Unit3 Confucius and Today's Society Section1 Reading for Meaning 教学设计-2025-2026学年高中英语冀教版选择性必修第三册

Unit 3 Confucius and Today's Society-Section 1 Reading for Meaning 教学目标和重难点 教学目标 Language Competence: Master key words and complex sentences about Confucian thoughts, and improve abilities in reading comprehension, information extraction and English expression. Cultural Awareness: Understand the core connotation of Confucianism, recognize its contemporary value, enhance cultural confidence and cross-cultural communication awareness. Thinking Quality: Develop logical thinking through sorting out the text structure, and critical thinking through discussing the relevance of Confucian thoughts to modern society. Learning Ability: Cultivate autonomous reading and cooperative learning habits, and master effective reading strategies such as skimming and scanning. 教学重难点 Key Points: Grasp the main idea and structure of the text, master key vocabulary (e.g., benevolence, ritual, filial piety) and sentence patterns related to Confucian thoughts, and understand the specific embodiment of Confucian thoughts in today's society. Difficult Points: Deeply understand the cultural connotation of Confucian core concepts, accurately express personal views on the contemporary value of Confucianism in English, and realize the integration of traditional culture and modern society. 教学过程 Step 1: Lead-in (Lead-in Activity) The teacher starts the class by showing pictures of Confucius, the Temple of Confucius and some scenes reflecting traditional etiquette (such as students greeting teachers, family members respecting the elderly) on the multimedia screen. Then the teacher asks two questions in English: “Who is the person in the picture? What do you know about his thoughts?” After inviting 2-3 students to share their answers freely, the teacher makes a brief summary: “The person in the picture is Confucius, a great philosopher and educator in ancient China. His thoughts have a profound influence on Chinese society and even the world. Today, we will learn a passage about Confucius and explore how his thoughts are still relevant to today's society.” Design Intent: The visual materials such as pictures can quickly attract students' attention and arouse their interest in learning. By asking open questions, students are guided to recall the existing knowledge about Confucius, establish a connection between the new lesson and their prior knowledge, lay a foundation for the subsequent reading teaching, and imperceptibly cultivate students' cultural awareness by introducing Confucian-related scenes. Step 2: Pre-reading (Pre-reading Preparation) Vocabulary Preview: The teacher presents the key vocabulary of the text on the blackboard, including nouns (benevolence, ritual, filial piety, morality, harmony), verbs (emphasize, advocate, inherit, promote), adjectives (relevant, profound, enduring) and phrases (be rooted in, contribute to, be applicable to). For each word and phrase, the teacher gives a simple English explanation and a sample sentence combined with Confucian thoughts, for example, “Benevolence means kindness and love for others, which is the core of Confucius' thoughts. Confucius advocated benevolence to build a harmonious society.” Then, the teacher organizes students to read the words and phrases aloud in groups of two, and asks them to try to make simple sentences with the new words according to their own understanding. Background Briefing: The teacher briefly introduces the background of Confucius and Confucianism in English: “Confucius lived in the Spring and Autumn Period, a time of social chaos. He devoted his life to advocating moral principles and social order, and his thoughts were recorded in The Analects. Confucianism, with benevolence and ritual as the core, has become an important part of Chinese traditional culture and has been passed down for thousands of years.” At the same time, the teacher reminds students that Confucian thoughts are not outdated, but still have important guiding significance for today's social development, interpersonal relationships and personal cultivation. Design Intent: Vocabulary is the foundation of reading comprehension. Previewing key vocabulary can help students reduce obstacles in reading the text, improve reading efficiency, and lay a solid language foundation for cultivating language competence. The brief introduction of the background helps students understand the origin and core connotation of Confucian thoughts, deepen their understanding of the cultural background of the text, and further enhance their cultural awareness. The group reading and sentence-making activities also help cultivate students' cooperative learning ability and autonomous learning ability. Step 3: While-reading (In-depth Reading and Comprehension) This step is divided into three stages: skimming, scanning and careful reading, to guide students to understand the text step by step and cultivate their reading strategies and thinking quality. Skimming: The teacher asks students to read the text quickly (skimming) and answer two questions: (1) What is the main idea of the text? (2) What are the two main parts of the text? After students finish reading, the teacher invites several students to share their answers, and then summarizes: “The main idea of the text is to introduce Confucius' core thoughts and their influence and value in today's society. The text is divided into two parts: the first part introduces Confucius' life and core thoughts, and the second part discusses the