Unit3EnglishAroundtheWorldTopic2Somethingsusuallyhavedifferentmeaningsisdifferentcultures.SectionCⅠ.Materialanalysis本课是九年级第三单元第二话题的第三课时。主活动是1a。通过学习1a,了解在中西方文化中相同的动植物被赋予的不同含义。1b和1c是为检测学生是否理解1a而设计,2是针对语言知识而言的,3虽然是写作任务,但可以看做是继续探讨文化差异,只是让学生自己去完成介绍文化差异的任务。了解文化差异,对于英语学习非常重要,只有知道有差异,才能更好地理解英语国家的文化。通过本课的学习,让学生知道要学好英语,不只是会说、会听、会读、会写就够了,还要理解文字所承载的文化。3的写作任务需要较多时间才能充分完成,故留作课后作业让学生独立完成,在第四课时可以让学生展示,但可以先处理3的词汇。Ⅱ.Teachingaims1.Knowledgeaims:掌握本课的重点词汇和短语,了解东西方文化的差异。2.Skillaims:能正确理解含有动植物的英语习语。能恰当运用含有动植物的英语习语来表达地道的英语,避免中式英语。3.Emotionalaims:(optional)让学生关爱身边的动植物,因为它们使得语言变得丰富多彩,从而使学生更加想学好这门语言。
4.Cultureawareness:(optional)知道一些常见的动植物在英语文化中的特殊含义。Ⅲ.Thekeypointsanddifficultpoints1.Keypoints:Wordsandphrases:differently,consider,honest,ancient,compare,courage,mistake,pride,wisdom,beregardedas,compare...to...,makemistakes,mistake...for...,takeprideinconsiderdoingsth.Sentences:Inancienttimes,dragonsareregardedas...Theancientemperorscomparedthemselvestodragons.Everybodymakesmistakesattimes.2.Difficultpoints:能理解在不同的国家,同一动植物的含义是有差异的。在与英语本土人士交谈时,要注意这些差异,以免引起误会。Ⅳ.Learningstrategies在遇到含有动植物的英语句子时,不能按照字面意思去理解。在平常的学习中要多收集、整理与动植物相关的习语。Ⅴ.Teachingaids各种动植物的图片/录音机/小黑板/PPT/英语词典等。Ⅵ.Teachingprocedures
Stage(timeperiod)InteractionpatternsTeacheractivityStudentactivityRemarks1Revision(3mins)ClassactivityUsePPTorpicturestopresentallkindsofgesturesonebyoneandlettheSsspeakthemoutinEnglish.T:(PictureOne)T:(PictureTwo)T:(PictureThree)...Lookatthepicturesandspeakoutwhattheymean.S1:Goodluck!S2:Haveavictory!S3:It’sasecret!S4:....准备多一点,节奏要快。2Lead-in(3mins)ClassactivityPresentsomeEnglishidiomswhichcontainanimalsorplantsandlettheSsguesstheChinesemeanings.T:DoyouthinkyourEnglishisexcellent?Doyouknowthemeaningsofthesesentences?Comeandtakethechallenge!Examples:Lookatthesentencesandguesstheirmeanings.老师上课时可带一本英语习语大词典,可以让学生现场查看其意思。最好做成PPT,以便及时核对答案。用小黑板,则要用纸把汉语先遮住,待学生说了以后再撕开。
It’srainingcatsanddogsnow.Ihaveletthecatoutofthebag.Theyleadacat-and-doglife.Mr.Brownistakinghisbirdtothemovietonight.Hedoesnotwantthehouse;italwayshasbeenawhiteelephant.Iwillgivehimbeans.Hisgirlfriendisapeach.S1:猫和狗像下雨那样往下跳。S2:我把猫从袋子里放出来了。S3:他们过着像猫狗一样的生活,天天都打架。S4:布朗先生带着他的宠物鸟去看电影。S5:...S6:...S7:..3Pre-reading(5mins)GroupworkStep1:Presenttheidiomsin1a.LettheSsdiscussthemingroupsandguessthemeaning.T:Lookattheseidioms.Discussthemandtrytoguessthemeaningofthem.Example:ABahomelessdogaluckydogamaddogEverydoghasitsdayTranslatetheidiomsaboutdogsintoChinese.S1:流浪狗S2:疯狗S3:一个正在跑的狗S4:一个正在抓老鼠的狗S5:一个幸运的狗S6:每个狗都有它的一天学生不能正确翻译的短语,老师要给出正确的译文。在展示这些短语时,最好分成两栏,一栏贬义,一栏褒义。老师在解释的过程中还可以教授新词:negativemeaning(贬义)positivemeaning(褒义)
IndividualworkarunningdogadogcatchingamouseT:What’sthedifferencebetweenColumnAandColumnB?T:Wonderful!Youhavegotit!TheidiomsinColumnAhasnegativemeaningwhiletheidiomsinColumnBhaspositivemeaning.That’stosay,eventhesameanimal,peopleuseitdifferentlyindifferentcultures.Forexample,dogsareconsideredasfriendsinwesterncountriesandtheystandforhonestpeople.ButinChinawealwaysusethemtorefertobadpeople.Step2:LettheSsread1b.Guesswhatthispassageismainlyabout.Learntheword“under+line=underline”.T:Read1b,youmayfindwhatthispassageisSs:ColumnAisaboutbadpeople,butColumnBisaboutgoodpeople.Read1b.Guesswhatthispassageismainlyabout.Learntheword“underline”.different(adj)+ly=different-ly(adv.)different(adj)+ence=differ-ence(n.)consider=regardhonesthonest(adj.)+y=honesty(n.)
