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Teaching Method:
Task-based Teaching Method, Situational Teaching Method, Communicative approach
Teaching Aid: Multi-media, short video
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Lead in & Pre-reading
1.Get the students to describe their parents. They can describe what their parents used to be like and what their parents are like now.
(students may describe their age, appearance, personality, hobbies they used to be and now.)
2. Play the video(一位父亲的感人独白)for the students and enjoy it with them. Then have them answer the following question.
Do you know when is Father's day and mother's day?
Mother's day is the second Sunday of May and Father's Day is the third Sunday of June.
3.Discuss the following questions in pairs. Ask some pairs to tell class his own or partner's stories.
(1) Don't you think it's a moving video?
I think so. It reminds me think of my own father. He has done so much for me. I used to be a shy person when I was a middle school student. I didn't use to dare to speak in front of class or facing a crowed of people. My father encouraged me to believe in myself. And now I'm outgoing. I'm grateful to my father, he is so patient and helpful. I'm sure your parents are the same.
(2) Would you like to share the stories your parents help you solve problems with your partner and then make notes on the context?
(Justification: Through this period, the students can arouse the interest of the class, and the students’ speaking ability and expressive ability can be improved.)
Step 2 While-reading
[Task1] Guessing
Introduce the title of the passage- He used to cause a lot of trouble. Encourage Ss to guess according to the title what might be talked about in this passage? Would you might to make a list? And ask them to pay attention to the word used to. The students may give such answers:
What troubles he used to cause?
The reason he used to cause so much trouble.
What made him change.
He is now a good person.
[Task2] Scanning
Ask the Ss to comprehend the passage quickly and accurately and meanwhile help them to form a good habit of reading. Teacher gives them a couple of minutes to look through the whole passage. Tell them to read the text silently and then ask some detailed questions about the text on the slide.
(简写：Give three minutes to read the text. Try to finish the following questions.)
1.How old is Martin now?
2.Did he use to give his mother many problems?
3.Why did his mother have to work?
4.How did his mother look after him?
5.Did his mother use to help him?
6. In the end, what decision did the mother make?
7. What made him change a lot?
8.Why did Martin used to cause trouble?
[Task 3] skimming
In this part, let the Ss read the text again quickly and give the main idea of each paragraph in groups of 4 and then report to class.
[Task4] Detail reading
In order to help students to obtain a general understanding of the whole text, they will finish 3b. Read the statements below. Circle “TRUE”, “FALSE”, or “DON’T KNOW” according to the reading. After that, check the answers with the whole class.
(Justification: Through these reading activities, students can learn the main strategies of reading, such as skimming and scanning. Moreover they can know how to read a passage when given a long passage.)
Step 3 Post-reading
[Task 5] Circle story
Retell the text in groups one by one using the third person with the help of the key words on the slide then choose one to report to class.
[Task 6] Discussing
Discuss in groups: What are nice ways for you to express your feelings and love to your parents ? Choose a representative of a group to report and ask other groups to supplement. Encourage the Ss to express their ideas.
(Justification: to offer a chance for the students to express their opinions based on what they have learned.)
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