高中英语人教版选择性必修-第二册(2019)-选修三第二单元-公开课

Unit2HealthyLifestyle

Readingandthinking

Learntodevelopgoodhealthhabits

Teachingmaterial:Habitsforahealthylifestyle

Theanalysisofthecontent:

Thereadingpassage,whosethemeishealthylifestyle,aimsathelpingstudentsunderstandthecharacteristicsandthecycleofhabitsandformtheirpositiveattitudetolifeaswellashealthylifestyle.

Theanalysisofthestudents:

GradeTwostudentsarefamiliarwiththetopicandtheythemselvesmayhavesomebadhabits,thustheyhavesomethingtotalkinclassandcanbeinspiredfromthereadingpassage.Moreover,studentsliketosharetheirunderstandings,soagroupdiscussionandtheteacher’sguidancewillleadthemtovoicetheiropinionsinanorganizedway.

Teachingobjectives:

Attheendoftheclass,studentswillbeableto:

1.obtainthegeneralideaandspecificinformationbyskimmingandscanning;

2.analyzethecontenttofigureoutthestructureofanexposition;

3.knowwhatahealthylifestyleisandhowtochangebadhabitsintogoodones;

4.expressideasbycriticalthinking.

Teachingfocusesanddifficulties:

Howtoanalyzethestructureofanexposition;

Howtochangebadhabitsintogoodones;

Howtoanalyzeproblemswiththehabitcycleandoffersuggestions.

Teachingactivities:

Activity1:Lead-in

Talking

Askstudentstotalkabouttheirownhabitsandsharetheiropinions.

Q1:Haveyouevercheckedwhathabitsyouhave?Makealistoftheminoneminute.

Q2:Undoubtedly,therearegoodhabitsandbadonesinourlists.Doyouwanttochangeyourbadhabits?

(Accordingtostudents’differentopinions,theteacherwritesdownthefollowingquestionontheblackboard:Shouldbadhabitsbechanged?)

Predicting

Here’sareadingtextthatcanhelpuslearnhowtodevelophabitsforahealthylifestyle.Canyouguesswhatinformationmightbementionedinthepassage?

(Whyarebadhabitssodifficulttochange,howarebadhabitsformed,howcanbadhabitsbechanged?

)

[Aim:toarousestudents’interestinthetopicandgetthempreparedforthefollowingactivities.]

Activity2:Figuringoutthemainideaandthestructureofthearticle

Readtofindoutwhichquestionsareansweredandinwhichparagraph(s)theyareanswered.

Askstudentstoreadthewholepassageandmakesurewhetherthefollowingquestionsarediscussed.Ifyes,relatethequestionswithparagraphs.

Q1:Shouldbadhabitsbechanged?

Q2:Howarebadhabitsformed?

Q3:Howcanbadhabitsbechanged?

Paragraph1ismainlyaboutthefirstquestion,Paragraphs2-3areaboutthesecondquestionwhileParagraphs4-5aremainlyaboutthelastone.

[Aim:tohelpstudentsmasterthegeneralideaandfigureoutthestructure,what’smore,theirskimmingabilitycanbeimproved.]

Activity3:Detailedreading

Para1:Figuringoutwhybadhabitsshouldbechanged

Readtofindoutwhybadhabitsshouldbechanged.

AskstudentstoreadParagraph1carefullyandunderlinethesupportingevidence.

Q:Whyshouldbadhabitsbechanged?

[Aim:tohelpstudentsimprovetheirscanningabilityandsolvethefirstquestion.]

Para2-3:Figuringouthowbadhabitsareformed

1.ReadParagraph2andaskstudentstounderlinethemaincharacteristicsofahabit.

Q1:Whatcharacteristicsdoesahabithave?

(repeatedly,choice,automatic,muchhardertochange)

Q2:Whyisithardtochangeahabit?

Becauseweusuallydon’tunderstandhowhabitworks.

Q3:Howdoesthewritersupporthisopinion?

Bycitingaquote

2.Readpara3andfigureouthowthecycleofhowhabitsareformed

Readpara3anddrawoutthehabitcycleofoneofyoursharedbadhabits.

Howdoesthewriterexplainthehabitcycle?

Bygivingthedefinition,bygivingadiagram,bygivinganexample.

