韩均旦
教学设计
人教版高中一年级必修4 Unit5 Theme Park阅读课教学设计
韩均旦
为了适应新形势发展的需要,根据教育部制定的《普通高中英语课程标准(实验)》的精神编写的人教版高一新教材必修4,其指导思想明确,内容丰富,适应高中学生的学习兴趣,是一套相当好的教材。本文所选的这节课,以探讨主题公园为主线,更加符合高中学生的特点,在引起学生兴趣方面,更具优势。
英语运用能力;主题公园;一般公园
根据《英语新课程标准》的指导思想和英语课程改革的精神,英语教学的主要任务之一是培养学生对英语的兴趣,引导学生主动学习英语,从课堂上汲取更多的知识,提高他们对英语的运用能力。新课程倡导“以学生为本”的教学模式,笔者设计的这堂课注重对学生兴趣的培养,从学生的认知水平出发,设计学生参与性强的活动,提高学生在课堂上对英语的运用能力。同时,根据交际英语的理论指导,笔者设计小组合作活动,培养学生之间的英语交流合作能力,加强其团队合作精神,从而全面提高他们对英语的掌握及运用能力。
本堂课是根据人教版高一新教材必修4第五单元Theme Park中的Warm ing-up和Reading扩展而来的一节课。高一新教材使用已快一年,该教材是为了适应新形势发展的需要,根据教育部制定的《普通高中英语课程标准(实验)》的精神编写的,其指导思想明确,内容丰富,适应高中学生的学习兴趣,语言真实、地道,是一套相当好的教材。笔者所选的这节课,以探讨主题公园为主线,更是符合高中学生喜欢玩的一个特点,在引起学生兴趣方面更具优势。在“热身”部分,教材展示了不同国家的四个著名的主题公园,把学生引入主题公园这个主题中来;然后通过“读前”的一个问题,把学生引入到阅读文章中来。在这篇文章中,作者不仅讲述了主题乐园与普通公园的异同以及各种类型的主题公园,还指出了人们不仅可以在主题公园中通过娱乐使自己身心放松,同时还可以从娱乐中获得知识和必要的体验。
对于本堂课,笔者主要把它分为三个部分:
(一)Warm ing up
用一系列图片和问题对学生进行课前热身,让学生通过对主题公园和一般公园的对比,得出主题公园的概念。
(二)Reading
阅读分为两块,第一块是听录音跟读,然后设计TRUE和FALSE问题;第二块是学生自己精读,并对文章进行分段及概括段落大意。
通过这两个活动,让学生熟悉课文内容,对细节进行掌握。
(三)Post-reading
通过释读题目Theme Park—Fun and More Than Fun,明确建造主题公园的目的,帮助学生加深对本单元主题的理解。
初中教材中描写娱乐的内容比较多,与之相比较,本课有一个比较大的特点,那就是更加注重学生兴趣的培养,行文更加流畅,信息更加丰富,对学生理解能力的要求更深一层,要求学生在读的过程中不断归纳、对比。
由此可见,《新课程标准》对本课教学内容的要求不仅仅是掌握文章中的英语语言知识和理解文章内容,还要培养一种自我学习的能力,体现学生为主体的课堂教学模式。
笔者所带的高一年级是学校的普通班,还是一个理科班,男生比较多,所以班级有一个特点,就是理解能力不错,但表达能力较差,很多学生停留在“哑巴英语”阶段,做题时能得高分,但不愿开口说。经过将近一年的能力培训,学生的表达能力就有所进步,理解能力得到了进一步加强,表达能力也有所提高。同时,对于一小部分学生而言,英语一直是薄弱学科,他们对英语学习的兴趣很低,但是本单元主题比较符合这个时期学生的兴趣,所以对于提高这些学生的兴趣也有一定的帮助,可以吸引更多的学生参与到学习当中来,培养他们学习英语的兴趣,帮助他们树立学习英语的信心。
本单元讲的是主题公园,而笔者所带的班级一个月前刚去过凤凰山主题公园,所以对学生来说,主题不是很陌生。但是现在的学生普遍存在一种现象,那就是玩的时候很会玩,但让他们讲出来,可能就比较难了,再加上其中一些娱乐设施的词汇和表达有难度。因此,笔者尽可能地设计一些简单的问题,从学生感兴趣的说起,把他们的积极性调动起来,然后通过他们熟悉的图片让其记住那些词汇及表达。对于归纳、对比任务,学生可能有困难,他们不能准确、全面地归纳自己理解的内容,或跟原来的知识进行对比,因此在课堂教学过程中,教师要多加引导,帮助学生进行交流、合作,最终完成任务,使他们在合作中取得成功,体验成就感。
(一)语言知识目标
掌握下列单词、短语:theme,amusement,various,shuttle,charge,admission,profit,souvenir,athletic, equipment,sneaker,m inority,fantasy,come to life,getclose to,and so on.
