小学英语 The Empty Room 教学设计

JinSumei9LingbeiCentralPrimarySchool

TitleTheEmptyRoom

ThemeManandSociety

TypeNarration

IfsakindofEnglishpicturebookwhichtellsastorythatthegirlClara

foundsomedollsweremovedinanemptyroominhergrandmother's

house.Inthewholestory,Claratriedtofindoutwhomovedthedollsinthis

room.Thestoryisfullofmysteryandsuspense.Onlywhenthereadersread

thelastpagecantheyfindwhomovedthedolls.Thewriterdescribesthe

Whathouseenvironmentandthepositionsofsomehouseholditems,aimingat

talkingaboutwhatthingsweremovedintheemptyroom.Afterreadingthe

story,studentscangraspsomekeywordslikeempty,mess,topandthekey

Analysisof

sentence:therebe...toexpresstheposition.

Teaching

Material

Itishopedthatbylearningaboutthestory,students5curiosity,

Why

observationalabilityandcreativethinkingcanbearoused.

ThestorydescribesClarafoundadolFshouseintheemptyroom.But,

sheoftenfoundsomedollsweremovedinthisroom.Studentsmayhavethe

How

samefeelingasClara'sandtheywillhavegreatinteresttofindoutthefinal

truth.

ThelessonisdesignedforstudentsofGradeSix.Theyhavelearnedthe

WhatSskeysentencepattern(therebe...)andsomehouseholditemslikeclock,

knewphoto,bottle...Thus,theycanunderstandthebasicmeaningofthestory.

WhatSsStudentsmayhavedifficultieswiththepasttenseandsomequestions

wonderafterthefurtherreading,especiallytheopen-answerquestions.

Analysisof

Alltheactivitiesarewell-designedbeforetheretellingpart.So,atthe

Students

endofthestory,studentscanretellthestorynaturally.Also,groupworkcan

helpthemcooperatewitheachothertocompletereadingactivities.

WhatSswill

Studentswillunderstandthedetails,structureofthestorybetterandfind

learn

outthefinaltruthwithcarefulobservation.

Bytheendoftheclass,studentswillbeableto:

1.Languageability

(1)Usethekeywords:empty,onthetopfloor,

mess...

(2)Usethekeysentences:Therebe...

(3)Usethepatternsentencestodescribethepositionofhouseholditems.

2.Culturalawareness

Understandthateveryonecanbethebestpoliceofficerinlifeaslongaswedothings

Teachingcarefully.

Objectives3.Thinkingcharacter

(1)Givedifferentandcreativeopinionsaboutthetruth.

(2)Beactiveandcooperativeinteamwork,enjoythesenseofachievementin

cooperation.

(3)Practicethelogicalthinking,carefulconsiderationandcreativethinking.

4.Learningability

(1)Cultivatethehabitofcarefulreading.

(2)Findthetruthbyusingdifferentreadingskills,suchasfastreading,intensive

readinpandextensivereadiriQ.

Keypoints:

Thestudentscanusethekeywordsandsentencestodescribethepositionsofthe

householditems.

TeachingKey

andDifficultDifficultpoints:

Points1.Thestudentscanunderstandthebasicmeaningofthecontextwiththehelpofsomenew

words.

2.Thestudentsshouldbeverycarefulsothattheycanfindthekeyinformationandthe

cluefromthekeywordcards,whichalsohelpthemselvestopredictthefinaltruth.

1.Whole-languageTeachingApproach

Teaching

2.Activity-basedTeachingApproach

Approaches&

3.SituationalTeachingApproach

Aids

4.Amultimediacomputersystem

Layout

ActivitiesLevelsofactivities

1.Putforwardquestionstothecoverofthestory(5WslH):

Whoarethey?Whereistheemptyroom?What'sinthe学习理解类

Readthelinesroom?...（获取与梳理）

2.Readfastandgettoknowthebasicinformationofthe

story.

Readandfindtheproblem:Somedollsaremovedintheempty学习理解类

room.（分析与判断）

Readcarefullyandcollectinformationaboutwhomovedthe

dollsintheemptyroom.应用实践类

Readbetweenthe

(1)Gettoknowthesequenceofthewholething.（分析与推理）

lines

(2)FindoutwhatthingsweremovedandifClara'sgrandmaor

hergrandpamovedthedolls.

