1、牛津高中英语教学设计单元：Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained板块：Reading 1设计思路：本节课为阅读课的第一课时，主要是解决对课文内容的理解和学习有关阅读技巧。本文的体裁是新闻报道，采用新闻报告的常规要点为切入口，从title和五个“W”一个“H”这几个方面构画出新闻报道清晰的框架结构并教学生如何阅读此类文章，如何在此类文章中捕捉所需要的信息。教学方法还是通过预测、略读和寻读等常规技巧，帮助学生了解课文内容。教学步骤的设计以培养说、读、写能力为主。(PPT3) Teaching aims:After learning the passage, students
2、 will be able to know typical writing features in news articles and learn how to read a newspaper article and how to get the important information in it, thus reinforcing their reading abilities in reading this kind of material. Besides, students should be encouraged to express themselves in both wr
3、itten and oral English so that their language learning abilities can be enhanced. Teaching procedures:Step 1 Lead-in Warm-up questions:1. Do you often read newspapers? (often, seldom) 2. How do you select the news you like to read, by taking a look at its title or by being attracted by its colorful
4、pictures?1.3. Have you ever noticed there are differences in writing styles between newspaper articles and other kind of articles you read?4. Can you tell me the feature of a news title? Lets take the passage were going to learn as an example, the title is “Boy missing, police puzzled”, whats specia
5、l? (The title of a news story is usually incomplete, attractive, exact and direct ) 5. Can you complete the title? (“A boy is missing, and the police are puzzled”)6. What information can you get from the title? (how/when/where was the boy missing?; why are the police puzzled?). Tell the students a n
6、ews story will cover such details as what, when, where, who, how and why about a certain event.PPT5通过问题的提出让学生对要学的文体特点先有个粗略的了解，同时希望能激发学生对马上要学的内容的兴趣。 Pair work: PPT6Now look at the pictures from our reading text and connect them with the topic “Boy missing, police puzzled”. Use your imagination and gu
7、ess what happened in the story according to the information we get from the topic and the pictures. PPT Work with your partner and then share your story with the rest of the class. 鼓励学生发挥想象力，激发学生对要学内容的兴趣。 Summary:Im sure you definitely want to know what really happened in the news story to check you
8、r imagination, but before reading the story, I should tell you how a news story is organized so that you may catch the important information in it more easily.Step 2 Reading strategy: (PPT7-9)Learn the structure of a news story and teach the reading skills of news stories.1. The structure of a news
9、story the title: to give a general idea of the news the first paragraph: to give the main topic and the most important facts like when, where, who, what , why and how about the event; the second paragraph: to give more important facts the following paragraphs: to give detailed but less important bac
10、kground information2. The reading skills of news stories For general ideas, read the topic if any and the first one or two paragraphs; for details, read the rest of the story.在学习课文内容之前先教阅读策略与技巧，然后鼓励学生运用刚才学习的技巧去阅读，方便教师了解学生对该技巧的掌握情况，也有利于培养学生的阅读技巧和促进学生阅读理解能力的提高。Step 3 Skimming& Scanning1. Tell the stud
11、ents its time for them to check their imagination of the story. Ask the whole class to skim and scan the passage, trying to find the answers to the following. (PPT10) Boy missing, police puzzled Its about _ the first paragraph: when_; where_; who_; what_; how_; why_ the following paragraphs: evidenc
12、e given by_2. Ask how many of the students guessed the story right at the beginning of the class. Tell the students to attach importance to news titles if any while reading news stories.希望以此练习来帮助巩固前面所学的阅读技巧之一，即让学生明白如何捕捉新闻类文章的大意，那就是抓住文章开头，尤其是第一节。另外，要向学生强调新闻类文章标题的特点。Step 4 Detailed reading1. Since eve
13、ry news story will have details to support the main points in them. Get the students to read the passage carefully and find the supporting details.(PPT11) Read paragraph 2 and find the main idea as well as the supporting details:Main idea: Supporting details: Mrs Foster thought Mr Foster was surpris
14、ed Justin Foster (Justin Foster went missing; he was spending the night with a friend; that his son did not tell anyone that he was staying out late; did not show up at the family lunch the next day.) Read paragraphs 3&4 and find the main idea as well as the supporting details:(PPT12)Main idea: Supp
