1、育德才兼备之人，溯为人治学之源育德才兼备之人，溯为人治学之源1Lesson Plan forUnit 1Wise men in historyReading 1Archimedes and the golden crownReading 1:Archimedes and the golden crownTeacherWu Yue, English Department, Yuyuan Middle SchoolTime45min育德才兼备之人，溯为人治学之源育德才兼备之人，溯为人治学之源2AnalysisoftheTeachingMaterialThis passage is taken fr
2、om Unit 1， Module 1， 9A, Oxford English， which is an ancientstory about how Archimedes Principle are created. The passage consists of 9paragraphs. Paragraphs 1 to 2 are the beginning of the story: King Hiero asked acrown maker to make a golden crown for him but doubted it was real.; Paragraphs 3to 5
3、 tell that the king asked Archimedes to find out the truth; Paragraphs 6 to 8 tellabout Archimedes solve the problem by an experiment; the last paragraph states theending that the Archimedes proved the crown was not completely golden. This lessonis a reading lesson, the first period of the Unit. Aft
4、er learning this passage, studentshould understand the story through some reading strategies as well as master the keywords and phrases by deducing the meaning from the context.Analysis ofthe studentsThe students in my class arent at a high level, who arent active and motivated. So Idesign some simp
5、le activities to introduce the story and learn the principle. So, Ibelieve this passage will appeal to their interest.TeachingobjectivesLanguageskills1. comprehend the whole passage and find out the main idea by somereading skills and strategies.2. guess the meaning of words and phrases by deducing
6、from thecontext.3. use the key words and phrases to retell the stories.Languageknowledgeunderstand the following words and phrases: golden, crown, pot, solve,run over, displace, bowls, metal, prison.LearningstrategiesSkim for the main idea of the story.Culturalawarenessknow more aboutArchimedes and
7、the history of theArchimedesPrinciple.Affectbe interested in reading ancient Greek myths and stories.Teachingfocus1. The following keywords and phrases of the text:golden, crown, pot, solve, runover, displace, bowls, metal, prison.2. How to skim for the main ideaDifficultpointsFigure out the plot de
8、velopment of the story育德才兼备之人，溯为人治学之源育德才兼备之人，溯为人治学之源3Teachingapproachesand aidsTeaching approach: The P-W-P model of reading with the audio-lingual methodTeaching aids: Computer, projector, blackboardTeaching procedureStepTime( min)InteractionpatternTeacher activityStudent activityRationale1Lead-in2
9、Wholeclass work1) Introduce some wisemen in history and givestudents a picture toguess who he is with thefamous saying “Give mea spot where I can stand,and I shall move theearth.”1)Guess thewise man whosaid the famoussentence “Giveme a spot whereI can stand, andI shall move theearth.”Warm up and lea
10、din the topic.Encourage theircreative thinking.2Pre-reading6Wholeclass work1) Show the backgroundknowledge of the ancientstory, the main characterArchimedes and hisprinciple.2) Show howArchimedes Principlewas created.3) Show the video aboutthe story to let studentswatch.Listen toteachercarefully and
11、watch the video.Arouse thestudentsinterestin the topic andenrich thestudentsknowledge of thebackgroundinformation aboutthe ancient story.育德才兼备之人，溯为人治学之源育德才兼备之人，溯为人治学之源43While-reading13Wholeclass work1)Ask students to scanquickly with the fourquestions, who, where,when and whathappened.2)Ask the stud
12、ents toskim quickly and put thepictures in the rightorder.3)Ask the students toread again and find outthe main idea of eachparagraph and do thematch exercise. Deducethe meaning of keywordsand phrases from thecontext.Read the wholepassage quicklyand answer thequestions andthen put thepictures in ther
13、ight order.Read again andfind out themain idea ofeach paragraphand do thematch exercise.1) Train thestudents to capturethe main ideaquickly by usingscanning andskimming skill.2) Enable studentsto catch the plotsand logicalrelation of thestory.4. Post-reading16Groupwork1) Ask the students toread agai
14、n and answerthe questions. Deducethe meaning of keywordsand phrases from thecontext.2）Ask the students toread the passage for thethird time carefully forthe plots and logicalrelation of the story andfill in the blanks of atable and order the stepsof the experiment. Then,ask them to exchange theanswe
15、rs with theirpartners.3) Encourage students tothink about what theycan learn from the story,4)Ask the students toread the passage with therecording.5)Ask the students toplay a game to1）Read thepassage againand find out thecorrect answersby scanning forthe details andcheck withgroup embersDeduce them
16、eaning of keywords andphrasesaccording to thecontext.2) Fill in theblanks and putthe steps of theexperiment inthe correct orderby carefulreading andcheck up theanswers withtheir partners.4) Read the1) Improve theirreading speed andthe ability ofunderstandingdetail information.Cultivate theability to
17、 guess themeaning of thewords from thecontext.2)Arouse thestudentsimagination andcreative thinking.3) Improve thestudentscooperative spiritand ability.育德才兼备之人，溯为人治学之源育德才兼备之人，溯为人治学之源5consolidate the wordsand phrases.passage with therecording.5) Play a gameto consolidatethe words andphrases.5. Summary
18、7Wholeclass work1) Guide the students tosummarize the wholeclass with the help of theteacher2) Review the newwords and phrases.Recall whatthey havelearned in thislesson.Consolidate thestudentsunderstanding ofthe text.6.Assignment1Wholeclass workAssignthefollowinghomework.Rewrite the story in yourown words with the helpof the pictures and somekey words below, andwrite it on the notebook!Take note fortheir homeworkand finish themon time.Give a task to helpthem consolidatethe story andarouse theirinterest to wisemen in history andancient stories.Blackboard
