Unit 4 Rules Are Rules!-Section 1 Reading for Meaning 教案-2025-2026学年高中英语冀教版选择性必修第四册

Unit 4 Rules Are Rules!-Section 1 Reading for Meaning 教学目标和重难点 教学目标 It focuses on developing students’ language ability to master rule-related words and understand the text. It cultivates cultural awareness of rule differences across cultures, improves thinking quality through analyzing rule significance, and enhances learning ability via independent and cooperative learning. 教学重难点 Key points: Master core words (e.g., constitution, behave) and sentence patterns about rules; grasp the text’s main idea and logical structure. Difficult points: Analyze the deep meaning of rules and use relevant language to express personal views on rules. 教学过程 Step 1: Lead-in (Lead students into the theme of rules naturally) The teacher starts the class with an open question: “What rules do you have in your daily life? For example, rules at school, at home or in public places?” Then, invite 3-4 students to share their answers in English. After that, the teacher shows some pictures on the screen, including traffic rules, classroom rules, and public place rules, and asks: “Why do we need these rules? What will happen if there are no rules in society?” Guide students to have a brief discussion in pairs. Finally, the teacher summarizes: “Rules are everywhere in our life. They maintain social order and ensure people’s normal life. Today, we will read a text about rules and explore the significance of rules together.” Design Intention: The lead-in links students’ real life with the text theme, which can arouse students’ learning interest and activate their prior knowledge about rules. By asking questions and showing pictures, students can quickly enter the learning state and lay a foundation for the subsequent reading teaching. At the same time, it helps students initially realize the importance of rules, which is conducive to understanding the deep meaning of the text later. Step 2: Pre-reading (Remove language obstacles and prepare for reading) First, the teacher presents the core vocabulary and phrases in the text on the screen, including constitution, liberty, behave, consistent, do harm to, commit a crime, send sb. to prison, etc. For each word and phrase, the teacher explains its meaning, pronunciation and usage with simple English, and gives relevant examples combined with the theme of rules. For example, when explaining “constitution”, the teacher says: “Constitution is a set of basic rules and principles that a country or organization follows. Every citizen should abide by the national constitution.” When explaining “behave”, the teacher gives the example: “Students should behave politely in public places.” Then, the teacher organizes students to do a quick matching exercise: match the words and phrases with their corresponding meanings. After the exercise, check the answers together and correct the pronunciation and usage errors of students in time. Next, the teacher briefly introduces the background of the text: “The text we will read today mainly discusses the relationship between the rule of law and the rules of life, explains the importance of rules to society and individuals, and introduces some specific rules and their roles. It helps us understand that rules are the foundation of a harmonious society.” Design Intention: Pre-reading focuses on solving the language obstacles that students may encounter in reading, such as new words and phrases. By explaining and practicing, students can master the core vocabulary and phrases, which ensures that they can understand the text smoothly. The brief introduction of the text background helps students have a preliminary understanding of the text content, clarify the reading direction, and improve reading efficiency. At the same time, it helps students connect the text with the real society, laying a foundation for in-depth understanding of the text theme. Step 3: While-reading (Guide students to read in layers and grasp the text content) Task 1: Skimming (Get the main idea of the text) Ask students to read the text quickly, without paying too much attention to details, and answer the following two questions: 1. What is the main topic of the text? 2. What is the author’s attitude towards rules? After students finish reading, invite several students to share their answers. The teacher summarizes and supplements: “The main topic of the text is the importance of rules, including the rule of law and the rules of life. The author holds a positive attitude towards rules, believing that rules are essential for the operation of society and the development of individuals.” Design Intention: Skimming is a basic reading skill. Through this task, students can quickly grasp the main idea of the text, establish the overall framework of the text, and cultivate their ability to extract key information quickly. The two questions are designed to guide students to focus on the core content of the text, avoid blind reading, and lay a foundation for further intensive reading. Task 2: Scanning (Extract specific details from the text) Ask students to read the text again carefully and complete the following table, which includes three parts: Types of Rules, Specific Contents, and Functions. The teacher gives a sample in the table to guide students to fill in. After students finish filling in, organize them to exchange answers in groups of four, check and correct each other. Then, invite a representative from each group to present the group’s answers, and the teacher makes comments and supplements. The sample table is as follows: Types of Rules Specific Contents Functions The rule of law It includes laws and regulations formulated by the state, such as laws against theft and crime. It maintains social order and protects citizens’ rights and interests. The rules of life Design Intention: Scanning is a skill to extract specific information quickly. Through filling in the table, students can sort out the specific content of the text, clarify the types, contents and functions of rules, and deepen their understanding of the text details. Group exchange can help students learn from each other, make up for their own omissions, and cultivate their cooperative learning ability. The teacher’s comments and supplements can help students correct mistakes and grasp the key details accurately. Task 3: Intensive reading (Analyze the text structure and deep meaning) First, guide students to analyze the text structure. Ask students to divide the text into several parts according to the logical relationship and summarize the main idea of each part. After students finish, the teacher organizes the whole class to discuss and determine the text structure: Part 1 (Paragraph 1-2): Introduce the importance of rules and put forward the theme that rules are essential for society. Part 2 (Paragraph 3-5): Introduce the rule of law and its functions, and give specific examples. Part 3 (Paragraph 6-8): Introduce the rules of life and their impact on individuals. Part 4 (Paragraph 9): Summarize the significance of rules and call on everyone to abide by rules. Then, focus on analyzing some key sentences in the text to help students understand the deep meaning of the text. For example, analyze the sentence “Rules are not only restrictions