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Analysis of teaching material
The teaching material is the reading part of grade 8. It focuses on reading and writing. The title of this passage is Who's Got Talent? The language focus of this unit is present perfect. The passage tells about shows. Its grammar focus: superlative. The passage has three paragraphs. The first paragraph tells about what talent show has been popular and give some examples. The second paragraph tells about the common things of shows. The last paragraph tells about reasons that you like or dislike these shows. The topic, talent show, is closely related to students’ life experience, so it will not be difficult for them to understand the material.
Analysis of learning conditions
Ss are in grade 8. They have learned some words and phrases about shows, such as actor, singer, dancer, etc., and words about feelings, such as happy, sad, excited and so on. So they can use this sentence structure and words to express their favorite shows and the feelings after they listen to them. However, their reading skills of skimming for gist and scanning for specific information are still weak. What’s more, they are shy to show themselves in front of the class. In the class, Ss will be trained to improve their reading skills and the ability of expressing their opinions by various activities designed by the teacher.
Teaching objectives
Language knowledge
By the end of the class, Ss will be able to
(1) Pronounce and spell correctly the new words and phrases: talent, magician, funniest, prize, performance;
(2) Use the sentence structure to retell his favorite performers and tell us why.
Language skills
By the end of the class, ss will be able to
(1) Find the general idea of the passage;
(2) Locate some specific information of the passage;
(3) Talk about their favorite performers and the feeling after they watch their performances
Affect
By the end of the class, ss will be able to be more interested in show and try their best to have sole show or group show.