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《高中英语(上外版)》选择性必修第二册 Unit 4 Disaster Survival
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课时:第 7 课时
课型:写作课
一、教学设计与说明
1. 教学目标
教学内容: Writing an expository essay
on a natural disaster
设计者:
本课核心目标为引导学生整合本单元中各灾害形成的原因、后 果、地点、措施等要素;依据说明文的结构特征和语言特点简要介绍某种自然灾害。
2. 设计思路
本课为本单元的第 7 课时,旨在引导学生基于本单元关于自然灾害与防范的相关语篇 内容,通过解读和分析范例文本的内容和结构,学习说明文体裁的写作目的、对象、写作 方法和语篇特点,从而完成介绍某一自然灾害的说明文语篇的任务。
首先,教师激活学生思维,带领学生回顾近期在本单元所学习到的自然灾害内容,让 学生思考介绍自然灾害需要涉及哪些方面。接着,教师创设写作情境,即学校近期开展自 然灾害教育周活动;带领学生一起研读教材所提供的范文,以一系列的设问,引导学生解 读语篇内容,证实猜测;同时分析结构并梳理说明文写作特点。之后,学生通过小组讨论, 确定选题,并头脑风暴该灾害的成因、危害和防范措施。最后,学生独立完成作文提纲并 组内分享。
3. 重点难点
教学重点:知晓说明文的文体结构、说明对象和说明方法,并在实践写作中运用。
教学难点:能设计合理的说明文语篇结构,恰当地运用说明方法,介绍某一自然灾害。
Lesson Plan
By the end of this period, students are expected to
1. summarize different aspects of natural disasters such as harmful effects, causes, locations, measures to take.
2. introduce a natural disaster based on the structure and language of an expository writing.
Procedures:
I. Interactive activity 1: Initiating the topic.
*T: Show students the pictures of various disasters and review what they have learned about them.
*Ss: Review the disasters they have learned in this unit and predict how to introduce a disaster.
Purpose: To help students get ready for the learning.
Guided questions:
1. What do you know about these disasters?
2. Based on what you have said, what elements can be included when introducing a disaster?
II. Interactive activity 2: Reading the sample writing and analyzing the passage pattern.
*T: Ask students to read the sample essay and guide them to analyze the passage pattern. *Ss: Read the sample essay, confirm their predictions, and figure out the passage pattern.
Purpose: To let students aware of the expository writing’s passage pattern.
Guided questions:
1. Are there any other aspects?
2. What is the function of the 1st paragraph? What is the function of the 5th paragraph?
3. Can we disorganize para 2-4?
(Yes, because they introduce different aspects of the tsunami. They are parallel.)
III. Interactive activity 3: Read the sample writing one by one and figuring out the features
of an expository writing.
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*T: Ask students to locate information and figure out the basic features of an expository writing.
*Ss: Read the sample writing again and discuss with group members to figure out basic features.
Purpose: To help students make clear the features of an expository writing.
Guided questions:
1. What is the definition of a tsunami? How to make a definition?
2. Can you figure out the structure of the body part by filling the table?
3. Can you think about more measures to take?
IV. Interactive activity 4: Deciding on a certain disaster and gathering details.
*T: Ask students to discuss with group members and decide on a certain disaster. Ask them to brainstorm about its causes, harmful effects, possible locations, and what measures to take.
*Ss: Discuss with group members and decide on a certain disaster for the writing task. Brainstorm about its causes, harmful effects, possible locations, and measures to take.
Purpose: To encourage students to gather as many details as possible and get prepared for the writing task.
Guided questions:
1. What disaster do you want to introduce?
2. What are the causes and harmful effects of it?
3. What measures should be taken when the disaster happens?
V. Independent activity 5: Completing the outline and drafting an expository essay.
*T: Lead students to complete the outline and draft the essay.
*Ss: Select the ideas from the discussion and work out an outline.
Purpose: To encourage students to put the writing skills learned into practice.
Guided Question:
Who would like to share your outline?
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VI. Assignment:
1.Search for relevant information on the Internet to add more details. 2.Write your essay based on the outline.
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