(二)语言能力目标
1.通过听读及精读,训练学生的阅读能力;
2.对每段大意进行概括,培养学生的归纳能力;
3.通过对普通公园和主题公园的对比,培养学生的总结能力;
4.设计小组合作任务,培养学生的英语交流及运用能力。
(三)德育情感目标
1.了解主题公园的历史及作用;
2.通过设计主题公园的活动,培养学生的创造、想象能力。
(一)重点
1.加强学生的阅读能力;
2.对文章结构层次加以分析;
3.对主题公园和普通公园加以对比及分析。
(二)难点
1.掌握阅读技巧,提高理解能力;
2.了解世界各地的主题公园。
(一)任务型教学
根据制订的教学目标和教学内容,设计一个个符合本班学生能力的任务活动,让学生在参与活动的过程中掌握新的知识及能力。
(二)合作教学
在课堂设计上,部分任务为小组活动,让学生围绕任务进行组内分工合作,互学互助,同时,小组之间采取奖励措施,鼓励学生主动来完成任务。
(三)多媒体教学
课堂运用多媒体进行教学,以辅助的图片及短片来极大地提高学生的学习兴趣,同时,多媒体可以增加信息的输入,有利于学生对知识的获取。
学生掌握新的单词,预习课文内容,教师收集资料,准备课件。同时,教师要准备好多媒体教学设施。
Step 1Greetings
T:Goodmorning/afternoon,boysand girls!
Ss:Goodmorning/afternoon,teacher!
Step 2Warm ing up
Show students a picture of the park,which is near our school,and then let students discuss about the parks.While discussing,give studentssome questions to help them.In order to make it easy,teacher first talksabout the YangM ing Park asan example.
T:There aremany famous parks in YuYao.Can you name someof them?
Ss:YangM ing Park,ShunBei Park,LanShu Park,and so on.
T:Yeah.I often go to YangM ing Park,which is near our school.I think it is a good place to relax myself.I can take a walk,sit chatting w ith my friends,play games,and listen to the birds singing and so on.Then whataboutyou?Have you everbeen to the parks?Why do you go there?And what do you do there?
S1:Givehisdetails.
S2:Giveher details.
...
T:Now let’s see some other pictures.Do you know thispark?
S1:FengHuangShan Theme Park.
S2:Wewent there someweeksbefore.
T:Then please compare these two parks.Tell me the differencesbetween them.
S1:FengHuangShan Theme Park ismuch bigger than YangM ing Park.
S2:FHS Theme Park ismuch more interesting than YM Park.
S3:There are more entertaining equipment in FHSTheme Park.
S4:...
S5:...
T:Okay,you are all right,and what’s more,a theme park should have a theme,which is themost important.Now let’sseemore theme parks home and abroad.While looking,please tell me the theme of these parks.
T:OK,these parks all have their own themes. Besides these parks,do you know any theme parks in theworld?
Ss:Happy Valley.
T:Good.Could you introduce it forus?
S1:Yeah,it’s...
S2:Iknow a theme park in...
