高中英语教案The Monarch's Journey

TheMonarch'sJourney

ZhangWenbo

HuantaiNo.lSeniorHighSchool

ITheTitleoftheLesson（主题名称）

TheMonarchsJourney

IITheclasstypeandtheteachingduration（课堂类型和学时）

Areadinglessonwithin1period（45minutes）

IIITeachingaims（教学目标）：

Languageabilityaim（语言能力）

Toimprovestudents9ability:

1.tograspthebasicelementsandtheoutlineofthetextundertheguidanceofskimming

strategy;

2.toappreciatethelinguisticfeaturesofexpositionsbyanalyzingthestructureandsome

complexsentencepatterns.

（3）tooutputwhatthey'velearnedinthisclassinwrittenlanguage.

Thinkingqualityaim（思维品质）

Topracticestudents9abilitytodologicalreasoningbyfindingtherelativesupporting

evidencetosomekeypointsanddeveloptheircriticalthinking.

Culturalawarenessaim（文化品格）

Tohelpstudentsexperienceandappreciatethetextandgettoknowtheculturebetter.

Learningabilityaim（学习能力）

Toimprovestudents5learningstrategybyworkingbythemselves,workingingroupsand

participatinginclassactivities.

IVAnalysisofteachingandlearningmethod（教学方法和学习方法）

1.Teachingmethods

Student-centeredmethod;

Methodbasedontheviewof""learningthroughactivities^^（学习活动观）；

Elicitationmethod;

Multi-mediaassistedinstruction;

Communicativemethod

2.Learningmethods

Individualwork;

Groupwork（discussion-cooperation）;

Students9participationinclassactivities

VAnalysisofthestudents（学情分析）

ThisclassisdesignedforSenior1students.AfteraboutfouryearsofEnglishlearningat

juniorhigh,studentshavemasteredcertainlanguageknowledgeandskills,especiallyreading

skills.

ThetextbooksusedbystudentsnowisEnglishBook1-Book8publishedbyForeign

LanguageTeachingandResearchpress.Underthenew-roundteachingreform,accordingtothe

new-setEnglishCurriculumStandardofhighschool,aseniorhighstudentisrequiredto

achievethereadingcapacityfromabout180,000wordsto300,000wordssostudentsneedawide

rangeofreadingmaterialswhichareaboutdiffernttopicstoserveasanefficientsupplementto

thecurrentEnglishtestsystem.

Whenitcomestogrammarstructures,suchasattributiveclauses,studentsalwaysfeel

confusedabouttherules.Asaresult,theyneedbettercontexttohelpthemgrasptheusage

correctly.

Speakingofthetopic,studentsaresointerestedinthemonarch'sjourneythattheyareeasily

tobeencouragedtoshowthemselves.Studentsalsogottoknowhowtomakeamindupwhen

theywereatjuniorhigh.Asaresult,itisnotatroubleforthemtomakethestructuresandkey

pointsclearbythemindmap.

VIAnalysisoftheteachingmaterials（教材分析）

1.Theteachingmaterials

TheteachingtexttitledTheMonarchsJourneyisoneofthetextfromUnit5Bookl.Itisan

expositionwhichintroducethemigrationofthemonarch'sjourneytousfromallaspects.Thetext

isofmoderatelengthandinthisregard,isnotdifficultforstudentstoreadandunderstand.There

aretwotypicalfeaturesofthetext.Oneisthevividlanguageituses,suchastheabundant

vocabulary,variedsentencepatternsanddetaileddescriptionsofsomespecificscenes.Theother

istheclearstructureofanexposition,whichhelpsstudentsunderstandthetextbetter.Thesetwo

featurescanbetterarousestudents9interestinreadingandimprovetheirlanguageability,thinking

quality,culturalawarenessandlearningability.

Therefore,itisanidealreadingmaterialforstudentstointerpretthelanguagefeaturesandfor

theteachertoinfiltratestudents9valuesandmoralfeelings.

2.Theteachingfocusanddifficulties

（1）Theteachingfocus

Beforethislesson,studentshaveeverknownthefeaturesofexpositions.TheMonarchs

Journeycanhelpstudentshaveabetterunderstandingofwritingstyles.Thustheteachingfocusof

thisclassistohelpstudentsgettoknowthemigrationclearlybydrawingamindmapand

knowhowtowriteasummaryofanexpositionbyusingthetipsconcludedbythereading

procedures.