but also protections.” Ask students: “What does this sentence mean? Why are rules both restrictions and protections?” Guide students to discuss in pairs, and then share their views. The teacher summarizes: “Rules restrict our inappropriate behaviors, such as stealing and breaking traffic rules, which can avoid harm to others and society. At the same time, rules protect our legitimate rights and interests, such as protecting our personal safety and property safety. So rules are both restrictions and protections.” Another example: Analyze the sentence “Without rules, society would be in chaos, and people’s lives would be in danger.” Ask students to imagine a society without rules and describe what it would be like. Through imagination and discussion, students can deeply realize the importance of rules. Design Intention: Intensive reading is the key link of reading teaching. By analyzing the text structure, students can clarify the logical relationship of the text, form a systematic understanding of the text, and cultivate their ability to sort out and summarize text information. Analyzing key sentences can help students dig out the deep meaning of the text, understand the author’s intention, and improve their ability to analyze and understand the text. The discussion and imagination activities can stimulate students’ thinking, make them actively participate in the learning process, and deepen their understanding of the theme of rules. Step 4: Post-reading (Consolidate reading results and apply language knowledge) Task 1: Group discussion (Express personal views on rules) Organize students to discuss the following topics in groups of four: 1. What rules do you think are the most important in our school life? Why? 2. Have you ever broken any rules? What happened? What did you learn from it? 3. How can we encourage everyone to abide by rules? During the discussion, the teacher walks around the classroom, guides students to use the new words and phrases learned in the text, and helps students who have difficulties in expression. After the discussion, invite 2-3 groups to share their discussion results, and the teacher makes comments and affirmations, and guides students to establish a correct awareness of abiding by rules. Design Intention: Group discussion combines the text content with students’ real life, which can not only consolidate the language knowledge learned, but also enable students to express their personal views on rules, improving their oral expression ability. The discussion topics are close to students’ life, which can stimulate students’ enthusiasm for participation, make them deeply realize the importance of abiding by rules in real life, and achieve the goal of moral education. The teacher’s guidance and comments can help students standardize their oral expression and improve their language application ability. Task 2: Language practice (Consolidate vocabulary and sentence patterns) First, ask students to complete the following sentence completion exercises, using the core words and phrases learned in the text: 1. Every citizen must abide by the national ______ (constitution). 2. Students should ______ (behave) politely in public. 3. Smoking can ______ (do harm to) our health. 4. Anyone who ______ (commit a crime) will be punished by law. After students finish, check the answers together and explain the usage of relevant words and phrases again. Then, ask students to write a short passage of 80-100 words about “The Importance of Rules”, using at least 5 core words and phrases learned in the text. The teacher gives a sample passage to guide students: “Rules are very important in our life. They are the foundation of a harmonious society. Every citizen should abide by the national constitution and behave well. We should not commit crimes, because it will do harm to others and ourselves. Only by abiding by rules can we live a safe and happy life.” After students finish writing, invite several students to read their passages, and the teacher makes comments and revisions, focusing on the correct use of vocabulary and sentence patterns and the fluency of the passage. Design Intention: Language practice is an important link to consolidate the learning results. Sentence completion exercises can help students consolidate the core vocabulary and phrases, and master their usage in specific contexts. Writing a short passage can integrate the vocabulary, sentence patterns and text themes learned, improve students’ writing ability, and test students’ mastery of the text content. The sample passage can guide students to write better, and the teacher’s comments and revisions can help students find their own mistakes and improve their writing level. Task 3: Summary and extension (Deepen the understanding of the theme) First, the teacher invites students to summarize what they have learned in this class, including the core vocabulary and phrases, the main idea of the text, and the understanding of rules. Then, the teacher makes a comprehensive summary: “In this class, we have learned a text about rules, mastered some core words and phrases related to rules, understood the types, contents and functions of rules, and realized the importance of rules to society and individuals. Rules are not only restrictions but also protections. We should abide by all kinds of rules in our daily life, and strive to be a law-abiding and rule-abiding citizen.” Then, the teacher extends the theme: “In different cultures, there are different rules. After class, please find out some rules in different countries or cultures, and share them in the next class. For example, the rules of greeting in Western countries and Eastern countries, the rules of table manners, etc.” Design Intention: Summary can help students sort out the knowledge learned in this class, form a systematic knowledge framework, and deepen their memory and understanding. The theme extension can expand students’ horizons, let them understand the differences of rules in different cultures, cultivate their cultural awareness, and lay a foundation for cross-cultural communication. At the same time, it can arouse students’ interest in after-class learning and promote their autonomous learning. Step 5: Homework (Consolidate and extend learning results) 1. Review the core vocabulary and phrases learned in this class, and write down their meanings and usage in the notebook. 2. Polish the short passage written in class and hand it in the next day. 3. Find out 2-3 rules in different cultures, and prepare a short speech (about 50 words) to share in the next class. 4. Read the text again and retell the main idea of the text in your own words. Design Intention: Homework is an extension of classroom teaching, which can help students consolidate the knowledge learned in class and deepen their understanding of the text. Reviewing vocabulary and phrases can strengthen students’ memory of language knowledge. Polishing the short passage can improve students’ writing ability. Finding out rules in different cultures can expand students’ horizons and cultivate their cultural awareness. Retelling the text can improve students’ ability to summarize and express in English, ensuring that students truly master the text content. 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 $