1、Unit 5 Amazing things Reading (I)I. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. learn about the unusual thing that happened to Millie and Amy;2. use reading skills to guess the meanings of the new words, to get the general idea and details.II. Teachin
2、g contentsNew words and phrases: as, usual, suddenly, anybody, nobody, reply, strange, leave, quickly, happen, everything, wonder, carefully, search, himself, weak, pick, surprised, later, somebody, whisper, bush, miaow, as usual, turn around, on ones/the way, say to oneself, pick up, take to, the a
3、nimal centre, run awayIII. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty1. Many past forms of verbs in the story;2. Reading skills to get the general idea and details.IV. Teaching proceduresStep 1 Lead-inT: Look at the screen. How do you feel?1. Are there any ghosts in the world?2. Are you af
4、raid of ghosts?3. Do you like reading ghost stories?【设计意图：通过图片和自由交谈引出本文的主题鬼故事。 】Step 2 Presentation1. Read and guessT: Today lets share a ghost story. First, read the title, look at the picture and answer the following questions: (1) Where did the story happen?(2) Who might see the ghost?(3) How did
5、 they feel?【设计意图：以问题的形式引导学生通过解读故事标题和图片猜测故事内容。 】2. Fast readingT: Look through the story quickly and silently, and tell me: What was the ghost in Sunshine Park? 【设计意图：整体浏览，指导学生快速阅读，找到问题答案即可，无需逐词逐句理解意思。】3. Difficult wordsT: Read the story silently again and circle the words you dont understand. T: Her
6、e are some words in the story. Find the meaning of each word by circling the correct letter.【设计意图：让学生罗列不会读或不理解的单词，指导他们根据上下文猜测词义。对于一些不规则动词的过去式，可直接告诉学生这是哪个动词的过去式。 】4. Further readingT: Read the story with your partner. Try to divide the story into three parts and discuss the main idea of each part wit
7、h your partner.5. Detail readingT: Read the first part. Ask and answer in pairs according to the table on the screen.T: How did Andy search for the cat? Read the second part by yourselves loudly and try to fill in the blanks with some verb phrases.T: Read the third part in groups of four and try to
8、guess what questions I will ask. Close your books and let me see who has a good memory.(1) Who made the strange sound?(2) Why did the little cat sound like a ghost?(3) How did Millie and Amy feel when they saw the little cat?(4) Where did they take the little cat?【设计意图：通过不同的阅读方式和活动形式帮助学生梳理故事的三个部分，引导
9、学生最大限度的获知故事细节。 】Step 3 Practice1. Put sentences in the correct orderT: So you know the story in the park, right? Millie wrote some sentences about what happened, but they are not in the correct order. Read these sentences carefully and then help Millie put the sentences in the correct order. Write t
10、he numbers 1-7 in the boxes. T: Read the sentences in the correct order, and try to get the main idea of the story by filling in the blanks. Pay special attention to the simple past tense of the verbs.2. Correct Millies sentencesT: Millie is telling her friend Wendy on the phone about what happened
11、in the park, but Wendy cannot hear her clearly. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false. Check the answers with your partner.3. Help Andy answer Henrys questionsT: Henry, Andys friend, is asking Andy about the “ghost”. Help Andy answer his questions.T: Work in pairs. One is Henry and
12、the other is Andy, and try to act the dialogue out.【设计意图：通过各种形式的练习和不同的活动形式让学生从整体和细节两个方面进一步熟悉故事内容。 】Step 4 ProductionRole playT: I think you know the story very well now. Lets work in groups of four and act the story out. You can choose to be Amy, Millie, Andy or the narrator in your group. Remember
13、to use your body language and expressions.【设计意图：通过角色扮演，让学生在熟悉故事内容的同时，能够熟读课文，复述课文，甚至将其表演出来。 】Step 5 Summary T: There is no ghost in the world. We can read ghost stories for fun. Do the correct things and do things correctly. Theres nothing to be afraid of.V. Homework1. Try to remember all the new words and new phrases. 2. Read the story at least 3 times.