资料简介
Lead-in of Friends or Enemies, Creatures large and small, the Natural World.
Objectives: to understand the usefulness of spiders and learn how to appreciate a play;
to practice illustrating, summarizing and present ideas from different perspectives
to develop a proper view on creatures large and small
Aids: textbook (U4 SIIB Oxford English Shanghai), supplementary script, blackboard, PPT slides .
Students: 42 students of Senior 1, Jincai Senior High School, intermediate level.
Text analysis:
As a reading lesson, students are supposed to to practice skills such as skimming and scanning. However, considering the genre of the reading
material (in this case an excerpt of a play), much more focus should be placed upon the “playfulness” of the play, i.e. the characters, the
dialogues, the stage directions and the “rehearsing” element. Having said that, the basics for reading and comprehension will not be overlooked.
Through talking with each other and answering questions from the text and the teachers, students are required to have a gist of the material and
to be able to present the main idea of the text, i.e. the usefulness of spiders.
Stage Teacher’s activity Students’ activity Purpose Interaction
Transit Show pictures of plants and ask questions:
What is interesting? How can I care?
Tell the names of the plants and
answer questions.
To review previous learning and get
ready for a new chapter.
T-Ss,
T-S
Present facts and myths about spiders. Tell whether the statements are To predict what is to learn. T-Ss
Ask Ss to think about the focus of this lesson.
true or false.
Think about the focus.
Genre Ask one student to read the subtitle. Read the subtitle. To check on the prediction. T-Ss
Ask “what are the basic elements of a play?” Think about and answer the
question.
To know the form of the text and note
the features of a play.
T-Ss
Reading List the words difficult to pronounce with
phonemic scriptures.
Ask students to
1. practice the lines
2. focus on stage directions
3. underline characters’ opinions on spiders.
Read the words.
Have dialogues.
Mark the opinions.
To eliminate difficulties in
pronunciation and ensure a smooth
conversation.
To study the substance of the text.
T-Ss
S-S (pair)
Opinions Check on Betty’s opinions.
Present Winston’s ideas.
Think about Betty’s change of
mind and Winston’s persuasion.
To accept and understand different
perspectives.
T-Ss
SUV Ask “how did Winston convince Betty?”
Guide students through a summary of spiders’
Find and explain examples of
“spiders’ usefulness and values”
(SUV).
Complete an outline of spiders’
To practice illustrating and
summarizing ideas.
T-Ss,
S-S
(group)
usefulness. usefulness.
Spider of
the Kitchen
Ask students to think about the title of the
play and introduce “the Spider of the Kitchen”.
Reflect on the title of the play. To practice critical thinking and move
on to the next task.
T-Ss
Instructions Give and check instructions for “Winston &
the Spider”.
ICQs:
How many pages do you choose?
Will you use words only from the text?
Will you work alone or together?
Will you pay attention to the stage directions?
Read the instructions and answer
the ICQs.
To understand instructions. T-Ss
Winston
& the
Spider
Go around and monitor.
Invite students to perform on stage.
Work as instructed: complete
and perform the script.
To review the substance of the text
and elements of a play.
To appreciate the playfulness of the
language.
T-Ss,
Ss-Ss
(pair
performance)
Wrap-
up
A bite of the spider: facts and usefulness of spiders.
A bite of plays: elements and playfulness of a plays.
To develop a proper view on nature
and further love for the language.
T-Ss
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