⑵Thedifficulties

Althoughitistextisnotverydifficult,itstillhasalargenumberofnewwordsandsome

complexsentences.Tosomeextent,itbringsdifficultiestostudents'readingcomprehensionand

appreciation.Sothedifficultiesforthisclassare:

一howtohelpingstudentstoaccuratelyunderstandsomeexpressionswithoutbeingaffected

bythenewwords;

-howtohelpstudentstoexplorethedeepmeaningsandculturalbackgroundofthetext;

一howtoeffectivelychooseandadjuststrategiesaccordingtothediversificationofstudents5

readingprocess.

VIITheteachingaids（教学辅助工具）

Blackboard;Computers;Visuallaser

VIIITeachingprocedures（教学内容与过程）

Learningprocedures:

StepI.Warmingupandleadin

Haveafreetalkwithstudents.

Teacher:Withwinterapproaching,itgrowscolderandcolder.Allofusputoncoatsorjacketsto

keepwarm.Butwhataboutanimals?

Students:Findsomewarmplaces.

Teacher.Andwecanusetheword...

StudentsMigration!

TeacherPleaseopenyourbooksandturntopage50.Thereare6pictures.Lookatthe

picturesandchoosetheanimalsthatmigrate.

Studentsbegantoshowtheiropinionsfreely.

Teacher:Ok.Ithinkwe'dbettertoenjoyavideotochecktheanswer.

Enjoyavideooftheanimalsthatmigrate

Teacherwritedowntheanimalsmentionedinthevideo.（salmom,craneandwhale）

Teacher:Exceptthesethreekindofanimals,westillhaveanotherone.

Students:Themonarchbutterfly!

Teacher:Quiteright!Inthisperiod,wewilllearnsomethingaboutthemigrationofmonarch

butterfly.Beforewestart,lefsseethetopic.Canyoupredictthetypeofthetext?

Studentsmakeaprediction.

Teacher:Lefsstartreadingandcheckyourperdiction.

StepII.Fastreading

1.Thetextisa（n）.

A.narration（记叙文）

B.argumentation（议论文）

C.exposition（说明文）

2.Whereareyoumostlikelytofindthepassage?

A.Inascientificresearchpapertointroducethemonarch'smigration.

B.Inapopularnaturemagazinedescribingthemonarchbutterfly.

C.InatravelleafletencouragingpeopletovisitNorthAmerica.

D.Inaspeechcallingonpeopletoprotecttheenvironment.

Teacher:Sowecanseeanexpositionaimstointroducesomethingandthetitlealwaystelluswhat

itis.

Tipsforwriting:Makesureofthetypeofwritingandtheauthorspurpose.

3.Ma

tchthekeywordsofeachparagraph

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r

TheMonarch'sJourney

Tipsforwriting:Graspthestructuresandthekeypoints

Step

III.Carefulreading

Task1:Readpara.1-2anddefinetheMonarch'smigrationbyusingonesentenceaccording

tothemap.

(Studentsmayhavedifficultyinorganizingsentecessotheyneedadiscussion)

Teacher^mQisup.Who'dliketocometothefrontoftheclassroomandshowyouropinions

accoringthemap?

(Somestudentsmayignoresomekeypointsorusethesentencepatternwrongly.Theteacherwill

leadstudentstopaymoreattentiontofouraspectsandgiveanexample.)

Everyautumn,theMonarchbutterfliestravelaround4,000kilometresto

CaliforniaorMexicoinordertofindfood,seekapartnerorinsearchof

warmerweather.

Tipsforwriting:Leaveoutunnessarydetailsanduseproperconnection.

Task

2:Readpara.3tofindouthowtheMonarchbutterfliesachievetheirjourney?

Measure

Enjoyanothervideoaboutbutterfliestodeepentheimpressiononmonarch'smigration.

Task3:Readpara.4-5andanswerthequestion

Howdopeoplehaveanimpactonmonarchbutterflies?

crashincrease

(Afterreadingpara.4-5.studentswillrealizethathumanactivityhasanimpacton

butterfliesbycomparsion)

StepIV.Postreading

Task1:Accordingwhatwehavelearntinthisperiod,perfectyourmindmap.

