八下 Unit 7 International charities Task
Background
There are many international charities in the world.They help the people in need in different ways.Students will develop the idea of trying to help the charities.
Key words:international charities
Ⅰ Background information
There are many international charities in the world.They help the people in need in different ways.In this unit,students will know five international charities.They are UNICEF,Oxfam,World Vision,ORBISand WWF.
Ⅱ Type lesson
Task
Ⅲ Teaching aims
By the end of the lesson,students should be able to:
1.Memorize the new words and phrases.
2.Write an article according to a writing plan.
3.Organize the article with new words,phrases and sentence patterns learnt in this unit.
4.Introduce an Indian girl's life in the past and at present.
Ⅳ Teaching content
1.New words and phrases
2.Writing skills
Ⅴ Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1.New words and phrases
2.Writing material collection
3.Writing skills
Ⅵ Teaching aids
1.Video 2.Pictures 3.Blackboard 4.Chalk
5.Computer 6.Multimedia 7.Projector
Ⅶ Teaching procedures
Step 1 Warm-up and lead-in(about 3-5 mins.)
Activity 1:Revision about ORBIS—(about 2 mins.)
T:Let's look at this picture.What does this logo stand for?
S:ORBIS.
T:How does ORBIShelp?
S:It uses its Flying Eye Hospital to visit poor areas.On it,volunteer doctors do operations.
T:Would you like to be one of them?
S:…
T:Diana is a nurse from ORBIS.Let's look at some pictures about the changes in Diana's life.
(Present some pictures.)
【设计理念:教师通过呈现ORBIS的图片来导入话题,与学生进行自由交流,帮助学生复习关于慈善的相关内容。通过师生、生生之间的对话和形式多样的学习方式加强学生对所学内容的理解和掌握。主要采用了问题情景法,问题的设置由浅入深,并富于启发性和拓展性,目的在于促进学生的思维。按照“吸收信息—处理和加工信息—口/笔头表达信息”的思路对学生进行写作技能的训练。在与学生free talk中,导入一些生词和短语,并引出女孩Diana,为下一个环节的进行做铺垫。】
Step 2 Presentation(about 5-6 mins.)
T:Let's look at the first two pictures.What was Diana's job?
S:She was a secretary of a company.
T:So she is an office lady.Does she look happy?
S:No.
T:Which does Diana like better?Travelling by car or by plane?
S:By car.
T:Why?Can you have a guess?
S:Because she was afraid of travelling by plane.
T:Let's look at these two pictures.Can you describe the two pictures with your own words?
S:She is working as an ORBIS nurse.She helps doctors do an operation.She is getting used to travelling by plane.She is glad to help people see again.
T:Is she happy now?
S:Yes.
T:But what made her decide to be a nurse for ORBIS?What happened?Please open your books and find out the reasons.
S:…
T:Please use“one day…”to give me the reasons.
S:…see a programme and knew about ORBIS.After work,she attended courses to work as a nurse.
T:What do you think of Diana?
S:Helpful,clever…
Picture 1:Diana was a secretary of a company,but she did not feel happy.
Picture 2:Diana was afraid of travelling by plane.
Picture 3:Diana learned about ORBISon TV.
Picture 4:Diana went to school for special training as a nurse.
Pictures 5-6:Diana works for ORBISnow and she looks happy.
【设计理念:通过观看Diana过去和现在生活的图片来帮助学生更好地了解她的生活状况。通过描述图片,学生们可以学会使用本课所学的生词、短语和句子来表达他们的观点。通过完成这个任务,生生之间进行了大量的语言交际。在教师的指导下,学生在特定的情境中,通过协作、会话从而有效地完成意义的建构,并体验了通过合作给他们带来的成功的喜悦。】
Step 3 Changes in Diana's life(about 5 mins.)
T:Fill in the table about her life.

【设计理念:通过完成图表,提炼信息,帮助学生更好地组织写作材料,形成较强的逻辑思维,为文章结构的划分打下基础。】
Step 4 Read and summarize the structure(about 5 mins.)
T:Please read the passage and pay attention to the red parts.What's the function of them?
S:To show the time order.
T:Which are good sentences?
S:…
T:What does each paragraph tell us?
S:…
T:
Paragraph.1:What was Diana's life like in the past?
Paragraph.2:What changed Diana's life?
Paragraph.3:What is she getting used to now?
Paragraph.4:What does Diana think about her new life?
【设计理念:与表格相呼应,通过这个教学环节来帮助学生掌握文章结构,学习如何组织信息,为下一步的写作做好准备。】
Step 5 Writing(about 20 mins.)
Look at the pictures and put them in a story
1.Mandeep's life in the past
2.Changes
3.Mandeep's life at present
T:Here's some information about Mandeep's life.Please read it and try to make an outline about it.
Background Mandeep's life in the past changes Mandeep's life at present Mandeep's hopes
S:Background:from India,has many children,poor
Mandeep's life in the past:used to work on the farm all day,couldn't read or write
Changes:a VNICEF office came;learn about…;help…
Mandeep's life at present:enter a school,can read and write
Mandeep's hopes:to become a teacher
T:Use the phrases and words to make sentences and work in groups to say sth.about her life.
