初中 初一 英语7BU More practice The Amazon Rainforest 7BU4 More Practice 教案

TheAmazonRainforestSchoolShenzhenMiddleSchool深圳中学TeacherZHOUHuixuan周慧璇StudentsStudentsinGrade7LessonDuration20minutesTypeofthelessonReading

(Onlinelesson)ContentanintroductiontotheAmazonRainforestGuiding

Principles指导思想TheNewCurriculumStandards(2017,2020)issuedbytheMinistryofEducationprescribethatEnglisheducationshouldcultivatestudents’corecompetencesincludinglinguisticability,thinkingability,culturalawarenessandlearningstrategy.Accordingtotheguidanceofthestandards,teachersshouldshifttheirfocusfromreadingcomprehensiontostudents’overalllanguageabilitywhenteachingreading.Thestandardsalsoemphasizetheimportanceofactivatingstudents’reflectiveandcriticalthinking.Moreover,itisnecessarytoencouragestudentstolearnEnglishthroughparticipationinmeaningfultasks.Theoriesfortheteachingdesign理论依据ThemaintheoreticalsupportforthislessondesignisthetheoryofEnglishLearningActivity.ThetheorywhichisstructuredaroundthefourcoreEnglishlearningcompetenciesstressestheimportanceofusingvariousactivitiestointegratethelanguagelearning,culturalcultivationandthinkingprocesses.ThethreephasesofEnglishleaningactivitybeginwithlearningandunderstandingactivity,thenmovestoapplyingandpractisingactivity,and,atthehighestlevel,improvestotransferringandcreatingactivity.Inthefirstphase,studentsmainlynotice,acquire,sortandsummarizewhattheylearn.Inthesecondphase,studentsneedtoelaborateon,analyse,makejudgementsof,internalizeandthenapplywhattheylearn.Inthethirdphase,studentscriticizeandevaluatewhattheylearnandthenmakecreations.Analysisoftheteaching

material文本分析 Theteachingmaterialistakenfromthe7BUnit4ofOxfordPress&ShanghaiEducationPresstextbook. Genreandcontent：

Thegenreofthetextisanon-fiction.Thethematiccontextishumansandnature.Thewholetexttellsthereadersthelocation,thearea,theimportanceandthethreatwithregardstotheAmazonRainforest. Language:

Thestoryispresentedinsimplepresenttense,whichisusualforthisgenre.ThisexpositorytextintroducesthebasicinformationoftheAmazonRainforest. Theme

Themajorthemeofthetextisaboutenvironmentalprotection.AfterexplainingtheimportanceoftheAmazonRainforestfortheecosystem,theauthorcallsonthereaderstotakeactiontoprotecttherainforest. Structure

Thestoryisorganizedintheorderofthebasicinformationoftherainforest,fromitslocation,area,animalsandthreat.Atlast,theauthorguidesthereaderstorealizetherainforestisendangeredsothattheywilltakeactiontoprotectit.Analysisofthestudents学情分析 Languageabilityandlearningskills:

Alreadyknow:

Thestudentsareinthefirstyearofjuniorhighschool.TheyhavealreadyaccumulatedcertainamountoflinguisticknowledgeforunderstandingtheEnglishtextinthislesson.Theyhavereadsomearticlesinthetextbookaboutthenatureandenvironment.TheyalsohavelearntmoreorlessabouttheAmazonRainforestintheGeographyclass. Don’tKnow:

However,thestudentshaven’treadmuchabouttherainforestanditseco-system.Besides,manystudentsmaynotknowthepotentialdangersthatthreatentheAmazonRainforest. Psychologicalstatus:

StudentsinGrade7aremoreinterestedinfictionalwritingandkeenonreadingstories.Theyarelessfamiliarwiththegenreofnon-fictionalwritingsuchasexpositorytext.Keypoints教学重点1.Studentsunderstandthetext.2.Studentsunderstandthethemeofthetextandknowtheimportanceof forestprotection.3.Studentsacquirethestrategiesofreadingthisgenreoftext.Challenges教学难点1.Studentsmakeinferenceandassociationwhenreadingthetext.2.Studentslearntoappreciatethetextandlearntobecriticalreaders.Solutions:

1.Studentslearntoconnectthereadingtextwiththeirdailylife.2.StudentslearntoassociatetheirGeographyknowledgeanduseitto helpwiththeirreading.Teaching

Objectives教学目标Learningandunderstanding:

Studentsunderstandandgetthekeyinformationofthetext.Applyingandpractising: Studentscandeveloptheirreadingskillssuchaspredicting,skimming,scanningandjudgingthetext.Transferringandcreating: Studentscandeveloptheiranalyticalandcriticalthinkingbyevaluatingthetext.Teachingapproachstrategy-basedteachingandlearningStepPurposeStudents’ActivityTeacher’sActivityPredictingStudentsgetpreparedforthereadingtask.1.StudentswatchpicturesandreadtitlesandpicturesoftheAmazonRainforestandpredictwhatthetextwilltalkabout.2.Theteacherpresentssomeaspectsthatthetextcouldpossiblytalkabout.Skimming

&ScanningStudentsobtaintheinformationofthetext.1.Studentsreadthetextandchecktheirpredictions.2.Theteacherguidesstudentstorecallthedetailsofthetextbyconductingaquiz.Inferencing&

AssociationStudentsmake

inferenceaboutthetextandassociatethereadingcontentwiththeirownlife.1.StudentsreadthetextandreflectwhatelsetheyknowabouttheAmazonRainforest.3.Studentsreadthenewsreportabouttherecentforestfireandthinkabouttheimportanceofforestprotection.2.Theteacherguidesstudentstowatchavideoabouttherainforestandlearnmoreabouttheanimalslivingthere.4.Theteacherguidesthestudentstothinkaboutwhattheycandoinordertoprotecttherainforest.Appreciating&Being

criticalStudentsanalysethecharactersandthe

themeofthestory1.Stud