Unit1 Back to School Welcome to the unit & Reading 教学设计- 2023-2024学年高一英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第一册

课程基本信息

学科

英语

年级

高一

学期

秋季

课题

必修一第一单元 Back to school  Reading

教科书

书  名：普通高中英语教科书必修第一册

出版社：译林出版社               出版日期：2020年7月

教学目标

1. Help students summarize the outline and the theme of the speech;

2. Assist students to understand the structure, the language style and the purpose of the speech;

3. Inspire students to explore what potential is and how they can develop it;

4. Encourage students to polish their action plans for realizing one’s potential.

教学内容

教学重点：

1. Summarize the outline and the theme of the speech.
2. Analyse the structure and the purpose of the speech.

教学难点：

1. Analyse the features of the speech.

2. Read the speech critically.

教学过程

Step 1 Watch a short English speech video

Task: Watch the video and answer the questions:

1. What is the theme of the speech?

______________________________________

2. What do you think of the speech?

______________________________________

Suggested answers:

1. What is the theme of the speech?

The theme of the speech is courage    .

2.What do you think of the speech?

The speech is inspiring and impressive  .

Step 2 Read a speech transcript by a principal

Task: Read a speech transcript Realizing your potential which was given to new senior high school students by their principal, Mr Xu, on the first day of term.

Predicting the theme of the speech

Prediction: According to the title and the picture, what do you think the principal will talk about in his speech?

Realizing your potential

Suggested answers:

I believe that the principal will talk about how to be a successful senior high student. He will welcome the new senior high school students and encourage them to work hard to become better students. He might also talk about what they can expect to experience at senior high school.

Skimming for topic sentences

Task: Skim the speech transcript and find the topic sentence for each paragraph. (A1, Page4)

Tip: How to find a topic sentence

A topic sentence tells the readers the main idea of a paragraph. It is usually at the beginning of a paragraph, but it may also be in the middle or at the end of a paragraph.

A1 Skim the speech transcript and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.

Suggested answers: