Unit 2 Starting out & Understanding ideas 教案-2022-2023学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Lesson Plan Unit 2 Exploring English Period 1 Starting out + Understanding ideas Background information: 1. Type: reading 2. Topic: the interesting and creative English 3. Lesson duration: 40 minutes Teaching objectives: 1. By the end of the lesson, students will get the main idea and the structure of this passage and the author’s writing purpose through predicting and skimming. 2. By the end of the lesson, students will get important information about English through careful reading and understand the wonder of English and the culture connotation behind these English words. 3. By the end of the lesson, students will be open to various ideas and learn to express opinions logically. 4. By the end of the lesson, students will develop a better attitude towards learning English and have a better understanding of our mother language. Key points and / or difficult points: 1. To think and analyze questions through observing the three charts. 2. To figure out the structure of this passage and understand the diversity of English through the examples. 3. To talk about the difficulty of learning English and present creative ideas to learn English including the reasons and specific ways. Methodology & Strategies: Task-based teaching method, communicative teaching method, P-W-P reading mode, and cooperative learning Aids and / or Materials: PPT, blackboard, chalks Discourse analysis: This passage is a short essay. The author list and evaluate the “craziness” of English which make English learners confused in a humorous way, reflecting the fun, diversity, creativeness and attraction of English. This passage can help students think deeply about the features of English language, understand the humor, “craziness”, and creativity of English language, and arouse students’ interest in learning English. Analysis of students: Students are in the first semester of Senior High school. They have learned English for several English but most of them have not paid much attention to the feat