contemporary significance of Confucian thoughts.” Design Intent: Skimming is an important fast reading strategy. Through skimming, students can quickly grasp the main idea and structure of the text, cultivate their ability to extract key information, and lay a foundation for in-depth reading. At the same time, sorting out the text structure helps students develop logical thinking, which is an important part of cultivating thinking quality. Scanning: The teacher asks students to read the text again (scanning) and complete a task: Find out the key information about Confucius' core thoughts and their contemporary embodiment, and fill in the following table (the table is presented on the multimedia screen): Confucius' Core Thoughts Contemporary Embodiment Benevolence Helping others, caring for the weak, building a harmonious society Ritual Following social norms, respecting others, maintaining public order Filial piety Respecting the elderly, caring for family members, inheriting family virtues Harmony Cooperating with others, reconciling contradictions, protecting the environment After students complete the table independently, the teacher organizes group discussions to check and supplement the answers. For each core thought, the teacher asks students to find the corresponding sentences in the text and read them aloud, and explains the difficult sentences in simple English to help students understand. Design Intent: Scanning is a strategy to find specific information quickly. Through this activity, students can accurately extract the key information in the text, deepen their understanding of the content of the text, and improve their ability to process information. The group discussion link can promote students' cooperative learning, let them learn from each other, and improve their ability to express and communicate in English. At the same time, combining the text content to find the embodiment of core thoughts helps students connect Confucian thoughts with modern society, laying a foundation for the subsequent discussion of contemporary value. Careful Reading: The teacher guides students to read the text carefully paragraph by paragraph, focusing on analyzing difficult sentences and exploring the logical relationship between paragraphs. Paragraph 1: The teacher asks students to read the paragraph carefully and answer: “What kind of person was Confucius?” Then, the teacher analyzes the key sentence: “Confucius, a great philosopher and educator, devoted his life to promoting moral principles and social harmony.” The teacher explains the appositive structure “a great philosopher and educator” and guides students to understand the identity and life pursuit of Confucius. Paragraphs 2-3: These paragraphs introduce Confucius' core thoughts. The teacher asks students to read the paragraphs and discuss in groups: “What is the core of Confucius' thoughts? How are benevolence and ritual related?” After the discussion, the teacher summarizes: “The core of Confucius' thoughts is benevolence, and ritual is the external manifestation of benevolence. Benevolence is the internal moral pursuit, and ritual is the specific code of conduct to realize benevolence.” At the same time, the teacher explains difficult words and sentences such as “be rooted in” and “lay the foundation for”, and guides students to understand the connotation of Confucian thoughts. Paragraphs 4-6: These paragraphs discuss the contemporary significance of Confucian thoughts. The teacher asks students to read the paragraphs and think: “In what aspects do Confucian thoughts influence today's society?” The teacher guides students to analyze the influence of Confucian thoughts on interpersonal relationships, family education, social governance and environmental protection, and combines specific examples in the text to help students understand. For example, the teacher can ask: “According to the text, how does filial piety affect family life today?” Then, guide students to find the corresponding sentence in the text and express their own understanding. Design Intent: Careful reading is the key link to in-depth understanding of the text. By analyzing difficult sentences and exploring the logical relationship between paragraphs, students can accurately grasp the details of the text, improve their language competence, and develop logical thinking ability. The group discussion and question guidance can stimulate students' thinking, let them think deeply about the connotation of the text, and lay a foundation for the subsequent exploration of the contemporary value of Confucian thoughts. At the same time, combining the text content to analyze the influence of Confucian thoughts on modern society helps students enhance their cultural awareness and recognize the contemporary value of traditional culture. Step 4: Post-reading (Consolidation and Expansion) This step includes three activities: text retelling, group discussion and writing practice, to consolidate the knowledge learned, improve students' comprehensive language application ability, and cultivate their thinking quality and cultural awareness. Text Retelling: The teacher asks students to retell the text according to the structure of the text and the key information in the table completed in the scanning stage. The teacher can give a brief prompt: “First, introduce Confucius' identity and life pursuit; then, talk about his core thoughts (benevolence, ritual, filial piety, harmony); finally, explain the contemporary significance of these thoughts.” Students can retell