1. (Nov,9th,2012) Unit 3 Reading

2. teaching material students teaching objectives key points and difficulties teaching reflection teaching procedures blackboard design Book I Unit 3 Reading Section C American High School life teaching & learning methods

3. learn for work learn for fun English curriculum & Ss’ learning background American high school life School life Most students don’t have good reading habits and are weaker in reading ability. They are passive and seldom think and speak independently. They can learn and use words to express. They are active and eager to know something new.

4. American high School life Analysis of the teaching material topics activities CARRIER 1.enlarge Ss’ knowledge 2.develop Ss’ four skills

5. Company Logo CommunicativeApproach CooperativeLearningMethod SituationalTeachingApproach Task-basedMethod tasks: Get to know American high school life Shoot a film Make a comparison

6. Help students understand the new words, expressions and the passage. Develop students’ reading ability and strategies. Help students understand the new words, expressions and the passage. Develop students’ reading ability and strategies. Emphasis Difficulty Use the learnt words to talk about high school life Develop students’ communicative competence. Use the learnt words to talk about high school life Develop students’ communicative competence.

7. Teaching objectives ◆ talk about the four aspects of American high school life ◆ can read & know their meanings Knowledge objectivesAbility objectives Cultural & Moral objectives words: include, offer, besides … phrases: take part in, such as … ◆ Be able to talk school life ◆ Can better develop reading skills skimming scanning guessing the meaning of words ◆ Understand the similarities and differences of school life in America and China. Enjoy their school life.

8. Lead in (6 min) output (10mins) Homework Teaching Procedures (40) input (23mins) Self-check (1min)

9. free talk Do you enjoy yourself at school? picture brainstorming What grades does it include? Step 1: Lead in American high school life ？ ？ ？ ？ ？ ？ ？ ？ Aim: to deal with new words and phrases and motivated for reading

10. skimming scanning Input: Learning and practising Step 2: Input

11. 1.How many topics are mentioned in the text? A.2 B.3 C.4 D.5 Task1: Input:

12. 2. What are they? A. Taking part in activities B. Making friends C. Taking courses D. Having part-time jobs Para.2 Para.1 Para.3 Para.4 Aim: To train the students’ ability of getting main ideas; Pay much attention to verb phrases. The question designed fits all the students. Input:

13. Introduce some vocabulary learning strategies to students and ask them to guess the meaning of some words with the help of it. Task 2: Get to know vocabulary study strategies and practise Input:

14. Vocabulary learning strategies: 1. Guess the meaning of a word by its formation. 2. Guess the meaning of a word by making contextual ( 上下文的 ) connections. 3. Try to find a synonym ( 近义词 ) of a word in the same Para or passage.

15. a) Homecoming home coming + Exercise: Try to guess the meanings of the following words. ( Tell the students to look at the picture and pay attention to the formation of the words.)

16. b). Besides these, school also offer football, baseball, basketball, tennis and soccer. The word “offer” means _______. A. include B. provide C. have D. hold ( Tell the students to look for the sentences before or after the word.)

17. c). Some may even have sports like golf, swimming and so on. Can you find a synonym( 近义词 ) for “like” in the passage? ( Tell Ss to look for the synonym in the passage.) ( Aim: To introduce some vocabulary learning strategies to Ss, help them understand the passage. ) Possible problem: It may be difficult for students. So cooperation is used here.

18. Task 3: Shoot a film Input: A film company wants to shoot ( 拍摄 )a film about high school life in China and America; suppose Kate were the American screenwriter ( 编剧 ) of the film, what should she write?A film company wants to shoot ( 拍摄 )a film about high school life in China and America; suppose Kate were the American screenwriter ( 编剧 ) of the film, what should she write?

19. Exercise: Read the text again and find some information. American high school students’ life _______ courses____ ____ ____ ____ _____ _______ courses____ _____ ________ Activities______ _______ ________ Sports_____ ______ Jobs_____ _____ ______ ______ Aim: To improve the students’ reading ability and help them know the text well. The designed questions should fit students of different levels.

20. Output: Is the information enough to shoot the film? If you were the Chinese screenwriter, Would you like to write something different?

21. Chinese high school life Courses__________________ sports__________________ activities__________________ clubs__________________ dormitory__________________ … Work in group of 4 and write as much as possible. Courses: many majors … Clubs: Singing Club, Basketball Club, English Club, Cosplay Club… Activities: sports meeting, book reading New Year’ day; art festival, … Sports: sports meeting … Aim: To combine what they have learnt with their life experiences and add some new teaching material. Possible problem: It may be difficult for students to say specific things. So teacher’s help & dictionaries are necessary here.

22. Task 5 : Discussion ★ school years ★ courses ★ activities ★ jobs … (After seeing the film)

23. Task 5 : Discussion ★ school years ★ courses ★ activities ★ jobs … (After seeing the film) words patterns yearly prom night offer babysitting Homecoming lawns social education live a wonderful life have to take … courses like to … take part in … make friendships have part-time jobs include … through Aim: To help the students know the differences and similarities of school life in American and China from cultural way. And practise their oral English. Possible problem: It may be difficult for some students to say something about school life. So group work is necessary here.

24. I know the meaning of the following expressions: ( ) besides ( ) skill ( ) include ( ) through ( ) social ( ) education ( )yearly ( ) celebration ( ) offer ( ) babysit ( ) lawn I can: ( ) understand the passage very well ( ) use the learnt words or expressions to talk about school life. I have learned ( ) some aspects of American school life. After learning this lesson (tick) Step 4 Self-evaluation (1min )

25. 1. Memorize the new words and phrases. 2. Surf the internet to get more information about American high school life. 3. Writing: Try to write a passage about my ideal( 理想的 ) school life. Step 5 Homework

26. Unit 3 Section C American high school life Section Ⅳ Blackboard work Courses School activities What a wonderful school life! Friends Jobs required courses elective courses yearly celebration lawn babysit education

27. Based on the analysis of this text, Ss’ study habits and the requirement of the English course reformation, I set teaching key points and difficulties. In order to reach them, I use the task-based approach combined with cooperation study and autonomous learning. In these steps, I promote Ss to memorize, think, analyze and discuss, and cultivate their reading strategies. Meanwhile through the way of “self-asking and answering questions” and the evaluation, the Ss as the subject of the class can be seen. Section V Teaching reflections