Unit2Ithinkthatmooncakesaredelicious！SectionB2a—2d

崔桢 张丽华

（本节课选自人教版义务教育课程标准实验教科书《英语》新目标九年级）

一、教学内容与分析

本单元的话题是节日，通过学习国内外不同的节日，让学生了解不同国家的节日，感受不同国家节日的习俗与文化内涵。在语言知识上教授学生如何运用宾语从句表达看法。本节课是在学习宾语从句的基础上，通过阅读以圣诞节为主题的文章The Spirit of Christmas，对学生进行阅读策略中推断能力的指导和训练，使得学生对圣诞节不仅有表层认知，也有深层次的理解，对学生有较强的教育意义。

二、教学目标

1.语言知识目标：

学习并掌握本节课的重点词汇：Christmas， lie， novel， dead， business， punish， warn， present， warmth；掌握并熟练运用I think/ believe/ guess...表达看法的宾语从句。

2.语言技能目标：

（1）根据相应的阅读技巧，获取相关的信息；

（2）通过文章细节，推断出文章没有明确表达的信息；

（3）正确运用宾语从句的结构表达看法。

3.学习策略：

在理解故事内容的基础上，对情节发展和人物性格作出合理的推论。

4.情感态度与价值观：

通过探讨圣诞节的含义，讲述吝啬鬼Scrooge的转变，向学生传达关爱、同情和怜悯之心是人类社会的宝贵财富，人人应当将之继承并弘扬，以爱心回报社会。

5.文化意识：

了解西方国家的重要节日——圣诞节的由来和圣诞精神的真正含义。

三、教学重难点

重点：掌握本节课重点词汇，熟练运用宾语从句表达个人看法。

难点：通过阅读文章，让学生学习并掌握通过字里行间的细节，推断文章没有明确表达的信息的能力。

四、教学步骤

StepⅠ Leading-in

T： Good morning， everyone！

Ss： Good morning， Ms. Cui！

T： We have known many festivals in this unit. Who can say some festivals？

S： The Water Festival， the Dragon Boat Festival，the Lantern Festival， the Mid-Autumn Festival， Halloween ...

T： Please tell us which festival you like best and the reason.

S1：I like the Dragon Boat Festival best， because I think the dragon boat is fantastic.

S2： ...

T： Yes. And most of these festivals are also important festivals in China. They are very important to all the Chinese. Yesterday we learned a popular festival Halloween in North America. Today well learn another important festival in western countries. Do you want to know it？

Ss： Yes.

（设计意图：通过复习总结之前学过的节日，学生简单发表看法，使知识在问答中得到复习和巩固，为进入新课做好铺垫。）

StepⅡ Presentation and brainstorm

1. Present the new word Christmas.

The teacher plays a song on the tape player and shows them several pictures. While listening and looking， the teacher asks them questions.

T： Do you know which festival it is about？

S： Yes， it is 圣诞节.

T： Yeah， 圣诞节 in English is “Christmas”. Its a new word. Read after me. We will learn something about Christmas today.

（Write the word on the blackboard.）

2. Before reading.

Finish off the mind map about Christmas.

T： What do you know about Christmas？ Please look at activity 2a. Discuss in groups and create a mind map.

A mind map about Christmas

（设计意图：采用教材提供的圣诞节的思维导图，理清了一个节日的基本框架，开阔了学生的思维。在扩充思维导图的同时，师生互动、生生互动，调动了学生参与的积极性，实现了真正意义上的“头脑风暴”，在话题和词汇上都为接下来的阅读做好铺垫和准备，新词汇的学习在思维导图的补充中不断呈现，使得词汇的学习更生动，更易于学生掌握。）

StepⅢ While-reading

Scanning

1.Scan the text. Find out proper nouns （names） and underline them.

Proper nouns：

Charles Dickens， A Christmas Carol， Scrooge， Jacob Marley， the ghost of Christmas Past， the Ghost of Christmas Present， the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come， The Spirit of Christmas， Christmas （Day）， Christmas Eve， Santa Claus...

