1、 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, thirstb. 重点句子It is the hutongs that leave the strongest impression 2. Ability goals 能力目标Help students to learn Beijings hutongs;Help studen
2、ts 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 strategies: summarizing the main information of the text.Teaching methods 教学方法Reading, as
3、king and answering, group work.Teaching aids 教具准备A multi-computer; a tape recorder.Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程及方式 Step I RevisionCheck the homeworkCheck the answers to the exercises on Page 84. Step II Leading in T: Do you like Beijing?Ss: Yes.T: Have you ever been to Beijing?Ss: Yes / No.S1: Iv
4、e never been to Beijing. But I want to visit Beijing in the next year. S2: Ive been to Beijing. But its a few years ago. Now, it has changed a lot. I also would like to visit Beijing again.S3: I have ever been to the Forbidden City and the Great Wall. They both are very magnificent.T: Yes. I hope so
5、me of you can study in Beijing. Now, look at the photos on Page 38 in your book. What can you think of? Where do you think these people live in? What is their life like?S4: In the picture we can see there are many households, two flatbed tricycles and three bicycles in the big courtyard. People dry
6、clothes in the yard. I think they are natives of Beijing and they live in the Beijings hutongs. And they live a simple and friendly life in perfect harmony, which can seldom be enjoyed by the people living in the blocks of flats. Step III Read to learn Deal with Ex 2T: Then look at the title of this
7、 lesson. Can you predict what the article is about?S: Maybe it is about the history and today of Beijings hutongs, because it uses “changing”.T: Well. Read the article quickly and check your prediction. Then choose the best title for the article from the four titles in Ex 2. Ill give you 3 minutes.A
8、fter 3 minutes, check the answer together. The best title is Beijings Hutongs.Deal with Ex 3Ask students to work individually, reading the text and choose a heading for each paragraph.T: Next, read the text again and choose a heading for each paragraph.After a while T: Have you finished?Ss: Yes.T: L
9、ets check the answers together. The heading for A paragraph is “What is a hutong?”; for B paragraph is “When and why hutongs were built”; for C is “Connecting lives”; for D is “Bad times for hutongs”; for the last paragraph is “Beijings hutongs today”.Deal with Ex 4Ask students to read the text care
10、fully 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 to now, youve got the main idea of the text. Then complete these notes on the article in Ex 5 please. First compar
11、e your answers with your partner and then Ill have some ones read out the answers. A few minutes laterT: Time is up. Ill ask some of you to read the answers to us. Deal with Ex 6Go through Reading Strategies with the class. Ask students to work in groups of five. Each student reads one paragraph and
12、 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 summary should include the general idea of the passage.T: Yes. Now, pay attention to the following on the screen when summ
13、arising. 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 up”.T: Now, work in groups of five. Each reads one of the paragraphs and uses the strategies to summarise the main infor
14、mation. The others may take notes of your group members summaries. Ill ask one group to show your work. A few minutes laterT: Whod like to show your work?S: Let me tryFrom the text we learn about Beijings hutongs. From the first paragraph we know that the term hutong is nowadays used to describe the
15、 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 and important people lived in hutongs built close to the Forbidden City. From the third paragraph, we know the hutongs in f
16、act 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 are still an important part of Beijing life and they attract many tourists each year. Step IV ExplanationDuring this proce
17、dure, play the tape for students. Students will underline the difficult sentences.Deal with language problemsT: Now well deal with some difficult language focuses. Now I will play the tape for you. Please make a mark where you have difficulties.After listening, explain the difficult sentences to stu
18、dents. 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 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 situ
19、ation 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 sentence pattern. It means the hutongs leave the strongest impression on the tourists, not other things. Do you have any other ques
20、tion? Ss: No.T: If you dont have any other questions, please sum up the phrases and useful expressions in the text. Step V WritingDeal with Ex 8Individually students write a summary of the text, including a title and the most important information.Then students work in groups and read each others su
21、mmaries 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 just collected to write a summary of the text. Remember to include a title and the most important information from each of the paragraphs.
22、A few minutes laterT: 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 summary:Beijings HutongsNowadays, the word “hutong” has come to mean more than just the alleys that connect the courtyards of traditional Chinese
23、 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 Dynasties. The emperors organized Beijing in blocks of houses because this made the city easier to control. Wealthy and important people lived
24、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.