1、The Teaching Plan for the Blind Men and the Elephantof Unit 1 Touch and feelThe teachers nameSchoolGrade The title of the lessonBHFLEPSGrade 4The Blind Men and the Elephant The Analysis of the Teaching MaterialThis is a story in Unit 1 Touch and feel. It is adapted from the traditional Chinese story

2、, The blind men and the elephant. In this short story, four blind men use their hands to touch the elephant but have different feelings and opinions because they touched different parts of the elephant. The Content of the LessonStudents will enjoy the story: The blind men and the elephant and learn

3、to use the key words and sentences to express their feelings of touching.Notes: T : the teacher Ss: the studentsTeaching Aims1.Knowledge ObjectivesSs can read and understand the short story.Ss can use grasp the words about feelings in these sentences: The elephant is hard.Its soft.Its thin.Its thick

4、.2. Ability ObjectivesSs will be able to:Predict the story.Act out the story with group members.3. Affective ObjectivesSs will learn to be cooperative.Ss will learn to describe the elephant as a whole, not just describing the parts.Teaching Key and Difficult PointsKey PointSs read and understand the

5、 story.Difficult PointSs work in groups to act out the story.Teaching Procedures Ts activitiesSss activitiesStep 1 Warm-up1. Sing a song: How does it feel?1. Sing a song.Review the four words learnt before: hard, soft, thick, thin.Step 2Pre-reading1. Show a picture of four men sitting under a tree a

6、nd ask some questions. 2. Teach the new word: blind by showing pictures.Answer these questions:1. Why are they sitting under a tree?2. Are they sleeping? Why are they closing their eyes?3. Learn the new word: blind.1. Predict the story.2. Prepare for the reading.Step 3While-reading1. Fast readingGui

7、de the Ss listen and read the first part. 2. Detailed reading(1)Attract Sss attention by the sound of the elephant. (2) Guide Ss to think over some questions before reading and encourage different opinions. Let Ss read the whole story. (3) Let Ss finish a table.1. Fast reading Listen and read the fi

8、rst part to check their guessing in pre-reading. 2. Detailed reading (1) Talk about what an elephant is like. (2) Read the whole story and answer these questions:How can the blind men get to know what the elephant is like?Do they have the some opinion?(3) Read the story again and finish the table.Ge

9、t some background information about this story, such as weather.Get to understand the story in details.Step 4 Post -reading1. Encourage Ss to retell the story.2. Guide the Ss to act out the story. Give them an example.Ss work in a group of 7 to act out the story.Ss understand the story better and le

10、arn to cooperate to act it out.Step 5 ConsolidationEncourage the Ss to think over the questions: 1. Why do the blind men have different opinions?2. After reading the story, what is an elephant like? Ss think over and answer the questions. Ss look at the pictures and learn different parts of the elep

11、hant. Make Ss understand this story better.Step6 Homework1. Read the story again and tell it to your parents. 2. Read more stories. 1. Consolidate what we have learnt today.2. Learn more stories.The Blackboard DesignTeaching Reflections and Evaluation1. The newly developed learning material must be thoroughly studiedfirst. If necessary, adapt the text into a more suitable one a