Invitesomestudentstoshowtheirwork.

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Task2:Afterreadingthepassage,pleasedesignaposterandthinkofaslogantocallon

morepeopletoprotectthemonarchbutterflies.

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Stepv.Summary

Teacher:Wecanuseasentenceinpara.5asoursummary.Whatisit?Let'sreadittogether!

Themoreweknowaboutthislovelycreature,thegreaterthechanceit

willsurviveandkeepitsplaceinthenaturalworldforalongtimetocome.

Homework:

Writedownasummaryofthetextbyusingthetipswhichweregiveninclass.

(within60words)

Makesureofthetypeofwritingandauthor?spurpose

Howtowrite

Graspthestructuresandthekeypoints

Leaveoutunnessarydetailsanduseproperconnection

IXTheteachingevaluationandreflection(教学评价和反思)

l.Theteachingevaluation

Fromthestudents9classroomperformanceandthefellowteachers5feedback,theexpected

teachingaimsarebasicallyachieved.Thehighlightsoftheclassare:

(1)Theteachingdesignisbasedonstudents'currentlanguagelevelandtheappropriateselection

ofteachingmaterialsmakesurestudents9readingcomprehensionandappreciationofthenovel

havereachedtheexpectedeffect.

(2)Threemainlines(themainlineoflanguage,themainlineofemotionandthemainlineof

culture)runthroughthewholeclassandtheclasshasclearteachingfocus.

(3)Theinterpretationperspectiveofthisclassisexposition,thetextvaluehasbeenextendedand

moraleducationhasachieveditsinitialresults.

(4)Thisclassisstudent-centeredandstudents'corequalitiesgethighlighted.

2.Thereflection

(1)Thetimearrangementforsomeactivitiesisnotsoreasonable.Forexample,theriddleinthe

“Lead-in“partcanbesimplifiedandstudentsshouldbegivenadequatetimefortheirpresentation.

(2)Theteacher'sinstructionssometimesarenotveryclear,whichresultsinstudents9

misunderstandingoftheteacher5spurpose.

XBlackboarddesign(板书设计)

TheMonarch'sJourney

theshowofposters

PPT&Visuallaserposter123

wordbank

salmon

crane

whale

ThisclassisdesignedforSenior1students.AfteraboutfouryearsofEnglishlearningat

juniorhigh,studentshavemasteredcertainlanguageknowledgeandskills,especiallyreading

skills.

ThetextbooksusedbystudentsnowisEnglishBook1-Book8publishedbyForeign

LanguageTeachingandResearchpress.Underthenew-roundteachingreform,accordingtothe

new-setEnglishCurriculumStandardofhighschool,aseniorhighstudentisrequiredto

achievethereadingcapacityfromabout180,000wordsto300,000wordssostudentsneedawide

rangeofreadingmaterialswhichareaboutdiffemttopicstoserveasanefficientsupplementto

thecurrentEnglishtestsystem.

Whenitcomestogrammarstructures,suchasattributiveclauses,studentsalwaysfeel

confusedabouttherules.Asaresult,theyneedbettercontexttohelpthemgrasptheusage

correctly.

Speakingofthetopic,studentsaresointerestedinthemonarch'sjourneythattheyareeasily

tobeencouragedtoshowthemselves.Studentsalsogottoknowhowtomakeamindupwhen

theywereatjuniorhigh.Asaresult,itisnotatroubleforthemtomakethestructuresandkey

pointsclearbythemindmap.

Afterthisperiod,studentsachievedthefollowingprogress:

1.improvingtheabilityofscanningandskimming.Almosteverystudentcanfinishthe

readingtasksduringthegiventimeandhaveabetterunderstandingofthetext.

2.gettingtoknowthewholeprocessofmigrationofthemonarchbutterfly.Whenstudents

dealwithreadingtasks,thetipswhichwereshowninthetextwereconcludedbythemin

ordertohelpthemgettoknowthetypeofthetextandthecharactersofexpositions.Students

candrawtheconclusioneasilyinspiteofthedifficultiesofshowingtheiropinionsinEnglish.

3.improvingstudents9abilityofworkingwiththeirteammatesandtheablitytoexpress

theirownopinions.Mostofstudentswouldliketohaveadiscussionwiththeireteammates

andshowtheiropinionsbravely.Someofthemenjoystandinginfrontoftheclass,showing

theirwriting.Thetasksaremoderateandsuitableforstudentstoworktogether.

