Book3Unit1Knowingme,knowingyou

LittleWhitelies

（Developingideas）

TeachingPrinciples

AccordingtothenewGeneralSeniorHighSchoolCurriculumStandards,ourclassroomteachingshouldbeaimedtohelpstudentscultivatetheirEnglishSubjectcorepetencieswhichincludelanguageabilities,learningabilities,thinkingcapabilitiesandculturalawarenessandhowcanweachievethegoals.Weneedtointegrate6ponentsofthecurriculumintotheclassbysomespecificactivitieswheretheygothroughthelearningprocessoflearningandunderstanding,applyingandpracticing,transferringandcreating.Onlywhenweteacherscreateappropriatelearningactivitiescanweachieveaneffectiveclass.

MaterialAnalysis

Thissectionpresentsthesecondmainreadingtextofthisunit.Thearticlefocusesonthediscussionofwhitelies.Itisanargumentativeessay.Thearticlehasaclearstructureandrigorouslogic.Itdiscussesfromthreeaspectswhyevenwhiteliescancauseseriousharm,soastoarousestudents'thinkingabouthonesty.Inthewritingsection,afableisprovided,andseveralquestionsareaskedtohelpstudentsunderstandthegeneralideaofthefableandtopromptthemtothinkaboutthemoralofthefablekeepingaproperdistancebetweenpeople.Bypletingtheactivitytasks,studentswillunderstandandmasterthestructureofargumentativeessaysandthemethodsofviewpointdiscussion,andfurtherdeepenthethinkingofselfunderstanding,respectingothersandmaintaininggoodinterpersonalrelations.

StudentsAnalysis

Inthislesson,IwillmainlyuseTaskbasedteachingmethod,municativeapproachandcooperationstudymethodtoguideSstouseeffectivereadingstrategiestoprehendthetext,solvedifficultiesandpletedifferenttasks.

TeachingObjectives

Bytheendofthisclass,studentsareableto:

Togetthemainideaofthetextfullygraspthestructureofthearticle.

Touselogicalthinkingandcriticalthinkingtoanalyzetheimportantvalueoftellingwhitelies.

Tofurtherunderstandtheunittopicandgraspwritingcharacteristicsoftheargumentativeessay.

TeachingDifficulties

Promotestudents'analyticalability,criticalthinkingabilityandthinkingrigorthroughthestudyofargumentativeessaystructure;

Guidestudentstolearnwaystoanalyzeandsolveproblemsinrelationtoreallife,soastopromotelanguagelearninginreverse.

TeachingMethods

Taskbasedteachingmethod,municativeapproachandcooperationstudymethod

Teachingappliance

PPT,applicationofpictures,andotherinformationtechniques.

教學環節

教師活動

學生活動

設計意圖

Step1:Leadin

1.TusesquestionstoguideSstoreadpictures.

Forexample:

Whodidbetterintheexam?

IfyouwerestudentB,howwouldyouliketoresponse?

Myanswermaybe:

A:Oh,sorrytohearthat.ButIdidnobetterthanyou.

B:eon.Actuallyyoudidwell.Ididworsethanyou.

C.Well,Ididjustsoso.

SstalkfreelytowarmuptheirreallifeexperiencesandSsareexpectedtotalkmoreabouttheiropinionsonwhitelies.

1.Toleadinthetopicandarousetheirintereststoread.

2.Tointroducetheideaofwhiteliestostudentsandgetthempreparedforthelaterreading.

Step2:Prereading

1.TasksSstoreadthepassageandfindoutthemeaningof“whitelies”.

1.Sseupwiththedefinitionsof“whitelies”.

2.Ssreadthepassageandcheck.

Toskimandgetthemeaningofthetitle.

Step3:Whilereading

Readthepassageandpletethediagram.

Read‘Learningtolearn’andfigureoutthestructureofthepassage,thendividethepassageintothreeparts.

3.Readthepassageandanswerthefollowingquestions:

What’sauthor’sviewtowardswhitelies?

Ssreadthepassageandfinishthetasksthencheckitinclass.

Togetthedetailinformationandthebasicstructureofthepassage.

Awaretheopinionoftheauthorandhowtosupportsomeoneideas.

Step4:Postreading

Thinkandshare:

Basedonyourownexperience,arewhiteliesgoodorbad?

Whichonedoyouagree?Tellmeyourreasons.

Ssdiscusstheconsandprosofwhitelies.

Touselogicalthinkingandcriticalthinkingtoanalyzewhitelies.

Learningevaluation

1.Writedownyouropinionaboutwhite