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Unit

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goodreadPeriod5

IntegratedskillsAnalysisonteachingmaterialsThelisteningpartofthislessonisaboutrecommendingabook.StudentsareexpectedtolistentothelisteningmaterialtomatcheachstudentwiththetypeandnameofthebooktheyhavereadinPartA1.Besides,studentsalsoneedtogetsomedetailedinformationabouttheHarryPotterseriesandsomethingthatisrelatedtothewriterofthebooksthroughlisteninginPartA2

andA3.Thespeakingpartisaboutaconversationabouthowtoborrowabookfromalibrary.Theteachercanencouragestudentstomakeupadialogueasamodel.AnalysisonlearnersTheHarryPotterbooks,whoseChineseversionhavebeenreadbymanystudents.Somanystudentswillbeinterestedinthelisteningmaterialandthatcanhelpthemconcentrateonthelisteningtask.However,theGrade8studentsareexpectedtomastercertainlisteningstrategiesbeforeandwhilelistening.Sosomeactivitiesshouldbedesignedtotrainstudents’listeningability.TeachingobjectivesBytheendofthelesson,studentsshouldbeableto:1.understandsomenewwordsandexpressionsandlearntousethem;2.catchthekeypointsfromthelisteningmaterials;3.learnhowtoborrowbooksfromthelibrary.ImportantpointsTogetspecificinformationfromlisteningmaterials.DifficultpointsTolearnhowtoborrowbooksfromthelibrary.TeachingstrategiesCommunicativeapproachTaskbasedlanguageteachingTeachingprocedures

A

RecommendingabookStep1

Lead-in1.FreetalkDoyoulikereading?Whattypesofbooksdoyoulike?Canyoutellusthenamesofthebooksyoulike?【Purpose】Thisstepisdesignedtoquicklyguidestudentsintotheclasssituation.Anditisalsohelpfulforstudentstostimulatetheirenthusiasmforlearning.Step2

Pre-listeningNamethetypesofbooksT:Ialsolikereading,andIhavereadthefollowingbooks.Canyounametheirtypes?【Purpose】Namingdifferentsortsofbookscanpavethewaytoreducethedifficultyoflisteningforstudentsinthenextprocedure.】Step3

While-listening1.ListenandmatchT:TheClass1,Grade8studentsaretalkingaboutwhattheyhavereadrecently.Listentothemandmatcheachstudentwiththetypeandnameofthebooktheyhaveheard.Youcanpredictbeforelistening.T:ListenandcompletePartA1.2.LearnthenewwordsandphrasesT:Ofallthebooks,Ilikereading

HarryPotter

best.Whowrotethebook?

(J.K.Rowling.)SheisaBritishwriterandsheis

thewriterofthe

HarryPotter

series.

HarryPotterseriesisa

success

andsheis

successful.HarryPotter

seriesisaboutHarryPotter’sstoriesinamagicworld.It

hasbeentranslated

into

manylanguages.

Sofar,ithasbecome

agreatsuccess.Therearemillionsofcopiesaroundtheworld.Butatfirst,alltheBritish

publishinghouses

refusedtopublishit.Later,onlyasmall

publishinghouse

acceptedit.3.Learnthenumbersabout

HarryPotter(1)

When

wasthefirstbookpublished?(2)

Howmany

teachersarethereinHogwarts?(3)

Howmany

classroomsarethereinHogwarts?(4)

Howmany

students

arethereinHogwarts?Listenandwritedownthenumber.4.ListenandcompletePartA2T:SuzyplanstoreadtheHarryPotterseries.Sheistellingherclassmatesaboutthebooks.Listentowhatshesaysandcompletehernotes.Thefollowinglisteningskillsmayhelpyou:(1)

Predictbeforelistening;(2)

Listenforkeywords;(3)

Writetheshortforms.5.

ListenandcompletePartA3【Purpose】Thispartfocusesontrainingstudents'abilityoflisteningandwriting.Studentsareguidedtolearnsomelisteningskillsinthisstep,suchas

predictingbeforelistening,learningtofindkeywordsand

writingtheshortformsofthewordsandexpressions.Theselisteningskillscannotonlyhelpstudentsclearobstaclesfortheirlistening,

butalsostrengthenlisteningskillsforthestudentsofdifferentlevels.Step4Post-listeningMakeaninterviewT:WorkinpairstointerviewJ.K.Rowling.Trytoaskatleastfivequestionsaboutherandhernovels.【Purpose】Studentsarerequiredtohaveaninterviewinpairs.Thisactivityisofgreathelpforstudentstoimprovetheirabilityoflisteningandspeaking.Meanwhile,itcanalsotrainstudents'abilitytothinkinEnglishB

Speakup:Iwantsomehistorybooks.Step1Presentation1.Listenandfillintheform(1)HowmanybookscanDanielborrowatatime?(2)Howlongcanhekeepthebooks?(3)Howcanherenewthebooks?【Purpose】Studentsarerequiredtolistentothedialoguewithsomesimplequestions.Thisstepcanhelpstudentsunderstandthedialoguebetterandimprovetheirlisteningskills.

2.Readthedialogue(1)Readthedialogueaftertherecord.Payattentiontothepronunciationandintonation.(2)Readinpairs.【Purpose】

Readingthedialogueindifferentformsistopavethewayforstudentstomakeupadialoguetoborrowbooksfromalibrary.Step2PracticeupnewdialoguesT:Workinpairsandtaketurnstoborrowbooksfromalibrary.Youcanusethesentencesprovidedinyourdialogues.【Purpose】StudentsareexpectedtouseEnglishtotalkaboutwhatshouldbepaid

attentiontowhileborrowingbooksfromalibraryinthisactivity.

Withthehelpofenoughpracticeandthesentencesthatareprovidedbytheteacher,studentscanaccomplishthistaskwithoutdifficulty.2.Completetheblankswiththehelpofthefirstletterofeachword.Readingbooksisagoodhobbyforallkindsofreasons.First,readingbooksisf______.Youcanalwayskeepyourselfamusedifyoulikereading.Thisisespeciallyusefulwhentheweatherisbad.Itisarelaxinghobbytoo.Youcanreallybecomelostinabook.Next,youcanreadabooka______:inacar,inawaiting-room,onaplane,inbed—eveninthebath.Allyouneedisab______!

Reading

isaconvenienthobbyasitiseasytostopandthenstartagain.A_____goodreasonforreadingbooksisthatitisuseful.Ifyoureadasahobbyyouwillgetbetterandbetteratit.Thism_____thatyouwillreadfasterandwillbecomebetteratunderstandingwhatyouread.