1、Unit 2 NeighboursReading (I)I. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. know something about the community centre;2. introduce the activities of the community centre in English;3. learn to help each other in your neighbourhood.II. Teaching contents
2、1. New words and phrases: helpful, volunteer, community, skill, problem, something, engineer, check, broken, someone, fix, anyone, college, lucky, help sb with sth,do some shopping2. New structures: They help us with all kinds of problems.Theres something wrong with my computer.Im going to ask a com
3、puter engineer to check it.Some college students are ready to help.III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty1. Get the general and specific information from the conversation.2. Sum up how to introduce ones neighbours.3. Introduce students own neighbours.IV. Teaching proceduresStep 1
4、Lead-inT: Look at the picture. Its about the community. May I ask you some questions about your neighbours?Do you have good neighbours?What are your neighbours?What do your neighbours usually do to help each other?【设计意图：通过学生比较熟悉和感兴趣的话题导入新课，为接下来的教学做好铺垫。 】Step 2 Pre-reading1. A video about my neighbou
5、rs T: I live in Wanke Community. Please watch a video about it and then tell me: What do you think of my neighbours?T: Yes, I agree with you. They are kind and helpful. They have different skills, and they usually help people with different problems.2. Introduce some neighboursT: Now Ill introduce s
6、ome of my neighbours to you. This is Mr Wang. He is an engineer. He can check the computer.This is Mr Yang. If your bike is broken, he can fix it for you.They are college students. They often help the old people do some shopping.They are volunteers. They have different skills. They help us with diff
7、erent problems. Im lucky to live in a neighbourhood like that. Do you think so? 3. Complete the sentences(1) This volunteer often does some _ for the old man.(2) The _student is helping the boy with his homework.(3) The man is _ the girls _.(4) The _ is checking the _.【设计意图：通过有关社区的视频，引出对社区中不同人物的介绍，使
8、学生在语境中认识并运用新单词，同时进入主要的教学任务：以课文为模板，初步了解社区志愿者所做的事情。 】Step 3 While-reading1. Watch and answerT: Simon is talking with Amy about his neighbours. Please watch a short video and answer the following question:What happens when Simon has problems? (He can get help from the community centre.)2. Scan for the
9、specific informationT: Listen to the conversation again and try to find some specific information about Simons neighbours. You can circle the useful words while looking for answers.(1) Who can give people help? (2) When do they meet? (3) Where do they meet? (4) What do they do there? 【设计意图：通过展示思维导图，
10、鼓励学生去寻找文章的细节信息, 训练学生的听力与扫读能力。 】3. SummaryT: Retell what good things the volunteers do according to the pictures. 【设计意图：通过图表帮助学生回顾文章结构，为之后的语言输出做好结构上的准备，同时锻炼了学生的总结能力。 】4. Detailed reading(1) Read and do the True and False.T: Amy is writing something about Simons neighbours. Write a T if the sentence i
11、s true or an F if it is false.(2) Read and fill in the blanks.【设计意图：通过完成不同教学任务，训练学生的阅读方法和速度，在熟悉课文的同时，也为之后的文本输入奠定基础。 】5. Group work: Act it out!T: Work in groups of four. Suppose one of you is Simon and the others are volunteers at Simons community centre. Talk about volunteers skills and what they c
12、an do to help neighbours. You can use the conversation on the screen as a model.【设计意图：利用关键句型，复述课文重要内容，为接下来的对话做好语言素材上的准备，同时，小组合作的形式有利于学生相互帮助和学习。 】Step 4 Post-reading1. Make up a dialogueT: Do the people in your community have any problems? If you have problems, what will you do? Work in groups and ta
13、lk about your problems and the way to deal with them. 【设计意图：通过讨论自己在社区碰到的问题，鼓励学生将所学知识运用到真实语境中。 】2. ConclusionT: Neighbours are important to us. We should always help each other. 【设计意图：从书本学习延伸到学生的生活，对他们的生活态度进行一定的引领。 】V. Homework1. Read the conversation aloud.2. List the good things that Simons neighbours do.