born in the wild

Teachingdesign――ThestoryofXiWang

Thisteachingdesignismadeupof6parts,includinganalysisofteaching

material,analysisofstudents,teachingobjectives,teachingmethods,teaching

theoriesandprocedures.

Analysisofteachingmaterial

Thisarticle,thestoryofXiWang,isfromthereadingpartofUnit5,8A,Fun

ic,wildanimals,accordswiththecognitiveabilityandlivesof

urrequiresthatstudentsreadapassageaboutlivesofgiantpandas.

Bylearningit,studentscanknowthegrowingprocessofpandasanddevelopthe

awarenessofprotectingwildanimalsbyexploringthedangersgiantpandasface.

Analysisofstudents

Thetargetstudentsareinlevel4,

velearning

gardtotheconditionabove,Iwilltraintheirreadingability

furtheranddeveloptheircomprehensivelanguageskillsbylistening,reading,

speakingandwritingactivities.

Teachingobjectives

Studentsareableto

(1)gettoknowsomebasicinformationofXiWang.

(2)befamiliarwithandidentifythenewwordsandexpressions:rious,none,mainly,

beborn,inthebeginning,takeaction,looklike,eatbamboo,liveon,facerious

problems,inthewild,indanger,rightaway.

(3)improvereadingabilitybytrainingskimmingandscanning.

(4)raiawarenessofprotectingwildanimalsbyknowingthetruththatmanywild

animalsareindanger.

Teachingmethods

Task-badlanguageteaching,communicativelanguageteachingandthe

guided-discoverymethod.

Teachingtheories

(1)MakestudentstherealmastersoftheclassandIactasafacilitator.

(2)Fromeasytodifficult,fromshallowtodeep,fromsimpletocomplicated.

Teachingprocedures

Itincludes4steps:lead-in,pre-reading,while-reading,post-reading.

Step1Lead-in(haveaguess)

Firstly,Iwillprentstudents3ntences,theyarethedescriptionof3animals.

Thenletstudentsguesswhatanimalstheyare.

Secondly,askstudents“What’syourfavouriteanimalsWhy”Iwillasksomestudents

tosharetheirfavouriteanimalswithus.

(Purpo:Toleadinthetopicandtoaroustudents’interestbyaguessinggame)

Step2Pre-reading

Activity1:importantwordsandexpressionslearning

1,studentshavesharedtheirfavouriteanimals,soIwillaskthem:“

knowwhat’smyfavouriteanimals”Iwillalsogive

themadescriptiventencetoguesswhatitis――gaintpanda.

udentsashortparagraphofthereasonwhyIlikethemandsomebasic

informationofgaintpandas.(Thentencescontainimportantwordsand

expressions)

udentsfinishB1toconsolidatethewordsandexpressions.

(Purpo:Todealwiththedifficultlanguagepointswhichmayimpedethe

understandingandtohavestudentsbepreparedforthereading.)

Activity2:Predicting

I’llaskstudents“Canyoupredictthecontentofthearticleaccordingtothe

title---ThestoryofXiWang”Inthisprocess,I’llencouragestudentstothinkand

speakoutfreely.(Purpo:Toenablestudentstopredictbeforereadingandtrainthe

strategyofpredicting)

Step3While-reading

Listening

listening,Iwillask

themaquestion“Howmanypandasarethereinthewild”.Havethemanswerafter

listening.(Totraintheirabilityoflisteningwithquestions)

Fast-reading(matching)

Ihavedividedthearticleinto4partsandprentthemainideaofeachpart

randomly.

Havestudentsreadthearticlequicklyanddothematching.

(Toimproveabilityofskimming)

Careful-reading

udentsreadpara1-3,discusswithpartnerstofillinthe

table.

udentsreadpara4tofindtheriousproblemsgiantpandasface.

sion:groupwork

Givestudentsaquestion“Whatcanwedotoprotectwildanimals”Havethem

discussingroupstoputforwardsuggestions.

(Purpo:Toimproveabilityofscanningandtoenhancetheirawarenessof

cooperationinpairandgroupwork)

Step4Post-reading

:askonestudentstoleadthewholeclasstoreviewwhattheyhavelearned

inthislesson.

ildlifeProtectionDay

Homework:havestudentssurfintheinternettolookforinformationofWorld

extlesson,sharetheinformationwiththewhole

class.

(Purpo:Totraintheirabilityoflookingforinformationandhavethemawarethe

importanceofwildlifeprotectionintheprocessofsurfingtheInternet)