内容正文:
Unit3 Period 5 Reading for Writing
课时内容
Write a page in a wellness book
主题语境:人与自我 主题群:生活与学习
子主题:健康的生活方式、积极的生活态度 语篇类型:记叙文
文本分析:
【What】本文讲述了Kayla从一开始一味地追求身材苗条,过分担忧体重,到阅读完一篇文章后改变了态度,开始考虑健康而不是体重,并且积极看待自己和自己的身体,从而变得更加快乐和健康的故事。
【Why】通过阅读Kayla对待体重态度的前后转变的这篇文章,可以促进学生思考什么是真正的健康,以及如何实现真正的健康,也启发学生思考获得真正的健康的关键是积极地看待自己和自己的身体,从而真正领悟文章标题“积极向上”的深刻含义。此外,这篇文章还可以引导学生关注记叙文讲述对比与变化的语言特色。
【How】从内容上讲,本文包含两大块内容:第一部分是作者讲述过去对于苗条身材的痴迷导致对于体重的极度担忧;在第二部分,作者介绍自己在看完一篇文章之后,态度发生的重大改变。为了凸显这种与过去不同的变化,作者在文章组织方面体现了强调对比变化的记叙文的结构特点:①围绕话题从一般性陈述开始“I always wanted to look like the slim girls on TV even though I knew that it was impossible.”②描述变化并比较变化的结果“Rather than cutting out the foods I enjoyed, I added healthy foods to my meals. I could still have a burger now and then, but I would add a salad or an apple.”③展现变化如何改善生活“By being positive about myself and my body, I became both happier and healthier.”
课时目标
学完本课后,学生能够:
1.获取信息,梳理整合Kayla过去对健康的看法和曾经尝试的减肥方法及转变对体重的看法后所做出的改变。
2.梳理与归纳作者进行对比描述的语言特色,辨识与总结表达相似和差异的词块的应用。
3.结合获取与梳理的信息,应用所学词块,参考本文框架,为班级健康簿撰写一页内容,树立“真正的健康的关键是积极地看待自己和自己的身体”的观念。
重点难点
重点:梳理与归纳作者进行对比描述的语言特色,辨识与总结表达相似和差异的词块的应用。
难点:结合获取与梳理的信息,应用所学词块,参考本文框架,为班级健康簿撰写一页内容,树立“真正的健康的关键是积极地看待自己和自己的身体”的观念。
教学准备
教师准备
准备好多媒体课件。
学生准备
1.预习课本内容。
2.复习运动与健康的相关词汇。
精彩课堂
Step I 学习理解
活动一:感知与注意
Free talk.
·How do you decide whether a person is healthy or not? Why?
·What have you done to keep yourself healthy?
·Are sports very important for fitness?
·What is a wellness book?
·What does “wellness”mean?
Suggested answers:
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·A wellness book is a book in which a group of people exchange ideas about health and fitness.
·Wellness is the combination of mental health and physical health.
【设计意图】依据单元主题语境,创设问题,充分调动学生已有知识,关联新旧知识,丰富原有图式,为接下来的阅读与写作做好了铺垫。
活动二:获取与梳理
1. Ask students to look at the title and picture in Activity 1. Then have them answer the question.
·What do you think the text is about?
Suggested answer:
The text is about the story of solving fitness problems.
2. Ask students to write down the main idea of each paragraph.
Suggested answer:
Paragraph
Main idea
1
General statement of the problem
2
Changes in thinking and actions
3
Improvement in wellness
3. Ask students to read what Kayla wrote and answer the questions.
·What problem did Kayla have in the past?
·What does the sentence "I almost went bananas"mean?
·What made her change her thinking?
·What did Kayla do after she changed her thinking?
·How did Kayla feel after all those changes?
Suggested answers:
·She was worried about her weight and appearance.
·It means she nearly went crazy because she was so worried, and tried various methods.
·An article that said instead of asking "Am I fat?" people should be asking “Am I fit?”
·She runs or does 30 push-ups and adds healthy foods to her meals.
·She became both happier and healthier.
