1、1 Teaching Subject: Unit 9 Reading Singapore-A Place You Will Never Forget Teaching Object: To get to know Singapore. To get the structure of the passage. To express ideas through teamwork and discussion. To learn to introduce studentshometowns. Teaching Main Points: Abilities trained to analyze a r
2、eading passage. Sentences used to introduces a place. Aspects mentioned in introducing a place. Teaching Difficulty: To add more information about Singapore. To search the Internet for more information. To make a short speech. Teaching Process: Step 1: Lead-in Teacher read a magazine about a beautif
3、ul country. Students guess which the country is according to the information. The orchid is the national flower. The law is very strict. People can try different kinds of food there. Its a gardenlike country. The Merlion is the landmark. You must have heard of this university-National University of
4、Singapore. Students write down the countrys name on the information sheet. Step 2:Before reading Talk about the general information about Singapore according to the chart and finish Task 1 on the information sheet. Write a short paragraph about it. Step 3:While reading Listen to the passage and circ
5、le the key aspects that are mentioned in the passage on the information sheet. Finish Task 2. locationtourist attractionfoodinfluential figuresclimatereligion capitallanguagelaweducationlandmarkhistory Step 4:While reading Skim the passage for the main idea of each paragraph, then match it with the
6、corresponding paragraph. Finish Task 3. Para 1climate/advice Made up: main island 63 small islands Area: 697.1 square kilometres. Population: 3,437,300 (Chinese 76.2, Malays 13.8,Indians 8.3, Others 1.7 ) 2 Para 2tourist attraction Para 3food Para 4location/population/language Sample Answer: I think
7、 Para _ is about _, because_. Step 5:While reading Analyze Para 1-4Finish Task 4 Para 1 Students read in groups and answer the questions. Where is Singapore? What languages do they speak? Why is Singapore a wonderful and safe place to take a holiday? Para 2 Students read by themselves, remember as m
8、uch information as they can, then fill in the blanks. Never _ that you wont be able to find anything _ _ _ in Singapore. You wont have any _ _ Chinese food such as rice and noodles. Singapore is an excellent place _ _ new food. _ you like _ food, _ food or Japanese food, you;ll find it all in Singap
9、ore. Para 3 Students read with a partner and answer the questions. Whats special about the Night Safari? When is the best time to watch the animals? Why do people like Night Safari? Para 4 Name one student to read, others listen carefully for the missing information and fill in the blanks. The tempe
10、rature is almost the same _ _ _. This is _ it is _ _ the equator. Therefore, you can _ to go _ you like. Moreover, its not too _ _ China. Step 6:While reading Lets play a game to review the passage.Finish Task 5. Students prepare a question beginning with when/what/where/who/which/why/how, and name
11、a 3 student from another group to answer by saying “XXX, I challenge you to answer my question. _?” The question must have an answer. If the person can answer the question correctly, he will get one point. Sample question: Linda, I challenge you to answer my question. Where is Singapore? Step 7:Afte
12、r reading Singapore is a splendid country. Besides the aspects mentioned in the passage, what other aspects would you like to know? Each of the six groups chooses one topic from capital,influential figures, history, law, education, landmark, religion. Search the Internet for information and use the
13、information to make a speech. Students make their speech in front of the classroom. Step 8:After reading One Belt One Road Policy is renowned around the world. As Chinese, we are proud of our nation. Whats more, we are supposed to introduce our beautiful cities to more foreigners. Students read the
14、passage again to find sentences which can be used when writing a passage.Then make sentences to introduce Changchun. Finish Task 6. Step 9: Homework Write a passage to introduce your hometown -Changchun. Please use correct and logical language. Blackboard Design: Teaching feedback: Its amazing that
15、students could open their mouths and speak so much English. 4 I am truly happy for their growth and progress in English. However, there are still some shortcomings which can be improved. (1) Timing isnt proper. At the end of the class, there wasnt time for students to find the sentence structures an
16、d make sentences with them. (2)The score of Group Competition was not clearly shown in the end. (3)Classroom activities can be more diversified. Although we videotaped the class, I intended to show a real class. Ipads were brought into classroom. I believe we will use Ipads more often in classroom activities. Thus, we can connect with the Internet and become advanced English learners.
