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Unit 4 A good read
Reading (I)
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
1. understand the extract from Gulliver’s Travels with the teacher’s help;
2. learn how to read a novel from the transitions between ideas and analyze the spirits of the characters.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phrases:
against, until, finger, tiny, continue, either, manage, lift, army, must, unable, shoulder, by the time, be tired out, be tied to, look down, the same size as, fall over, continue doing sth., manage to do sth.
2. New sentence structures:
After our ship crashed against the rocks, I swam as fast as I could.
I woke up as the sun was rising.
However, they soon got up again and continued moving across my body.
I tried to pull one hand free and finally managed to break the ropes.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. To get a full understanding of the extract.
2. To analyze the structure of the story with transitions.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1. Lead-in
1. An introduction to Gulliver’s Travels
(1) The teacher asks the students some questions about reading.
What type of book do you like best and why
The teacher introduces the novel Gulliver’s Travels and its author to the students with the help of pictures.
Step 2. Pre-reading
1. Show some background information of the book
Jonathan Swift was the writer of the story. He wrote the story in England. The novel tells us Gulliver’s amazing adventures in some countries, including Lilliput(小人国), Brobdingnag(大人国), Laputa(飞岛国)and Houyhnhnms(智马国).
Present new expressions
His ship crashed against the rocks.
The ship couldn’t continue moving.
He was tired out and fell down.
Tiny people managed to use ropes to tie him to the ground.
Step3. While-reading
1.Skimming: read for gist
Read the passage and fill in the form
Five elements(五要素)：
When did Gulliver wake up
Where was Gulliver then
Who did Gulliver see on the beach
What did the tiny men do to Gulliver
How did Gulliver feel at the end of the story
2.Scanning: read for details
Task1：Read Para.1 and answer the following two questions:
(1)What did Gulliver do after their ship crashed against the rocks
(2)Why did Gulliver fall down on the beach
Task2：Read Para.2 carefully.
What did Gulliver do after their ship crashed against the rocks .
Why did Gulliver fall down on the beach and go to sleep
Why couldn't he move
Tip 1: When we meet the new words, try to guess the word's meaning according to the context(语境).
Tip 2: Don't miss any given information, even the picture.
Task3：1. Read Para.3 and answer the following questions:
(1)What did the small man do
(2)How big was the small man
2. Can you choose the functions of the two questions (多选)
(A) Make readers want to read the story.
(B) Make readers feel Gulliver’s feeling.
(C) Make the story vivid(生动的) and interesting.
Task4：Read Para.4 and answer the following questions:
(1)Why did the tiny men all fall over
(2)What did they do after that
Task: Read Para.5 and answer
1. Did the small men try to communicate with Gulliver What about Gulliver
2. Did Gulliver do anything to help himself out What did he do
Step4. Post-reading
1.Discussion in groups:
How do you understand the word “army” itself
Why did “I” think the “tiny” people were a huge army
Should we look down on（轻视）the tiny people（小人物） in our life
2. Further thinking: Which character(角色) has interested you most Why
Gulliver：brave，calm，lucky，friendly，kind...
I think Gulliver was kind because he didn’t eat the tiny men.
②…., so I dislike Gulliver.
Tiny men: cooperative(合作的),clever，brave...
①I like the tiny men were ... because they...
② I can learn … from the tiny men because …
教学反思
1. 对于文本内涵的挖掘还有待提高，如在探讨“huge army”时，可以给予学生更多的时间和空间，激发学生思考文中内涵的力量对比、情感变化，将问题导向化的教学更加深度地落实在每节课中；
2. 阅读是学生的个性化行为，不应以教师的分析来代替学生的阅读实践。应让学生在主动积极的思维和情感活动中，加深理解和体验，有所感悟和思考，受到情感熏陶，获得思想启迪，享受审美乐趣；
3. 遗憾的地方是气氛有点沉闷，虽然尽力去调整，但在这种微观的调控中还缺一点灵活性。另外，设计的小组合作评价机制没有很好地落实。以后的教学中，一定还是要坚持从学生的角度去设计每一节课，尽量让每个人都能动、能懂、有所得；
4. 在阅读教学上，除了要求学生努力掌握文本的词汇意义、句法和语法意义外，还需要了解背景文化意义。因为文化因素是影响阅读理解的重要因素，直接影响着学生对英语文章的理解。因此，在背景知识的拓展方面还需进行深层次的探究，不能流于表面。

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