1、1 Vocabulary:shame, crayon, regard, count, memories Preparation for teacherBlackboard, PowerPoint, Handouts. Background knowledge of students 1. Students have learned about two reading strategies: skimming and scanning 2. Students have learned present perfect tense. Teaching goals: Language goals 1.
2、 Students can catch the exact meaning of some key words from context：changes , shame, crayon, regard, count, developments and so on（学生能从语境中体会重点词语的意思）; 2. Students can find how hometowns have changed through the present perfect tense from this passage.（学生能从本文中通过现在完成时 的句子找到家乡的变化）; 3. Students can iden
3、tify facts and opinions through the article style.(学 生能通过文体的特征来判断哪些句子是事实，哪些是观点)。 Understand -ing level 4. Students are able to infer the main topic according to the photos which are shown. （学生通过所给出的图片推测文章的主题） 。 5. Students are able to find correct the answers to questions after reading the passage a
4、nd comprehend the paragraph one by one by using different reading strategies (skimming and scanning). 6. Students are able to catch some detailed information. Emotional aims 7. After reading, students can find key sentences about Zhong Weis attitudes towards hometowns changes. 通过阅读， 学生能够找到关 于钟伟关于家乡变
5、化的情感态度的句子。 8. After discussing the tree mentioned by Zhong Wei, students are able to connect this tree with the happiest memories in the childhood，at last they can understand what hometown feelings are. 通过讨论， 学 生能够把钟伟提到的家乡的树与童年美好的记忆联系起来， 从而 体会到文中提到的主题思想-家乡的情怀。 Teaching key points:1. Why does this pa
6、ssage narrate the hometowns changes from Zhong Weis perspective? 2. How to enlighten students comprehension of hometown feelings from the content of the last paragraph and elicit them to tell about their thoughts connecting with their personal feelings of hometown. 教学过程 Teaching proceduresTeaching a
7、ctivities Find general idea. 2 oldnew Infer what we are going to read? Changes While reading 1. Find main idea of each paragraph Match the main idea with each paragraph. Ask Students how to lookthroughpassage quickly (only read the first, second and last sentencesofeach paragraph). Students can quic
8、kly find ideabyusingskimming way. 2. Findsome detailed information Students answer questions Teacher asks: Whydomillionsof Chineseleavethe countryside ? How do you know? Why does passage use Zhong Weis Story? Lead students to think more about how to extend the writingbyusingothers examplewhichmakes
9、article more objective and truethe characteristic of a news report. Para 1Students complete Zhong Weispersonal information Provide an information form Guide students to transfer sometextinformationto blankfilling,cultivating Studentscomprehension ability Para 2Students quickly findthekey wordswhile
10、reading Show pictures and key sentences with blanks. Help students to find the hometownschanges Para 3Students quickly fill in the blanks Studentstell False or Truth Giveakeysentence with some first letters to complete the words The step is to help students to find more information in detail,especia
11、llydiffering the true meaning between futuretenseandpresent perfect one. Para 4Students answer questions Provide two questions : 1. Hasanythingall changed in Zhong Weis hometown? 2. What is still there? 3. Whyhasitleft Zhong Wei a deep andunforgettable memories? Enlighten students to think deeply an
12、d encourage them togeneralize the answer to the third question. After reading Discussion: 1Identifyafact and an opinion Show some statements andaskstudentsto This step is to help students to comprehend the text more 3 judge which one is a fact and which one is an opinion deeplyfromanother perspectiv
13、e. 2&3Studentscan judge what kind of passage it is andZhong Weisattitudes towardsthese changes. Multiple-choices What kind of passage ? A.Anovel B. Abiography C.Anews report Zhong Weis attitudes towards his hometowns changes_ A. Unsatisfied B. Indifferent C. Supportivebuta slight nostalgic. These tw
14、o questions enable students to think globally and strengthen their ability ofguessing,inferring, analyzingandjudging, laying a foundation for the last open question. 4.Discuss the tree ZhongWei mentioned In Para 4, is the treea tree as we usually see on the roads? Lead students to think more profoun
15、dly and enable them tofindmorenarrative sentencesof the tree from the text to help them to understandthe correlation betweenthetreewith hometown feelings. 5.Think &Speak1. Do you have any feelings about your hometown? 2. Hasanythingleft you soft and sweet memories? These two open questions elicit st
16、udents to telltheir own experiences and stories about childhood memories in their hometown. 6.ConclusionEmphasize the topic of the whole passage: Whathometown feelings actually are? The last step is to reach the attitudesandemotional goal: Wherever you go and no matter how far it is from yourhome,do
17、ntforget where you are from and who you are. HomeworkCompletethe summary Provide a passage with blanks Check out if studentsare abletounderstandthe general idea of the passage。 4 附录附录 （handouts） I.Before -reading Predict(预测) : we are going to read something about _ II.While-reading First reading ( S
18、kimming) Quickly look through the first , second sentences and the last one of each paragraph, underline the topic sentences and try to match the main idea with each paragraph. Para 1How hometowns have changed Para 2One reason why many Chinese leave their countryside Para 3Some things will never cha
19、nge. Para 4Such changes are good. Second- reading (Scanning) Paragraph1 : Complete the personal information form about Zhong Wei Whose storyZhong WeisAge MarriedYes UnmarriedNo (How did you know) Living placeHow many years Working place Does he often return home?Yes No Reason How often did he use to
20、 return home? At least _a year How long hasnt he been back hometown now ? For almost _ What does he think of not returning home ?Its a _ Paragraph2: From the second paragraph, we learn that _ Many people like ZhongWei regard with great interest how their hometowns have changed? regard - _ 5 And how?
21、 Large _ and new _have appeared In many places, new_ have been built and _from the cities have been sent to help. Who has made these great changes happen ?_For _ Para 3 1. What have children learned at my primary school At my o_ primary school, children have l_ to r_ and c_ since the m_ -20thcentury
22、. 2. The old buildings have become new school buildings now in his hometown. TF Para 4 Has anything changed in Zhong Weis hometown?_ What thing has still been there? Why has it left him such deep and unforgettable memories _ III After-reading Discussion: 1. Identify which sentence is a fact, which o
23、ne is an opinion, please circle the right one. FO1. The government has built new schools. FO2. I noticed thats true of my hometown. FO3. Such developments are good. FO4. Some things will never change. FO5. There was a big tree opposite the school. FO6. Our hometown has left many soft and sweet memor
24、ies in our hearts. 2.What kind of this passage might it be ? A.A novelB. AbiographyC.Anews report 3. From paragraph 3 and 4, what are Zhong Weis attitudes towards these changes in his hometown? A. Unsatisfied.B. Indifferent.C. Supportive with a slight of nostalgic 6 4. In para4, Zhong Wei mentioned
25、(提到）a tree, is this tree just a tree as other trees we see on the road? If not, why not? _ 5. Think & Speak Do you have any feelings about your hometown, what things have left you soft and sweet in your childhood ? _ _ _ _ Homework： Summary: Many Chinese people these days leave their _ to work in th
26、e _. They usually _ to their hometowns one or two times a _. Zhong Wei hasnt been back in close to _years because of _. He has been working in a _ factory in Wenzhou for the past _years. People like him are _in how their hometowns are changing. New buildings are often built by the _. Zhong Wei thinks these changes are _ because things need to change in order to become better. But he also thinks some things _ change, and his hometown is still the place that holds all his childhood _.
