内容正文:
Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.
Section B 2 (2a-2e)
一、教学目标
1. 语言知识目标:
(1) 掌握本课时重点单词及短语:
announce, spaghetti, hoax, discovery, lady, cancel, officer, believable, disappear, embarrassing, sell out, play tricks on sb., end up
(2) 掌握本课时重点句型:
Many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other.
Many people ran to their local supermarkets to buy as much spaghetti as they could.
By the time people realized that the story was a hoax, all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.
(3) 能谈论过去发生在自己身上的愚人节事件。
2. 语言技能目标:
(1) 能根据语篇中的段落首句,激活相关背景知识,预测文章内容。
(2) 能精准流畅地讲述过去发生的事件以及意想不到的事情。
3. 情感态度价值观目标:
本单元以“unexpected events”为话题,谈论过去发生的意料之外的事物。引导学生学会用过去完成时来叙述过去的经历。通过本课时的学习,能正确看待愚人节的玩笑。
4. 学习策略目标:
本节课重在培养学生阅读策略,依据段落首句及背景知识合理预测文章内容。
5. 文化意识目标:
了解愚人节风俗,从文化差异角度体验、理解愚人节活动等西方传统节日,从而进行更有效的沟通和交流。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点:
(1) 掌握本课时重点单词、短语及句型。
(2) 根据语篇中的段落首句,激活相关背景知识,预测文章内容。
2. 教学难点:
(1) 根据语篇中的段落首句,激活相关背景知识,预测文章内容。
(2) 能流畅地讲述过去发生在自己身上的愚人节事件。
三、教学方法
本节阅读课采用活动教学法和合作教学法相结合的方法。
四、教学过程
Step 1 Lead-in
Watch a video about April Fool’s Day and answer the question—What do people do on April Fool’s Day ?
S: Many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes on each other on April Fool’s Day.
S: They spread hoaxes.
Step 2 Pre-reading
2a T: Have you ever played jokes on others, especially on April Fool’s Day?
T: Have you ever been fooled by others?
Step 3 While-reading
1. Fast reading
(1) 2b. Please read the passage in 2b and get the general idea of the article.
(2) 2b. Read the passage quickly. Match each paragraph with the main idea.
(3) Read the passage and analyze the structure of the passage.
2. Careful reading
(1) Read Para. 1 and find the answers.
Q1: Where does April Fool’s Day take place?
Q2: When does it happen?
Q3: What do people do on that day?
(2) Read Para. 2 and get the information about the two tricks.
When did the trick happen?
Who played the trick?
Where did the trick happen?
What did the man do?
What’s the result of the trick?
(3) Read Para. 2 and find the answers.