Unit4MyFavouriteSubjectSectionBThissectionofUnit4focusesonfurtherexploringthetopicof"MyFavouriteSubject".Itincludesvocabularyrelatedtoschoolsubjectsanddailyactivities,aswellaskeysentencepatternsforexpressingpreferencesandreasons.Throughlistening,speaking,reading,andwritingexercises,studentswillenhancetheirlanguageskillsandabilitytomunicateabouttheirschoollife.Thereadingmaterialinthissectionprovidesreallifeexamplesofstudents'favoritesubjects,whichhelpsstudentsbetterunderstandandrelatetothetopic.教學(xué)目標(biāo)1.KnowledgeObjectivesStudentswillbeabletomasterthenewvocabularyaboutschoolsubjectsanddailyactivities,suchas"geography","history","art","PE","finish","start","lesson",etc.is...like...?s...your...etounderstandandusethekeysentencepatterns,forexample,"What'syourfavoritesubject?Myfavoritesubjectis...","Whydoyoulike...?Becauseit's...","Whenisyour...class?It'son...".2.AbilityObjectivesStudentswillbeabletolistenforspecificinformationaboutothers'favoritesubjectsandreasonsindialogues.Studentswillbeabletoexpresstheirownandothers'preferencesforschoolsubjectsandgivereasonsclearlyinoralandwrittenforms.Studentswillbeabletoreadthepassageaboutschoolsubjectssmoothlyandunderstandthemainideaanddetails.Studentswillbeabletowriteashortpassageabouttheirfavoritesubject,includingreasonsandclasstime.3.EmotionalObjectivesStudentswillbemoreinterestedinlearningEnglishandsharingtheirschoollifewithothers.Studentswilldevelopapositiveattitudetowardsdifferentschoolsubjectsandunderstandtheimportanceofeachsubject.教學(xué)重難點(diǎn)1.KeyPointsThenewvocabularyandkeysentencepatternsrelatedtoschoolsubjects.Usingthesentencepatternstoexpresspreferencesandreasonsaccurately.Understandingandextractinginformationfromthereadingpassageaboutschoolsubjects.2.DifficultPointsDifferentiatingtheusageof"because"and"so"inexpressingreasons.Organizingideasandwritingacoherentshortpassageaboutfavoritesubjects.Applyingthelearnedlanguageknowledgetoreallifemunicationfluently.1.NewVocabularySubjects:geography/d?i??ɡr?fi/,history/?h?stri/,art/ɑ?t/,PE/?pi??i?/DailyActivities:finish/?f?n??/,start/stɑ?t/,lesson/?lesn/AdjectivesforDescribingSubjects:interesting/??ntr?st??/,boring/?b??r??/,difficult/?d?f?k?lt/,easy/?i?zi/,relaxing/r??l?ks??/2.KeySentencePatternsWhat'syourfavoritesubject?Myfavoritesubjectis...Whydoyoulike...?Becauseit's...Whenisyour...class?It'son...3.GrammarFocusUsing"because"tointroducereasons.NotethatinEnglish,wecan'tuse"because"and"so"inthesamesentencewhenexpressingacauseeffectrelationship.Forexample,wecansay"IlikeEnglishbecauseit'sinteresting."or"Englishisinteresting,soIlikeit."教學(xué)過程1.Warmingup(5minutes)Greetthestudentsasusual.ThenshowsomepicturesofdifferentschoolsubjectsonthePPT,suchasamapforgeography,anoldphotoforhistory,apaintingforart,andstudentsdoingsportsforPE.Askstudentstoquicklysaythenamesofthesubjectstheysee.T:Hello,class!Lookatthepicturesonthescreen.Whatsubjectdoesthispictureshow?Ss:Geography!/History!/Art!