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THE FRESHMAN CHALLENGE
Unit Title Teenage life
Students 45 senior one students Duration 45mins
Lesson Reading and Thinking Topic The freshman challenge
Teaching philosophy The whole design is based on the New English Curriculum Standards. In this lesson, the text analysis is under the certain theme of context and whole unit, and students’ English core competences which are language ability, cultural awareness, thinking quality and learning ability would be taken into consideration and improved through activities. 2. This is an instructional design based on the student--centered teaching philosophy. In this lesson, in order to help students have a better understanding of this passage, the teacher will design some activities to guide and help students do team work and self-study.
Text analysis Thematic context : People and self Genre: self-introduction Source of text: The teaching material of my lesson is chosen from People’s Education Press, Book 1 Unit 1, Teenage Life. And the topic is from, Reading and Thinking, The Freshman Challenge. What: In this article, the author introduces the challenges he faced in the first week of senior high school, and his attitude towards these challenges and the solutions he found at the end. Why: the author hopes students learn that life is always full of challenges, what we need to do is not only having positive attitude, but also finding the ways to solve them. How: The story goes based on Adam’s experience in the first week of high school. It is developed by three lines. First, the challenges Adam faced. Second, Adam’s attitude towards these challenges. Third, the ways Adam found to solve these challenges.
Students analysis What they have My 45 students are in senior one, the first semester of senior high school. Most students have learned English for 3 years, so they have accumulated some daily vocabularies and sentences, which helps them understand this passage. Meanwhile, this passage is close to their real life--they just go from junior high school to senior high school, they may face the same challenges, so they would be interested in it. What they need Although students have a foundation in language, the speed and quality of reading is still a problem for students. They need to learn some skills to improve their reading ability. Many students couldn’t adapt to senior high school life at the beginning, and they may also face some challenges, but they don’t know how to deal with them.
Teaching objectives By the end of this lesson, my students will be able to: 1.retell the challenges Adam faced and his solutions. 2. understand the reading strategy---skimming. 3. summarize Adam’s personal qualities. 4.write the challenges you faced in high school and the solutions you took.
Focal and difficult points Focal points: Students can describe the challenges Adam faced, his attitude to these challenges and the solutions he got. Students will find main ideas by taking a quick look at the title, pictures, key words, phrase and topic sentences. Difficult points: Students will summarize Adam’s personal qualities from the factual information they get in the text and learn to be positive and take effective ways to deal with challenges. After learning this passage, students will be capable of writing a passage about the challenges they faces and the solutions they took.
Teaching methods Activity-based teaching method，Situational teaching method, Cooperative learning method.
Teaching aids Blackboard, PPT, Chalk
Teaching procedures
Parts /Time Teaching activities Design purposes
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities /Learning styles
Pre-reading 8mins Step1. Lead in Plays a video named Life in American senior high school. And before playing it, the teacher need to ask students to think about these 2 questions when they watching the video: 1). what are the features in American senior high school 2). what kind of problems may American students face in senior high Step 2. Prediction Guides students to focus on the title, the pictures and the in the text and asks them to think about these following questions, then predict what the passage is about. 1). What kind of challenges does this passage talk about 2). Who is he Is he a freshman Is he a main character of this passage If yes What would he introduce Watch the video carefully. And think about those 2 questions and answer. (Class work\Team Work) Focus on the title and the pictures in the text. Think about and answer these 2 questions to predict the content of this passage. ( Individual Work) To arouse students’ interests about this topic. 2. To create a context and lead to the topic--life in senior high school. 3. To learn some key new words, challenge, solution, freshmen and some names about subjects to make the reading easier. To lead students to read this passage easier and more purposeful with the guide of the prediction.
While-reading 20mins While-reading 20mins Step3. Fast reading Asks students to read this text quickly to find whether their prediction are right or wrong Asks students to divide this passage into 2 parts and find out the main idea of this passage. Step4. Detailed reading Asks students to read paragraph 1 and answer the 2 questions. 1). What’s Adam’s big challenge 2). How did he feel in the first week Asks students to read part 2, answer these following questions and fill in a chart. 2.1 Read para.2 1). What kind of challenge did Adam faced 2). what’s his attitude towards this challenge 3). What’s his solution 4). Why did he choose Chinese and advanced literature 2.2 Read para.3 1). What kind of challenge did Adam faced 2).what’s his attitude towards this challenge 3). What’s his solution 4). What personal qualities does he have 2.3 Read para.4 1). What kind of challenge did Adam faced 2). what’s his attitude towards this challenge 3). What will he do 4). What personal qualities does he have Guides students to summarize the chart they filled in just now by answering these 4 questions. 1). What challenges did he face 2). What’s his attitude 3). How did he deal with these challenges 4). what kind of person do you think Adam is Asks students to discuss with their teammates what they can learn from Adam Read this passage quickly to check their predictions. And divide this passage into 2 parts and find out the main idea of this passage. ( Individual Work) Part1(para.1)Adam thought life in senior high school is a big challenge. Part2(para2-4)The challenge Adam faced in the high school and the ways he took to deal with them. Read paragraph 1 and answer these 2 questions to grasp Adam’s big challenge and his feeling. ( Individual Work) Read para.2, answer these 4 questions and fill in the chart which present on the slide. ( Class Work) Read para.3 and answer these 4 questions and fill in the chart which present on the slide. ( Team Work) Read para.4 and think about these 4 questions carefully.and fill in the chart which present on the slide. ( Individual Work) Look at the chart and summarize the passage by answering the 4 questions. ( Team Work) Discuss with teammates and voice their own opinions about the things they can learn from Adam. (Team Work) To check students’ prediction. To develop students reading skill of skimming to get the main idea of this passage. To let students get the general meaning of this passage. 1.To help students get one of the challenges Adam faced and his attitude and solution to summarize his personal qualities. Then to lay a foundation for the following activities. To help students work in teams to find out the challenge Adam faced when he chose extra-curricular and his attitude and solution to summarize his personal qualities. To guide students to find out the challenge Adam faced about his study and his attitude and solution to summarize his personal qualities. To guide students to summarize this passage To explore Adam’s way to deal with challenges. To help students learn Adam and his good quality, like, being prepared, having aims
Post-reading 12mins Step5. Discussing Asks students to think about these following questions: 1). What challenges did you face in the first week of senior high school 2). What solution did you take /If you didn’t take action at that time, after learning this passage, how do you want to deal with them now Work in teams of 4 to share your own experience. (Team Work ) To encourage students to share their own experience and to develop their speaking skills. To help students apply the ways they have learned from Adam to deal with challenges.
Conclude & Assignment 5mins Guides students to review what they have learned this class. Asks students to write a passage about the challenges you faced in high school and the ways you took to deal with them in 100 words. Asks students to collect date about the differences between American and Chinese senior high school. Review the learning content of this class. Write a passage about their own experience to face challenges. ( Individual Work) Collect date about the differences between American and Chinese senior high school. To encourage students to put their random ideas into a logic writing. 2.To lay a solid foundation for the next class.
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