Lesson18NeverCatchaDinosaur

一.TeachingObjectives

Languagepetence

1.Studentscanmasternewwords:rule,accident,careless,warn,training.

2.Studentscanunderstandandusesentencestotalkaboutlearningfromaccidents.

CulturalAwareness

StudentsknowthatinWesternculture,listeningtoothers'warnings,especiallyaboutsafety,ishighlyvalued.

ThinkingQuality

Studentscananalyzethecausesofaccidentsintheletterandthinkabouttheimportanceoffollowingrulesandwarnings.

2.Studentscanthinkcriticallyabouttherelationshipbetweencarelessnessandaccidents.

LearningAbility

1.StudentscanimprovetheirreadingabilitybyreadingLiMing'sletter.

2.Studentscanworkingroupstodiscusstheirownexperiencesoflearningfromaccidents,enhancingtheircooperativelearningability.

二.TeachingKey&DifficultPoints

KeyPoints

1.Masteryofnewwords:rule,accident,careless,warn,training.

2.Understandingandusingsentencestodescribelearningfromaccidents.

DifficultPoints

1.Usingthenewwordsandsentencescorrectlyinspeakingandwriting.

2.Encouragingstudentstoexpresstheirownexperiencesclearlyandfluently.

三.TeachingAids

PPTwithpicturesrelatedtotheletter'scontent.

四.TeachingProcedures

Step1Warmup

Theteachershowssomepicturesoffollowingrules(likewaitinginline)andnotfollowingrules(likerunninginthehallway)onthePPT.

Askstudents:"Doyoufollowrules?""Whyisitimportanttofollowrules?"

Letstudentsdiscussinpairsandthensharetheirideas.

Step2Presentation

VocabularyTeaching:

Showthewordcard"rule".Say:"Aruleissomethingyoushouldorshouldnotdo."

Showthewordcard"accident".Say:"Anaccidentissomethingbadthathappensunexpectedly."

Showthewordcard"careless".Say:"Ifyouarecareless,youdon'tpayenoughattention."

Showthewordcard"warn".Say:"Towarnsomeoneistotellthemaboutpossibledanger."

Showthewordcard"training".Say:"Trainingistheactoflearningorpracticingforsomething."

Letstudentsreadthewordsaftertheteacherandthenreadthembythemselves.

SentenceTeaching:

Showthepictureofadangeroussituation.Say:

Iwillnevertrytocatchafallingdinosaur.Itisn’tsafe!

Showthepictureofamotherwarningachild.Say:

Now,Ialwayslistentomymother’swarningsaboutsafety.

Letstudentsrepeatthesentences.

Step3Reading

Prereading:

Askstudentsthe"THINKABOUTIT"questions:"Haveyoueverlearnedalessonfromanaccident?""Isitimportanttolistentootherpeople’swarnings?Whyorwhynot?"

Letstudentssharetheiranswers.

Whilereading:

Askstudentstoreadtheletterquicklyandfindout:"WhatlessondidLiMinglearn?"

Thenaskstudentstoreadthetextcarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions:

WhatruledidBrianmake?

WhataccidenthappenedtoDanny?

WhathappenedtoLiMingwhenhewasseven?

HowlongdidittakeLiMingtorecover?

Walkaroundtheclassroomtohelpstudentswhohavedifficulties.

Postreading:

LetstudentsretellLiMing'sstoryintheirownwordswiththehelpofkeywordsandsentences.

Oneday,LiMingwenttotheparkwithhismother.He____________abigtreeeventhoughhismothertriedto_______him.Whenhegotand,hebecamesoexcitedthathethoughthecouldalmost______thesky.Butsuddenly,thebroke,hefellandthegroundveryhard.Hecouldn’t______hisleg.It.Hecouldn’tattendpingpong______thatyear.

PoorLiMing!

Step4Practice

Playa"FillintheBlanks"game.ShowsentenceswithmissingnewwordsonthePPT,

Weshouldfollowthe______."(rule)

Hewas______andbrokethecup."(careless).

Iwillnevertry______(catch)afallingdinosaur.Itisn’tsafe.

Now,Ialwayslistentomymother’s______(warn)aboutsafety.

Askstudentstofillintheblanks.

GroupDiscussion:

Dividestudentsintogroupsoffour.Letthemdiscuss:"Shareanexperiencewhereyoulearnedalessonfromanaccidentornotlisteningtoawarning."Askeachgrouptochoosearepresentativetosharewiththeclass.

Step5SummaryandHomework

Summary:

1.TheteachersummarizesthenewwordsandkeysentencesofthislessonwiththehelpofPPT.

2.Empha