1、安徽省滁州市第二中学高中英语 Unit 24 Society The Fifth Period Reading Strategy 教案 北师大版选修 8 Teaching goals 教学目标 1. Target language 目标语言 a. 重点词汇和短语 alley, edition, rectangular, mop, keep an eye on, fragrant, cast, turning point, undertake, squeeze, arch, thirst b. 重点句子 It is the hutongs that leave the strongest imp
2、ression 2. Ability goals 能力目标 Help students to learn Beijings hutongs; Help students to learn the reading strategies: summarizing the main information of the text. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标 Help students learn how to write a summary. Teaching important and difficult points 教学重难点 The reading str
3、ategies: summarizing the main information of the text. Teaching methods 教学方法 Reading, asking and answering, group work. Teaching aids 教具准备 A multi-computer; a tape recorder. Teaching procedures for B paragraph is “When and why hutongs were built”; for C is “Connecting lives”; for D is “Bad times for
4、 hutongs”; for the last paragraph is “Beijings hutongs today”. Deal with Ex 4 Ask students to read the text carefully and judge if the statements are true or false. Students may compare their answers with the others. Then check the answers with the whole class and correct the false ones. T: OK, up t
5、o now, youve got the main idea of the text. Then complete these notes on the article in Ex 5 please. First compare your answers with your partner and then Ill have some ones read out the answers. A few minutes later T: Time is up. Ill ask some of you to read the answers to us. Deal with Ex 6 Go thro
6、ugh Reading Strategies with the class. Ask students to work in groups of five. Each student reads one paragraph and uses the strategies to summarise the main information. The other students may take notes of their group members summaries. T: Do you know how to summarise a passage? S: I think a summa
7、ry should include the general idea of the passage. T: Yes. Now, pay attention to the following on the screen when summarising. The strategies will be of great help for you. Show the three points on the screen or let a student read them. Make sure students understand the meanings of “identify, back u
8、p”. T: Now, work in groups of five. Each reads one of the paragraphs and uses the strategies to summarise the main information. The others may take notes of your group members summaries. Ill ask one group to show your work. A few minutes later T: Whod like to show your work? S: Let me try From the t
9、ext we learn about Beijings hutongs. From the first paragraph we know that the term hutong is nowadays used to describe the alleys, courtyards and the communities that live there. From the second paragraph we know most of Beijings hutongs were built during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Wealthy
10、and important people lived in hutongs built close to the Forbidden City. From the third paragraph, we know the hutongs in fact connected peoples lives. From the fourth one, we know near the end of the Qing Dynasty, the conditions in Beijings hutongs went down. From the last paragraph we know hutongs
11、 are still an important part of Beijing life and they attract many tourists each year. Step IV Explanation During this procedure, play the tape for students. Students will underline the difficult sentences. Deal with language problems T: Now well deal with some difficult language focuses. Now I will
12、 play the tape for you. Please make a mark where you have difficulties. After listening, explain the difficult sentences to students. Before explaining, students are asked to refer to the notes to the text on Page 117. T: Do you have any difficulties with the text? S1: Could you explain this phrase
13、to us: cast a dark cloud on? T: It means that something has a bad influence on We can explain this sentence as: the political situation influenced Chinas economy badly. S2: Could you explain the sentence: it is the hutongs that leave the strongest impression. T: This is a sentence using the emphasis
14、 sentence pattern. It means the hutongs leave the strongest impression on the tourists, not other things. Do you have any other question? Ss: No. T: If you dont have any other questions, please sum up the phrases and useful expressions in the text. Step V Writing Deal with Ex 8 Individually students
15、 write a summary of the text, including a title and the most important information. Then students work in groups and read each others summaries and choose the one that they think is the best. Lastly have a few groups read out the best summary in their group. T: Now please use the information youve j
16、ust collected to write a summary of the text. Remember to include a title and the most important information from each of the paragraphs. A few minutes later T: Now work in your group and choose the best summary and I will ask some groups to read out your best summary to the class. A sample of summa
17、ry: Beijings Hutongs Nowadays, the word “hutong” has come to mean more than just the alleys that connect the courtyards of traditional Chinese houses. It also refers to the courtyards themselves and the communities that live there. Most of Beijings hutongs were built during the Yuan, Ming and Qing D
18、ynasties. The emperors organized Beijing in blocks of houses because this made the city easier to control. Wealthy and important people lived in hutongs built close to the Forbidden City. Near the end of the Qing Dynasty, conditions in Beijings hutongs went down because of the political situation. After the Peoples Republic of China was set up, conditions in Beijings hutongs improved. Now, hutongs are still an important part of Beijing. They attract many tourists each year.
