人教版 (2019)选择性必修 第二册Unit 4 Journey Across a Vast Land教学设计

Unit 4 Journey Across a Vast Land

Section A Reading and Thinking教学设计

科目：英语 课题：Section A Reading and Thinking 课时：1课时

Teaching Content: This is a reading lesson. It talks about the geography, history and culture of Canada

Teaching Objectives：

（1）Knowledge Objectives:

a) Students will learn some words and phrases like pleasant……

b) Students can understand the passage and learn more about the geography, history and culture of Canada.

（2）Ability Objective：

Students will be able to use different basic reading strategies like skimming and scanning correctly in their reading process.

（3）Emotional Objectives:

Students can foster the interest and desire of learning English and be fond of taking part in kinds of class activities.

Key and difficult points:

Key point：Help students get the details of the passage

difficult point：Let students express their opinions on the the geography, history and culture of Canada ; guide students to use the new knowledge in their daily life.

Major steps：

Step 1 Lead-in (4mins)

After greeting students, the teacher will show the pictures and ask questions:

1). Do you want to pay a visit to Canada?

2). If you can travel across the whole Canada, how would you travel to different places there?

3). Which kind of transport do you like best when travelling, by plane, by boat, by train or by bus? Why?

then invited some volunteers to share their answers. After that, the teacher will give comments on students' answers and show the topic of this lesson.

(Justification: The pictures is vivid and interesting, which can arouse students' interest in the teaching activity. Meanwhile, it can also introduce the topic today naturally)

Step 2 Pre-reading (5 mins)

（1）New Knowledge Teaching

With the help of PPT, the teacher will guide students to understand the meaning and usage of new words and sentences, including pleasant……

（2）Prediction

Before reading, the teacher will organize students to make a prediction. Some hints will be provide to help them:

Hint 1:Words and sentence just refered.

Hint 2:Title of this metria

Hint 3:Some pictures in which students can see.

(Justification: Through above activities, students will be prepared to read and can understand the material better.)

Step 3 While-reading(20 mins)

(1)Extensive reading

a)Skimming

Students will have 2-3 minutes to read the passage first time to check their prediction and conclude the main idea of the passage.

b) Scanning

Students will read the passage again to locate certain information and answer the following question:

Task 1 Read the title and try to guess the main idea about the passage: _____________________________.     

Task 2 From the title, we can also come to the conclusion that the literal form of the passage is ____________________.

（Justification: Through fast reading, students will have a general understanding of this passage.）

（2）Intensive reading

Students should read the passage for the third time and do the following tasks:

Discourse Analysis.

Task 1

After reading the passage, we can find that the text is written in order of ____________.

Task 2 Please underline the time markers in the text.

(Justification: Through above reading activities, students will not only understand the main idea and details of this reading material, but also improve their reading abilities.)

Step 4 Post-reading (11mins)

Group discussion:

Students need to work in groups to discuss the following task

Read the article again. Match each of these discourse markers with the correct purpose.

however                            A. to add something

since                               B. to show contrast

when                              C. to explain a reason

in addition to                   D. to show an end point in time

in fact                             E. to show time

later                              F. to emphasise

eventually                         G. to describe the order of events

by using the key words/phrases and sentences.

A：

Several minutes will be given. When time's up, several students will be invited to share their answers. Then the teacher will comment on student's perfercece.

(Justification: This task can arouse students' interest and involve the whole class. Also, by group discussion, they will be more confident to share their opinions in public.)

 Step 5 Summary and homework (5 mins)

1. Summary

Students should act as an assistant to conclude what they have learned in this class, and then the teacher will make a summary together with students.

(Justification: Reviewing the important knowledge in this lesson can deepen students' impression and form good study habits)

2. Homework

(1)Retell the passage after the class.

(2)Search the internet for more information about Canada and share with others next class.

(Justification: Retelling can help students sort out the course content, and the task of collecting information can help students actively explore more knowledge and information)