the text independently first, then invite 2-3 students to retell it in front of the class, and the teacher makes comments and corrections, focusing on evaluating students' use of key vocabulary and sentence patterns, and their logicality of expression. Design Intent: Text retelling can help students consolidate the content of the text, improve their ability to organize language and express in English, and test their understanding of the text. The teacher's comments and corrections can help students find their own deficiencies and improve their language competence. At the same time, retelling the text according to the structure can further strengthen students' logical thinking ability. Group Discussion: The teacher puts forward a discussion topic: “Do you think Confucian thoughts are still relevant to today's young people? Why? Please combine your own life experience to talk about your views.” The teacher divides students into groups of 4-5, and asks each group to elect a recorder and a spokesman. During the discussion, the teacher walks around the classroom, guides students to express their views freely, helps them solve the problems encountered in English expression, and reminds students to combine specific examples (such as campus life, family life, social phenomena) to support their views. After the discussion, each group sends a spokesman to share the group's views, and the teacher makes a summary and evaluation, affirming the reasonable views of each group, and guiding students to correctly understand the contemporary value of Confucian thoughts. Design Intent: Group discussion is an important way to cultivate students' cooperative learning ability and critical thinking ability. Through discussing the relevance of Confucian thoughts to young people, students can deeply think about the contemporary value of traditional culture, combine their own life experience to understand the practical significance of Confucian thoughts, and enhance their cultural confidence. At the same time, expressing views in English can improve students' oral expression ability and cross-cultural communication ability. The teacher's guidance and evaluation can help students standardize their English expression and develop correct values. Writing Practice: The teacher asks students to write a short passage (about 100 words) with the title “The Value of Confucian Thoughts in My Life”. The teacher gives some tips: (1) Briefly introduce one or two core Confucian thoughts; (2) Combine your own life experience to talk about how these thoughts affect you; (3) Express your views on inheriting Confucian thoughts. Students complete the writing independently, and the teacher collects some students' works, comments on them in class, focusing on evaluating the correctness of vocabulary and grammar, the rationality of logic and the authenticity of content. For excellent works, the teacher can read them aloud to set an example for other students. Design Intent: Writing practice is an important way to test students' comprehensive language application ability. Through writing, students can consolidate the key vocabulary and sentence patterns learned, improve their writing ability, and express their views on Confucian thoughts in a systematic way. Combining their own life experience to write can make students deeply feel the influence of Confucian thoughts on personal growth, enhance their cultural awareness, and cultivate their ability to integrate language learning with real life. The teacher's comments can help students find their own deficiencies in writing and improve their writing level. Step 5: Summary and Homework Summary: The teacher summarizes the content of the lesson in English: “Today, we learned a passage about Confucius and his thoughts. We mastered the key vocabulary and sentence patterns related to Confucian thoughts, understood the core connotation of Confucian thoughts and their contemporary significance, and discussed the relevance of Confucian thoughts to our life. Confucian thoughts are a precious part of Chinese traditional culture, and we should inherit and carry forward them.” At the same time, the teacher reviews the four-dimensional core literacy goals of the lesson, and guides students to reflect on their own learning situation. Homework: (1) Recite the key vocabulary and difficult sentences of the text, and write 5 sentences with the key words; (2) Polish the short passage written in class and hand it in the next class; (3) Surf the Internet to find more information about the influence of Confucian thoughts on the world, and prepare to share it in the next class; (4) Think about how to apply Confucian thoughts to daily life to improve your personal cultivation. Design Intent: The summary helps students sort out the knowledge learned in the lesson, consolidate the key points, and form a systematic knowledge structure. The homework is designed to consolidate the knowledge learned in class, expand students' horizons, and guide students to apply the knowledge to real life. Reciting vocabulary and sentences helps students consolidate their language foundation; polishing the short passage helps improve their writing ability; searching for extra-curricular information helps cultivate students' autonomous learning ability and expand their cultural vision; thinking about the application of Confucian thoughts helps students integrate traditional culture into daily life and enhance their cultural awareness and personal cultivation. 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 $