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Unit2 Reading and Thinking 名师教学设计
课时内容
Learn to develop good health habits
主题语境：人与自我
主题群：生活与学习
子主题：健康的生活方式
语篇类型：说明文
文本分析：
[What] Habits for a healthy lifestyle是一篇说明文。文章给习惯下定义，又分别从青少年应该改变坏习惯的原因、坏习惯是如何形成的、如何改变坏习惯等方面进行介绍。文章采用下定义、作引用、举例子和分类别等说明方法，按照从原因到结果的逻辑顺序展开。重点词汇主要涉及坏习惯定义、形成和改变的方法，如：tobacco、alcohol abuse、be involved in、dominate、psychology、cue、cycle、rely on、facilitate、examine、negative、pessimistic、discipline、pill、delete等，句式主要涉及有关坏习惯形成，改变坏习惯的方法等，词汇还涉及一些有关克服坏习惯的心理感受的描述。
[Why]学生通过本文的学习，让学生认识到坏习惯形成的原因、危害及改变坏习惯的方法等常识。通过学习，让学生养成良好的习惯，戒掉不良习惯，培养健康的生活方式，教育学生热爱生活﹑健康生活，做有家国情怀的人。
[How]该语篇按照从不良习惯产生的原因到如何改变不良习惯的逻辑顺序展开，介绍了不良习惯产生的原因、克服不良习惯的方法等。
课时目标
1. 获取，梳理文中有关坏习惯的定义、形成的过程、改变坏习惯的原因和方法等事实性信息。
2. 概括、整合、阐释坏习惯形成的过程和改变的方法。
3. 推断出文章的写作目的、评价作者的写作手法。
4. 帮助学生认识到坏习惯的危害﹑教育学生戒掉坏习惯，养成健康的生活方式。
重点难点
重点：
学生通过阅读，获取关于坏习惯不同方面的事实性信息，整合推断坏习惯形成的过程和改变坏习惯的方法。
难点：
教育学生戒掉坏习惯，养成健康的生活方式。
教学准备
教师准备：
提前准备一些有关不良习惯和良好习惯的信息。
学生准备：
1. 预习本课词汇和课文内容。
2. 利用网络等资源了解有关坏习惯和好习惯的信息。
教学过程
Step I 学习理解
活动一：感知与注意
1. Get to know about bad habits and good habits.
Ask students to look at the photos and sort out bad habits and good habits.
2. Talk about students’ habits.
Ask students to work in groups and talk about their own habits.
3. Discuss.
Ask students to work in groups and discuss the following questions.
Are bad habits easy to change Why or why not
What habits do you think are unhealthy
What can you do to correct these habits
Suggested answers:
Bad habits are hard to change because we are usually doing something we really like, but we are doing it too much.
Unhealthy habits include smoking, eating too much, playing too much on your computer or phone, and not doing enough exercise.
I think people can correct these bad habits by thinking about them more and deciding they will feel better and happier if they stop them.
4. Talk about the title.
Ask students to work in groups of four and try to put forward as many questions as possible about the title. Teacher sorts out some important ones to write on the blackboard for students to discuss together. The questions might be as follows:
What are good habits
What are bad habits
What do you think a healthy lifestyle is
What do you think an unhealthy lifestyle is
How can you form good habits
【设计意图】在阅读前，利用图片，创设情境，通过讨论良好生活习惯和不良生活习惯，导入主题，再通过谈论课文题目，预知文章内容，激活学生对健康生活方式已有的认识和经验，形成阅读期待。
活动二：获取与梳理
1. Read and tick.
(1) Learning strategy.
Go through the sentences and make sure students understand their meanings.
Find the main idea of a paragraph The main idea is sometimes stated in either the opening or closing sentence. If not, look for another ""standout" sentence, or summarise the paragraph in your mind by asking yourself, “What is it mainly about ”
(2) Read the text and find out what main ideas are included in it. Tick the correct ones.
