初中 初三 英语9BU Reading：The Voyages of Zheng He 9BU Reading The Voyages of Zheng He教学设计

1、9B Unit 1 The Voyages of Zheng HeSchool罗湖区翠园东晓中学TeacherMegan彭进StudentsStudents in Grade 9Lesson Duration20 minutesType of the lessonReading (Online lesson)ContentA brief introduction of The Voyages of Zheng He in Oxford textbook 9B U1Guiding Principles 指导思想According to the New Curriculum Standards,

2、English education should cultivate students core competences including linguistic ability, thinking ability, cultural awareness and learning strategy. Teachers should shift their focus from reading comprehension to students overall language ability when teaching reading. The standards also emphasize

3、 the importance of activating students creative and critical thinking. Moreover, it is necessary to encourage students to learn English through participation in meaningful tasks.Theories for the teaching design 理论依据The main theoretical support for this lesson design is the theory of English Learning

4、 Activity. The theory which is structured around the four core English learning competencies stresses the importance of using various activities to integrate the language learning, cultural cultivation and thinking processes. The three phases of English leaning activity begin with learning and under

5、standing activity, then moves to applying and practising activity, and, at the highest level, improves to transferring and creating activity. In the first phase, students mainly notice, acquire, sort and summarize what they learn. In the second phase, students need to elaborate on, analyse, internal

6、ize and then apply what they learn. In the third phase, students criticize and evaluate what they learn and then make creations.Analysis of the teaching material 文本分析The teaching material is taken from the 9B Unit 1 reading section of Oxford Press & Shanghai Education Press textbook.Genre and conten

7、t：The genre of the text is a narration. The content is about Zheng He and his great voyages.Language:The text is mainly presented in simple past tense, which is usual for this genre.Structure:The text is generally divided into two parts. In the first part, the writer introduces Zheng Hes basic infor

8、mation. In the second part, the writer tells readers about the great voyages, including the preparation and the achievements.Analysis of the students 学情分析The students from junior 3 have already accumulated certain amount of linguistic knowledge for understanding the English text in this lesson. They

9、 have known about many famous people in their reading lessons, so they know the basic elements of a narration and have acquired the reading skills such as analyzing and summarizing.However, many students may not have read stories about Zheng He in detail, so they have no idea why Zheng He was a grea

10、t explorer and why his voyages made great contributions to China.Key points 教学重点Students know detailed information about Zheng He and his voyages.Students understand the main elements of a narration.Challenges 教学难点Help the students to build up cultural confidence by comparing.Help students to realiz

11、e what make a great pioneer.Teaching Objectives 教学目标Students understand and get the key information of the text.Students can develop their reading skills such as skimming, scanning and summarizing.Students can develop their analytical and critical thinking by comparing.Students can realize what make

12、s a great pioneer.Teaching approach 教学方法Task-based approachCooperative learningTeaching aids 教学用具multimediaPPTTeaching Procedures 教学流程Pre- readingStep 1 Warm-up and lead inTeachers ActivitiesStudents9 ActivitiesPurposes. Greetings. Help students to make definitions of the exploration, the great expl

13、oration, the explorer and the great explorer by giving examples. Ask students to name explorers. Make students know about these explorers. Greetings. Try to give definitions of the exploration, the great exploration, the explorer and the great explorer. Name explorers. Learn about facts about these

14、famous explorers. Arouse students interests about the topic. Help students to read and understand the new key words naturally. Lead in the topic.While- readingStep2 Read in linesTeachers ActivityStudents9 ActivityPurposes. Ask students to look at the title and the first sentence of each paragraph an

15、d then complete a mind-map. Ask students to listen to the recording and get the main idea of each paragraph. Ask students to read. Read the title and the first sentence of each paragraph and complete the mindmap. Follow the recording and match the main idea and each paragraph. Read the text and. Hel

16、p students to get a general understanding of the text. Help the students to know more about the Zheng Hes voyages. Get the students to know how greatfor more detailed information.4). Ask students to retell the text.find more detailed information.4), Retell the text according to the mindmap.Zheng He

17、and his voyages were.4). Develop students9 ability of summarizing and improve students spoken English.Step3 Read between lines.Teachers ActivityStudents9 ActivityPurposes. Show pictures and ask students to compare Zheng Hes treasure ships with Columbuses. Tell students what difficulties Zheng He may

18、 have during their voyages. Ask a question: Why was Zheng He called a pioneer in the last paragraph?. Watch a picture and compare. Think about how great our countrys ship-building technologies were at that time. Answer the question. Build up students9 cultural confidence. Lead students to think about the meaning of the “pioneer”.Post- readingStep4 Read beyond lines.Teacher 9s ActivityStudents9 ActivityPurposes. Guide s