mainlyabout.Youcanguessthenewword“underline”.4While-reading(3mins)IndividualworkLettheSsread1a,underlinethenamesofanimalsandplants.Thendo1b.T:Now,let’sread1a.Whenyouarereading,underlinethenamesofanimalsandplants.Thenfinish1b.T:First,let’schecktheanswersto1b.Read1a;underlinethenamesofanimalsandplantsmentionedinthepassage.Thendo1b.S1:CS2:AS3:DS4:A5Post-reading(21mins)IndividualworkStep1:WritedownthenewwordsontheBb,asktheSstoguessthemeaningaccordingtothecontext,thenlettheSslearnthemaccordingtotheword-formationandsynonym.magic(n)+al=magical(adj)Guessthemeaningofthenewwordsthroughthecontext.Learnthenewwordsbyword-formationandsynonym.通过近义词和构词法来教授新词,有助于学生加深理解。学生在理解词义上问题不大,老师主要是解决发音问题。
IndividualworkGroupworken+courage(n)=encourage(v)compare(v)+a+tive=comparative(adj)empire+or=emperor(theRomanEmpire)ancient≈oldcreature≈animalStep2:LettheSsread1aagain.Thendo1c.T:Wehavelearnedthenewwords;next,youwillread1aagainanddo1catthesametime.Ifyoufinish,raiseyourhand.T:Well,IfindmostSshavefinishedthetask.Let’schecktheanswers.Step3:LettheSsread1aagain,discussingroupsandfindoutthekeypoints.T:Therearemanyusefulexpressionsin1a,read1aagain,discussingroupsandtrytofindthemout.Read1aanddo1c.Checktheanswers.S1:InChineseculture,dogshave..S2:...Read1a,discussingroupsandlistthekeypoints.S1:attimes=sometimes,aswe(all)know,...S2:beregardedas...,consider,compare在中学阶段是重要的动词,老师要适当地补充。如:considerdoingsth.考虑做...
IndividualworkT:Now,it’stimetoreport.Step4:LettheSsretellthecontentof1abasedonthetablein1c.T:Wehavereadthepassagethreetimes.Iwonderhowmuchyoumember.So,let’sretellthepassage,thetablein1cmaygiveyousomehelp.One,Two,Three,Begin!compare..to..,S3:asasymbolof...,standfor,...S4:payattentiontosth./doingsth.S5:...Retell1aaccordingto1c.T&Ss:InChineseculture,dogsusuallyhavenegativemeanings.Butinwesternculture,theyareconsideredhonestandgoodluck....beconsidered+adjbeconsidered+nouncompareAtoBcompareAwithB6FinishingTask2and3(5mins)IndividualworkStep1:LettheSsreadthephrasesandthesentencesin2.EncouragetheSstoguessthemeaningof“mistake,makemistakes”.T:Doyoufullyunderstandthekeyphrasesin1a?Now,do2aloneandtrytoguessthemeaningof“makemistakes”inSentenceFive.Do2andguessthemeaningof“mistake,makemistakes”.mistake是个重要词语,老师要进行补充。makemistakesmistakeAforBmistake-mistook-mistaken
IndividualworkT:Whocantellmewhat“makemistakes”means?T:Areyoureadytoshowmeyouranswers?NumberOneis...Step2:LettheSsreadthewordsin3.EncouragetheSstolearnthenewwordswiththehelpofthevocabularylist.T:Readthewordsin3.Youcanlearnthembyyourselfwiththehelpofthevocabularylist.S1:犯错误。S2:standsfor.S3:...S4:…Learnthenewwordswiththehelpofthevocabularylist.强调proud和pride的用法:beproudofsth/sb.takeprideinsb/sth.7Summarizingandassigninghomework(5mins)ClassactivityStep1:LettheSsgothroughthissectionandlistthekeypoints.T:Wehaveseveralminutesleft.It’stimeforyoutolistthekeypointsasusual.T:Haveyoufinishedyet?T:xxx,please!Gothroughthissection,andlistthekeypoints.Ss:Yeah.S1:considerdoingsth.,attimes,..S2:asweknow,beregardedas,...S3:compareAtoB,CompareAwithB,..S4:...
Step2:HMKT:Asyoucansee,youarerequiredtowriteapassagewiththetitle“DifferentCultures,DifferentMeanings”basedonthetablein3.Ihopeeverybodywillfinishthepassage,willyou?Iwillcheckyourwritinginthenextperiod.Don’tmakemedisappointed,OK?Ⅶ.BlackboarddesignSomethingsusuallyhavedifferentmeaningsindifferentcultures.SectionCWordsandphrases:negativemeaningpositivemeaningdifferent-differently-differenceconsider≈regardhonest+y=honestyconsiderdoingsth.Sentences:Inancienttimes,dragonswereregardedas...Theancientemperorscomparedthemselvestodragons.Everybodymakesmistakesattimes.
beconsidered+adj/n.....Difficultpoints:was/were+pp:pastpassivevoice