Unit2HomeSweetHome

Lesson4

I.TeachingObjectives

Bytheendofthelesson,studentswillbeableto:

1.understandthemainideaanddetailsofthetextaboutfamilyreunionduringtheSpringFestival;

2.describefamilymembers’actionsandfeelingsusingkeyphrasesfromthetext;

3.developreadingskillssuchasskimming,scanning,andinferringemotionsfromcontext;

4.expresspersonalopinionsaboutthemeaningof"home"inEnglish.

II.KeyPointsandDifficulties

KeyPoints:

StudentscanunderstandthemainideaanddetailsofthetextaboutfamilyreunionduringtheSpringFestival.

Studentscandiscusstheconceptof"home"usingdescriptivelanguage.

Difficulties:

1.Studentsmaystruggletoinferemotionsfromdescriptivephrases;

2.Studentsmightfinditchallengingtoexpressabstractideasabout"home"inEnglish.

III.TeachingMethods

1.TaskbasedLearning.

2.GroupDiscussion.

3.GuidedReading.

IV.TeachingAids:CAI

V.TeachingProcedures

Step1:Warmup

Activity:Studentsthinkaboutthequestionbelowandsharetheirideas.

Howdoyoufeelathome?Giveoneword.

Purpose:Activatepriorknowledgeandintroducethetopic.

Step2:Prereading

Predicting:

1.Whatmightthestorybeabout?

2.WhyistheSpringFestivalspecialforfamilies?

Studentsanswerthequestionsbasedonthetitleandpictures.

Step3:Whilereading

FirstReading(1b):

(1)Whatisthestorymainlyabout?

A)Afamily’striptoHainanfortheSpringFestival.

B)Aboy’sschoollifeandhisachievements.

C)Afamily’sreunionatthegrandparents’homeduringtheSpringFestival.

D)Thedifficultiesoftravelingbytrainandbus.

(2)Readandanswer:

1)WheredidthewritergofortheSpringFestival?

2)What’sthenameofthewriter?

3)Howdidthefamilyfeel?

2.SecondReading(1c)

Studentsreadagainandfillinfamilymembers’actions.

3.Thirdreading

Readandanswer:

1)Howdidthefamilytraveltothegrandparents’village?

Answer:Theytookatrainandthenchangedtoabus.

2)Whowaswaitingforthefamilyinthecoldwind?

Answer:Grandpaandthelittlecousin.

3)Whatdidthewriter’smumsaywhentheyarrived?

Answer:“Ah,homeagain!”

4)Inthesentence“Weenjoyedthefamiliartasteofhome,”whatdoes“familiar”mean?

A)Strangeandnew.

B)Wellknownandforting.

C)Spicyandhot.

D)Expensiveandrare.

3.DeepReading:

1)WhydidGrandmaask,“Willyouehomemoreoften?”whenthefamilyleft?

Answer:Shefeltsadabouttheirdepartureandwantedtoseethemmore.

2)WhatcanweinferabouttheSpringFestivalfromthetext?

Answer:Itisatimeforfamilyreunionsandshowinglove.

3)Howdidthewriterprobablyfeelduringthetrip?

A)Boredbecauseofthelongjourney.

B)Excitedtomeetfamilyandenjoytimetogether.

C)Angryaboutchangingtransportation.

D)NervousabouttalkingtoGrandpa.

Step4:Postreading

GroupTask:

Discussthepoem"Home"andshare:

Whatdoes‘home’meantoyou?(Usephraseslike"aplaceoflove,""weleme.")

VI.Summary

Homeisnotjustaplace—it’safeelingofloveandbelonging.

VII.Homework

1.Writeaparagraph(56