[Aim:toinstructstudentstoanalyzeandconcludethecharacteristicsofhabitsand

Consideraboutwhatskillsthewriterusestomakethetheoryofthehabitcycleaccessibletothem.]

Para4-5Howcanbadhabitsbechanged?

Readpara4tofindouttheapplicationofthehabitcycle

Askstudentstoreadpara4andanswerthefollowingquestions.

Q1:Whatcanthehabitcyclebeusedfor?

Asidefromchangingbadhabits,wecanalsousethehabitcycletocreategoodhabits.

Q2:Howcanwefacilitateapositivechangeinourhabits?

...firstexamineourbadhabitcyclesandthentrytoadaptthem.

Q3:Howdoweadaptbadhabits?

Bycombiningtheinformationfromourhabitcycleswithourownpositiveideas.

...replaceanegativeroutinewithsomethingmorepositive.

Thehabitcycle

Badhabit

Newhabit

Cue

Feelunhappy

Feelunhappy

Routine

Eatlotsofunhealthysnacks

Listentosomeofyourfavouritemusic

Reward

Feelhappybutit’snothealthy

Feelrelaxed

Q4.Howdoestheauthororganizethisparagraph?

Bygivingexamples

[Aim:toenablestudentstomasterhowtoapplythetheoryofhabitcycletochangingbadhabits.]

Readpara5tofigureoutotherkeyfactorsinchangingbadhabits

ReadParagraph5andworkoutwhatotherthingsdoweneedtochangebadhabits?.

Q1:Withthehabitcycle,doyouthinkbadhabitscanbechangedrightaway?

Q2:Whatelseareneeded?ReadParagraph5andunderlinethekeywords.

(time,discipline,effortsandperseverance.)

Q3:Whatdoestheauthorusetosupporthisargument?

Bycitingaquote.

Q4:AsLaoziwrote,“Ajourneyofathousandmilesbeginswithasinglestep”.Inyouropinion,whatisthefirstsinglesteptobreakbadhabits?

Theverywillingnessandeagernesstoliveahealthylife.

[Aim:toenablestudentstounderstandwhatotherfactorstheyneedtochangebadhabitsdespitethehabitcycle.]

Para6:Figuringoutthewritingpurpose

ReadParagraph6andanswerthefollowingquestions.

Q1:Whatdo“magicpill”and“deletebutton”referto?

Easyways.

Q2:Whatisthewritingpurposeofthisparagraph?

Toappealtoyoungpeopleincludingteenagerstochangebadhabitsandliveahappyandhealthylife.)

Q3:Whatisthefunctionofthisparagraph?

Itisasummary/conclusionofthiswholepassage.

[Aim:toenablestudentstobeclearaboutthewritingpurposeofthetextandconnectittothethemeofthisunit.]

Activity4：Figuringoutthestructure

Q：Howmanypartscanthetextbedividedinto?What’sthemainideaofeachpart?

Exposition:Problem-solutionpattern

Part1:para1Shouldbadhabitsbechanged?

--Raisetheproblem

Part2:para2-3Howarebadhabitsformed?---Analyzetheproblem

Part3:para4-5Howcanbadhabitsbechanged?

--Solvetheproblem

Part4:para6Conclusion--Summary

[Aim:tohelpstudentsmasterthebasicstructureofanexpositionandhaveaquickreviewofthetext.]

Activity5：Discussing

Twoofyourfriendsarehavingproblemswiththeirbadhabits.Canyouanalysethehabitcyclesoftheirhabits?Thengivesuggestionsonhowtobreakthebadhabit.

Myfriendscallmeanightowl.Ioftenstayuplateandgotobedafter2a.m.WhenIamactuallyinbed，Istillcan'thelpplayingwithmycellphoneforonehourormore.Inotherwords，Ifallasleeplaterthan3a.m.Ifeeldizzyfromtimetotime.Ifindithardtoworkefficientlyatdaytime.Sleepinglateevenmakesmyskinlookbad.IknowitisanunhealthyhabitbutIdon'tknowwhattodo.

Ihavebeensufferingfromthebadhabitofovereatingfordecades.EverytimeIfeelupset，Ieatalot.Overeatingisthemosteffectivewayformetorelievestresstemporarily.