T:It seems that you know many theme parks. Then do you know the history of the theme parks?Do you know which one is the oldest theme park in the world?You don’t know the answers?Neverm ind. Let’s read our text to find the answers.Now open your books turn to Page 33.let’s see our reading passage:THEME PARKS——FUN AND MORE THEN FUN.(W rite down the title on the blackboard at the same time)
[点评]Warm ing up安排了大量学生熟悉的余姚的地方公园,从学生熟悉的事情出发,吸引他们的兴趣,设计一些简单的问题,通过教师举例子,激发学生说的兴趣,然后把余姚的阳明公园与学生几周前刚去过的凤凰山主题公园对比,引入主题公园,通过对世界各地主题公园的图片观赏,激发学生对主题公园的好奇心,从而设计问题把学生引入到阅读文章中。
Step 3Reading
1.Fast-reading
Ask students to listen to the tapeand read after it.
T:Now please listen to the tape of the text. While you are listening,please read after the tape to correct your pronunciation and intonation.At thesame time,please find the main idea of this text. Now let’sbegin.
(After tape playing)
T:Please look at the slide.Please choose the bestmain idea for this text.
What’s themain ideaof the passage?
A.Theme parksaremore than amusement.
B.Theme parks are places for people to amuse themselves.
C.Theme parks have a variety of things to see and do.
D.Theme parkshave a certain idea.
S1:Ichoose A.
T:Good.Now let’sdo some trueor falsequestions to check if you have really got themain idea of the text.
(1)Traditional amusement parks often want to teach visitorssomething.
(2)A ll theme parks try to combine fun w ith the opportunity to learn something.
(3)Disneyland in California is the oldest theme park in theworld.
(4)Theme parks are becom ing more and more advanced and populararound theworld.
Suggested answers:F,T,T,T
[点评]首先给出一个跟读的任务,可以把学生在预习中错误的发音及语调纠正过来,有助于提高学生的朗读水平。由于只是跟读,要求学生自己概括课文大意有点难,把它设计成选择题的形式,可以帮助学生顺利地完成此任务。同时,设计一些简单的对与错的问题,也能更好地帮助学生大致了解课文内容,为下面的精读做好准备。
2.Careful-reading
Paragraph One:Appearance and his achievements
T:I would like to invite one of you to read paragraph 1 for us,and others,while listening,please find the topic sentenceof thisparagraph.
(A fter reading)
T:Do you find the topic sentence?
S1:Yes.The firstsentence is the topic sentence.
T:Yes,you are right.Sit down please.Now I haveanotherquestion:
According to Paragraph 1,parks
A.arenotnecessary places for you to relax.
B.areall the same.
C.are cheap or free foryou to go to.
D.are places for fam iliesonly.
Suggested answer:C
Paragraph Two
T:Paragraph 1 tells us the functions of most parks.Butwe know our topic is theme parks,right? Now,let’s come to para.2.This time,Iw ill invite a girl to read it.Still,while she is reading,you should find the topic sentenceof thisparagraph.
(A fter reading)
T:Do you find the topic sentence?
S:Yes.The topic sentence is...
T:That’s right.Para.2 mainly tells us that in recently years,theme parks are designed to provide entertainment.Now stillanotherquestion:
According to Paragraph 2,theme parks
A.havea long history.
B.have no rides,such as a Ferris wheel,merry-go-round,ora rollercoaster.
C.arebig
D.are restaurants where you can see lots of things
Suggested answer:C
Paragraph Three to six
T:Let’ssee para.3 to 6,this time,please read it by yourselves to find out how many parks arementioned by the text.
(A fter four to fivem inutes)
T:Have you finished reading?Now let’ssee some questions,first,how many parks are mentioned in the text?
S:Six.They are Sports Theme Park,History and Culture Theme Park,Disneyland,Marine or ocean parks,Science Theme Park,Future Theme Park.