（设计意图：快速浏览课文，标出专有名词，此任务的设置有助于学生了解文章背景，降低文章理解的难度，并在检查任务的完成中，给予适当的解释。学习生词或易造成阅读干扰的词汇，边用边学，有利于单词的掌握和理解。）

e.g. Scrooge is mean and only thinks about himself. mean此处使用了它不同于以往的形容词用法，意思是“吝啬的”。

Jacob Marley is Scrooges dead business partner. 此处学习dead， business partner。

2. Read paragraph by paragraph. Try to finish off each task.

Skimming

（1） Paragraph One.

Read the first paragraph quickly and do activity 2b.

Q 1. What are the common things that people think of for Christmas？

Q 2. What is the true meaning or spirit of Christmas？ /What lies behind all these things？

（2）Paragraph Two

Read the second paragraph quickly and try to fill in the blanks. Learn the new words end up， punish， warn in this paragraph while reading. Then finish off the information about the novel “A Christmas Carol”.

A chart about the novel “A Christmas Carol”

Whats the name of the novel？

Who wrote the novel？

What are names of the main characters？ and

Whats the relationship between them？

Whats like？

Whats like？

（3）Paragraph Three

Careful reading

Read the third paragraph carefully and finish off activity 2c. Complete the chart.

What does Scrooge see when hes with ...

The Ghost of Christmas Past？

The Ghost of Christmas Present？

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come？

（4） Paragraph Four

Read paragraph 4 and find out if Scrooge has changed and what he does now. While reading the paragraph， students can guess the meaning of the new word “spread”.

（设计意图：此文章篇幅长，学生不易于整篇理解，而且短文每段的结构清晰，层次分明，针对此文章的学习，更适宜进行分段落进行阅读教学，既降低了文章难度，又有利于教师在英语阅读教学的方法和策略上对学生的指导。）

Reading strategy： Inferring

（5）Read the passage carefully again and show them the reading strategy inferring.

Reading strategy： Inferring. This means you have to “read between the lines” to get the meanings that are not clearly stated in a text.

For example， The question Does Scrooge have a lot of friends？ Why or why not？

T： We cant find the answer directly from the passage. But we can infer by reading between the lines.

T： No， he doesnt. I think Scrooge doesnt have a lot of friends. Because he is mean and only thinks about himself. He doesnt treat others nicely. I guess people dont like him， and they dont want to make friends with him. Whats your opinion？ Please discuss and try to answer the following questions.

（Show them other questions and the questions need us to infer between the lines.）

Discuss and finish off activity 2d.

Q 1. Why does Scrooge hate Christmas？

Q 2. Does Scrooge have a lot of friends？ Why or why not？

Q 3. Why was Jacob Marley punished after he died？

Q 4. Does Jacob Marley want to help Scrooge？ How do you know？

Q 5. How does Scrooge feel when he wakes up on Christmas Day？

Q 6. What does Scrooge do after seeing the three spirits？

Students read the passage again and discuss with the classmates using the expressions： I guess.../I believe.../ I think...

（设计意图：Inferring是本单元阅读材料须要重点掌握的阅读学习策略。教师要提醒学生关注课文标题旁的阅读策略inferring，要求学生在阅读时注意思考和推理字里行间透露出的信息以及作者的写作意图。）

Step Four After-reading

Try to feel what we can get from the passage/ Christmas？

T： Sum up what we have learned from the passage/ Christmas.

S1： I think I have known the true spirit of Christmas.

S2： I know something about Christmas.

S3： I know the true meaning of Christmas： the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us...

T： Yes， when we learn a festival， it is necessary to know not only the festival itself but also the true meaning of it. Lets spread the true spirit of Christmas.

（设计意图：在阅读文章的学习中，告知学生对一个节日的了解，不但要知道该节日表面化的东西，更要了解节日的实质，这样才能理解节日的内涵并传承其真正的意义。）

Step Five Homework

Read the whole passage again and write down the difficult language points that you dont know. Prepare to role-play the conversation between the three ghosts and Scrooge by themselves.

（设计意图：再读文章，有利于学生更好地理解课文，把不会的地方记下来，下节课进行细致的知识点的梳理，并让学生准备分角色表演的对话，为下节课的语言输出做好铺垫。）