A big mistake

Teaching aims:

1. Students will understand the plot of the story and learn some specific information about A Big Mistake.

2. Students will understand the changes of characters’ feelings.

3. Students will learn to be honest and to admit their mistakes honestly and try to grow up from mistakes.

Key points:

Students will be able to know the change of Rob and Annie’s feelings with the development of the story.

Difficult points:

Students will put what they have learned into use. And enhance their understanding of being honest and learning to grow up from mistakes.

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1: Pre-reading 

1. Warming up: show some pictures and share a story about my sister’s mistake.

2. Cover analysis: Who are they? What kind of mistake did they make? Why is it a BIG mistake? How did they do with the problem?

3. Matching: match the main idea of each part with correct pages.

Step 2: While-reading

Part 1: A new skill

What new skill did they learn? Whose name could they sign? Why did they learn to sign Mum’s name? How did they feel about this skill?

Part 2: A new idea

What’s the new idea?

How did Rob think of the new skill?

Part 3:An unforgettable lesson

1. 

2. Act it out

Part 4:A big change

Further thinking:

What do you think of Rob and Annie?

Step 3 Post-reading

Discussion: Deal with some biggest mistakes at school: copying homework, cheating in exams, disturbing others at self-study lessons.

Did you made any mistakes at school?

How to deal with these mistake? Let’s make our class better!

Step 4 Summary and homework:

Summary: Everyone makes mistakes! A few small mistakes may lead to a big one.

Be honest! Face the mistake bravely! Solve the mistake actively! Let’s grow up from mistakes!

Homework:

Read the recommended Reading

Book Ollie and Ruby after class and try to analyze the story with your partner.

What did they do? How did they feel? How did they solve the mistake?