Modelthepolicemeetingtogothroughthewholethingand应用实践类

retellthestory.（内化与运用）

Readbeyondthe1.Givepredictionsaccordingtothedetailsandthecluefrom迁移创新类

linesthekeywordcards.（创造与评价）

2.Choosethebestpolicegroupandthepoliceofficerby

themselves.

Teachingprocedures

ActivitiesTeachingpurposes

Introductionandwarming-up:1.Getfamiliarwiththe

1.Giveabriefintroductionofmyselfandmyroom.newwords,whichlays

2.Showapictureofmyroomandtellstudentssomethingsarefoundationforthenext

missinginmyroom.step.

3.Playagame:Letstudentshelpmetofindthemissingthings.Lead2.Createasituationof

Lead-ininthenewwordsintheprocessofthegame.Letthemplayrolesofthepoliceofficer.Let

thepoliceofficerstohelpmefindthemissingthings.studentsbethepolice

4.Encouragestudentstobethepoliceofficersintoday'sclassandofficerstofindoutwhat

showthestudentshowthepoliceofficersolveacasewithfoursteps.happenedinthestory.

(Step1Gettoknowthebackground.

Step2Findtheproblem.

Step3Collectinformation.

Step4Predictthetruth.)

1.Leadstudentsto

1.Letstudentslookatapicture(thecoverofthestory:TheEmpty

imitatethepoliceto

Room)andtellthemsomethinghappenedhere.Leadthemtoput

solvethecase.

forwardquestionsaboutthispicture.

Step12.Solvedifferent

2.Choosethreeeasyquestionsaboutbackgroundandletstudentsread

Gettoknowactivitiesstepbystepto

frompage2topage5quicklyandfindouttheanswers.

thecultivatetheirreading

(QI:Whoarethey?

backgroundskills.

Q2:Whereistheemptyroom?

3.Doafastreadingto

Q3:What'sintheroom?

gettoknowthe

...)

background.

1.Afterlearningthebackground,studentsgointothesecondstep:Scanthestoryfrompage

Step2

Findtheproblem.6topage8andfindthe

Findthe

2.Letthemthinkaboutwhathappenedintheemptyroomandreadkeyproblem:Some

problem

frompage6topage8.dollsaremoved.

1.Solvedifferenttaskstocollectinformationaboutthestory.

Activity1:Listentothestoryfrompage9topage14andfindthe

sequenceoftheevents.

Activity2:Leadstudentstoputforwardmorequestionsaboutthe

1.Doanintensive

case.Dividestudentsinto3groupsandeachgroupcontains2teams

readingtocollect

(5studentsinateam)tofindoutmorecluesandfillinthechart.(T:if

information.

Step3wecangointotheemptyroomnow,whatwillyousaytoClara?

2.Doanextensive

CollectGroup1—Teaml,2:Findoutwhatthingsaremovedinthestory.

readingtofindthekey

informationGroup2—Team3,4:Findoutifgrandmamovedthethings.

sentenceofthecontext.

Group3—Team5,6:Findoutifgrandpamovedthethings)

(Thenextday,thereis

2.Doanintensivereadingfrompage9topage14andcheckthe

amesseverywhere^)

answers.

3.Readfrompage5topage18andfindoutwhathappenedthenext

dayandplaytheroleofClaratounderstandherfeelings.

Step41.Predictthetruthofthestoryafterreading.1.Accordingtothe

PredicttheActivity3:Lefshaveapolicemeetingtogetherandgothroughtheactivity(thepolice

truthwholestory.meeting)todiscussthe

2.Retelltheimportantdetailsofthestorywiththehelpofdifferentcasewe'velearned

keywordcards.today.

(Dividestudentsintoseveralteamsandgivethemsomekeyword2.Givemoreclueson

cards.Fivestudentsmakeateamandtrytoretell.Ineachteam,onethekeywordcardsto

isareporter,anothertwostudentsshouldpiecethekeywordcardshelpstudentsfindthe

together.Theotherstudentsinthisteamcangiveadvice.)truthmoreeasilyand

3.Readthewholestoryquietlyandthinkcarefullyaboutwhoteachthemtobea

movedthedolls.carefulpersonnotonly

4.Studentspredictthetruthwith3choices.Later,theteacherpiecesinthestudybutalsoin

thekeywordcardstogetherontheblackboardwhichfinallychangesthereallife.

intoapictureofamouse.Onlywhenthestudentsarecarefulenough

cantheyfindthetruth.

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