【设计意图】首先通过引导学生观察文章标题以及插图,进而大胆预测本节课所讲文章的内容。接着通过引导学生概括段落大意和回答问题,获取与梳理Kayla过去对健康的看法和曾经尝试的减肥方法和改变对体重的看法后所做出的改变。
活动三:概括与整合(Activity 2)
1. Ask students to complete the outline with the words and phrases from the text.
Suggested answers:
The past: my weight, every new diet; actresses and models
The present: fitness rather than weight; made a list of things I liked about myself
2. Ask students to underline the words and phrases used in the text to show similarities and differences.
Suggested answers:
Similarities: look like
Differences: instead of; rather than; comparing...with; but; instead
More words and phrases to show similarities and differences: so, the same as,similar to, in common with, both...and..., however, different from, in contrast
【设计意图】基于语篇,学生概括与整合作者进行对比描述的语言,辨识与总结表达相似和差异的词块的应用等,并形成自己新的知识结构,为下一步的应用实践类活动做好语言铺垫。
Step II 应用实践
活动四:分析与判断
Ask students to work in groups and discuss the following questions.
·What's the writing structure?
·What are the language features of the writing?
·What's the purpose of making comparison?
Suggested answers:
·It is problem, turning point, actions and results.
·Tip 1: Describe the positive changes by making comparison.
Tip 2: Make a comparison with these useful expressions.
Tip 3: Make the text well-organised with linking words.
·Make the story more interesting.
【设计意图】通过深度阅读课文,分析文本的写作手法、语篇逻辑等方面,有助于提高学生对该文本的深度理解,完善了学生的内容、语言和思维的图式,为真实写作做了有效铺垫。
Step III 迁移创新
活动五:想象与创造
Ask students to write a page for a class wellness book. (Activity 3)
(1)Discuss in groups.
Ask students to work in groups and choose one topic to make a discussion.
①Exercise: What can you do to make exercise like jogging more enjoyable?
②Stress: How can you plan your work and make sure that you also have time to rest and relax?
③Self-confidence: What can you do to become more confident and [eel better about yourself?
④Food: How can you make your meals healthier?
(2)Writing.
①Ask students to make their own draft of a page for a class wellness book with the information given, which should contain the present situation, changes to make, the outcome to achieve.
·What you used to do/do now and results:
·What you do now/will do in the future and possible results:
·Useful expressions to show similarities and differences
like; so; too; still; similarly; similar to; the same (...as...);in common(with);both...and...
instead; instead of; than; rather than; however/but/though; different from;the difference is...
②Ask students to write a short paragraph to describe and explain their changes.
·Start with a general statement about the topic and your situation.
·Tell the reader about how and why you changed or want to change.
·Describe the changes and compare the (possible) results.
·Tell the reader how the changes have improved or will improve your life.
Suggested answer:
I always worked overtime and sometimes even worked till the midnight.Because of the long-term staying up, I often felt sleepy and tired. It seemed that there was only work in my life. I went restless and felt stressed out.
Then I met a friend online who worked efficiently and lived gracefully. She shared some ways to work with high efficiency and showed her love for the wonderful life. I was struck by her attitude towards work and life. I made the determination to make a change. Instead of staying up, I went to bed on time.In order to improve work efficiency, I scheduled my work in advance, and made a to-do list the night before. Besides, rather than sitting before the computer the whole day, I freed myself moments to have a break every couple of hours. After work, I began to do some stress-reducing activities, such as listening to music, watching movies and doing yoga.
By making such changes, I became more relaxed and healthier.
【设计意图】此任务将语言与内容相融合,学生巩固了课堂知识,练习了与话题相关的语言技能,并将这些建构于自己的知识结构体系中。在写前提供了词汇、句型,降低了写作难度,增强了学生的写作信心。通过小组讨论,启发学生全面思考、细致模仿、不断完善自己的写作,在这个过程中树立“真正的健康的关键是积极地看待自己和自己的身体”的观念。
板书设计
Unit 3 Sports and Fit
Period V Reading for Writing
Write a page in a wellness book
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