/PE!2.Presentation(10minutes)VocabularyTeachingTeachthenewvocabularyonebyone.UsethepicturesonthePPTtohelpstudentsunderstandthemeaning.Forexample,whenteaching"geography",say,"Geographyisthestudyoftheearth,likecountries,mountains,andrivers.Lookatthismap.It'srelatedtogeography."Writethewordsontheblackboardandletstudentsreadaftertheteacherseveraltimes,payingattentiontothepronunciation.Afterteachingallthenewwords,playawordguessinggame.TheteacherdescribesasubjectoranactivityinEnglish,andstudentsguesswhatitis.Forexample,theteachersays,"It'sasubject.Wecanlearnaboutpasteventsinthisclass."Studentsanswer"History".SentencePatternTeachingShowadialogueonthePPT:A:What'syourfavoritesubject?B:Myfavoritesubjectisscience.A:Whydoyoulikescience?B:Becauseit'sinteresting.Readthedialoguewithstudentsseveraltimes,firsttheteacherreadsA'spartandstudentsreadB'spart,thenchange.Explainthemeaningandusageofthesentencepatterns.Thenaskstudentstopracticethedialogueinpairs,andinvitesomepairstoetothefrontoftheclasstoactitout.3.Listening(10minutes)LetstudentsopentheirbookstothelisteningpartinSectionB.Tellthemthattheywilllistentoadialoguebetweentwostudents,DaveandWangMei,talkingabouttheirfavoritesubjects.Playtherecordingforthefirsttime.Studentsjustlistenandgetageneralideaoftheconversation.Thenasksomesimplequestions,suchas"Whoaretalkinginthedialogue?"(DaveandWangMei)and"Whataretheytalkingabout?"(Theirfavoritesubjects).Playtherecordingforthesecondtime.Thistime,studentsneedtolistencarefullyandfillintheblanksintheirbooksaccordingtowhattheyhear.Theblanksmaybeaboutthenamesofthefavoritesubjectsandthereasons.Checktheanswerswiththewholeclass.Playtherecordingonemoretimeifnecessaryforstudentstoclarifyanymisunderstandings.4.Reading(10minutes)Presentashortpassageaboutastudent'sfavoritesubjectonthePPT.Thepassagecouldbelikethis:MynameisTom.Myfavoritesubjectismath.Ilikeitbecauseit'schallenging.Mymathclassstartsat9:00onMondaymorning.Theteacherisverykindandmakesthelessonsinteresting.Ialwayslookforwardtomymathclass.Letstudentsreadthepassagesilentlyforthefirsttimeandanswerthequestion:"What'sTom'sfavoritesubject?"Thenletstudentsreadthepassageagaincarefully.Thistime,theyneedtofindoutthereasonswhyTomlikesthissubjectandwhenhismathclassis.Afterthat,dividestudentsintogroupsoffour.Eachgroupdiscussesthepassageandtriestosummarizethemainideaandimportantdetails.Theneachgroupchoosesarepresentativetoreporttothewholeclass.Finally,explainsomedifficultwordsorsentencesinthepassage,suchas"challenging"and"lookforwardto",andletstudentsunderstandthepassagebetter.5.Writing(10minutes)Askstudentstowriteashortpassageabouttheirownfavoritesubject.Theyneedtoincludethenameofthesubject,thereasonswhytheylikeit,andwhentheirclassis.Remindthemtousethekeysentencepatternsandnewvocabularytheyhavelearned.Givestudents5minutestowrite.Walkaroundtheclassroomandofferhelpifnecessary,suchascorrectinggrammarmistakesorprovidingsomewordstheymayneed.Afterstudentsfinishwriting,askthemtoexchangetheirpassageswiththeirpartners.Theyreadeachother'spassagesandgivesomesimplements,like"Yourpassageisveryclear.Icanunderstandyourloveforthissubject."or"Youcanaddmoredetailstomakeitbetter."Theninvitesomestudentstoreadtheirpassagesaloudtothewholeclass.Praisetheirgoodwritingandgivesomesuggestionsforimprovement.教學(xué)反思Afterteachingthissection,Ihavethefollowingreflections.Inthewarminguppart,thepictureshowingactivitysuccessfullyattractedstudents'attentionandquicklybroughtthemintothelearningcontextofschoolsubjects.However,inthevocabularyteachingprocess,althoughthewordguessinggamewasfun,somestudentsstillhaddifficultyinpronouncingsomewordsaccurately,suchas"geography".MaybeIshouldspendmoretimeonindividualpronunciationcorrection.Duringthelisteningpractice,moststudentscouldgetthemaininformation,butafewstudentshadtroublefillingintheblanksprecisely.Thisindicatesthat