(1) Theoretical background: Functional theory.
(2) Teaching Key Points: guide students to learn some new words and expressions.
(3) Teaching Difficult Points: introduce body language in English.
(4) Learning Objectives:
① Students can learn some new words and expressions.
②Students can improve their reading abilities, especially for getting the main idea and specific information.
③ Students can learn to treasure foodstuffs and save resources.
(5) Teaching Method: Task-based Language Teaching.
(6) Teaching Procedures:
Step 1: Warm-up and Lead-in (5 minutes)
Greet with students, have them look at the English version of the Chinese poem The Peasant displayed on the screen and ask them to have a free talk on the following question: What is the poem intended to convey?
(Justification: to arouse students? interest in the topic that is to be discussed.)
Step 2: Pre-reading (5minutes)
Show students some pictures of Yuan Longping and teach them some new words in the text.
(Justification: to help students better master the new words, which paves the way for the understanding of the passage.)
Step 3: While-reading (20 minutes)
① Skimming
Ask students to skim the passage and find out the general idea of the passage.
(Justification: to improve their ability of obtaining the gist of the text within a limited period of time.)
② Scanning
Ask students to read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
(Justification: to enhance their ability of locating the specific information, which aims to enable them to better understand the passage.)
Step 4: Post-reading (10 minutes)
Ask students to work in groups and have a discussion with the topic of the significance of Yong Longping's contribution to us humans. Then invite several some students to expound their viewpoints.
(Justification: to boost their speaking skills, foster their awareness of cooperation and cultivate their logical thinking patterns.)
Step 5: Summary (3 minutes)
Ask students to conclude what they have learnt in class and invite one student to give out his answer.
(Justification: to consolidate the knowledge that is imparted to them.)
Step 6: Homework (2 minutes)
Ask students to write an essay about the importance of cherishing foodstuffs within 120 words.
(Justification: to make them develop critical thinking patterns and advance their writing skills.)
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