□A How to change a bad habit and create good ones □B The cycle of how habits are formed □C Habits that can help us study better □D Changing habits gradually □E No easy way to change bad habits □F What a habit is □G Why bad teenage habits should be changed
Suggested answers:
ABDEFG
2. Match the main ideas with the following paragraphs and fill in the blanks.
Para. 1 ________________
Para. 2 ________________
Para. 3 ________________
Para. 4 ________________
Para. 5 ________________
Para. 6 ________________
①How to change a bad habit and create good ones ②The cycle of how habits are formed ③Changing habits gradually ④No easy way to change bad habits ⑤What a habit is ⑥Why bad teenage habits should be changed
Suggested answers:
Para. 1～⑥; Para. 2～⑤; Para. 3～②;
Para. 4～①; Para. 5～③; Para. 6～④
3. Choose the correct answers.
①We can learn from the first paragraph that ________ A. all teenagers will form bad habits B. some bad habits may cause more serious habits when teenagers grow up C. all teenagers will be involved in alcohol D. most teenagers refuse to change their bad habits ②What does the word “them” in “some of them may become...” (Para. 1) refer to A. Their own decisions. B. Health problems. C. Bad habits. D. Teenagers. ③The saying “We are what we repeatedly do.” shows something about ________. A. forming a habit B. avoiding tobacco C. making a choice D. the fact that a habit is easy to change ④What does the second paragraph mainly tell us A. How we can get rid of bad habits. B. How bad habits are formed. C. How we can make a choice. D. Why choices can become automatic. ⑤How does the author examine our bad habit cycles A. By giving examples. B. By providing exact figures. C. By quoting famous sayings. D. By using his own experience. ⑥Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage A. We can use the habit cycle to change our bad habits. B. We can use the habit cycle to create good habits. C. We can use the habit cycle as a magic pill. D. We can't use the habit cycle as a delete button. ⑦What does the author suggest to us if we want to change bad habits A. Taking some magic pills. B. Pressing the delete button. C. Changing them suddenly. D. Changing them step by step. ⑧ What is the text mainly about A. How teenagers become more independent. B. How teenagers make choices. C. How teenagers feel relaxed. D. How teenagers change their bad habits.
Suggested answers:
①~④ BDAB ⑤~⑧ACDD
4. Answer the questions.
·How does a teenager prevent bad habits from ruling his or her life
·How can a choice lead to a habit
·Why should teenager’s bad habits be changed
·What are the three stages of the habit cycle
·What’s the purpose of the two examples in the fourth paragraph
·How can a person use discipline to help change a bad habit
·What does the quotation “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” mean
·What’s the function of the last paragraph
Suggested answers:
·By becoming aware of bad habits early and changing them properly.
·A choice can lead to a habit if we make the same choice over and over again.
·Because these bad habits, if they are left unchecked, could lead to more serious ones when teenagers become adults. So, it is essential to prevent harmful habits from dominating a teenager’s life.
·The three stages of the habit cycle are the cue, routine and reward.
·To tell us how to change bad habits by adapting bad habit cycles.
·A person can use discipline to change a bad habit by taking many small steps to reach the goal of change.
·It means that we should take small steps repeatedly.
·It is a summary/conclusion of this whole text, in which the author appeals to the young people to recognise their bad habits and decide on changes and thus live a healthy life full of good habits.
【设计意图】通过完成选择、匹配段落大意、回答问题等不同形式的练习，获取文章的主要信息，概况整合文章大意，促进学生对语篇意义的理解。
活动三：概括与整合
Ask students to write a summary of the text.
Suggested answer:
Forming good habits is beneficial to a teenager’s life. (要点1) But teenagers tend to form bad habits, which could do great harm to them. They have to become aware of their bad habits early and change them properly. (要点2) Understanding the “habit cycle” helps with it. What teenagers need to do is to check their bad habit cycles and then change them. (要点3) Do remember getting rid of bad habits won’t happen all of a sudden; it needs a long time of self-discipline. (要点4)
【设计意图】通过完成概要写作,使学生形成对文本内容新的认识。
Step II应用实践
活动四：描述与阐释
Ask students to share the feelings of reading by answering the following question.
