Unit 4 Friends Forever Developing ideas 教学设计-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Book 1 Unit 4 Friends forever Developing ideas After twenty years ago (Reading) 目录 Background information 2 Text analysis 2 Analysis of students (Students at senior 1) 3 Teaching objectives 3 Teaching focus 4 Teaching difficulties 4 Teaching resources 4 Teaching procedure 4 Blackboard Design 7 Background information Lesson material: Book 1 Unit 4 Friends forever Text title: After 20 years (developing ideas) Text type: short story Lesson type: reading Students: Senior 1 students Lesson duration: 45mins Text analysis What: The theme of this text is “men and society” and the topic is “good interpersonal relationships and social interactions”. It’s a short story with three clear elements that tells a couple of friends reunite after 20 years, among which a man is a policeman, and the other man is a wanted criminal now. It’s the first time that short story is introduced in textbook. Why: It’s meaningful for students to analyze the plot and character and explore the ending and learn the moral value intended in this text: the true meaning of friendship. How: The text unfolds by following the chronological order. The text consists of many dialogues. 2 学科网(北京)股份有限公司 Analysis of students (Students at senior 1) Teaching objectives At the end of the class, students will be able to; 1.get the factual information about the basic elements of the story by skimming the text; 2.analyze character traits of Bob, Jimmy and the policeman by scanning the text; 3.predict what will happen in the end of the story with questions. Teaching focus 1. analyze character traits of Bob, Jimmy and the policeman by scanning the text; 2. predict what will happen in the end of the story with questions. Teaching difficulties 1. analyze character traits of Bob, Jimmy and the policeman by scanning the text; 2. predict what will happen in the end of the story with questions. Teaching resources Textbook, multimedia courseware, blackboard, and chalk. Teaching procedure Procedure Teaching activities Design purposes Core competencies covered Interaction time & mode Pre-reading Step 1 Ss play a guessing game about O Henry and get some basic information about him. Activate Ss’ background knowledge about O Henry. Cultural awareness 2min Step 2 Ss read the introduction of O Henry. Then T invites Ss to think: 1. What is O Henry best known for? (2)Do you like stories with surprise endings? Why or why not? Retrieve more information about O Henry; emphasize the surprise endings in his works. Cultural awareness 3min While reading Step 3 1st reading T leads Ss to read the whole text and fill in the factual information of three basic elements of the text in the mind map. Use a mind map to help Ss Retrieve information about the three basic elements of the story; activate Ss’ skill of scanning and locating information. Language ability 8min Step 4 Step 5 2nd reading Before Ss continue reading, T introduces the cultural background to Ss. Then T leads Ss to find out the personalities of Jimmy, the man and the policeman. Ss are encouraged to underline the key information about their personalities. Help Ss understand the cultural context of the story; retrieve more information and summarize the personalities of characters. Language ability; learning ability 8min T invites Ss to think: (1)Do you think his friend Jimmy would turn up? (2)What might Jimmy experience over the past twenty years? (3)What might happen between the policeman and the man? Based on the answers they respond and the information Ss mentioned in the last activity, T encourages Ss to predict and write down the ending of the story. Guide Ss to predict the ending of the story; cultivate Ss’ logical and critical thinking. Thinking capacity; language ability 8min Step 6 3rd reading T leads Ss to compare their writing with the original version and appreciate its surprise ending. Guide Ss to appreciate the merits of the original ending and learn to simulate it. Language ability; cultural awareness 5min Post-reading Step 7 Ss work in pairs to discuss the following question: Do you think that Jimmy did the right thing? Why or why not? Then T invites some pairs to share their opinions. Gide Ss to discover and understand the relationship between friendship and law. Cultural awareness 4min Step 8 Ss work in groups to discuss the following question: (1) If your friend hurts someone badly and you are the only witness, what will you do? Then T invites some groups to share their opinions and share a famous quote from Aristotle to deepen Ss’ understanding the relationship between friendship and law. Create a situation to deepen their understanding of the relationship between friendship and law. Cultural awareness 4min Step 9 Ss are asked to evaluated themselves whether they have achieved the learning objectives. Guide Ss to summarize and self-evaluate what has been learned. Learning ability 1min Assignment 1. Work in groups. Act out the whole story. 1. Predict and continue to write what would happen after Bob was released from jail. 2min Blackboard Design $$