressed → surprised → pleased

Attitude: Positive

Teaching reflection

Write after the class.