4.Improvingstudents9awarnessofprotecingtheenvironment.Afterallthereadingtasks,

studentshaveknownthatthemonarchbutterfliessufferalottosurvivewinterandtheyarein

troubleasaresultofhumanactivities.Allthestudentsareshockedbythelongjourneyand

feelanxiousaboutthebeautifulinsectssotheyintendtoprotecttheenvironmentandpresent

theireagernessintheirposters.

1.Theteachingmaterials

TheteachingtexttitledTheMonarchsJourneyisoneofthetextfromUnit5Bookl.Itisan

expositionwhichintroducethemigrationofthemonarch'sjourneytousfromallaspects.Thetext

isofmoderatelengthandinthisregard,isnotdifficultforstudentstoreadandunderstand.There

aretwotypicalfeaturesofthetext.Oneisthevividlanguageituses,suchastheabundant

vocabulary,variedsentencepatternsanddetaileddescriptionsofsomespecificscenes.Theother

istheclearstructureofanexposition,whichhelpsstudentsunderstandthetextbetter.Thesetwo

featurescanbetterarousestudents9interestinreadingandimprovetheirlanguageability,thinking

quality,culturalawarenessandlearningability.

Therefore,itisanidealreadingmaterialforstudentstointerpretthelanguagefeaturesandfor

theteachertoinfiltratestudents5valuesandmoralfeelings.

2.Theteachingfocusanddifficulties

(1)Theteachingfocus

Beforethislesson,studentshaveeverknownthefeaturesofexpositions.TheMonarchs

Journeycanhelpstudentshaveabetterunderstandingofwritingstyles.Thustheteachingfocusof

thisclassistohelpstudentsgettoknowthemigrationclearlybydrawingamindmapand

knowhowtowriteasummaryofanexpositionbyusingthetipsconcludedbythereading

procedures.

(2)Thedifficulties

Althoughitistextisnotverydifficult,itstillhasalargenumberofnewwordsandsome

complexsentences.Tosomeextent,itbringsdifficultiestostudents'readingcomprehensionand

appreciation.Sothedifficultiesforthisclassare:

——howtohelpingstudentstoaccuratelyunderstandsomeexpressionswithoutbeingaffected

bythenewwords;

一howtohelpstudentstoexplorethedeepmeaningsandculturalbackgroundofthetext;

-howtoeffectivelychooseandadjuststrategiesaccordingtothediversificationofstudents5

readingprocess.

TheMonarch'sJourney

StepI.Warmingupandleadin

Studentsmakeaprediction.

StepII.Fastreading

2.Thetextisa（n）.

D.Narration（记叙文）

E.argumentation（议论文）

C.exposition（说明文）

2.Whereareyoumostlikelytofindthepassage?

A.Inascientificresearchpapertointroducethemonarch'smigration.

B.Inapopularnaturemagazinedescribingthemonarchbutterfly.

C.InatravelleafletencouragingpeopletovisitNorthAmerica.

D.Inaspeechcallingonpeopletoprotecttheenvironment.

3.Matchthekeywordsofeachparagraph

whatwherewhyhowwhen

r

Para.1_______________

Para.2_______________

TheMonarch^journey7Para.3

Para.4_______________

Para.5________________

StepIII.Carefulreading

Task1:Readpara.1-2anddefinetheMonarch'smigrationbyusingonesentenceaccording

tothemap.

Task2:Readpara.3tofindouthowtheMonarchbutterfliesachievetheirjourney?

Tell

Measure

Task3:Readpara.4-5andanswerthequestion

Howdopeoplehaveanimpactonmonarchbutterflies?

crashincrease

StepIV.Postreading

Task1:Accordingwhatwehavelearntinthisperiod,perfectyourmindmap.

Invitesomestudentstoshowtheirwork.

Task2:Afterreadingthepassage,pleasedesignaposterandthinkofaslogantocallon

morepeopletoprotectthemonarchbutterflies.

Stepv.Summary

Themoreweknowaboutthislovelycreature,thegreaterthechanceit

willsurviveandkeepitsplaceinthenaturalworldforalongtimetocome.

Homework:

Writedownasummaryofthetextbyusingthetipswhichwereg