15、orting details: Justins friends said Witnesses said Kelly heard ( The police found that Justin returned home; that Justin went home after playing baseball with them; that they saw Justin walking towards his home at 10:45 p.m.; him put on his favourite CD after he went to his room.) Read paragraphs 5
16、&7 and find the main idea as well as the supporting details:(PPT13)Main idea: Supporting details: Kelly saw Kelly heard Mavis Wood said (The boy was taken away by aliens; a large spaceship flying outside; Justin shout; that the aliens took her away so that they could do scientific research on her.)2
17、. Find the best answers to the following questions:(PPT14-18)（1）The reason why people were interested in the disappearance of the boy is that _C_.A. The lost boy was 15 years old.B. The police advised them to do so.C. The disappearance might have something to do with the UFO and the alien.D. All of
18、the above.（2）In the second paragraph, “show up” means _A_.Aarrive or appearBreachCdisappearDreach for（3）We can infer that the boy might go missing _A_.Ain his own roomBon the playgroundCin Kellys roomDin his brothers room（4）What is the attitude of the police to the disappearance of the boy? _D_AThey
19、 cant make sure that Justin was taken away by aliens.BThey think it possible for some people to make up an amazing story.CThey are looking at other possibilities, such as murder.DAll of the above.（5）We can know _B_.AThe police have known the cause of the boys disappearanceBThe police havent found co
20、nvincing evidence about the boys disappearanceCThe police will catch the aliens who took away the boyDThe police wont get any information about the boys disappearance.希望通过此环节让学生了解一下与此故事相关的一些细节，并学会如何根据细节来进行归纳、推断，培养学生的阅读理解能力。Step 5 Consolidation Get the students to summarize the story they have just r
21、ead by filling in the blanks.ppt.19-21 Justin Foster went 1 last Friday night. His mother went to bed early that evening 2 of a 3 . He didnt 4 5 at the family lunch the next day.That evening, Justin 6 home after the game. 7 also said they saw Justin walking towards his home. Justins sister, Kelly 8
22、him 9 10 his 11 CD and she also saw a large spaceship 12 outside. She heard Justin 13 . Mavis Wood said that she was 14 15 by 16 . They did some 17 on her. The whole 18 was frightening just like a 19 . Police 20 that Justin did 21 22 return home. But police have not 23 _24_ the possibility that Just
23、in was taken away by aliens. Detective Sam Peterson was 25 _26_ 27 the case.( missing; because; headache; show up; returned; Witnesses; heard; put on; favorite; flying; shout; taken; away; aliens; research; experience; nightmare; found; in fact; ruled out; in charge of)巩固所学故事的内容，培养学生的概括总结能力。 Get the
24、 students to work in pairs and practice an imaginary interview.(PPT22-23)1. Divide the whole class into four groups and each group is assigned a task-an interview. “Suppose you are a reporter from China Daily. You are making a face-to-face interview with Mr. Justin, the father of the missing boy or
25、the mother of the missing boy, Mrs Foster or the sister of the missing boy, Kelly or Dective Sam Peterson, who has taken charge of the case”. Let each group choose one of the interviews and then tell the students to practice having an interview with their partner. Work like this: Suppose you are a r
26、eporter from China Daily. You are making a face-to-face interview with Mr. Justin, the father of the missing boy. Students A: Can you tell me what happened that night?Students B: I went on night work that evening. surprised not tell stay out late. Not show up lunch the next day my wife worry ask me
27、. policeStudents A: So far, the police havent found evidence about , but they not rule out the possibilitiestaken by aliens,also look into othernot give up untilDont worry too much.2. Choose one or two pairs from each group to present their interview in front of the class.巩固所学内容，培养学生的口头表达能力。Step 6 D
28、iscussion: (PPT24)Students are encouraged to choose one of them to discuss it with their partners and then share their answers with the others.1. Do you believe that Justin was really taken away by the aliens? Why or why not?2. Suppose you were taken away by the aliens, what would you do?培养学生的口头表达能力，培养他们的想象力。Step 7 Assignment: (PPT25)1. Finish the rest exercises on pages 4-52. All the people are concerned about Justins disappearance. What do you think might have happened to him? Please give an ending to the story.