基于任务驱动下的情境教学研究

—— Unit 4  A good read

Comic strip & Welcome to the unit

Teaching plan

      执教者：李丹（常州市同济中学）

Teaching aims:

l To learn about the expressions and features of different types of books.

l To talk about favourite type of book and reasons.

l To inspire students’ interest in reading.

l To find out why we should read good books.

l To learn how to be good readers.

Teaching methods: Task-based teaching method; Situational teaching method

Teaching aids: Multi-media, blackboard

Teaching Procedures:

Step1. Lead-in

1. Have students watch a video about Dong Qing before class.

2. Have a free talk:

(1) Who is the hostess of these two TV programs?

(2) Why is she the most suitable person for the hostess?

Step2. Presentation & practice I

1. Ask students to watch a video and answer two questions.

(1) What did Hobo think?      (2) What does Eddie want to do?

2. Ask students to read the dialogue and act it out.

Step3. Presentation & Practice II

1. Learn new words and types of books by playing a guessing game.

2. Have students finish Part A on P49.

3. Read and learn more types of books.

Step4. Listening & practice III

1. Listen to the dialogue and choose the right answer.

(    ) 1. A. France           B. Japan        C. Germany

(    ) 2. A. health              B. history       C. science

(    ) 3. A. novels              B. culture       C. poems

2. Read an article and answer the question. (Underline some key sentences)

Why should we read books?

Hi, I’m Dong Qing. As we can see, our life is now filled with the Internet, TV and computer games. Fewer and fewer people enjoy reading. Some people may even ask themselves, “Well, why should I read?” But I still believe that reading is important. Here’re some of my reasons.

First, reading is a nice way to relax after a day’s work. When you read, you’re really a part of the story and forget about yourself for a moment. Next, reading different types of books will help improve your knowledge and culture. You will open yourself to the sea of knowledge. This is great because knowledge and culture is always useful in your daily life. Besides, you learn lots of words to understand different meanings. So you can collect more information for your report. More importantly, reading can also bring people together. You can also join a book club with your friend so you can share your ideas about books.

    A book is a bridge and the knowledge is the bridge to success. Books can give us power and let us grow. So why don't we read books? Let's read books and find happiness from reading together!

3. Read and make up a similar dialogue and talk about your favourite type of books in pairs.

A: What do you like reading in your spare time?

B: I…

A: What is it about?

B: …

A: Why do you like it?

B: Because…

 (Try some useful expressions!)

Step5. Reading competition

1. Learn reading skills by watching a model of Mark Zhao’s reading.

2. Have a reading competition in class.

Step6. Homework

1. Finish a questionnaire on the work sheet. 

2. Preview reading and know something about Gulliver in Lilliput.

After class课后巩固     Are You an Active Reader?

Read the questionnaire and finish the following.

(    ) 1. You’d better read for ______.

A. pleasure     B. duty    C. nothing  D. money

(    ) 2. The first thing you should improve is ______.

A. vocabulary  B. reading speed C. reading skills D. understanding

3. Are you an active reader? Why or why not?

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Write down your problems:

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