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9B Unit 2 Reading I |
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Teaching objectives: Knowledge objectives: (1) To master the important words, phrases and sentences in the text. (2) To have a better understanding of Neil Armstrong’s life experiences. 2. Ability objectives: (1) To learn some expressions about introducing a great person and enable students to describe the life of a great person. (2) To improve students’ reading skills by reading the article about Neil Armstrong. 3. Value objectives： To encourage students to learn from Armstrong, work hard and make a great contribution to the country and even the world.
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Teaching key points and difficult points: 1. Phrases: take his first flight, serve as, be chosen to, manage to, out of control, cut…short, the pride of 2. Structures: (1) He became interested in flying when he took his first flight at the age of six. (2) He and David Scott managed to join two spacecraft together for the first time in space. (3) Armstrong received the order to cut the flight short. (4) However, on their way back to the Earth, the spacecraft began spinning out of control. They collected Moon rocks to take back to the Earth for further research. (5) When Apollo 11 returned, the whole world was waiting to greet them. (6) He was the pride of the whole world 3. Students can guess the meanings of the new words correctly and their reading abilities can be greatly improved.
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Teaching methods: Task-Based Language Teaching |
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Teaching Procedures |
Designing aims |
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Step1: Revision Review the 6 great men we talked about yesterday.
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复习导入，便于学生理解与接受。用 “Why are these people great?”自然过渡到下一环节——单词的教授。
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Step2: Lead in and teach new words and phrases Ask students: Why are these people great? Today I’ll show you some great people in aerospace history. He’s the first astronaut to travel to space. Who is he? What is he famous for?Are you interested in him? He’s Neil-Armstrong.He’s the first man to walk on the Moon.
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一方面，既是对学生预习效果的检测；另一方面，又是通过语境教授生词。由于本课时的生词较多，且个别难读，因而提前教授以帮助学生降低阅读难度。
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Step3 Pre-reading He used to be a pilot, through his hard work , he became an astronaut. What do you think of him?
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运用头脑风暴来激发学生的兴趣 |
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Step4 While -reading Task1 Let’s read the article ,go through it. How is the article organized? Obviously, it is organized in time order. Match the main idea of each paragraph. Task2 further reading 1. Read Para1-2 carefully to know something about Neil Armstrong. What can people do after getting the pilot’s licence? Fly an aircraft. It is difficult to get a pilot’s licence. But Armstrong did it at 16! What do you think of him? Interest can be a very good teacher ! To accomplish great things, in addition to dream, you must act. 要想成就伟业，除了梦想，必须行动。 Armstrong became an experienced pilot by testing all types of aircraft. [来源:Opportunities always favor the minds that are prepared. 机遇总是青睐那些有准备的人。 How old was he when he was chosen to be an astronaut? 2. How much do you know about his space travel?Read paragraph 3, and answer the following questions. What did they do during their trip into space? What unexpected thing happened on their way back? How did they deal with the problem? To solve the problem successfully, what qualities do you think Neil Armstrong should have? 3.This was his first space travel. What about his second space travel? Watch the video of the trip and find out sentences in paragraphs 4 and 5 to describe what you have seen. T: What did Armstrong mean by saying “one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind”? It was one small step on the Moon’s surface for Armstrong, but for mankind it meant a great achievement in space technology. Because of his walking on the Moon, people on the earth can learn more about the Moon. It’s really a simple sentence with a deep meaning. 3. Read paragraph 7 and find out what award Armstrong got after his trip to the moon. Armstrong was a hero.He was the pride of the whole world.
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1. 快速阅读，对Armstrong有个大概的了解. 2. 整体阅读，感知Armstrong的经历。 |
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Step5 Post-reading 1. According to the story of Neil Armstrong,Can you put the sentences into right order. 2. Armstrong’s life was full of challenges. Try to talk about his life according to the timeline.
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通过排序和按时间顺序来谈论Armstrong的经历两个练习检测学生对文章的理解与掌握程度。 |
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Step6: Discussion& Thinking 1.Discussion:What do you think of Neil Armstrong? What can we learn from him? 2.Thinking :Why are these people great? People with contributions to the world People who have changed the world How can we make contributions to the world? One small step for now, one giant leap for the future!
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讨论一方面创造用英语表达的机会，让学生畅所欲言，谈谈对Armstrong的认识，达成情感目标；另一方面，调节课堂气氛，调动学生的学习积极性，让学生愿意运用所学知识谈论自己的感想，达到语用目的。 |
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Step7: Homework 1. Review the text. 2. Finish the exercises in your workbook. |
巩固所学，反馈课堂知识掌握情况。 |
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