Unit1EveryDayLesson3AFirefighter'sDayThislessonisfromUnit1EveryDayofthe2024versionoftheEnglishtextbookforGrade7,publishedbyBeijingNormalUniversity.Itfocusesonafirefighter'sday,presentingthedailyroutineandworkoffirefighters.ThroughreadingapassageaboutJimRobert,afirefighter,studentswilllearnaboutthedetailsofafirefighter'slife,includingtheirworkinghours,training,andemergencyresponse.Thecontentisrichinvocabularyrelatedtofirefightinganddailyactivities,whichhelpsstudentsexpandtheirwordbankandunderstandtheimportanceofthisnobleprofession.教學(xué)目標(biāo)1.LanguageKnowledgeStudentswillbeabletomasterkeyvocabularysuchas"firefighter","emergency","extinguisher","routine","rescue","injure",etc.Learnandusesentencepatternslike"Whatdoesafirefighterdo?","Theyhelppeopleinemergencies.","Whenafirehappens,firefightersrushtothescenetorescuepeopleandputoutthefire."correctly.2.LanguageSkillsImprovestudents'readingskills,includingskimmingforthemainideaandscanningforspecificinformationinthepassageaboutafirefighter'sday.Developstudents'speakingskillsbydescribingafirefighter'sjobanddailyactivities,andexpressingtheiropinionsaboutthisprofession.3.EmotionalAttitudesCultivatestudents'respectandadmirationforfirefightersandotherprofessionsthatcontributetosociety.Raisestudents'awarenessoffiresafetyandtheimportanceoffollowingsafetyregulations.4.LearningStrategiesGuidestudentstousenotetakingstrategieswhilereadingtobetterorganizeinformation.Encouragestudentstocooperatewitheachotheringroupdiscussionsandpairwork,improvingtheircollaborativelearningability.教學(xué)重難點(diǎn)1.KeyPointsVocabularyacquisition:Ensurestudentscanaccuratelyunderstand,pronounce,andusevocabularyrelatedtofirefighters'work.Sentencepatternapplication:Enablestudentstoproficientlyuserelevantsentencepatternstodescribeandmunicateaboutfirefighters'work.2.DifficultPointsCulturalprehension:Helpstudentsdeeplyunderstandthesocialsignificanceandculturalconnotationsofthefirefighterprofession,asstudentsmayhavelimitedpriorknowledge.Listeningprehension:Improvestudents'abilitytoidentifykeyinformationinlisteningmaterialsrelatedtofirefighters'workscenesandunderstandplexjobrelateddescriptions.1.VocabularyFirefightingrelated:firefighter(n.),emergency(n.),extinguisher(n.),firetruck(n.),rescue(v.&n.),injured(adj.),injury(n.),burn(v.&n.)Dailyactivities:routine(n.),getup,tidytheroom,taketurns,telljokes,teamexercise,havebreakfast,wait,run,havelunch,haveashortrest,practiseskills,havedinner,gotobed2.SentencePatternsWhatdoesafirefighterdo?is...efighter'sjobis...Theyhelppeopleinemergencies.Whenafirehappens,firefighters...Weneedto...3.GrammarSimplepresenttenseisusedtodescribedailyroutines.Forexample,"Everyday,wegetupat5:20a.m."Useof"when"tointroduceadverbialclausesoftime.Suchas"Whenafirehappens,firefightersrushtothescene."教學(xué)過(guò)程1.Warmingup(5minutes)Showstudentssomepicturesoffirefightersinaction,suchasputtingoutfires,rescuingpeoplefromburningbuildings,anddrivingfiretrucks.Askstudents:"Whatdoyouseeinthepictures?Doyouknowwhatthesepeopledo?Haveyoueverseenarealfirefighter?"Encouragestudentstosharetheirexperiencesandideasbriefly.2.Prereading(10minutes)VocabularyteachingPresentnewwordsonebyoneonthePPT.Foreachword,showitspronunciation,meaning,andanexamplesentence.Forexample,fortheword"firefighter",say"Afirefighterisapersonwhoistrainedtoputoutfiresandrescuepeople.Forexample,Firefightersareverybrave."Letstudentsrepeatthewordsaftertheteacherseveraltimestopracticepronunciation.Useflashcardsorwordgameslike"WordBingo"tohelpstudentsrememberthewords.Prepareabingocardwithnewwordsforeachstudent.Readoutthedefinitionsorexamplesentences,andstudentsmarkthecorrespondingwordsontheircards.Thefirstonetogetabingo(arow,column,ordiagonalofmarkedwords)wins.PredictionShowthetitleofthepassage"AFirefighter'sDay"andaskstudentstopredictwhattheywillreadabout.Guidethemtothinkaboutquestionslike"Whattimedoesafirefightergetup?Whatdoesafirefighterdoduringtheday?Doesafirefighterhavefreetime?"Letstudentssharetheirpredictionsinpairsandtheninvitesomepairstoreporttotheclass.3.Whilereading(15minutes)FastreadingLetstudentsquicklyreadthepassagetogetthegeneralidea.Setatimelimit,forexample,2minutes.Thenaskthemtoanswerageneralquestionlike"Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?"(ThepassagemainlytalksaboutthedailylifeandworkofafirefighternamedJimRobert.)CarefulreadingAskstudentstoreadthepassageagaincarefully.Givethemsomedetailedquestionstoanswer,suchas"WhattimedoJimRobertandotherfirefightersgetup?Whydotheyeatbreakfastveryfast?Whatskillsdotheypractiseintheafternoon?"Studentscanreadthepassagesentencebysentence,findtherelevantinformation,andanswerthequestions.Afterstudentsfinishansweringthequestions,checktheanswerstogether.Explainanydifficultsentencesornewlanguagepointsthatappearintheprocessofansweringthequestions.Forexample,forthesentence"Weneedtowaitanhourafterbreakfastbeforewerunat8:30a.m.",explaintheuseof"before"asaconjunctiontointroduceatimeclause.Letstudentstakenotesaboutthefirefighter'sdailyroutine.Theycanuseatableoraflowcharttoorganizetheinformation.4.Postreading(10minutes)RoleplayDividestudentsintogroupsoffour.Ineachgroup,twostudentsactasfirefighters,andtheothertwoactasreporters.The"reporters"interviewthe"firefighters"abouttheirdailyworkandfeelingsaboutthejob.The"firefighters"shouldusetheinformationfromthepassageandtheirownimaginationtoanswerthequestions.Forexample,thereportermayask"Whatdoyouthinkisthemostdifficultpartofyourjob?"andthefirefightermayanswer"Themostdifficultpartiswhenwefaceverybigfiresandweneedtorescuepeopleindanger.It'sverydangerous,butwemusttryourbest."Aftertheroleplay,invitesomegroupstoperforminfrontoftheclass.Lettherestofthestudentslistencarefullyandthengivesomements,suchaspraisinggoodlanguageuseorsuggestingimprovementsinexpression.DiscussionPosesomediscussionquestions,suchas"Whatdoyouthinkofafirefighter'sjob?Isitimportant?Why?Whatotherjobsareasimportantasfirefighters'jobs?"Letstudentsdiscussingroups.Eachgroupshouldchoosearepresentativetosummarizethegroup'sopinionsandreporttotheclass.5.SummaryandHomework(5minutes)SummaryReviewthekeyvocabularyandsentencepatternslearnedinthisclasswithstudents.Askstudentstorecallthemainpointsofafirefighter'sday.Summarizetheimportanceoffirefightersandtheknowledgeabouttheirworkthatwehavelearned.HomeworkAskstudentstowriteashortpassageaboutadayoftheirfavoriteprofession.Theyshoulduseatleastfivenewwordsandthreesentencepatternslearnedinthisclass.Encouragestudentstowatchadocumentaryorreadmorearticlesaboutfirefightersorotherspecialprofessionsathomeandsharewhattheylearninthenextclass.教學(xué)反思Afterthisclass,Iwillreflectonthefollowingaspects:1.TeachingObjectivesCheckwhetherstudentshaveachievedthelanguageknowledgeandskillsgoals.Forexample,observeifstudentscancorrectlyusethevocabularyrelatedtofirefightersandusethesentencepatternstodescribeafirefighter'sjob.Ifsomestudentsstillhavedifficulties,Ineedtodesignadditionalexercisesorreviewsessionstohelpthem.Evaluatewhethertheemotionalattitudes,learningstrategies,andculturalawarenessgoalshavebeeneffectivelypromoted.Seeifstudentsshowmorerespectforfirefightersandotherprofessions,andiftheyhaveusedthelearningstrategieslikenotetakingandcooperativelearningactively.2.TeachingMethodsConsiderwhethertheteachingmethodsused,suchasvocabularygames,readingprehensionquestions,roleplay,andgroupdiscussion,aresuit