Unit 1 Cultural Heritage Reading and Thinking 教学设计-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第二册

· Teaching objectives After the class, students will be able to: · Sort out the structure and the factual information of the text; · Identify/Make the timeline to outline the text; · Apply the learned knowledge to make a report about protecting cultural heritage; · Promote the significance and value of protecting cultural heritage. · Teaching key points & Difficulties Key points: · Sort out the structure and the factual information of the text; · Identify/Make the timeline to outline the text; Difficulty: · Apply the learned knowledge to make a report about protecting cultural heritage; · Promote the significance and value of protecting cultural heritage. · Teaching procedures ( 45 mins in total) Ⅰ.Lead in (3 mins) Activity 1: Watching and Talking------Learning and comprehending (3 mins) 【Individual work】 【思路1】 The teacher presents some pictures about the local cultural sites and asks students to speak out what they have known about these sites. T: Can you speak out what you have known about these cultural sites?【introduce the topic】 S: 【free speaking】 T: Today’s class mainly talks about the Aswan Dam project in Egypt. What do you already know about it? 【activate background knowledge/schema】 What: the Aswan Dam project Where: Egypt When: In the 1950s-1980s How: The global community-collaboration S： 【思路2】——问题+图片导入 The teacher raises problems: What comes to your mind about heritage?（brainstorming） And how much do you know about heritage?(schema) 【思路3】 The teacher presents some pictures about the local cultural sites and asks students to speak out what they have known about these sites. And then T raises a problem: How to keep a balance between developing tourism and protecting cultural sites? 【Purposes】To introduce the topic and activate background knowledge(schema). Ⅱ. Pre-reading (5 mins) Activity 2: Predicting------Learning and comprehending(5 mins) 【Individual work】 T asks Ss to read the title and look at the two pictures to predict the content of the text. T: What do you think the text is mainly about? 【Purposes】 1.To predict the theme and main content; 2. To motivate reading interests and reading expectation. Ⅲ. While-reading (25 mins) Activity 3: Fast reading------Learning and comprehending(5 mins) 【Individual work】 The teacher asks students to skim the text quickly and find out the information covered in the text. 【Skimming for general ideas】 1. What kind of text is it? The type of the text is expository writing(说明文). 2. What’s the topic sentence and main idea of each paragraph? Topic sentence and key word 3.How many parts can the passage be divided into?【structure】 Part 1: Para 1-2——problems Part 2: Para 3-5——solutions Part 3: Para 6——spirit & inspiration 【Purposes】 To get the general information and understand the article as a whole, paving the way for in-depth analysis. Activity 4: Detailed reading------Learning and comprehending(15 mins)【Pair work】【Scanning for details】 T asks Ss to read the text again and answer the questions to better Ss’ understanding. Task 1: Read Part 1(Para 1-2: Problems) and answer the questions. T1: What problems are mentioned in Part1? T2: Why did the Egyptian government want to attempt the building of the dam? They wanted to control floods and bring electricity and water to more farmers in the area to help economic development. T3: How did the Egyptian government solve the problem? The government turned to the united Nations for help. Task 2: Read Part 2(Para 3-5:Solutions) as well as draw a timeline to show how to solve the problem and answer the questions. Timeline: Questions: Q1. How did UN deal with this problem of building Aswan Dam? A committee was established to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and prevent the loss of cultural relics. Q2.How were the temples and other cultural sites saved? They were taken down piece by piece and then moved and put back together again in a place where they were safe from the water. Task 3: Read Part 3(Para 6:spirit) and answer the question. Q: What’s the spirit of the Aswan Dam? 【Purposes】 1.To use factual information to analyze questions step by step; 2.To have a further understanding of the text and improve students' problem analysis and solving ability. Activity 5: Deep reading------Applying and practicing 【Pair work】 T asks Ss to analyze the text as well as find out the steps to solve a problem and corresponding supporting details. Ⅳ. Post-reading (10mins) Activity 6: Group Discussion/Make a report ------ Transferring and creating (10 mins) 【2选1，优先1】 Q：What can we do to protect our Chinese cultural heritage? Q: A lot of money was spent to protect the temples. Do you think it was worthwhile? Why or why not? 【Purposes】 1.To cultivate students’ awareness of the value of Chinese cultural heritage and enable ss to reflect on their own lives. 2.To build appreciation of their own responsibility towards protecting Chinese cultural heritage. Ⅴ. Summary (1 min) T clarifies the basic information of cultural heritage. Also, T promotes the value of protecting cultural heritage according to the previous activities. Ⅵ. Assignments (1 min) Compulsory: Ss write an article about how to protect our Chinese cultural heritage. (80 words). Optional: Do some research on Chinese cultural heritage (e.g. The Great Wall) by surfing the Internet and make a report about how to protect it. · Blackboard design 2 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$