1、 Teaching PlanUnit 4 More practice: a pen giant Qian KangBackground information: Student Analysis The students are in the second year of junior high school. After a years study at junior high school, they have a certain English reading ability. However, they still lack reading skills and abilities i

2、n summarizing or retelling the content of the article. Students in Grade 8 tend be very active in their thinking, and their ability to think independently is gradually developed. They often have unique views towards some topics. These views are important.Textbook Analysis The teaching material is ta

3、ken from the 8A Unit 4 more practice section of Oxford Press & Shanghai Education Press textbook.Teaching Tools multimedia, PowerPointLesson Type Reading and writing for Junior Two students Teaching important points Students need to understand the Biros invention story of ballpoint pen and its effec

4、ts.Students understand the “ 5W1H principle” in storys retelling.Teaching difficult points Students summarize the main idea of the article.Students retell the story with the “ 5W1H principle” .Students share their own understanding of “giant”.Teaching Objectives After this lesson, students are expec

5、ted to develop their reading skills such as predicting, skimming, scanning and summarizing the story.develop their retelling skills by using the 5W1H principle.cultivate critical thinking ability and raise their cultural awareness.Teaching methods“Task based” language teaching Communicative Approach

6、 Explorative Learning Teaching ProceduresProcedures Teachers Activities Students Activities Purpose Lead-in Greet the students.Show some pictures and ask students whether they can name the inventor and invention in the pictures.Review the inventions and the inventors students have learnt in the read

7、ing section.Students watch the pictures and guess what they refer to.Arouse students interests and help students review what they have learnt in the previous class.Pre-reading Show the picture of Laszlo Biro.Let students guess who the man is and explain the feature of the name.Introduce the ballpoin

8、t pen in a humorous way.Review the evolution of pen by giving some examples.Students brainstorm who the man is and get prepared for the topic they are going to learn today. Students get to know the topic in todays class in an interesting and can enrich their background knowledge of the pen.While-rea

9、ding Ask students to read the passage quickly and find the main idea.Show some tips for grasping the main idea.Explain the meaning of “giant” .Ask students to read paragraph 1-2 carefully after the tape and answer three questions.Introduce the 5W1H principle for retelling the story and encourage stu

10、dents to retell the story.Ask students to read paragraph 3-5 carefully after the tape and answer the T/F questions.Students read the article quickly and find out the main idea.Students read the 2nd paragraph carefully and try to retell the story with the 5W1H principle.Students retell the story to t

11、heir partners.Try to answer the questions on the PowerPoint.Students understand the story and grasp the skills for retelling the story.Students get prepared for sharing their understanding of the giant. Post-readingPresent some inventions named after the inventor.Encourage students to share their understanding of giant.Present teachers understanding of the giant. Students brainstorm to think of the giant in their eyes.Students share their understanding of the giantRaise students cultural awareness.Inspire students and cultivate critical thinking ability.HomeworkAsk students to find an i