Unit 1 the night of the horse阅读课教学设计2023-2024学年牛津上海版（试用本）九年级英语上册

Lesson Plan for The Night of the Horse Unit1 Ancient Greece, Oxford English, 9A Background information Teaching material Oxford English, 9A Teaching content Unit1 Ancient Greece Reading The Night of the Horse Teaching subject Junior Middle School Students, Grade9. Lesson type Reading Analysis of teaching material What Topic the night of the horse Theme Human and society Content The night of the horse is a story, which mainly narrates the night that the Greek Army use the intelligent strategy to win the war. The intelligent strategy is that six Greek soldier secretly hind in a big horse which the Trojans believe to be the Trophy of their success, and then in the midnight, the six Greek soldiers climb out of the horse and open the gate for the Greek Army to let them conquer the city of Troy. How Language & Structure The story mainly uses simple past tense to describe the night. The expressions and vivid and not difficult to understand. The passage is a narration which follows a chronological order. It mainly consists of “five elements”: what, when, where, why and how, which leads students to read logically. Why Writer’s intention The passage aims to arouse students’ interest in exploring the reason why the Greeks win the war and improve their reading skills by introducing three steps of doing reading comprehension. Analysis of students Grade Year 9 students of average level Cognitive Psychology The students are curious, motivated and interested in reading war stories. They like acting out stories in the classroom and prefer active classroom atmosphere. Knowledge Basis The students have learned the Trojan war in history class and they have mastered the past simple tense but often make mistaking in its usage. Capability ① The students have already mastered some effective reading skills but lack of practice; ② The students can capture key information of picture with deductive abilities; ③ Te students have trouble in retelling the wh