S:…
T:Write your passage.
S:…
T:Please pay attention to the writing criteria.
S:…
T:Revise your partners'report with the help of the table.
【设计理念:通过当堂写作提升学生表达慈善话题的能力,正确使用本单元的词汇与短语;学生还可以通过修改完善同伴的作文来改进自己的作文,同时向他人学习一些好的表达方式。】
Step 6 Conclusions(1 min.)
The word needs charity.
Charity can make lives better,not only for those people who get help but also for those people who give help.
【设计理念:任何课程学习的过程中都应该渗透思想和道德情感教育。本单元话题是一个很好的抓手,我们可以利用这一契机对学生进行人性的教育,让学生从小树立正确的人生观,学会关爱他人,鼓励学生帮助需要帮助的人,热心于慈善。】
Step 7 Homework
1.Perfect your writing.
2.Remember the new words and phrases.
【设计理念:通过完善作文来提升学生写作能力并学会正确使用本单元的一些生词、短语和句型。】
Ⅷ Blackboard design
Unit 7 Task
In the past a secretary be afraid of sth./doing sth.
One day watch…attend courses
At present work as a nurse
teach…
be/get used to doing…
Ⅸ Teaching reflection
本课是本单元的中心任务,它既是对本单元前面所学知识的综合运用,也是将之前一个阶段知识输入的一次整体性输出的过程和平台。整个过程分为三步:Pre-writing,While-writing和Post-writing。其中最重要的应该是第一步Pre-writing,通过复习国际慈善组织的相关信息,导入本课的主题,充分运用图片,让学生根据图片信息及一些关键词来描述Diana的生活变化,这样的口头操练为学生的写作打好基础,让学生先进行口头作文,帮他们理清写作思路。在第二步While-writing过程中,再次强调了写作的注意点,如段落结构、人称时态、关联词等,并提供相关的信息给较弱的学生以帮助,要求较好的学生增添信息并用好词句。第三步Post-writing中revising是较满意的部分,通过教师示范评改、分组评改、展示学生的评改,最后展示教师精心完成的范文,让学生感知什么是好文章,有再写一篇好文章的愿望,为Re-writing打好基础。整个过程符合学生的认知规律,循序渐进地教学,重视学生口头运用能力的发展。
在教学的各个环节中,关注学生情感教育,将“帮助他人,热心慈善”的情感目标不知不觉地灌输给学生,通过free talk营造轻松的学习氛围,为提高学习效率奠定了基础。
本节课的不足之处在于:
1.写前阶段的处理过于仓促。这部分应该是本课的重中之重,让学生充分地输入相关的信息和词组,多花点时间让学生自主谈论关于各个慈善组织的相关信息,谈论一些参与慈善的人的生活,并能加入一些自己的感想,为后面的写作打好坚实的基础。
2.给学生的留白时间太短。提问后及讨论后要给学生充分的时间想一想,不能过于着急地呈现下一步,要增强学生的思维力度。在口头作文时,如果能激发学生的想象力,加入一些更具体的事例细节,学生在描述时应该能更深入、更透彻、更完善。
3.问题设置缺乏深入思考,学生参与的热情有待提高。学生能够积极地参与到简单的回答和讨论中,但对于一些开放性的问题和小组活动,有些学生仍然胆怯不敢举手,这是由老师铺垫不够和问题设置不够合理导致的。因此必须从平时的每一节课就深入研究,精心备课,注重学生的参与,增强学生的自信,让他们乐于学英语,敢于说英语!
点评:
Task是每一个单元的高潮部分,是对整个单元的汇总、综合和提升,需要学生具备一定层次的多方面的语言素质,旨在培养学生的写作能力。简而言之,就是以写作的方式,要求学生综合运用本单元所学的知识和获得的技能,完成特定的任务,形成对一个单元的终极成果的展示,即“在学中用,在用中学,为用而学”。8B Unit 7 International charities Task紧扣本单元的话题,讨论了国际慈善的问题。通过本节课的学习,要求学生了解ORBIS志愿者的学习和工作情况,按逻辑顺序整理思路,根据图片和提纲中的信息,写一篇关于一个印度女孩的受助报告。
为了引入话题,吸引学生的兴趣,作者采用了问题情景法。只有精心设计的活动才能激发学生的热情。学生的兴趣被激活时,他们才有内驱力和创造力,才能发挥出最佳水平。作者通过图片让学生有了先行一步的视觉冲击,然后由此引发出来的问题,学生自然而然会有兴趣探索,从而点燃整节课的导火线,为下面的流光溢彩做好铺垫。
有效的写作教学需要以话题为主线,在导入、训练、巩固和拓展环节中,力求做到由简到繁,由易到难,前后相连,层层深入,让学生可以在真实的环境中操练并且愉快地学习。作者的话题是慈善,目标是写一篇受助的印度女孩的报告。整个课堂设计思路虽简单清晰,但是并没有在一个大的情景下去安排每一个部分的内容,环节与环节之间太过独立和零散,缺少主线的穿针引线。学生要想有很好的语言输出,那么必然要有充分的语言输入,可就上课的流程来看,操练的部分较少,没有足够的语言输入,这一点需要作者再做思考和改进。