1、Go For It Starter Unit 2 4a-4dAnalysis of teaching materialWhat: The story “The Mice Kiss” is a picture story describing mices wedding ceremony, in which the white mice guests attended and sent blessings to a new mouse couple. Why: Trough describing mice marriage, the author makes readers understand
2、 and respect wedding customs and employ proper strategies in communication.How: “The Mice Kiss” is a vivid picture story. It uses new words with pronunciation / and /a/, such as “grinned” “arrived” and “bride”, to describe this marriage. Additionally, the story uses simple past tense. Teaching objec
3、tives：At the end of the class, students will be able to:1. Write the written form of alphabets and alphabetize specific letters. Abstract details and main ideas in the activities of reading and speaking in the story.2. Summarize the rules of “magic e” and spell new words in 4d and make a flow chart
4、for this marriage.3. Retell the story with the help of the chart and think about why mice guests lined up and filled the ship with rice.4. Tell a story about mices married life with the words in 4d and share it with the whole class.Teaching focus 1. Reading: Understand the picture story “The Mice Ki
5、ss”. Know the details and main idea of the story.2. Speaking: Use “magic e” rule to correctly pronounce words. Retell the story and make up a story.Anticipated difficultiesStudents may find it difficult to understand and use phonics “magic e” to spell new words.Students may find it difficult to rete
6、ll the story and tell story about mices married life with words in 4d.Teaching procedureTeaching objectivesLearning activitiesEffectiveness evaluation1.Write the written form of alphabets and alphabetize specific letters. Abstract details and main ideas in the activities of reading and speaking in t
7、he story.1. Students do Exercises 4a and 4b.2. Students review the alphabet song “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” to go over the pronunciation of the alphabet. 3. Students do a quick quiz to consolidate the pronunciations and elicit words about the topic, such as mice and kiss.a). Which words you learnt ha
8、ve the sound /? b). Which words you learnt have the sound /a/?4. Students talk about why “The mice kiss” happened around the cover and title of the picture story. 5. Students read the story after the tape and guess the meanings of new words based on pictures.The teacher checks students answers and g
9、ives help according to personal situation.The teacher checks students answers in the quick quiz and gives guidance according to their performance in the quiz. The teacher listens to students answers about questions to give timely help and make detailed inquiries.Design intention: These activities ar
10、e intended to help students review the written forms, pronunciation and order of the alphabet. Additionally, they also aim at helping students to have a basic understanding of the story and achieve the combination of sound and meaning.2. Summarize the rules of “magic E” and spell new words in 4d.Mak
11、e a flow chart about mice marriage.6. Students circle words with / and /a/, work in pairs to find the rule of “magic e” about “i” in this story and summarize rules about “a” “e” “o” in 4c and finish the exercise in 4d.7. With the help of the teacher, students conclude the four steps of mices marriag
12、e and analyze their feelings in this marriage.The teacher leads students to discuss and summarize the rules and gives help.The teacher checks students answers about the chart and makes detailed inquiries.Design intention: These activities are designed to make students understand the rule of “magic e
13、” and employ it in spelling. On the basis of understanding words, students deeply know the content of the story and analyze “how” and “what” in the whole story. These activities prepare for the employment of words in another context.3. Retell the story with the help of chart and think about why they
14、 did these.8. Students retell the mice wedding with the help of the flow chart. 9. Students think and answer questions to make them have a deep understanding about customs in marriage.a). Why did white mice line up?b). Why did the mice fill the ship with rice?The teacher finds problems with understa
15、nding and expressing and gives help and feedback.4. Tell a story about mices married life with the words in 4d and share it with the whole class.10. Students work in groups of four and play a chain game. Students use words in 4d to tell the married life of mice. Each student said one sentence with t
16、wo targeted words and the simple past tense. Finally, the group makes up a story.11. Make a conclusion about the whole class.The teacher observes whether they can use learnt words to tell a story or not and gives timely help.Design intention: These activities aim at creatively applying words in cont
17、ext. It trains students writing skills and imagination. Retelling and making up a story makes students flexibly use words. In the process of telling and retelling, students develop pragmatic competence and are aware of the marriage customs. Homework1. Read the story “The Mice Kiss” and answer the qu
18、estions below. a). What color are the mice?b). Why did the mice fill the ship with rice?2. Read words in 4d and review the rule of “magic e”. 3. Ask students to find three pairs of words about “magic e”, such as “hat-hate” and share with classmates the next class.Optional:1. Try to retell the story
19、to your friends without any help.2. Make songs about “magic e” to memorize it more quickly.Blackboard design ReflectionAs for the choice of teaching materials, textbooks are full of scattered words, so choosing The Mice Kiss may be more acceptable for students. As for advantages, through reviewing,
20、the teacher can check how much students can grasp after the previous class and give timely help to those poor learners. Whats more, a quick quiz ensures unobtrusive transition between reviewing and acquiring new knowledge. In the process of learning and understanding, students can learn new words an
21、d get background information from the picture storys cover. The two steps facilitate students understanding of the story. Filling flow chart can develop students analyzing abilities. Retelling and creating stories deepen students awareness about the combination between sound and meaning. As for disa
22、dvantages, the process of transferring and creating are lack of exercises about “magic e”. But it is a method employed in pronouncing new words. Therefore, it is difficult to find exercises about this in transferring and creating. Although there is the help of pictures, poor students may find it difficult to understand words and stories.
