Unit 1 Food Matters-Reading 教案-2025-2026学年高中英语译林版选择性必修第一册

Unit 1 Food Matters-Reading 教学目标和重难点 1. 教学目标 It focuses on improving students’ language ability via food-related discourse, cultivating cultural awareness by understanding food diversity, developing thinking quality through critical discussion, and enhancing learning ability by guiding autonomous and cooperative learning. 2. 教学重难点 Key points: Grasp the main idea and details of the passage about comfort food, and master core vocabularies and sentence patterns. Difficult points: Understand the emotional and cultural connotations of comfort food and use target language to express personal views. 教学过程 Step 1 Lead-in Show several pictures of traditional food from different countries and ask students to share their favorite food and the reason why they like it. Invite volunteers to speak actively and give positive feedback.Design Intent: Arouse students’ interest in the topic, connect their life experience, and create a relaxed English learning atmosphere to lay a foundation for text learning. Step 2 Pre-reading Teach key words and phrases in the text, such as comfort food, flavour, emotion, memory, culture, bond. Explain their meanings and usage in context with simple examples. Ask students to guess what the text will talk about according to the title and pictures.Design Intent: Remove vocabulary obstacles in advance, help students predict the text content, and cultivate predictive reading ability to improve reading efficiency. Step 3 While-reading Activity 1 Skimming Ask students to read the text quickly and find the main idea of each paragraph. Guide them to summarize the core topic of the text and figure out the author’s attitude towards comfort food.Design Intent: Train students’ fast reading ability, help them grasp the overall structure of the text, and form a holistic understanding of the passage. Activity 2 Scanning Let students read carefully and answer detailed questions: What is comfort food? Why can comfort food bring people warmth? How is comfort food related to culture? Guide students to mark key sentences and organize answers clearly.Design Intent: Improve students’ ability to obtain specific information, deepen their understanding of the text details, and learn to locate key information accurately. Activity 3 Critical Reading Organize group discussions to explore: Why do different people have different comfort food? What cultural messages can we get from comfort food? Encourage students to express their own opinions and listen to others’ ideas.Design Intent: Develop students’ critical thinking and cooperative communication ability, guide them to think deeply about the connection between food, emotion and culture. Step 4 Post-reading Activity 1 Language Focus Analyze important sentences in the text, explain sentence structures and collocations. Let students imitate the sentences to make new ones about their own comfort food, and consolidate the use of key language points.Design Intent: Help students master key language knowledge, enhance their ability to use language flexibly, and connect input and output effectively. Activity 2 Role Play and Speech Divide students into groups to role play: one student talks about his comfort food, and others ask questions about its story and meaning. Then invite representatives to give a short speech on “My Comfort Food”.Design Intent: Improve students’ oral expression and practical communication ability, encourage them to use what they have learned to express personal feelings and experiences. Activity 3 Cultural Extension Introduce food customs in different cultures, compare the similarities and differences between Chinese and foreign comfort food, and guide students to respect diverse food cultures.Design Intent: Broaden students’ cultural vision, enhance cross-cultural awareness, and help them view food culture from an international perspective. Step 5 Summary and Homework Lead students to review the main content, key vocabulary and sentences of this class. Summarize the relationship between food, emotion and culture. Assign homework: write a short passage about their comfort food, including its story and emotional meaning.Design Intent: Help students sort out knowledge systematically, consolidate what they have learned, and realize the transformation from classroom learning to after-class application to improve comprehensive language ability. 1 / 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $