外研版 (2019)选择性必修 第四册Unit 2 Lessons in life教学设计及反思

Topic

Tuesdays with Morrie

Teacher

Teaching

Aims:

1.Guide the students to get the main content of the text and have a preliminary understanding of the main idea of the book“Tuesday with Morrie".

2.Develop students’ reading skills and enable them to learn how to use different reading strategies to read different reading materials.

3.Enable students to understand the whole passage.

Teaching important

Points:

1. Through reading the passage,students can get the main idea.
2.  Let the students master the key words and phrases in this part.
3. Help the students have a preliminary understanding of how to write a book review and an introduction to a literary work.

Teaching difficult points:

1.Let the students learn to analyze and solve problems ,and improve their reading level.

2.Guide students to understand the meaning of the title.

Teaching methods:

Task-based Language Teaching

Question-inquiry Teaching   8

Teaching type:

Reading

课 时

one

Teaching procedure:

Teaching contents:

Step1:

Pre-reading

Step2:

While-reading

Step3:

Post-reading

Summary

Homework

Leading-in

Lead the students to read the recommended text on the back cover and answer questions,in order to activate students' interest in reading the book.

1. What metaphor for life is used in the reviews?

2. When people are described as "watching you kindly from further along the way”, what does this mean?

Answers:

1. Life is compared to a journey in the reviews.
2. It means these people are kind and have more experiences.

Activity 1:

Skimming:Lead the students to skim the text to understand

the general idea of it .Let them judge the meaning of the

text title and the author's writing intention according

to the content of the text.

Activity 2:

Scanning:Encourage students to read the passage again and

work together to finish the following tasks.

Task1.Read the text carefully and choose the best answers

according to the text.

1. What changes Mitch's life?

A. Morrie's severe illness.

B. The book Tuesda ys with Morrie.

C. A successful career as a sports journalist.

D. The weekly conversations between Morrie and him.

2. What does Amy Wang learn from the book Tuesdays with Morrie?

A.One should learn to help others.

B. One should make full use of each day.

C.One should establish his own values.

D.One should avoid getting distracted by 

3. What's Marty's first impression of the book Tuesdays with Morrie?

A. Just so-so.     B. Impressive. 

C. Moving.        D. Refreshing. 

4. Which topic isn't mentioned in the book Tuesdays with Morrie?

A. Life and death.  B. Friendship and love.

C. Joy and hope.        D. Career and success.

5. What changed Mitch's attitude towards the meaning of life?

A. The weekly conversations with his teacher.

B.A severe illness that he suffered from.

C. His weekly visit to his teacher in the hospital.

D. That he was reunited with his family

6. Who does NOT like the book very much?

A. Arthur K. B. Amy Wang. 

C.Vivian. D. Marty. 

7. Why does Marty recommend the book?

A. Because it has won widespread recognition.

B. Because it is his favorite book.

C. Because it is different from other books.

D. Because it is made up of a collection of repeated thoughts and messages.

8. Which of the following is RIGHT according to the text?

A. This book is about dying, and it is pessimistic.

B. This book is about dying but it is full of joy and hope.

C. The book doesn't have anything in common with the other works.

D. The book is not popular enough because it is about dying.

Task2. Fill in the blanks according to he text.

Tuesdays with Morrie by an American writer Mitch Albom is very popular     1    on the public. Here are the

     2    (comment)from four readers. Arthur K is very

     3    (please) to find this book is filled with joy and hope. He thinks that the book encourages him to appreciate what he has and     4    (make)the most of each day.In Amy Wang's opinion,the book is fit for the young people to read and it gives her a    5     (deep)insight. As for Marty,

despite his bad     6    (impress) about the book,he still recommends it. Because the book makes him stop    7    think about the importance of     8    (create)his own values. The book touches Vivian most,    9    made her

miss all the good friends that she   10    (lose) touch with.

参考答案：Task1:1-8  DCADADCB

Task2:1. with 2.comments 3.pleased 4. to make 5.deeper 6.impression 7.and8.creating 9.which 10.has lost

Lead the students to read the text closely to further understand the content of the text.Encourage them to summarize the points in the text,and compare them with their previous points.

Task1:

 Choose the topics of the book mentioned in the passage and find the evidence.

joy and hope art f friendship love death values power sorrow

Answer:joy and hope; friendship; love; death; values

Task2:Review this lesson and complete the exercises.

1. According to Morrie, what are “the big things” in life? 

2. What is your understanding of Auden's words:“Love each other or perish"?

3. How do you usually learn lessons about life? Through experience or learning from other people? Give an example.

Answers:

1. According to Morrie,“the big things in life are how we think and what we value.
2. Students' own answers.
3. Students' own answers.
4. Students' own answers.

This lesson successfully completed the pre-set tasks

and achieved good effects.

1.Ask the students to go online to find out what other comments have been made on this book. Do these comments make they want to read the book? Why or why not?

2.Preview the next period.

Blackboard design

Tuesdays with Morrie

1. result in.导致，造成

  result from  由…引起

2. possession n.（常用复数）财产，财物

 take/have possession of 占有，拥有

 sb. be in possession of 某人占有/拥有某物

3. get through 完成；通过；渡过（难关）

  get over克服

  get across 使人了解；解释清楚

4. lose touch with与…失去联系

  get in touch with 与…取得联系

  keep in touch with 与…保持联系