Have you found anything you feel excited, confident, worried, puzzled
【设计意图】本活动以分享阅读感受为主线串联文本信息。学生主动地与文本展开对话后分享自己的真实感受，学生的回答中透射出他们对问题的独立思考和个性化理解，使阅读过程真正成为学生个性化体验与意义构建的过程。
活动五：分析与判断
Ask students to work in groups and complete the tasks.
(1) Think of one bad habit and write down the cue, routine，and reward. Then come up with an idea of how to break the bad habit.
(2) Do you know any alternative ways to better habits Discuss with your partner which way you think is most effective.
【设计意图】在学习理解类活动的基础上，通过分析习惯的循环原理，加深对习惯形成过程的理解。
活动六：内化与运用
Ask students to read and fill in the blanks with proper words.
With teenagers growing up, ①________ can be easy for some to form bad habits. For example, some of them may become ②________ (involve) in tobacco or alcohol abuse. If ③________ (leave) unchecked, these bad habits could lead to more serious ones. To change harmful habits, teenagers must learn to understand how habits work—the “habit cycle”. Then adapt the bad habit cycles by combining the information from our habit cycles ④________our own positive ideas. Don’t try to change bad habits quickly, for the most successful way to change is over a period of time. As the Chinese philosopher Lao Zi ⑤________ (write), “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ⑥________ (reach) the goal of change, a person must show some discipline and ⑦________ (repeat) take many small steps. The good news is ⑧________ there is plenty of time for young people to change bad habits. However, there is no “magic pill” and you have to think about your bad habits and decide on some ⑨________ (change). You have the power to build a happy and ⑩________ (health) life that is full of good habits!
Suggested answers:
①it ②involved ③left ④with ⑤wrote
⑥To reach ⑦repeatedly ⑧that ⑨changes ⑩healthy
【设计意图】在学习理解类活动的基础上，通过完成与主题相关的练习,逐步实现对语言知识和文化知识的内化，巩固新的知识结构，促进语言运用的自动化，助力学生将知识转化为能力。
Step III 迁移创新
活动七：推理与论证
Ask students to work in groups and discuss the following question.
Will you use the habit cycle to break your bad habits Why or why not
【设计意图】通过对文章深层意义的探讨，帮助学生深入理解坏习惯形成过程及掌握改掉坏习惯的方法，树立健康意识。
活动八：批判与评价
1. Ask students to work in groups and find some sentences describing difficulty in changing bad habits.
Suggested answers:
①To change bad habits is never easy, even with many attempts.
②Soon that choice becomes automatic and forms a habit that is much harder to change.
③In fact, the most successful way to change is not suddenly, but over a period of time.
2. Ask students to judge which of the following sentences is the one describing difficulty in changing bad habits.
①After all, it is not easy to break bad habits.
②You have the power to build a happy and healthy life full of good habits!
③One step seems small, but it is essential.
Suggested answer:
①
【设计意图】在阅读课文之后，让学生在课文中找出描写改变坏习惯困难的句子，并判断哪个句子是描写改变坏习惯困难的，通过这个活动，提高学生对语言的赏析能力。
活动九：想象与创造
Ask students to think about their own habits and sort out one bad habit and then to recall how it is formed and try to give some suggestions about how to kick it.
【设计意图】学生通过反思自己的坏习惯形成的过程，根据自己的情况提出改进的建议，有助于学以致用，提高学生的健康意识。
板书设计
Unit 2 Healthy Lifestyle Period I Reading and Thinking Ⅰ. 学习理解 活动一：感知与注意 1. Get to know about bad habits and good habits. 2. Talk about students' habits. 3. Discuss. 4. Talk about the title. 活动二：获取与梳理 1. Read and tick. 2. Match. 3. Choose. 4. Answer the questions. 活动三：概括与整合 Write a summary. Ⅱ. 应用实践 活动四：描述与阐释 活动五：分析与判断 活动六：内化与运用 Ⅲ. 迁移创新 活动七：推理与论证 活动八：批判与评价 活动九：想象与创造
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