T:Yes.Very good.Now let’s see whatwe can do in these parks.Please look at the screen,decide whether we can do these activities in these parks. (Show a chartand dealw ith itwith thewhole class)
Theme parks Activities Sports theme parks 1.Play orwatch sports.()2.Buy sportsequipmentorclothing.()History or culture theme parks 3.Take picturesofemperorsorminority people.()4.Know about the lifeof theearly settlers in America.()Disneyland 5.See the characters from Disney films.()6.Sw im w ith dolphins.()Marine or ocean parks 7.Help cook see foods.()Science theme parks 8.Takean activepart in experiments.()Future parks 9.Go on imaginary trips to space.()10.Experience life in the past.()
Suggested answers:
Theme parks Activities Sports theme parks 1.Play orwatch sports.(T)2.Buy sportsequipmentorclothing.(T)History or culture theme parks 3.Take picturesof emperorsorm inority people.(F)4.Know about the lifeof theearly settlers in America.(F)Disneyland 5.See the characters from Disney films.(F)6.Sw im w ith dolphins.(F)Marine or ocean parks 7.Help cook see foods.(F)Science theme parks 8.Takean activepart in experiments.(F)Future parks 9.Go on imaginary trips to space.(F)10.Experience life in the past.(F)
[点评]精读可以说是阅读课的中心,无论怎么讲阅读课,训练学生的信息获取能力、理解能力都是最重要的。在此,笔者根据学生基础,设计由简转难的任务,来训练学生获取信息的能力,并把获取的信息转换成自己的语言来进行概括总结。同时,笔者还设计了不同的阅读任务,比如用说齐读、分读、默读等各种形式来激发学生的阅读兴趣。
Step 4Post-reading
Summarize the text
T:Now we have read through the whole text.I think you musthave a clear view of the theme park. Now Iwould like you to summarize the theme parks in yourownwords.Iwillgive youonem inute to prepare. Youmay discuss itwith your partner.Are you clear?
(Onem inute later)
T:Okay,now who wants to have a try?Any volunteer?
S1:Theme park is a park w ith a particular theme.It is very entertaining and we can playmany interesting games in it.
T:Good.What’smore?
S2:There are many theme parks home and abroad.
S3:...
Design a theme park
T:Yes.Youmentioned a lotabout theme parks. Now is therea theme park in YuYao?
S:No.
T:Yeah.What a pity.We can’t enjoy all the exciting activities in a theme park in YuYao.Do you want to build a theme park in YuYao?
S:Yeah.
T:Butwe know thatbuild a theme park needs a lotofmoney.Do you have somuchmoney?
S:No.
T:Neverm ind.Iwill give youmoney.Now let work in pairs to design a theme park.You should give a theme for your park and then design all kinds of activities for your park.Work in pairs of four to design a theme park.Iw ill give you fourm inutes to prepare.A fter that,please choose a speak man to describe your park for the whole class and let’s see whose park is the bestand then Iwill give themoney to this group and let them build this theme.Are you clear?Let’sgo.
[点评]在学生对课文非常理解的基础上,让学生用自己的语言对课文进行概括总结,有助于提高学生的语言表达能力。同时,“设计一个主题公园”的任务,可以极大地激起学生的兴趣,会促使他们把课文中获得的信息进行加工处理,转化成自己的知识,最终通过一个自己设计的主题公园,把所学到的知识进行运用,从而完成了一堂课从学到用的过程。
Step 5 Homework
T:Youhave designed a theme park by yourselves. Butmany people don’t know it,right?Now please makea poster to telleveryone aboutyour theme park. Nextperiod,Iwillask you to show your poster to the whole class.
[点评]该作业承接课堂任务,运用以前学过的知识设计海报这个活动,可以极大地调动学生的积极性,引导学生积极地完成课外作业。同时,作业要求学生运用课堂所学过的知识,对巩固课堂知识有一定的帮助作用。
教师通过各种方式对学生进行评价,其评价贯穿于整个教学过程之中,在每个任务或问题之后,可对学生给予鼓励性的语言,进行一定的评价;同时,对于小组活动,可通过小组互评的方式来让学生相互评价,鼓励学生对其他小组的成绩进行一定的评价,提高他们的英语运用能力。
在笔者的学校,学生正在着手进行第二期的研究性学习的选题,笔者认为,可以组织学生调查所在城市的公园情况,来巩固学生在本单元所学的内容。同时,在研究性活动的实施过程中,教师应对学生给予帮助,引导他们通过问卷调查、访谈等形式分析当前公园的情况、人们对公园的看法以及人们心中理想的公园等,最后要求他们按研究性学习的要求,以论文、幻灯片或光盘的形式呈现最后的结果。
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作者信息:315400,浙江余姚,浙江省余姚市第二中学
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