Unit 2 Making a Difference Understanding ideas教学设计-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第三册

Teaching Plan for Unit 2: Making a Difference

Understanding Ideas

1. Textbook Analysis

This unit, titled Making a Difference, focuses on the theme of social responsibility and the impact of individual actions. The lesson centers around the story of Ryan, a Canadian boy who raised money to build a well in Africa, providing clean water to a community in need. The text is a narrative that highlights Ryan's efforts, perseverance, and the broader impact of his actions. The lesson aims to develop students' reading comprehension, critical thinking, and vocabulary skills, while also encouraging them to reflect on how small acts can lead to significant changes in the world.

2. Student Analysis

The students are high school learners with an intermediate level of English proficiency. They are familiar with basic grammar structures and have a working vocabulary, but they may still struggle with understanding complex sentences and expressing abstract ideas in English.

Many students at this age are beginning to develop a sense of social responsibility and are interested in global issues, such as poverty, environmental problems, and social justice. This makes the topic of the lesson highly engaging and relevant to them.

3. Teaching Objectives

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

1.Understand the main ideas and details of Ryan's story.

2.Analyze Ryan's personality and the key qualities that helped him achieve his goal.

3.Explore the meaning of the title and understand how small acts can make a big difference.

4.Reflect on their own potential to make a difference in the world and discuss ways to help people in need.

4. Teaching Key Points and Difficult Points

Key Points:

1.Understanding the main events and details of Ryan's story.

2.Analyzing Ryan's personality and the qualities that helped him succeed.

3.Exploring the meaning of the title and the broader impact of Ryan's actions.

Difficult Points:

1.Helping students understand the connection between Ryan's actions and the global issue of water shortage.

2.Guiding students to reflect on their own potential to make a difference and express their ideas in English.

5. Teaching Methods and Learning Strategies

Teaching Methods:

Task-based Method

Cooperative Learning Method

Problem-Guided Method

Learning Strategies:

Preview Method

Reading Strategy Method

6. Teaching Aids

PowerPoint Presentation and Whiteboard

7. Teaching Hours

This lesson is designed for 1 class hour (approximately 40 minutes).

8. Teaching Procedure

Step 1: Lead-in

1. Show a map of Africa and ask students the following questions:

Q1:What’s the problem?

Q2:What the different colors stand for?

2. Play a short video about water shortage in Africa to set the context for the lesson.

Step 2: Pre-reading

Activity1:Ss skim the whole passage and answer the two questions.

Q1:  Who is Ryan？

Q2：What did he do to solve the water problems in Africa?

Step 3: While-reading

Activity 1: Students read the text and match each paragraph with the correct main idea.

Para.1   A. Ryan decided to earn money to build a well but the money was not enough.

Para.2   B. Ryan saw the finished well with his own eyes and the students welcomed him warmly.

Para.3    C. Ryan's teacher told him the water problem in many African countries.